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March 12, 2008
Chronology of Development of Free Digital TV in the UK
Chronology of Development of Free Digital TV in the UK
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| Tue 8th May 2008 |
Freesat Service Launched |
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| Wed 17th Oct 2007 | Whitehaven begins the digital switchover process as BBC TWO is closed on analogue. | |
| Wed 26th Sep 2007 | ABC-1 is pulled from Freeview and other platforms | |
| Mon 20th Aug 2007 | Channel 4 starts the first timeshift of a terrestrial channel with Channel4+1 | |
| Wed 27th Jun 2007 | BBC iPlayer is launched as a beta test | |
| Tue 8th May 2007 | NEWS 24 becomes the first BBC TV channel to go online. | |
| Fri 27th Apr 2007 | BBC and ITV announced high definition Freesat service to launch Spring 2008 | |
| Wed 14th Mar 2007 | Michael Grade closes ITV Play. | |
| Thu 25th Jan 2007 | MPs invesgiate quiz TV channels in the Houses of Parliament | |
| Wed 15th Nov 2006 | Channel 4's quiz channel Quizcall is removed from Freeview | |
| Sun 23rd Jul 2006 | Film4 relaunches as a free channel and gains a 4.3% share of viewing. | |
| Mon 22nd May 2006 | Sky launch their satellite HDTV service | |
| Thu 11th May 2006 | BBC launch their HDTV service on cable, satellite and Freeview (London only) | |
| Wed 19th Apr 2006 | ITV Play starts as a full-time Freeview channel. | |
| Sat 11th Mar 2006 | CITV, ITV's Children's Channel, starts broadcasting | |
| Sat 17th Dec 2005 | Ofcom publishes the Digital Dividend Review - how the government can make money by selling off TV frequencies C31-40 and C63-68 | |
| Tue 1st Nov 2005 | ITV-4 starts | |
| Mon 31st Oct 2005 | Sky Three starts | |
| Wed 12th Oct 2005 | ITV and C4 join Freeview founders BBC, BSkyB and National Grid Transco. | |
| Mon 10th Oct 2005 | More4 launches free-to-air on Freeview. | |
| Wed 25th May 2005 | E4 relaunches as a free-to-air channel on Freeview. | |
| Wed 27th Apr 2005 | ITV pays £134m for acquisition of a Freeview multiplex | |
| Mon 1st Nov 2004 | ITV adds a third branded channel to Freeview | |
| Thu 21st Oct 2004 | Sky relaunches the non-subscription satellite boxes for one-off payment of £150. | |
| Tue 31st Aug 2004 | National Grid Transco buys Crown Castle International for £1,138m | |
| Mon 29th Dec 2003 | The Office of Communications (Ofcom) becomes TV's super-regulator. | |
| Sun 9th Feb 2003 | BBC THREE replaces Choice channel. | |
| Wed 30th Oct 2002 |
BBC, BSkyB and Crown Castle International launch Freeview: a package of 30 free channels though and aerial with no contract. |
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| Fri 5th Jul 2002 | ukfree.tv launched | |
| Wed 1st May 2002 | ITV digital (see below) closed with huge losses. | |
| Sat 2nd Mar 2002 | BBC FOUR replaces Knowledge channel. | |
| Mon 11th Feb 2002 | BBC children's channels, cBeebies and CBBC start in BBC's digital daytime airtime. | |
| Thu 27th Sep 2001 | Sky's analogue satellite service is closed. | |
| Wed 11th Jul 2001 | ONdigital re-launched as ITVdigital. | |
| Tue 1st Jun 1999 | BBC Knowledge launches. | |
| Mon 7th Dec 1998 | ITV-2 launches. | |
| Sun 15th Nov 1998 | ONdigital launches a 40 channel mixture of pay and free channels, using digital technology though a roof-top aerial. | |
| Thu 1st Oct 1998 | Sky launches Sky Digital, now with hundreds of channels and the highest standard pictures using a compact dish. New technology makes pay-per-view films and entertainment a daily reality. | |
| Wed 23rd Sep 1998 | BBC Choice, the first UK widescreen channel launches with BBC Parliament. | |
| Sun 9th Nov 1997 | BBC launch their News 24 domestic news channel. | |
Michael Walford
12 Mar 2008 19:56
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