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True Entertainment (EPG 142) and Showcase (EPG 403) have today gone live on Freesat CSC Media-owned True Entertainment, which was formerly Showcase TV, will offer a schedule of ‘true to life’ programming, including true story films and dramatised documentaries. Showcase, which is a new channel from Information TV, will offer a broad mix of drama, music and science fiction programming. Freesat’s head of channels Mark Briggs commented:
Information TV commercial director Tony Blin-Stoyle commented:
CSC managing director Remy Minute added:
You will need to force a re tune if your receiver or TV does not prompt you. Al-Jazeera English was named Best News Channel at the second annual Freesat Awards held in London The news channel beat the BBC News channel, Bloomberg, CNN and BBC Radio 5 Live to the accolade. Best Entertainment Channel went to E4 ahead of BBC HD, BBC Three and ITV2, while ‘Best Music Channel’ was given to urban music network Flava. Food Network UK was a very popular choice as Best Lifestyle Channel, and the Horror Channel took home the accolade for Best Themed Channel. BBC Cbeebies won the Best Children’s Channel competing against CBBC, along with Kix and Milkshake. Best Shopping Channel was awarded to QVC, while the Judges’ Special Award went to ITV1 HD. In the viewer-voted categories, shopping channel Ideal World was named TV Channel Of The Year and Planet Rock scooped Radio Station Of The Year. Freesat managing director Emma Scott commented:
The BBC today announces it will be launching a simulcast of BBC One in high definition (HD) this Autumn. BBC One HD, which will simulcast a network version of the BBC One schedule for the first time, will see some of the BBC’s most loved programmes including EastEnders, Holby City, The One Show, The Apprentice, The Weakest Link and QI move to HD by the end of the year. They will be broadcast alongside Autumn schedule highlights including Strictly Come Dancing, Human Planet and Waterloo Road. Sales of HD ready TVs reached almost 23 million by the end of 2009, Ofcom’s Digital Progress Report for Quarter 4 2009 today revealed. Around 70 per cent of the total TV sales for the quarter were HD ready (2.33 million), with quarter 4 also seeing the highest quarterly sales of TV sets so far (3.36 million).
Freesat, the free-to-air satellite TV service, will become home to the first ever HD World Cup with matches being shared by BBC HD and ITV1 HD this summer. For a one-off payment of just £68 viewers can upgrade their World Cup viewing to high definition and enjoy it all completely subscription free with Freesat. The new online guide – at freesat.co.uk/worldcup - will feature a range of football content to help people get ready for the tournament, including exclusive news blogs from Match of the Day’s Lee Dixon.
Subscription-free digital satellite TV service, Freesat, has delivered 1 million sales in a little over 18 months since its launch in May 2008. Freesat enjoyed an excellent Christmas and New Year, increasing sales by 250,000 over Christmas and New Year. As a result, the service now accounts for 30 percent of all set top boxes (STB) sold in the UK based on value. New ITV1 HD channel available on Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin ITV launches its new channel, ITV1 HD, on April 2nd 2010, which will broadcast ITV1’s schedule in high definition for the first time. ITV this week reached commercial agreement with Sky and Virgin Media for carriage of the new channel. ITV1 HD will also launch on Freeview*; and Freesat, where it will move from a red button service to a standalone channel for the first time. The new deals mean that ITV1 HD will be available on all major high definition platforms ahead of this summer’s World Cup.
The Independent has teamed up with Freesat to give readers the chance to win a fantastic prize to coincide with the excitement of the Winter Olympics.
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