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This is a list of current high definition channels that are available in the United Kingdom, together with those coming in the future, and those that have ceased broadcasting. All HD channels in the UK broadcast at 1080i, apart from Sky Sports Main Event UHD channel and the BT Sport Ultimate 4K.
On 21 February 2023, it was announced that BT Sport would rebrand as TNT Sports on 18 July 2023, ahead of the 2023–24 football season; the branding is derived from WBD's U.S. general entertainment channel TNT (which has historically carried sports coverage, such as the NBA; the brand had also previously operated in the UK), and has also been used by WarnerMedia sports networks in Latin and ...
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.
These regional channels are licensed by Ofcom under the Local Digital Television Programme, [44] with That's TV currently broadcasting as a semi-national network (one which also uses the That's Christmas/That's New Year name over festive periods) with local opt-outs and a service streaming to the whole country via the VisionTV platform on channel 264 and as That's TV Gold on Freeview channel 91.
La Liga TV launched on 13 January 2020 on the same channel throughout the UK and Ireland. On 30 June 2020, FreeSports was removed from Freesat due to fee disagreements. On 20 July 2021, eir Sport 2 closed on all providers in Ireland. On Sky, it was on channel 422. On 27 July 2021. FreeSports was added to the EPG on Sky in Ireland in its place.
Virgin TV Channel name Owner/parent company at the time Date shutdown Reason — — 940 — Filth Northern & Shell 2014-01-13 Replaced with Play TV 2. — — 313 — MGM HD MGM Holdings 2014-01-16 Content licensed to BSkyB. 50 — — — Marketplace TopUp TV 2014-02-01 Capacity handed back to Channel 5 and now used for Channel 5 +24. — 132 ...
ESPN launched on in the UK on 3 August 2009. The channel marked ESPN's first foray into live coverage of domestic sports events in the UK. On 31 July 2013, BT completed their purchase of ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels business but continue to operate ESPN, however the programming largely resembles that of ESPN America.
EE TV (formerly BT Vision and then BT TV until 2023) is a subscription IPTV service offered by EE; a brand of British telecommunications company BT Group. It requires the signing up to and use of the EE Broadband internet and phone service, with connection via EE's official router, the EE Smart Hub .