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Freeview is
the new name of the Northern Ireland DTT service,
launched 30th October 2002. This follows the ceasation of
the previous ITV Digital plc service on 1st May 2002,
Freeview is a trading name of DTV Services Ltd, a company
jointly owned by the BBC (who own Muxs 1 and B) and Crown
Castle UK (who operate Muxes C and D).
With Freeview
there are no pay television - basic, premium, or pay-perview
services - of any kind, All you need to access Freeview
is a set-top box or iDTV.
www.freeview.co.uk
WHAT'S
ON FREEVIEW
The BBC is by far the biggest provider of
services to Freeview. As well as the complete selection
of BBC Digital TV channels (BBC ONE NI, BBC TWO NI, BBC
CHOICE, BBC FOUR, BBC NEWS 24, CBBC, CBeebies, and BBC
PARLIAMENT), you have access to a range of four new audio
services from the BBC - 6 Music, Radio 7, 1xtra, 5 Live
Sports Plus, (as well as Radio 5 itself for some reason).
Sky are also well represented with Sky News, Sky Sports
News, and Sky Travel. New channels developed especially
for Freeview include UK History, a new general
entertainment channel from Telewest called FTN, MTV's new
service TMF (The Music Factory) and its EMAP rival, The
Hits (a mixture of The Box and Smash Hits).
HOW
DO I GET FREEVIEW?
You will have to either purchase a new
integrated Digital Television - cost approx £400 - or a
Free To Air Digital Reciever. Pace currently manufacture
one, available for £99, see www.pacefreetoview.co.uk . Nokia have launched a second
more expensive one, the Mediamaster, costing £150.
Anyone who purchased outright their ONdigital decoder
will also be able to recieve DTT channels. The position
regarding those who rented their boxes is unknown - ITV
Digital's liquidators may wish to repossess them. See our
News
Centre for the
latest developments.
TELETEXT
Ordinary analogue teletext services are not
available for DTT. Instead MHEG-5 Digital teletext
services will be available. BBCi provides a digital
teletext service, and with the launch of Freeview now has
access to three interactive screens for applications such
as multiscreen Wimbledon, previously only available to
DSat and DCab viewers. To access MHEG-5 Teletext
services, you tune to the channel they are on(eg, #9 for
Teletext Limited), then press "text" on the digibox
(not TV) remote control.
EPG
Now/next infomation is provided throught the
System Software for your iDTV or Free-To-View adaptor.
Click here to see the EPG fomerly
provided by ITV Digital
The sad case of ITV Digital
List of Channels For NI DTT
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