Freeview confirms 'important changes' to UK TVs - update now or you'll miss out

Freeview is making immoderate changes including launching caller channels and shutting immoderate things down. Here's each you request to cognize and however to marque definite things are up to date.

If you are 1 of the millions of radical who usage Freeview for your hole of telly past you mightiness fancy giving your set-top container oregon TV a retune. The fashionable free-to-view work has conscionable announced immoderate 'important changes' which see transmission launches, changes and immoderate that are closing down for good.

"On 16th October 2024 immoderate broadcasters are making important changes to their channels," Freeview explained successful an update connected its blog page.

So what's caller and what's shutting?

Firstly, determination are 4 caller channels arriving connected Freeview which see U&Eden (channel 57) from the squad astatine UKTV. This service, which has been disposable connected Sky for a while, features high-quality earthy subject programming including BBC bluish spot bid similar Planet Earth and the UKTV Original, David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities.

The different caller channels coming to Freeview are the CNA quality work (channel 276), New Media TV (channel 269) and GIGS (channel 284) which shows unrecorded performances and documentaries.

Next up there's the U&DaveJaVu work which is moving from transmission 57 to transmission 74 and That's TV 3 (channel 71) which is becoming That's Christmas conscionable successful clip for the festive period.

That's each the bully quality but what is closing down?

A trio of channels volition nary longer beryllium disposable this week including Al Jazeera Eng (channel 235), Amazing Discoveries (channel 269) and U&Yesterday+1 (channel 74).

To get each those changes you'll request to execute a speedy reboot. "You volition request to retune to update your TV and support your channels and TV Guide up to date," Freeview explained.

Retuning is beauteous simple, conscionable travel the instructions below.

HOW TO RETUNE YOUR FREEVIEW TV

Freeview has issued proposal connected however to retune devices and present are the steps each idiosyncratic needs to follow.

• Press paper connected your container oregon TV distant control

• Select ‘set-up’, ‘installation’, ‘update’ oregon a akin option. If you’re asked for a password, the default codification is ‘1234’ oregon ‘0000’.

• Select ‘first-time installation’ (sometimes called ‘factory reset’, ‘full retune’ oregon ‘default settings’).

•Press ‘OK’ if your instrumentality asks if it's OK to delete existing channels and past your retune should commencement automatically. If you’re prompted to, prevention the channels that are found.