Depending on model, DVRs and HDTV sets with a Freeview tuner may offer standard Freeview or Freeview HD. Digital video recorders (DVRs) with a built-in Freeview tuner are labelled Freeview+.

Freeview HD requires a HDTV-capable tuner. Since 2008 all new TV sets sold in the United Kingdom have a built-in Freeview tuner.

Reception of Freeview requires a DVB-T/ DVB-T2 tuner, either in a separate set-top box or built into the TV set. ĭTV Services' delivery of standard-definition television and radio is labelled Freeview, while its delivery of HDTV is called Freeview HD. As of July 2020, it has 85 TV channels, 26 digital radio channels, 10 HD channels, six text services, 11 streamed channels, and one interactive channel. The service provides consumer access via an aerial to the seven DTT multiplexes covering the United Kingdom. It was launched on 30 October 2002, taking over the licence from ITV Digital which collapsed that year.

It is operated by DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. Equipment to receive free-to-air digital terrestrial television channelsįreeview is the United Kingdom's sole digital terrestrial television platform.

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