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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British free-to-air satellite television service</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the free-to-air satellite service from Everyone TV (formerly Digital UK). For the similarly named service from Sky UK, see <a href="/wiki/Freesat_from_Sky" title="Freesat from Sky">Freesat from Sky</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Freesat</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Freesat_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/Freesat_logo.svg/220px-Freesat_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/Freesat_logo.svg/330px-Freesat_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/Freesat_logo.svg/440px-Freesat_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="26" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Joint venture</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Satellite television</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">16 May 2007<span class="noprint">; 17 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2007-05-16</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Direct_broadcast_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct broadcast satellite">Direct broadcast satellite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">pay television</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pay-per-view" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Everyone_TV" title="Everyone TV">Everyone TV</a><sup id="cite_ref-merger_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://freesat.co.uk">freesat<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Freesat</b> is a British <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite television</a> service, first formed as a joint venture between the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and now owned by <a href="/wiki/Everyone_TV" title="Everyone TV">Everyone TV</a> (itself owned by all of the four UK <a href="/wiki/Public_broadcasting" title="Public broadcasting">public service broadcasters</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_Four_Television_Corporation" title="Channel Four Television Corporation">Channel 4</a> and <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_Broadcasting_Limited" title="Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited">Channel 5</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-merger_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Freesat offers a satellite alternative to the <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> service on <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">digital terrestrial television</a>, with a broadly similar selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver. </p><p>The service also makes use of the additional capacity available on satellite broadcasting to offer a selection of 60 (as of December 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition</a> channels from broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Mix" title="Sky Mix">Sky Mix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arirang_TV" title="Arirang TV">Arirang TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Television" title="Bloomberg Television">Bloomberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daystar_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daystar (TV network)">Daystar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Networks_Northern_Europe" title="Discovery Networks Northern Europe">Discovery Networks</a>, <a href="/wiki/France_24" title="France 24">France 24</a>, <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a>, and <a href="/wiki/TRT_World" title="TRT World">TRT World</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Freesat's main competitors are the <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">digital terrestrial television (DTT)</a> <a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> platform, and the <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> services on the <a href="/wiki/IPTV" class="mw-redirect" title="IPTV">IPTV</a> and DTT <a href="/wiki/YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a> platform from <a href="/wiki/EE_TV" title="EE TV">EE TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV" title="TalkTalk TV">TalkTalk TV</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable</a> <a href="/wiki/Virgin_TV" title="Virgin TV">Virgin TV</a> platform and the <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite</a> <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a> platform. </p><p>In February 2021, it was announced that, subject to regulatory approval, Freesat was to merge its operation with <a href="/wiki/Digital_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital UK">Digital UK</a> (now Everyone TV), the joint venture of BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, which manages the broadcast, streaming and EPG of Freeview.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2021, Digital UK acquired Freesat from its two shareholders, the BBC and ITV and the merger was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2023, Digital UK changed its name to Everyone TV.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BBC and ITV, the two biggest free-to-air broadcasters in the UK, make their services available digitally through three routes: free-to-air via digital terrestrial and digital satellite, and subscription-only via digital cable. </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">digital terrestrial</a>, the channels have always been available <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> with the appropriate equipment. In 2007 Freeview was available to only 73% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Analog_television" title="Analog television">analogue TV</a> services were replaced in the <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom#Digital_switchover" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">digital switchover</a>, this increased to 98.5% for the <a href="/wiki/Public_service_broadcasting_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom">public service channels</a> and 90% for the full 'Freeview' service. To provide more widespread coverage and a larger number of channels, a digital satellite alternative was felt necessary. </p><p>Initially, both the BBC's and ITV's channels were encrypted since the original <a href="/wiki/Astra_28.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 28.2°E">Astra satellites</a> used for Sky broadcast to most of Europe but the broadcasters' rights for premium content such as films and sports typically covered the UK only. The use of encryption meant that anyone wishing to view the channels had to purchase equipment from Sky and pay for a <a href="/wiki/Free-to-view" title="Free-to-view">free-to-view</a> viewing card to decrypt the channels. Similarly, to use the <a href="/wiki/Videoguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Videoguard">Videoguard</a> encryption, the broadcasters needed to pay a fee to <a href="/wiki/NDS_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="NDS Group">NDS Group</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_free-to-air">Move to free-to-air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Move to free-to-air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2003, the BBC moved most of its channels from the <a href="/wiki/Astra_2A" title="Astra 2A">Astra 2A</a> satellite to <a href="/wiki/Astra_2D" title="Astra 2D">Astra 2D</a>, which has a footprint that focuses more tightly on the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This move allowed the BBC to stop encrypting its broadcasts while continuing to meet its rights obligations. It dropped the encryption two months later.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two months later, ITV, whose channels had already been located on the Astra 2D satellite since launching on the Sky platform some years earlier, also made their channels free-to-air. </p><p>On 18 November 2008, <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> commenced broadcasting a single channel via Freesat,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> eventually adding its ancillary services <a href="/wiki/5USA" title="5USA">5USA</a> and <a href="/wiki/5*" class="mw-redirect" title="5*">5*</a> (now known as 5STAR) three years later in December 2011. It later added Channel 5 HD to Freesat following the removal of BBC Three (BBC iii) as an SD and HD TV channel (when it moved to online and <a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a> only). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Viva_(UK_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viva (UK and Ireland)">Viva</a> moved from <a href="/wiki/Free-to-view" title="Free-to-view">free-to-view</a> to free-to-air on satellite on 19 March 2013 before launching on Freesat on 2 April 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Viva_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viva-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 April 2013, all seven of <a href="/wiki/Box_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Box Television">Box Television</a>'s channels left Sky's subscription package, with six becoming free-to-air on satellite;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 15 April four of the channels – <a href="/wiki/The_Box_(UK_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Box (UK and Ireland)">The Box</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerrang!_TV" title="Kerrang! TV">Kerrang! TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiss_TV" title="Kiss TV">Kiss TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smash_Hits_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smash Hits (TV channel)">Smash Hits</a> – were added to the Freesat EPG.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by <a href="/wiki/Heat_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heat (TV channel)">Heat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magic_(TV_channel)" title="Magic (TV channel)">Magic</a> on 29 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Box_Television_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Box_Television-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The free-to-air channels can be received using any standard satellite (<a href="/wiki/DVB-S" title="DVB-S">DVB-S</a>) receiver, although those not licensed by Freesat will need to be re-tuned manually if/when channel frequencies are changed. (See next section.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Managed_service">Managed service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Managed service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Freesat project aims to provide a managed service with an <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Programme_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Programme Guide">Electronic Programme Guide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interactive_television" title="Interactive television">interactive</a> features similar to the Freeview service launched three years earlier. Unlike Freeview, however, these features are only available on approved receivers manufactured under licence from Freesat. </p><p>The initial plan was to launch the service in early 2006. This was postponed to Autumn 2007 as approval from the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Trust" title="BBC Trust">BBC Trust</a> was only received in April 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-trustapproval_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trustapproval-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the service was further delayed and was officially launched on 6 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch_channels">Launch channels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Launch channels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The service launched officially on 6 May 2008. From the launch, Freesat advertised all national television channels from the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> as being available on the platform (excluding ITV2 +1), as well as all national BBC radio networks.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> also managed to make most of its channels free-to-air in preparation for the launch. In addition some channels from other broadcasters such as <a href="/wiki/Chello_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Chello Zone">Chello Zone</a>, <a href="/wiki/CSC_Media_Group" title="CSC Media Group">CSC Media Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English" title="Al Jazeera English">Al Jazeera English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zee_Live" title="Zee Live">Zee Live</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zee_News" title="Zee News">Zee News</a>, <a href="/wiki/RIA_Novosti" title="RIA Novosti">RIA Novosti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euronews" title="Euronews">Euronews</a> were included on the channel list.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High-definition">High-definition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: High-definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/BBC_HD" title="BBC HD">BBC HD</a> was the only high-definition channel available on Freesat from launch day,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/ITV_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV HD">ITV HD</a> added as a "red-button" interactive service from 7 June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 April 2010 ITV HD changed from an interactive service to a full-time channel called <a href="/wiki/ITV_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV HD">ITV1 HD</a>, simulcasting the main <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV (TV channel)">ITV1</a> channel.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was changed back to ITV HD on 14 January 2013. </p><p><a href="/wiki/BBC_One_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC One HD">BBC One HD</a>, a high-definition simulcast of BBC One, was made available on Freesat and other platforms on 3 November 2010. <a href="/wiki/Channel_4_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 4 HD">Channel 4 HD</a> also became available on the platform on 19 April 2011 but was withdrawn on 22 February 2018. <a href="/wiki/NHK_World_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="NHK World HD">NHK World HD</a> was added to Freesat on 9 May 2011; it shared its channel number with its standard definition counterpart and was therefore only listed on high-definition receivers, which were unable to access the standard definition channel via the EPG. (The SD channel ceased transmission on 1 October 2011.) On 23 July 2012, the BBC added 24 temporary channels to cover the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Summer Olympics</a>; the channels share their EPG slot with their standard definition counterpart.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 August 2012, Channel 4 added three temporary channels covering the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a> in high definition from the following day; the three channels also share their EPG slots.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 February 2013, <a href="/wiki/RT_(TV_network)" title="RT (TV network)">RT HD</a> was added to Freesat, sharing its channel number with its standard definition simulcast.<sup id="cite_ref-RT_HD_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT_HD-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 March 2013, BBC HD was replaced by a high-definition simulcast of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>. On 13 June 2013, an HD stream of the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Red_Button" title="BBC Red Button">BBC Red Button</a> was temporarily made available on the EPG.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_RB_2013_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_RB_2013-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 July 2013, the BBC announced they would be launching five new HD channels in early 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five channels (HD simulcasts of BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC News) were in fact launched early – on 10 December 2013. BBC Three and BBC Three HD have been rebranded as BBC iii and are now only available on the BBC iPlayer, but in HD, if your television is HD-ready and can be connected to the internet either directly (using an Ethernet cable) or via wi-fi or via your computer online. You now have to pay a licence fee to receive all BBC TV channels legally on all devices. </p><p>Channel 4 pulled its 4HD service from Freesat on 22 February 2018, along with its catch-up on-demand All4 service. It claimed that Freesat had significantly increased Channel 4's fee for the Freesat platform, with Freesat claiming that they had not increased their fee for the All4 catch-up service. However, Channel 4 HD returned to Freesat on 8 December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Channel 5 HD and S4C HD continue to broadcast on Freesat, along with all the Channel 4 SD (standard definition) channels including Channel 4 SD, Film 4, E4, 4Seven and the +1 channels. </p><p>In April 2022, <a href="/wiki/QVC_(British_TV_channel)" title="QVC (British TV channel)">QVC</a> launched its HD service on Freesat,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by <a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2 HD</a>, <a href="/wiki/ITV3" title="ITV3">ITV3 HD</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV4" title="ITV4">ITV4 HD</a> in November 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-ITVHD_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITVHD-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in February 2023, BBC completed its upgrade to HD of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Parliament" title="BBC Parliament">BBC Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Red_Button" title="BBC Red Button">BBC Red Button</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Alba" title="BBC Alba">BBC Alba</a>, and all its regional services (removing access to regional services for SD-only receivers).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 January 2024, BBC closed all SD channels broadcasting by satellite, <sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on the following day, ITV closed the SD channels, ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe, <sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the <a href="/wiki/Timeshift_channel" title="Timeshift channel">+1 versions</a> of ITV3 and ITV4 remained available on SD-only receivers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_variations">Regional variations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regional variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some channels (notably BBC One and ITV) are transmitted in regional variations and the appropriate services are selected by the Freesat receiver from the user's postcode. In March 2010, ITV altered several of their regions from <a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a> transmission to <a href="/wiki/Free-to-view" title="Free-to-view">free-to-view</a> (because they were moved to a satellite from which transmission covers a much larger area than just the UK and content licensing means that they had to be encrypted). As a result, a few Freesat viewers (who cannot receive free-to-view, encrypted content) were moved to regional variations not corresponding to their actual location. Other available regions may be chosen by putting a different postcode into the box for the preferred television region. BBC English Regional content was previously only available in SD, whereas Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland programmes had also been available in HD on BBC One only. As of March 2023, all BBC services, including English regions, are available in HD with regional services now unavailable in SD. The SD “Nightlight” services for viewers with non-HD equipment has closed on 8 January 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_launches">Recent launches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Recent launches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 24 November 2020, the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a> app was added to Freesat 4K boxes to provide streaming access to live and catch-up BBC radio and podcast services.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 November 2020, <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a> joined the Freesat EPG as channel 177, 12 weeks after first launching on satellite for the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 September 2020, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts</a> Launched on Freesat channel 147 as a result of the channel itself going free-to-air, offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Highbrow" title="Highbrow">highbrow arts</a>, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera performances and classical and jazz sessions). </p><p>On 16 December 2020, <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a> joined the range of apps available on Freesat 4K boxes.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 June 2021, <a href="/wiki/GB_News" title="GB News">GB News</a> launched in HD on channel 216. </p><p>On 11 October 2021, <a href="/wiki/That%27s_TV#That's_TV_Gold" title="That's TV">That's TV Gold</a> launched on Freesat channel 178, broadcasting classic TV entertainment, music and films from the 1960s to today, 24 hours per day.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 December 2021, the <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition</a> version of <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> re-joined the Freesat lineup (it had left in February 2018) and Channel 4's music channels, <a href="/wiki/Box_Hits" title="Box Hits">Box Hits</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Box_(British_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Box (British TV channel)">The Box</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiss_TV" title="Kiss TV">Kiss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magic_(TV_channel)" title="Magic (TV channel)">Magic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerrang!_TV" title="Kerrang! TV">Kerrang!</a>, also started broadcasting again on the platform.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 November 2022, Freesat added ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD, followed by ITVBe HD on 12 December 2023. The HD channels replaced the SD channels on their previous channel numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-ITVHD_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITVHD-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Video_on_demand">Video on demand</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Video on demand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The BBC began to roll out a beta version of <a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a> for Freesat devices in early 2010. BBC iPlayer is an internet-based service with around 2500 hours<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of television being available on demand. <a href="/wiki/ITV_Hub" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Hub">ITVX</a> is available for <a href="/wiki/Humax" title="Humax">Humax</a> increased to a 30-day catch-up service from the original 7-day service but with a larger ITV ident/logo in the top left of the screen, Manhattan, and some Sagemcom devices,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however it is not available on 2nd Generation Humax devices to viewers using DG and TD postcodes. It is not clear why this is the case.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Freesat also indicated an intent to launch a receiver featuring the <a href="/wiki/YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a> service (then called 'Project Canvas') and said that the video on-demand services 4oD (now <a href="/wiki/All_4" class="mw-redirect" title="All 4">All 4</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Demand_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Demand 5">Demand 5</a> were under consideration<sup id="cite_ref-Ask_Emma_Scott_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ask_Emma_Scott-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 July 2011, the BBC Trust approved proposals to introduce the listing of pay content delivered on-demand via broadband.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trust will allow the BBC to continue to play a part in Freesat as the plans did not represent a significant change to the approval previously given in 2007. There was no need for a Public Value Test or for further regulatory process. Under the plans, some pay content, such as films, would be added to the Freesat EPG alongside the existing free-to-air content. However, there would be no adult material or live-streamed sports coverage. Freesat itself will not supply any of the on-demand content but will allow third parties to do so through its EPG. Some content will also be made available through existing channels using an on-screen prompt that would take viewers to an on-demand environment. Pay-TV sales would be handled by a third party, with Freesat operating the conditional access system that would underpin it. The plan is to use the upcoming launch of G2 spec receivers to add support for Digital Rights Management and, where technically possible, on existing receivers. </p><p>On 29 November 2011, a beta trial for the subscription-based on demand movie service BoxOffice365 was added to the Freesat EPG.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 March 2013, BoxOffice365 withdrew from Freesat.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Freetime guide also features a backwards EPG and a Showcase section offering recommendations. <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> versions of BBC iPlayer and ITV Hub will also launch,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both services use MHEG-5 on first generation devices. YouTube launched on Freetime receivers on 7 March 2013, the first deployment of YouTube's HTML app in a Western European TV service.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/4oD" class="mw-redirect" title="4oD">4oD</a> launched on Freesat's Freetime receivers on 27 June 2013, making Freesat the first UK TV platform to host the HTML5 version of 4oD.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Demand_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Demand 5">Demand 5</a> arrived on Freesat on 6 August 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, Freesat announced the availability of an application for the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> subscription TV streaming service on the Humax HDR-1000S, HDR-1010S, HDR-1100S and HB-1000S Freetime receivers. Netflix is expected to be available on other Freetime receivers in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, <a href="/wiki/Saorview" title="Saorview">Saorview</a>, the Irish free TV service, announced it would be launching an online catch-up and on-demand TV service using the commercial version of the Freetime software, including EPG roll-back and remote recording, with Freesat providing a fully managed service.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2016, the BBC closed the MHEG version of the BBC iPlayer (V2) used on some older connected TVs and receivers (manufactured between 2008 and 2014). Freesat Freetime equipment using the HbbTV version was unaffected. The BBC recommended that consumers should purchase replacement receivers to continue to receive iPlayer.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, <a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a> was made available to Freesat viewers. The online live streaming and catch-up service operated by <a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a> shows ITV programmes and content from its own archive.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All4 (formerly 4OD) was added to the [Humax] Freesat service soon after its launch online; however, due to fee increases at the start of 2018, Channel 4 have withdrawn the All4 on-demand service from all boxes that carry the Freesat Freetime service, from 22 February 2018 as well as taking Channel 4HD from all HD-capable Freesat devices. </p><p>In September 2018, catch-up service <a href="/wiki/UKTV_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="UKTV Play">UKTV Play</a> joined the Freesat on-demand services, offering catch-up programming from UKTV's channels, including <a href="/wiki/Dave_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave (TV channel)">Dave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yesterday_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yesterday (TV channel)">Yesterday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Really_(TV_channel)" title="Really (TV channel)">Really</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drama_(UK_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drama (UK TV channel)">Drama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2019, Channel 5's Demand 5 app provided catch-up for <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/5Star" title="5Star">5 STAR</a>, <a href="/wiki/5USA" title="5USA">5 USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/5Select" title="5Select">5 SELECT</a>, <a href="/wiki/5Spike" title="5Spike">5 Spike</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Network (UK)">Paramount Network</a> was replaced on Freesat by My5, with a change in the user interface, a selection of programmes from partner channels, <a href="/wiki/Blaze_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blaze (TV channel)">BLAZE</a>, <a href="/wiki/BET_International" title="BET International">BET</a>, <a href="/wiki/PBS_America" title="PBS America">PBS America</a>, Real Stories, Spark and <a href="/wiki/Together_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Together (TV channel)">Together</a>, and some programmes shown online exclusively or ahead of broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_equipment">Reception equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reception equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Freesat%2B" title="Freesat+">Freesat+</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Receivers">Receivers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Receivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG/220px-REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG/330px-REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG/440px-REVERSE_OF_FOX_SAT_HD_FREESAT_BOX.PNG 2x" data-file-width="3059" data-file-height="1721" /></a><figcaption>Reverse of a <a href="/wiki/Humax" title="Humax">Humax</a> Freesat HD box</figcaption></figure> <p>At the launch of the service, there were two types of Freesat receivers available —standard definition-only receivers and high definition-capable receivers. As of July 2010, there were eleven companies licensed to produce Freesat boxes and televisions.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Humax launched a Freesat recorder, <a href="/wiki/Freesat%2B" title="Freesat+">Freesat+</a>, which became available to the public in November 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 October 2012, Humax released the first Freetime receiver, the Humax HDR-1000S.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2018, Freesat announced that <a href="/wiki/Arris_International" title="Arris International">Arris International</a> would produce Freesat's 3rd generation set-top box.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new boxes, which support 4K, were eventually released in February 2020<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/CommScope" title="CommScope">CommScope</a>, who purchased Arris International in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Televisions">Televisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Televisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the initial launch, <a href="/wiki/Panasonic" title="Panasonic">Panasonic</a> introduced three plasma televisions with integrated HD Freesat receivers. At the end of October 2008, Panasonic brought out two more sizes which are 32" and 37". </p><p>In April 2009, <a href="/wiki/LG" title="LG">LG</a> launched four LCD TVs with built-in Freesat receivers. The LG series is the LF7700 (discontinued mid-2010), with screen sizes of 32", 37", 42" and 47". <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> has released two televisions with Freesat receivers, the W5810 and Z5800 series, available from sizes 32" up to 52" and in 100 Hz and 200 Hz alternatives. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Satellite_dish">Satellite dish</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Satellite dish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The service makes use of the same group of <a href="/wiki/Astra_(satellite)" title="Astra (satellite)">Astra</a> satellites at <a href="/wiki/Astra_28.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 28.2°E">28.2°E</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Sky_(UK_%26_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (UK & Ireland)">Sky</a> subscription satellite service. This means that a satellite dish which is positioned to receive these services will be capable of receiving Freesat, with the addition of a suitable receiver (or Television with the receiver built-in). Provided that the <a href="/wiki/Low_noise_block-downconverter" class="mw-redirect" title="Low noise block-downconverter">LNB</a> has sufficient outputs, a single dish may be used to receive multiple services (i.e. Sky and Freesat). However, a dish with an LNB for the <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK#Sky_Q" title="Sky UK">Sky Q</a> service cannot be used with most types of Freesat receivers because Sky Q uses a <a href="/wiki/Low-noise_block_downconverter#Wideband_LNB" title="Low-noise block downconverter">wideband LNB</a> which is incompatible with most models of Freesat receiver. A "Hybrid" Sky Q LNB can be used as it has both wideband outputs for Sky Q and conventional universal LNB outputs for non-Sky Q receivers, including Freesat. In 2020 a new generation of Freesat boxes was launched, these work with regular LNBs and also Sky Q LNBs.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For users who do not currently have a satellite dish, Freesat offers an installation service which is made available through retailers and which is advertised in a leaflet included with Freesat receivers. A suitable dish may also be installed by the user or a non-Freesat-affiliated installer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While Freesat systems work in Ireland, official branded Freesat receivers are not widely or officially marketed in the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2011)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 23 October 2008, several Irish retail chains, including <a href="/wiki/Maplin_Electronics" class="mw-redirect" title="Maplin Electronics">Maplin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tesco_Ireland" title="Tesco Ireland">Tesco Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/PowerCity" title="PowerCity">PowerCity</a> began offering modified Freesat systems from <a href="/wiki/Grundig" title="Grundig">Grundig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alba_(electronics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alba (electronics)">Alba</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that had their Freesat branding replaced with a Sat4free brand name. The requirement to enter a UK <a href="/wiki/Postcode" class="mw-redirect" title="Postcode">postcode</a> was removed; the systems were instead set to use the version of the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_programme_guide" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic programme guide">electronic programme guide</a> appropriate for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Hard-coded" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard-coded">hard-coded</a> <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> postcode.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sat4free was permanently closed down shortly after.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Ireland there is now an alternate FTA satellite service, <a href="/wiki/Saorsat" title="Saorsat">Saorsat</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_the_UK_and_Ireland">Outside the UK and Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Outside the UK and Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although not intended for reception outside of the UK, it is possible to receive Freesat outside of the UK and Ireland but a larger dish is required as the UK <a href="/wiki/Spot_beam" title="Spot beam">beams</a> of <a href="/wiki/Astra_2E" title="Astra 2E">Astra 2E</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astra_2F" title="Astra 2F">Astra 2F</a> and <a href="/wiki/Astra_2G" title="Astra 2G">Astra 2G</a> (which carry the majority of channels from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) have footprints tightly focused on the UK and Ireland. Also, Freesat receivers are not widely or easily available outside the UK, without which the full Freesat EPG is not accessible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_details">Technical details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Technical details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Freesat broadcasts are from the same fleet of satellites (<a href="/wiki/Astra_28.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 28.2°E">Astra 28.2°E</a>) as <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a>'s Pay-TV service. Channels are broadcast using <a href="/wiki/DVB-S" title="DVB-S">DVB-S</a>, or <a href="/wiki/DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a> for HD channels. Freesat's role is not broadcasting or availability of channels (although the BBC and ITV are substantial broadcasters in their own right) but instead providing a platform for receiving the channels and the EPG. </p><p>All of the standard definition channels on Freesat are broadcast using DVB-S; ITV HD and NHK World HD also use DVB-S. BBC One HD and BBC HD used DVB-S until 6 June 2011 when the <a href="/wiki/Transponder_(satellite_communications)" title="Transponder (satellite communications)">satellite transponder</a> carrying them was upgraded to <a href="/wiki/DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Channel 4 HD had launched using DVB-S2 but the transponder was downgraded to DVB-S on 28 March 2012. Standard definition channels are broadcast using MPEG-2, while high definition channels are broadcast using MPEG-4. Interactive television is done using <a href="/wiki/MHEG-5" title="MHEG-5">MHEG-5</a> rather than the proprietary OpenTV platform used by Sky. Channel 4 is no longer available in HD since 22 March 2018; it is again available here only in SD, just like it was before 19 April 2011. The BBC suspended SD broadcasts on satellite in January 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the channels are broadcast 'in the clear', they can also be received by non-Freesat receivers, including <a href="/wiki/Sky_Digibox" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Digibox">Sky Digiboxes</a>, although these devices cannot receive HD channels on DVB-S2 transponders. </p><p>The specification for Freesat boxes includes having an <a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a> port. This is to allow on-demand programming from services such as <a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a> or <a href="/wiki/ITV_Hub" class="mw-redirect" title="ITV Hub">ITV Hub</a> to be viewed directly on the customer's television.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Open standards and technologies form the basis of Freesat's second-generation Freetime receivers, including those from the <a href="/wiki/Open_IPTV_Forum" title="Open IPTV Forum">Open IPTV Forum</a> (OIPF), the <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV" title="Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV">Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV</a> (HbbTV) project and <a href="/wiki/HTML5" title="HTML5">HTML5</a> browser technology,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the majority of the Freetime user interface built using the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Freetime spec also includes features such as: <a href="/wiki/DiSEqC" title="DiSEqC">DiSEqC 1.2</a> support; MoCA (<a href="/wiki/Multimedia_over_Coax_Alliance" title="Multimedia over Coax Alliance">Multimedia over Coax Alliance</a>) support including single cable routing; <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a>, <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</a> internet technologies for broadband-delivered interactive services; <a href="/wiki/Digital_rights_management" title="Digital rights management">DRM</a> for online content; and payment mechanisms for broadband services like <a href="/wiki/LoveFilm" title="LoveFilm">LoveFilm</a>. James Strickland, Freesat's director of product and technology development, explained that Freetime is a hybrid between HbbTV and MHEG-5.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption">Adoption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Adoption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The table below shows the quarterly and cumulative sales of Freesat equipment in the first years of the service. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Quarter </th> <th>Quarterly Sales </th> <th>Cumulative Sales </th> <th>Quarterly HD Sales </th> <th>Cumulative HD Sales </th> <th>Quarterly HD Proportion </th> <th>Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td>Q2, 2008 </td> <td>39,018 </td> <td>39,018 </td> <td>23,854 </td> <td>23,854 </td> <td>61% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090421060759/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtu_2008_q2/q2_2008">[1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q3, 2008 </td> <td>68,982 </td> <td>108,000 </td> <td>49,146 </td> <td>73,000 </td> <td>71% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090325123719/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtu_2008_03/q3_2008.pdf">[2]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q4, 2008 </td> <td>125,000 </td> <td>233,000 </td> <td>99,000 </td> <td>172,000 </td> <td>79% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090508034047/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtu_2008_04/q42008.pdf">[3]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q1, 2009 </td> <td>117,000 </td> <td>350,000 </td> <td>91,000 </td> <td>263,000 </td> <td>78% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090710234758/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtu_2009_01/q12009.pdf">[4]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q2, 2009 </td> <td>98,000 </td> <td>450,000 </td> <td>77,000 </td> <td>340,000 </td> <td>79% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091009113318/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtu_2009_02/q22009.pdf">[5]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q3, 2009 </td> <td>190,000 </td> <td>640,000 </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>79% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2009_q3/dtv_2009_q3.pdf">[6]</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged December 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q4, 2009 </td> <td>260,000 </td> <td>900,000 </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>80% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100601184958/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2009_q4/dtv_2009_q4.pdf">[7]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q1, 2010 </td> <td>100,000 </td> <td>1,000,000 </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>80% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/tv-research/tv-data/dig-tv-updates/q12010.pdf">[8]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q2, 2010 </td> <td>250,000 </td> <td>1,250,000 </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>80% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/tv-research/tv-data/dig-tv-updates/q22010.pdf">[9]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q3, 2010* </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>80% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/tv-research/tv-data/dig-tv-updates/Q3_2010_DTV_Update.pdf">[10]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Q4, 2010* </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>80% </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/tv-research/tv-data/dig-tv-updates/q42010.pdf">[11]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the Q4 2009 report (from the table above), Ofcom reported that Freesat had announced the 1 million mark had been hit by the end of February 2010. </p><p>*Note: Ofcom stopped reporting Freesat Penetration Cumulatively with the Q3 2010 Report, and stopped quarterly reports at the end of 2010. Indications are that Freesat penetration largely plateaued in late 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2017, Freesat announced that 904,000 devices capable of receiving the platform were sold in 2016, with the installed base increasing 58,000-year-on-year and passing 2 million during the course of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2E" title="Astra 2E">Astra 2E</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astra_2F" title="Astra 2F">Astra 2F</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astra_2G" title="Astra 2G">Astra 2G</a> – satellites carrying Freesat (with channel lists)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freesat_from_Sky" title="Freesat from Sky">Freesat from Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> - terrestrial service complementary to Freesat, both now managed by <a href="/wiki/Everyone_TV" title="Everyone TV">Everyone TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28%C2%B0E" class="mw-redirect" title="List of free-to-air channels at 28°E">List of free-to-air channels at 28°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_v_Media_Protection_Services_Limited" title="Murphy v Media Protection Services Limited">Murphy v Media Protection Services Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saorsat" title="Saorsat">Saorsat</a> – a free-to-air satellite service for Ireland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiv%C3%B9sat" title="Tivùsat">Tivùsat</a> - a free-to-air satellite service for Italy</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freesat&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-merger-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-merger_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-merger_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-merger_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/digital-uk-freesat-integration"><i>BBC, ITV and Channel 4 announce the completion of Digital UK and Freesat's integration</i></a> BBC Media Centre. 8 July 2021. 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Accessed 28 February 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://help.channel5.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001307757-My5-on-Freesat"><i>MY5 ON FREESAT</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190426111754/https://help.channel5.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001307757-My5-on-Freesat">Archived</a> 26 April 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Channel 5 website. March v28, 2019. 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title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK, Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Pacific_Quay" title="BBC Pacific Quay">Pacific Quay, Glasgow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Television licensing in the United Kingdom">Television licence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom_(historical)" title="Television licensing in the United Kingdom (historical)">history</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backstage.bbc.co.uk" title="Backstage.bbc.co.uk">Backstage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_UK_regional_TV_on_satellite" title="BBC UK regional TV on satellite">BBC UK regional TV on satellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Box" title="BBC Box">The Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Bitesize" title="BBC Bitesize">Bitesize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BritBox" title="BritBox">BritBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirac_(video_compression_format)" title="Dirac (video compression format)">Dirac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Project" title="BBC Domesday Project">Domesday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freely" title="Freely">Freely</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Freesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H2g2" title="H2g2">h2g2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_Democracy_Reporting_Service" title="Local Democracy Reporting Service">Local Democracy Reporting Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Redux" title="BBC Redux">Redux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Technical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Programme_Catalogue" title="BBC Programme Catalogue">Programme Catalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Programme_Identifier" title="BBC Programme Identifier">Programme Identifier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_channels" title="List of ITV channels">Channels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Current" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV <i>(network)</i></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV1" title="ITV1">ITV1</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Choice" title="ITV Choice">ITV Choice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Box_Office" title="ITV Box Office">ITV Box Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Encore" title="ITV Encore">ITV Encore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Channel" title="ITV News Channel">ITV News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play" title="ITV Play">ITV Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Select" title="ITV Select">ITV Select</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport_Channel" title="ITV Sport Channel">ITV Sport Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merit_(TV_channel)" title="Merit (TV channel)">Merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S2_(TV_channel)" title="S2 (TV channel)">S2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV2" title="STV2">STV2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JML_Direct_TV#JML_Store" title="JML Direct TV">The Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UTV2" title="UTV2">UTV2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Three" title="Virgin Media Three">UTV Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Group" title="STV Group">STV Group plc</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Television" title="Alpha Television">Alpha Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications" title="Carlton Communications">Carlton Communications plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_plc" title="Granada plc">Granada plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITC_Entertainment" title="ITC Entertainment">ITC Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment#2_Entertain/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment" title="BBC Studios Home Entertainment">Video Collection International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios#Distribution" title="ITV Studios">Pickwick Video Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation" title="The Rank Organisation">The Rank Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Film_Distributors" title="General Film Distributors">General Film Distributors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_%26_Dean_Ireland" title="Pearl & Dean Ireland">Carlton Screen Advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_Television" title="Trident Television">Trident Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_Broadcasting" title="News Broadcasting">UTV Media plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire-Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television">Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Divisions,<br />brands and<br />services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0"><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios" title="ITV Studios">ITV Studios</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios_Australia" title="ITV Studios Australia">ITV Studios Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Yard" title="12 Yard">12 Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Talk_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Talk Productions">Big Talk Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattleya_(production_company)" title="Cattleya (production company)">Cattleya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartswood_Films" title="Hartswood Films">Hartswood Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Screen" title="Mammoth Screen">Mammoth Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multistory_Media" title="Multistory Media">Multistory Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Scientific_Films" title="Oxford Scientific Films">Oxford Scientific Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potato_(production_company)" title="Potato (production company)">Potato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So_Television" title="So Television">So Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twofour" title="Twofour">Twofour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Productions" title="World Productions">World Productions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LittleBe" title="LittleBe">LittleBe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Daytime" title="ITV Daytime">ITV Daytime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Food" title="ITV Food">ITV Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_News" title="ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Weather" title="ITV Weather">ITV Weather</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport" title="ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITVX" title="ITVX">ITVX</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Itv.com" title="Itv.com">itv.com</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BritBox" title="BritBox">BritBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Studios" title="STV Studios">STV Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Reunited" title="Friends Reunited">Friends Reunited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Day" title="ITV Day">ITV Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Local" title="ITV Local">ITV Local</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play" title="ITV Play">ITV Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Schools" title="ITV Schools">ITV Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.tv" title="U.tv">u.tv</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_regions" title="List of ITV regions">ITV<br /><i>(network)</i><br />franchises<br />and<br />regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">National<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Breakfast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a> (1983–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GMTV" title="GMTV">GMTV</a> (1993–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Breakfast" title="ITV Breakfast">ITV Breakfast</a> (2010–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Teletext</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORACLE_(teletext)" title="ORACLE (teletext)">ORACLE</a> (1974–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teletext_Ltd." title="Teletext Ltd.">Teletext Ltd.</a> (1993–2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current<br />regional<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">ITV plc</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Border" title="ITV Border">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Channel_Television" title="ITV Channel Television">Channel TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Cymru_Wales" title="ITV Cymru Wales">Cymru Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_London" title="ITV London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees" title="ITV Tyne Tees">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UTV_(TV_channel)" title="UTV (TV channel)">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_West_Country" title="ITV West Country">West Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">STV Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Television" title="Scottish Television">STV Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampian_Television" title="Grampian Television">STV North</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former<br />regional<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">"Big 4 / 5"</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Television" title="Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Wales_%26_West" title="ITV Wales & West">HTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Service_for_Wales_and_the_West" title="Independent Television Service for Wales and the West">ITSWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Westcountry" title="ITV Westcountry">ITV Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South_West" title="Television South West">TSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Wales_and_the_West" title="Television Wales and the West">TWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_West_and_North_Television" title="Wales West and North Television">WWN/Teledu Cymru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Unsuccessful<br />franchise bids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CPV-TV" title="CPV-TV">CPV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemsley-Winnick_Television" title="Kemsley-Winnick Television">Kemsley-Winnick Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Pictures#North_West_Television_franchise_bid" title="Lime Pictures">North West Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Non-franchise<br />regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Thames_Valley" title="ITV Thames Valley">ITV Thames Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees_%26_Border" title="ITV Tyne Tees & Border">ITV Tyne Tees & Border</a></li></ul> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Carlton_Television" title="Timeline of Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Central_Independent_Television" title="Timeline of Central Independent Television">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Channel_Television" title="Timeline of Channel Television">Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Grampian_Television" title="Timeline of Grampian Television">Grampian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Granada_Television" title="Timeline of Granada Television">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_HTV_West" title="Timeline of HTV West">HTV West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_in_Wales" title="Timeline of ITV in Wales">ITV in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London_Weekend_Television" title="Timeline of London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Meridian_Broadcasting" title="Timeline of Meridian Broadcasting">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Scottish_Television" title="Timeline of Scottish Television">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Southern_Television" title="Timeline of Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Thames_Television" title="Timeline of Thames Television">Thames & Associated-Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TSW" title="Timeline of TSW">TSW & Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TV-am" title="Timeline of TV-am">TV-am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TVS" title="Timeline of TVS">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Timeline of Tyne Tees Television">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Ulster_Television" title="Timeline of Ulster Television">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Westcountry_Television" title="Timeline of Westcountry Television">Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Yorkshire_Television" title="Timeline of Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV" title="Timeline of ITV">ITV <i>(network)</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_children%27s_television_on_ITV" title="Timeline of children's television on ITV">ITV children's TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Digital_Channels" title="Timeline of ITV Digital Channels">ITV Digital Channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_News" title="Timeline of ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITN" title="Timeline of ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_regional_news_on_ITV" title="Timeline of regional news on ITV">Regional news</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Sport" title="Timeline of ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Regulators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">ITA</a> (1954–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Independent Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> (1972–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">ITC</a> (1991–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> (2003–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freely" 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#National_analogue_and_digital_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">National<br />stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio">BBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra" title="BBC Radio 1Xtra">BBC Radio 1Xtra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4_Extra" title="BBC Radio 4 Extra">BBC Radio 4 Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Sports_Extra" title="BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra">BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">BBC Radio 6 Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Asian_Network" title="BBC Asian Network">BBC Asian Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_National_DAB" title="BBC National DAB">BBC National DAB</a> (multiplex)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Radio" title="Independent National Radio">Independent<br />/ commercial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio_Network" title="Absolute Radio Network">Absolute Radio Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Capital_(radio_network)" title="Capital (radio network)">Capital</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Capital_Xtra" title="Capital Xtra">Capital Xtra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Classic_FM_(UK)" title="Classic FM (UK)">Classic FM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Digital_One" title="Digital One">Digital One</a> (multiplex)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gold_(British_radio_network)" title="Gold (British radio network)">Gold</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio" title="Greatest Hits Radio">Greatest Hits Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heart_(radio_network)" title="Heart (radio network)">Heart</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio" title="Hits Radio">Hits Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jazz_FM_(UK)" title="Jazz FM (UK)">Jazz FM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kiss_Network" title="Kiss Network">Kiss Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LBC_News" title="LBC News">LBC News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Magic_(UK_radio_station)" title="Magic (UK radio station)">Magic</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Magic_Classical" title="Magic Classical">Magic Classical</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Premier_Christian_Radio" title="Premier Christian Radio">Premier Christian Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RNIB_Connect_Radio" title="RNIB Connect Radio">RNIB Connect Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sound_Digital" title="Sound Digital">Sound Digital</a> (multiplex)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Smooth_Radio_(2014)" title="Smooth Radio (2014)">Smooth Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Talksport" title="Talksport">talkSPORT</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Talkradio" title="Talkradio">TalkRadio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Times_Radio" title="Times Radio">Times Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/United_Christian_Broadcasters" title="United Christian Broadcasters">UCB UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Radio_X_(United_Kingdom)" title="Radio X (United Kingdom)">Radio X</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Local_and_regional_analogue_and_digital_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">Regional<br />and local<br />stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#BBC_Local_Radio" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of BBC Local Radio stations</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Scotland" title="BBC Radio Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_nan_G%C3%A0idheal" title="BBC Radio nan Gàidheal">BBC Radio nan Gàidheal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Ulster" title="BBC Radio Ulster">BBC Radio Ulster</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Foyle" title="BBC Radio Foyle">BBC Radio Foyle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Wales" title="BBC Radio Wales">BBC Radio Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru" title="BBC Radio Cymru">BBC Radio Cymru</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Cymru_2" title="BBC Radio Cymru 2">Cymru 2</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Local_Radio" title="Independent Local Radio">Independent<br />/ commercial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Community_radio_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of community radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Commercial_radio" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of local commercial radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Semi-national_analogue_and_digital_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of semi-national / regional analogue and digital radio stations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Hospital_radio_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of hospital radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Pirate radio in the United Kingdom">Pirate radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restricted_Service_Licence" title="Restricted Service Licence">Restricted Service Licence</a> (RSL) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#RSL_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of RSL stations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Satellite_radio_stations" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of satellite radio stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom#Student_and_schools_radio" title="List of radio stations in the United Kingdom">List of student and schools radio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting_in_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="FM broadcasting in the UK">FM broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dock10_(television_facility)" title="Dock10 (television facility)">Dock10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Academy" title="Radio Academy">Radio Academy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards" title="Radio Academy Awards">Radio Academy Awards</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Independents_Group" title="Radio Independents Group">Radio Independents Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAJAR" title="RAJAR">RAJAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-listened-to_radio_programs" title="List of most-listened-to radio programs">Most listened to programmes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Television_in_the_UK" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Television in the United Kingdom">Television in the UK</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Principalchannels(List)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principal<br />channels<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_television_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of television channels in the United Kingdom">List</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/BBC_Television" title="BBC Television">BBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Three" title="BBC Three">BBC Three</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_News_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC News (TV channel)">BBC News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Parliament" title="BBC Parliament">BBC Parliament</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Alba" title="BBC Alba">BBC Alba</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland_(TV_channel)" title="BBC Scotland (TV channel)">BBC Scotland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/CBBC" title="CBBC">CBBC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/CBeebies" title="CBeebies">CBeebies</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/ITV1" title="ITV1">ITV1</a>/<a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a>/<a href="/wiki/UTV_(TV_channel)" title="UTV (TV channel)">UTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITV2" title="ITV2">ITV2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITV3" title="ITV3">ITV3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITV4" title="ITV4">ITV4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/ITVBe" title="ITVBe">ITVBe</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Channel_Four_Television_Corporation" title="Channel Four Television Corporation">Channel 4</a>/<a href="/wiki/S4C_Authority" title="S4C Authority">S4C</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/S4C" title="S4C">S4C</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/E4_(TV_channel)" title="E4 (TV channel)">E4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/E4_Extra" title="E4 Extra">E4 Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Film4" title="Film4">Film4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/More4" title="More4">More4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/4seven" title="4seven">4seven</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Networks_UK_%26_Australia" title="Paramount Networks UK & Australia">Paramount</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5Star" title="5Star">5Star</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5USA" title="5USA">5USA</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5Select" title="5Select">5Select</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/5Action" title="5Action">5Action</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(British_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (British TV channel)">Comedy Central</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Extra" title="Comedy Central Extra">Comedy Central Extra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Hits</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_80s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 80s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 80s</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MTV_90s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 90s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 90s</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(British_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicktoons (British TV channel)">Nicktoons</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel)">Nick Jr.</a></dd> <dd>Nick Jr. Too</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Challenge_(TV_channel)" title="Challenge (TV channel)">Challenge</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Cinema</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Comedy" title="Sky Comedy">Sky Comedy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Crime" title="Sky Crime">Sky Crime</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Documentaries" title="Sky Documentaries">Sky Documentaries</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_(European_TV_channel)" title="History (European TV channel)">Sky History</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/H2_(A%26E_Networks)" title="H2 (A&E Networks)">Sky History 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Kids_(TV_channel)" title="Sky Kids (TV channel)">Sky Kids</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Mix" title="Sky Mix">Sky Mix</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Nature" title="Sky Nature">Sky Nature</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky Replay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sci-Fi" title="Sky Sci-Fi">Sky Sci-Fi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Showcase" title="Sky Showcase">Sky Showcase</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Box_Office" title="Sky Box Office">Sky Sports Box Office</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_F1" title="Sky Sports F1">Sky Sports F1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_News" title="Sky Sports News">Sky Sports News</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_Racing" title="Sky Sports Racing">Sky Sports Racing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sky_Witness_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Witness (TV channel)">Sky Witness</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UKTV" title="UKTV">UKTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Alibi" title="U&Alibi">U&Alibi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Dave" title="U&Dave">U&Dave</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Drama" title="U&Drama">U&Drama</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Eden" title="U&Eden">U&Eden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Gold" title="U&Gold">U&Gold</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26W" title="U&W">U&W</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/U%26Yesterday" title="U&Yesterday">U&Yesterday</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery_EMEA" title="Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA">Warner Bros. Discovery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Animal_Planet_(British_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal Planet (British TV channel)">Animal Planet</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boomerang_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Boomerang (British and Irish TV channel)">Boomerang</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartoon_Network_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Cartoon Network (British and Irish TV channel)">Cartoon Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartoonito_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Cartoonito (British and Irish TV channel)">Cartoonito</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/CNN_International" title="CNN International">CNN International</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Discovery Channel (British and Irish TV channel)">Discovery Channel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_History" title="Discovery History">Discovery History</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Science_(European_TV_channel)" title="Discovery Science (European TV channel)">Discovery Science</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Turbo" title="Discovery Turbo">Discovery Turbo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/DMAX_(British_TV_channel)" title="DMAX (British TV channel)">DMAX</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eurosport_1" title="Eurosport 1">Eurosport 1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eurosport_2" title="Eurosport 2">Eurosport 2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Food_Network" title="Food Network">Food Network</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/HGTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="HGTV (British and Irish TV channel)">HGTV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Investigation_Discovery_(European_TV_channel)" title="Investigation Discovery (European TV channel)">Investigation Discovery</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quest_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quest (TV channel)">Quest</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Quest_Red" title="Quest Red">Quest Red</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Really_(TV_channel)" title="Really (TV channel)">Really</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/TLC_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="TLC (British and Irish TV channel)">TLC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Narrative Entertainment UK Limited</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Action" title="Great! Action">Great! Action</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Movies" title="Great! Movies">Great! Movies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_Romance" title="Great! Romance">Great! Romance</a></dd> <dd>Great! Real</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great!_TV" title="Great! TV">Great! TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Pop (British and Irish TV channel)">Pop</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pop_Max" title="Pop Max">Pop Max</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Services<br />and<br />platforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cable_television_by_region#United_Kingdom" title="Cable television by region">cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_4_(VoD_service)" title="Channel 4 (VoD service)">Channel 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Digital television in the United Kingdom">digital</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">digital terrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_DTT_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom">List of channels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EE_TV" title="EE TV">EE TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freely" title="Freely">Freely</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Freesat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freesat%2B" title="Freesat+">Freesat+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-definition_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="High-definition television in the United Kingdom">high-definition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_HD_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of HD channels in the United Kingdom">List of channels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITVX" title="ITVX">ITVX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local television in the United Kingdom">local television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My5" title="My5">My5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Now_(streaming_service)" title="Now (streaming service)">Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount%2B" title="Paramount+">Paramount+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Player" title="Pop Player">Pop Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restricted_Service_Licence" title="Restricted Service Licence">Restricted Service Licence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom#Satellite_television" title="Television in the United Kingdom">satellite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_Astra_28.2%C2%B0E_(Ireland_and_the_United_Kingdom)" title="List of free-to-air channels at Astra 28.2°E (Ireland and the United Kingdom)">List of channels</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freesat_from_Sky" title="Freesat from Sky">Freesat from Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Demand_(Sky)" title="On Demand (Sky)">On Demand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky%2B" title="Sky+">Sky+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky%2B_HD" title="Sky+ HD">Sky+ HD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV" title="TalkTalk TV">TalkTalk TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVPlayer" title="TVPlayer">TVPlayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_(streaming_service)" title="U (streaming service)">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_TV" title="Virgin TV">Virgin Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FilmFlex" title="FilmFlex">FilmFlex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TiVo" title="TiVo">TiVo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%2B" title="V+">V+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Analogue_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Analogue television in the United Kingdom">analogue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Analogue_terrestrial_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Analogue terrestrial television in the United Kingdom">analogue terrestrial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Store" title="BBC Store">BBC Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV_Store" title="TalkTalk TV Store">TalkTalk TV Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film4oD" title="Film4oD">Film4oD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Digital" title="Real Digital">Real Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Up_TV" title="Top Up TV">Top Up TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3_Mills_Studios" title="3 Mills Studios">3 Mills Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Cymru_Wales_New_Broadcasting_House" title="BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House">BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Elstree_Centre" title="BBC Elstree Centre">BBC Elstree Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Pacific_Quay" title="BBC Pacific Quay">BBC Pacific Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bottle_Yard_Studios" title="The Bottle Yard Studios">The Bottle Yard Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Belfast" title="Broadcasting House, Belfast">Broadcasting House, Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Bristol" title="Broadcasting House, Bristol">Broadcasting House, Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dock10_(television_facility)" title="Dock10 (television facility)">Dock10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elstree_Studios_(Shenley_Road)" title="Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)">Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Street_Studios" title="Gas Street Studios">Gas Street Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Leeds_Studios" title="The Leeds Studios">The Leeds Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Maidstone_Studios" title="The Maidstone Studios">The Maidstone Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mailbox_Birmingham" title="Mailbox Birmingham">Mailbox Birmingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaCityUK" title="MediaCityUK">MediaCityUK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_Studios" title="Granada Studios">Old Granada Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_Studios" title="Riverside Studios">Riverside Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roath_Lock" title="Roath Lock">Roath Lock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sharp_Project" title="The Sharp Project">The Sharp Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Campus" title="Sky Campus">Sky Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Studios_Manchester" title="Space Studios Manchester">Space Studios Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_London" title="Television Centre, London">Television Centre, London</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House,_Cardiff" title="Broadcasting House, Cardiff">Broadcasting House, Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_Road_Studios" title="Dickenson Road Studios">Dickenson Road Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Studios" title="Fountain Studios">Fountain Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hospital_Club" title="The Hospital Club">The Hospital Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Grove_Studios" title="Lime Grove Studios">Lime Grove Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limehouse_Studios" title="Limehouse Studios">Limehouse Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_London_Studios" title="The London Studios">The London Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM-British_Studios" title="MGM-British Studios">MGM-British Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Broadcasting_House,_Manchester" title="New Broadcasting House, Manchester">New Broadcasting House, Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pebble_Mill_Studios" title="Pebble Mill Studios">Pebble Mill Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teddington_Studios" title="Teddington Studios">Teddington Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne">Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_Southampton" title="Television Centre, Southampton">Television Centre, Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Boat_Studios" title="Upper Boat Studios">Upper Boat Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Television in Northern Ireland">Television in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Scotland" title="Television in Scotland">in Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Wales" title="Television in Wales">in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_TV_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom">Defunct channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_International_Television_Festival" title="Edinburgh International Television Festival">Edinburgh International Television Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom#History" title="Television in the United Kingdom">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_British_television" title="List of years in British television">List of years</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of television stations in the United Kingdom">List of channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Student_television_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Student television in the United Kingdom">Student television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom#Viewing_statistics" title="Television in the United Kingdom">Viewing statistics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most watched television broadcasts">Most-watched broadcasts</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Companies_and_organisations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Companies and organisations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major<br />companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascential" title="Ascential">Ascential</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banijay_UK_Productions" title="Banijay UK Productions">Banijay UK Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauer_Media_Audio_UK" title="Bauer Media Audio UK">Bauer Media Audio UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Publishing" title="Bloomsbury Publishing">Bloomsbury Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Four_Television_Corporation" title="Channel Four Television Corporation">Channel Four Television Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail_and_General_Trust" title="Daily Mail and General Trust">Daily Mail and General Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dentsu_International" title="Dentsu International">Dentsu International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economist_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Economist Group">Economist Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMI_Music_Publishing" title="EMI Music Publishing">EMI Music Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_plc" title="Future plc">Future plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Media_%26_Entertainment" title="Global Media & Entertainment">Global Media & Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_Media_Group" title="Guardian Media Group">Guardian Media Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Media_Group" title="Haymarket Media Group">Haymarket Media Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Informa" title="Informa">Informa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Narrative_Capital&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Narrative Capital (page does not exist)">Narrative Capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_World" title="National World">National World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_Broadcasting" title="News Broadcasting">News Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_UK" title="News UK">News UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newsquest" title="Newsquest">Newsquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_%26_Shell" title="Northern & Shell">Northern & Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearson_plc" title="Pearson plc">Pearson plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Press_Holdings" title="Press Holdings">Press Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reach_plc" title="Reach plc">Reach plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RELX" title="RELX">RELX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Group" title="STV Group">STV Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syco" class="mw-redirect" title="Syco">Syco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_Group" title="TalkTalk Group">TalkTalk Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Networks_UK_%26_Australia" title="Paramount Networks UK & Australia">Paramount Networks UK & Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_O2" title="Virgin Media O2">Virgin Media O2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery_EMEA" title="Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA">Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arqiva" title="Arqiva">Arqiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_book_publishers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of largest book publishers of the United Kingdom">List of largest UK book publishers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government and<br />regulatory bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)">Advertising Standards Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Board" title="BBC Board">BBC Board</a> (formerly: <a href="/wiki/BBC_Trust" title="BBC Trust">BBC Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Governors_of_the_BBC" title="Board of Governors of the BBC">Board of Governors of the BBC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification" title="British Board of Film Classification">British Board of Film Classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture,_Media_and_Sport_Committee" title="Culture, Media and Sport Committee">Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Department for Culture, Media and Sport">Department for Culture, Media and Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Press_Standards_Organisation" title="Independent Press Standards Organisation">Independent Press Standards Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Press_Recognition_Panel" title="Press Recognition 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title="Digital TV Group">Digital TV Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equity_(trade_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Equity (trade union)">Equity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everyone_TV" title="Everyone TV">Everyone TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_Against_Copyright_Theft" title="Federation Against Copyright Theft">Federation Against Copyright Theft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Publishers_Guild" title="Independent Publishers Guild">Independent Publishers Guild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Journalists" title="National Union of Journalists">National Union of Journalists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Publishers_Association" title="The Publishers Association">The Publishers Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society" title="Royal Television Society">Royal Television Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independent_Broadcasting" title="United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting">United Kingdom Independent 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in Europe</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">Cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A1_Bulgaria" title="A1 Bulgaria">A1 Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_Hrvatska" title="A1 Hrvatska">A1 Hrvatska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiway" title="Caiway">Caiway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(company)" title="Delta (company)">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digi_Communications" title="Digi Communications">Digi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DNA_Oyj" title="DNA Oyj">DNA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eir_(telecommunications)" title="Eir (telecommunications)">Eir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisa_(company)" title="Elisa (company)">Elisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elta-Kabel" title="Elta-Kabel">Elta-Kabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ER-Telecom" title="ER-Telecom">ER-Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euskaltel" title="Euskaltel">Euskaltel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GO_(Malta)" title="GO (Malta)">Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPKO" title="IPKO">IPKO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabelnoord" title="Kabelnoord">Kabelnoord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhtelecom" title="Kazakhtelecom">Kazakhtelecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kujtesa" title="Kujtesa">Kujtesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%26H_Company" title="M&H Company">M&H Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magenta_Telekom" title="Magenta Telekom">Magenta Telekom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnet_Networks" title="Magnet Networks">Magnet Networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magyar_Telekom" title="Magyar Telekom">Magyar Telekom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melita_(telecommunications_company)" title="Melita (telecommunications company)">Melita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MEO_(telecommunication_company)" title="MEO (telecommunication company)">MEO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss.Net" title="Miss.Net">Miss.Net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco_Telecom_TV" title="Monaco Telecom TV">Monaco Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxoo" title="Naxoo">Naxoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetCologne" title="NetCologne">NetCologne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOS_(Portuguese_company)" title="NOS (Portuguese company)">NOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nowo" title="Nowo">Nowo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Belgium" title="Orange Belgium">Orange Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange Luxembourg">Orange Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Romania" title="Orange Romania">Orange Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Play_(telecommunications)" title="Play (telecommunications)">Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post_Telecom" title="Post Telecom">Post Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primacom" title="Primacom">Primacom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R_(cable_operator)" title="R (cable operator)">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostelecom" title="Rostelecom">Rostelecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_Broadband" title="Serbia Broadband">SBB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SFR" title="SFR">SFR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_AS" title="STV AS">STV AS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swisscom" title="Swisscom">Swisscom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tango_(telecom)" title="Tango (telecom)">Tango TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecable" title="Telecable">Telecable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tele_Columbus" title="Tele Columbus">Tele Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telekabel" title="Telekabel">Telekabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telekom_Srbija" title="Telekom Srbija">Telekom Srbija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telemach_(Bosnia_and_Herzegovina)" title="Telemach (Bosnia and Herzegovina)">Telemach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telenet_(provider)" class="mw-redirect" title="Telenet (provider)">Telenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tet_(company)" title="Tet (company)">Tet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toya_(company)" title="Toya (company)">Toya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_(company)" title="Türksat (company)">Türksat Kablo TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPC_Switzerland" title="UPC Switzerland">UPC Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Ireland" title="Virgin Media Ireland">Virgin Media Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_TV" title="Virgin TV">Virgin TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Czech_Republic" title="Vodafone Czech Republic">Vodafone Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Deutschland" title="Vodafone Deutschland">Vodafone Deutschland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Vodafone España">Vodafone España</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Hungary" title="Vodafone Hungary">Vodafone Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Romania" title="Vodafone Romania">Vodafone Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VodafoneZiggo" title="VodafoneZiggo">VodafoneZiggo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VOO" title="VOO">VOO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WightFibre" title="WightFibre">WightFibre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouSee" title="YouSee">YouSee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziggo" title="Ziggo">Ziggo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">Satellite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A1_Bulgaria" title="A1 Bulgaria">A1 Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_Hrvatska" title="A1 Hrvatska">A1 Hrvatska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allente" title="Allente">Allente</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bis_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bis Télévisions (page does not exist)">Bis Télévisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulsatcom" title="Bulsatcom">Bulsatcom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(French_TV_provider)" title="Canal+ (French TV provider)">Canal+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(Polish_TV_provider)" title="Canal+ (Polish TV provider)">Canal+ Polska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal_Digitaal" title="Canal Digitaal">Canal Digitaal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosmote_TV" title="Cosmote TV">Cosmote TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-Smart" title="D-Smart">D-Smart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digi_Communications" title="Digi Communications">Digi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DigitAlb" title="DigitAlb">DigitAlb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digiturk" title="Digiturk">Digiturk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Focus_Sat" title="Focus Sat">Focus Sat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fransat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fransat (page does not exist)">Fransat</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Freesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD%2B" title="HD+">HD+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAXtv" class="mw-redirect" title="MAXtv">MAXtv (Hrvatski Telekom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_(telecommunications)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange (telecommunications)">La TV d'Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M7_Group" title="M7 Group">M7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Telekom" title="Slovak Telekom">Magio TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MagtiCom" title="MagtiCom">MagtiCom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MEO_(telecommunication_company)" title="MEO (telecommunication company)">MEO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movistar_Plus%2B" title="Movistar Plus+">Movistar Plus+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOS_(Portuguese_company)" title="NOS (Portuguese company)">NOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Forthnet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nova (Forthnet)">Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NTV_Plus" title="NTV Plus">NTV Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Polska" title="Orange Polska">Orange Polska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Romania" title="Orange Romania">Orange Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Slovensko" title="Orange Slovensko">Orange Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polsat_Box" title="Polsat Box">Polsat Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saorsat" title="Saorsat">Saorsat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Deutschland" title="Sky Deutschland">Sky Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Ireland" title="Sky Ireland">Sky Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Italia" title="Sky Italia">Sky Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skylink_(TV_platform)" title="Skylink (TV platform)">Skylink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magyar_Telekom" title="Magyar Telekom">Telekom Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telekom_Srbija" title="Telekom Srbija">Telekom Srbija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9sat" title="Télésat">Télésat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiv%C3%B9sat" title="Tivùsat">tivùsat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TotalTV_(Serbian_TV_provider)" title="TotalTV (Serbian TV provider)">Total TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricolor_TV" title="Tricolor TV">Tricolor TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_(company)" title="Türksat (company)">Turksat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_Vlaanderen" title="TV Vlaanderen">TV Vlaanderen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viasat_Ukraine" title="Viasat Ukraine">Viasat Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivacom" title="Vivacom">Vivacom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fiber_to_the_x" title="Fiber to the x">Fiber</a>/<a href="/wiki/Internet_Protocol_television" title="Internet Protocol television">IPTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A1_Bulgaria" title="A1 Bulgaria">A1 Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_Hrvatska" title="A1 Hrvatska">A1 Hrvatska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_Telekom_Austria" title="A1 Telekom Austria">A1 Telekom Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allente" title="Allente">Allente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altibox" title="Altibox">Altibox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMIS_(ISP)" class="mw-redirect" title="AMIS (ISP)">Amis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_Telecom" title="Andorra Telecom">Andorra Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beeline_(telecommunications)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeline (telecommunications)">Beeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouygues_Telecom" title="Bouygues Telecom">Bouygues Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulsatcom" title="Bulsatcom">Bulsatcom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cytavision" class="mw-redirect" title="Cytavision">Cytavision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EE_TV" title="EE TV">EE TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eir_(telecommunications)" title="Eir (telecommunications)">eir Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_(ISP)" title="Free (ISP)">Free</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HT_Eronet" title="HT Eronet">HT Eronet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INES_(TV_service)" title="INES (TV service)">iNES</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPN" title="KPN">KPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_(telecommunications)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange (telecommunications)">La TV d'Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom" title="Deutsche Telekom">Magenta TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnet_Networks" title="Magnet Networks">Magnet Networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MagtiCom" title="MagtiCom">MagtiCom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrvatski_Telekom" title="Hrvatski Telekom">MAXtv (Hrvatski Telekom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MEO_(telecommunication_company)" title="MEO (telecommunication company)">MEO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moja_TV" title="Moja TV">Moja TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldtelecom" title="Moldtelecom">Moldtelecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movistar_Plus%2B" title="Movistar Plus+">Movistar Plus+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Forthnet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nova (Forthnet)">Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odido" title="Odido">Odido</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Orange España">Orange España</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Polska" title="Orange Polska">Orange Polska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PrimeTel" title="PrimeTel">PrimeTel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proximus_TV" title="Proximus TV">Proximus TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarlet_(company)" title="Scarlet (company)">Scarlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SFR" title="SFR">SFR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%ADminn" title="Síminn">Síminn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smart_Telecom" title="Smart Telecom">Smart Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunrise TV">Sunrise TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_TV_(Bosnia_and_Herzegovina)" title="Super TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)">Super TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-2_(ISP)" class="mw-redirect" title="T-2 (ISP)">T-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV" title="TalkTalk TV">TalkTalk TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telekom_Srbija" title="Telekom Srbija">Telekom Srbija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telenor" title="Telenor">Telenor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telia_Company" title="Telia Company">Telia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telia_Digital-tv" title="Telia Digital-tv">Telia Digital-tv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teo_LT" title="Teo LT">Teo LT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TIMvision" title="TIMvision">TIMvision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tivibu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tivibu">Tivibu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkcell" title="Turkcell">Turkcell TV+</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivacom" title="Vivacom">Vivacom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Greece" title="Vodafone Greece">Vodafone Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Ireland" title="Vodafone Ireland">Vodafone Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Italy" title="Vodafone Italy">Vodafone Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KKTC_Telsim" title="KKTC Telsim">Vodafone North Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Portugal" title="Vodafone Portugal">Vodafone Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Turkey" title="Vodafone Turkey">Vodafone Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XS4ALL" title="XS4ALL">XS4ALL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouView" title="YouView">YouView</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziggo" title="Ziggo">Ziggo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">Terrestrial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boxer_TV_Access" title="Boxer TV Access">BoxerTV</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(SE)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digea" title="Digea">Digea</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(GR)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digitenne" title="Digitenne">Digitenne</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(NL)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EVOtv" class="mw-redirect" title="EVOtv">EVOtv (Hrvatski Telekom)</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(HR)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(UK)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GO_(Malta)" title="GO (Malta)">GO</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(MT)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PlusTV" class="mw-redirect" title="PlusTV">PlusTV</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FI)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television_in_Portugal" title="Digital terrestrial television in Portugal">PTDT</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(PT)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RiksTV" title="RiksTV">RiksTV</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(NO)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saorview" title="Saorview">Saorview</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(IE)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Spain" title="Television in Spain">TDT</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(ES)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_France" title="Television in France">TNT</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(FR)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_Vlaanderen" title="TV Vlaanderen">TV Vlaanderen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(BE)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/@Home_Network#@Home_Benelux" title="@Home Network">@Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akta" title="Akta">Akta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Home_TV" title="Alice Home TV">Alice Home TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Digital" title="Alpha Digital">Alpha Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athina_Sat" title="Athina Sat">Athina Sat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blizoo" title="Blizoo">blizoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom_Extrasatelit" title="Boom Extrasatelit">Boom Extrasatelit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bragatel" title="Bragatel">Bragatel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">BSB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(Spanish_TV_provider)" title="Canal+ (Spanish TV provider)">Canal+ Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal_Digital" title="Canal Digital">Canal Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casema" title="Casema">Casema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CenterTelecom" title="CenterTelecom">CenterTelecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Com_Hem" title="Com Hem">Com Hem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CTV_(pay_television)" title="CTV (pay television)">CTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_TV" title="Easy TV">Easy TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_AS" title="Get AS">Get</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infostrada_TV" title="Infostrada TV">Infostrada TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invitel" title="Invitel">Invitel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyne" title="Joyne">Joyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-TV" title="Kosmos-TV">Kosmos-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabel_BW" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabel BW">Kabel BW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madritel" title="Madritel">Madritel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediaset_Premium" title="Mediaset Premium">Mediaset Premium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N_(Poland)" title="N (Poland)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neuf_Cegetel" title="Neuf Cegetel">Neuf Cegetel TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Telecom" title="North-West Telecom">North-West Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numericable" title="Numericable">Numericable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ONO_(Spain)" title="ONO (Spain)">ONO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Telecoms" title="On Telecoms">On Telecoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Digital" title="Real Digital">Real Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiero_Television" title="Quiero Television">Quiero Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radijus_Vektor" title="Radijus Vektor">Radijus Vektor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Telecom" title="Southern Telecom">Southern Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stream_TV" title="Stream TV">Stream TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AS_Starman" title="AS Starman">Starman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TDC_Holding_A/S" title="TDC Holding A/S">TDC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tele2Vision" title="Tele2Vision">Tele2Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telfort" title="Telfort">Telfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVTEL" title="TVTEL">TVTEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_di_FASTWEB" class="mw-redirect" title="TV di FASTWEB">TV di FASTWEB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitymedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Unitymedia">Unitymedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPC_France" class="mw-redirect" title="UPC France">UPC France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPC_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="UPC Hungary">UPC Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziggo" title="Ziggo">Ziggo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPC_Poland" title="UPC Poland">UPC Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPC_Romania" title="UPC Romania">UPC Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uralsvyazinform" title="Uralsvyazinform">Uralsvyazinform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viasat_(Nordic_television_service)" title="Viasat (Nordic television service)">Viasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VolgaTelecom" title="VolgaTelecom">VolgaTelecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_Vision" title="Wind Vision">Wind Vision</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:CATV_Africa,_Asia,_Middle_East_and_Oceania" title="Template:CATV Africa, Asia, Middle East and Oceania">Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:CATV_Americas" title="Template:CATV Americas">Americas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:CATV_Canada" title="Template:CATV Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:CATV_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean" title="Template:CATV Latin America and the Caribbean">Latin America and the Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:CATV_USA" title="Template:CATV USA">United States</a></li></ul> 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Atalla">Mohamed M. Atalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Logie_Baird" title="John Logie Baird">John Logie Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Baran" title="Paul Baran">Paul Baran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bardeen" title="John Bardeen">John Bardeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emile_Berliner" title="Emile Berliner">Emile Berliner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Blake_(inventor)" title="Francis Blake (inventor)">Francis Blake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagadish Chandra Bose">Jagadish Chandra Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bourseul" title="Charles Bourseul">Charles Bourseul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Houser_Brattain" title="Walter Houser Brattain">Walter Houser Brattain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vint_Cerf" title="Vint Cerf">Vint Cerf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Chappe" title="Claude Chappe">Claude Chappe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogen_Dalal" class="mw-redirect" title="Yogen Dalal">Yogen Dalal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Davis_Jr." title="Daniel Davis Jr.">Daniel Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Davies" title="Donald Davies">Donald Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Dolbear" title="Amos Dolbear">Amos Dolbear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_de_Forest" title="Lee de Forest">Lee de Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth" title="Philo Farnsworth">Philo Farnsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden" title="Reginald Fessenden">Reginald Fessenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Gray" title="Elisha Gray">Elisha Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside" title="Oliver Heaviside">Oliver Heaviside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hooke" title="Robert Hooke">Robert Hooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erna_Schneider_Hoover" title="Erna Schneider Hoover">Erna Schneider Hoover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Hopkins_(physicist)" title="Harold Hopkins (physicist)">Harold Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardiner_Greene_Hubbard" title="Gardiner Greene Hubbard">Gardiner Greene Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Internet_pioneers" title="List of Internet pioneers">Internet pioneers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Kahn">Bob Kahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawon_Kahng" title="Dawon Kahng">Dawon Kahng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_K._Kao" title="Charles K. Kao">Charles K. Kao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narinder_Singh_Kapany" title="Narinder Singh Kapany">Narinder Singh Kapany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr" title="Hedy Lamarr">Hedy Lamarr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Landell_de_Moura" title="Roberto Landell de Moura">Roberto Landell de Moura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Innocenzo_Manzetti" title="Innocenzo Manzetti">Innocenzo Manzetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe" title="Robert Metcalfe">Robert Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Meucci" title="Antonio Meucci">Antonio Meucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Morse" title="Samuel Morse">Samuel Morse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jun-ichi_Nishizawa" title="Jun-ichi Nishizawa">Jun-ichi Nishizawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grafton_Page" title="Charles Grafton Page">Charles Grafton Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radia_Perlman" title="Radia Perlman">Radia Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stepanovich Popov">Alexander Stepanovich Popov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tivadar_Pusk%C3%A1s" title="Tivadar Puskás">Tivadar Puskás</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Reis" title="Johann Philipp Reis">Johann Philipp Reis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Shannon" title="Claude Shannon">Claude Shannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almon_Brown_Strowger" title="Almon Brown Strowger">Almon Brown Strowger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Sutton_(inventor)" title="Henry Sutton (inventor)">Henry Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner_Tainter" title="Charles Sumner Tainter">Charles Sumner Tainter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla">Nikola Tesla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camille_Tissot" title="Camille Tissot">Camille Tissot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Vail" title="Alfred Vail">Alfred Vail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Watson" title="Thomas A. Watson">Thomas A. Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wheatstone" title="Charles Wheatstone">Charles Wheatstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_K._Zworykin" title="Vladimir K. Zworykin">Vladimir K. Zworykin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transmission_medium" title="Transmission medium">Transmission<br />media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coaxial_cable" title="Coaxial cable">Coaxial cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication" title="Fiber-optic communication">Fiber-optic communication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Optical_fiber" title="Optical fiber">optical fiber</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free-space_optical_communication" title="Free-space optical communication">Free-space optical communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molecular_communication" title="Molecular communication">Molecular communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_wave" title="Radio wave">Radio waves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wireless" title="Wireless">wireless</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_network" title="Telecommunications network">Types of network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cellular_network" title="Cellular network">Cellular network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Services_Digital_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated Services Digital Network">ISDN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_area_network" title="Local area network">LAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_telephony" title="Mobile telephony">Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next-generation_network" title="Next-generation network">NGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_switched_telephone_network" title="Public switched telephone network">Public Switched Telephone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_network" title="Radio 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