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  2. List of free-to-air channels at Astra 28.2°E (Ireland and the ...

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    This is a list of the free-to-air channels that are currently available via satellite from SES Astra satellites ( Astra 2E / 2F / 2G) at orbital position 28.2 °E, serving Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sky and Freesat use these satellites to deliver their channels. If one was to change providers between Sky and Freesat, one would not require ...

  3. Freesat - Wikipedia

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    Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc [ 2] and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK public service broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 ). [ 1][ 3] The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 ...

  4. List of television channels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010.

  5. List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the current channels available on digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the United Kingdom, and those that have been removed.. Almost all channels broadcast on DTT are free-to-air, with a limited number of subscription channels (requiring a subscription to a pay-TV package) and pay-per-view channels (requiring a one-off payment to view an event) also available.

  6. UKTV - Wikipedia

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    UKTV started life as a single channel, UK Gold.The original partners behind the channel were the BBC's commercial arm BBC Enterprises and the outgoing ITV contractor Thames Television, although before the launch the American cable operator Cox Enterprises stepped in and took a majority share, 65 percent, in exchange for underwriting the costs of launching the channel.

  7. Really (TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    Channel 17. Really is a British free-to-air digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel launched on 19 May 2009 as UKTV 's channel for female audiences. The channel shows a mixture of lifestyle, medical, real life, crime and paranormal programming.

  8. U&W - Wikipedia

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    U&W. U&W is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. It originally launched on 7 October 2008 as Watch and until 2022 was a pay television channel. [1] From 15 February 2016 to 16 July 2024, the channel was known as W. [2]

  9. Television in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    They were initially free to receive, and Sky Movies was the first to move to a subscription early in 1990. Sky News was the UK's first dedicated news channel. The new service was the UK's first consumer satellite TV service, beating rival BSB, with which Sky would later merge to become BSkyB. Sky's satellite service grew to become a ...