Freeview to get two new channels
Two new channels are heading their way to the Freeview service, after the BBC and Arqiva have been granted permission to sell some of their frequencies. The channels should be in place before the end of the digital switchover in 2012. Good news, then, for those looking at the service as a cheap replacement to their plain-old analogue channel setup. In the near term The BBC has managed to free up frequency space by ditching its multi-screen and red button options ahead of its BBC HD launch on Freeview. Arquiva, on the other hand, managed to open up space for a new channel through ‘technical improvements’.
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