UK Free TV

Tim Davie: full speech to BBC staff on a digital-first future

Thu, 26 May 2022 16:27:28 GMT

I will cover three things: the pressing need to build a digital-first BBC; how we spend our money now that we have the certainty of public funding for six years; and how we keep reforming the way we work.

Freesat adds a plethora of new channels in time for Christmas including channel

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:07:06 GMT

Freesat adds a plethora of new channels in time for Christmas including channel 4HD

Privacy policy

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:29:16 GMT

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UK Free TV birthday fixes

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:16:13 GMT

To celebrate the 19th birthday of UK Free TV I have fixed all the problems with the site I can find. This means restored links to Twitter, Digital UK, TV Investigations and so forth.

How long will G B News last?

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:16:13 GMT

Former BBC presenters often switch sides to make a better pension for themselves, so the best of luck former sacked Sunday newspaper editor Mr Neil, to archaeologist Mr Oliver, and convincing teleprompter reader Mr McCoy for making the best of last of the television summer wine.

A tale of a two Freesat boxes

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:00:29 GMT

I must admit from the start that I have got a new Freesat box for all the wrong reasons. The existing box I bought only when the last one overheated a few summers ago.

Want to start your new 24-hour news channel on Freeview? A simple guide!

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:04:04 GMT

Congratulations, you have applied on the Ofcom website for a TLCS licence. Yours for 1000, the Television Licensable Content Service is only the start of what you will need.

Lake district and Isle of man last to switch off 700MHz Freeview

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:28:18 GMT

The last Freeview changes for the introduction of the 5G networks around the UK will be completed this week in the Isle of Man and the Lake District.

Split the BBC spending to 82% urban 18% rural

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:14:46 GMT

When I was recruited to the bottom of the British Telecom management tree, I got sent on several training courses to teach me the ropes. Along with road-cone based team bonding and being led around blindfold by people I did not know, one session was about the 80:20 rule.

Time to replace Regional News with BBC Constituency reporters

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:44:49 GMT

The most recent surveys by Ofcom about our public service broadcasting channels (BBC, ITV, Channels 4 and 5) show that viewers no longer value regional news. Less than 1% of under 24s value it.

Final Freeview retunes to allow 5G mobile at 700MHz listed

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:24:33 GMT

I have updated UK Free TV has with all the Freeview broadcasting channel changes necessary to allow 5G mobile phone services.

Freeview research on the value of public service broadcasters during lockdown

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:42:33 GMT

Despite the popularity of online streaming services among younger generations, lockdown seems to have heightened their affection and support for public-service broadcasters (PSBs) and free-to-view TV. Differences in attitudes towards PSBs between older generations and 16-34-year-olds was negligible.

Tim Davie to be head of BBC

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:31:50 GMT

Tim Davie, the former "Pepsi man" and founder of Freeview, has been appointed to replace Lord Hall as the head of the BBC. He will be the CEO and Editor-in-Chief for the organization to reach its centenary.

TV licence fee could be replaced by broadband levy, says BBC

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:03:10 GMT

Told you so. Well I worked that out exactly six years ago.

BBC sets out plan to inform, educate and entertain during unprecedented times

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:28:35 GMT

Today the BBC is setting out how it will ensure it keeps the nation informed, educated, and entertained in unprecedented times.

4+: Channel 4 ad-free for 4 pounds a month after free trail

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:24:05 GMT

Free trail - sign up today for ad-free Channel 4 online.

TV: Separating content from delivery

Tue, 14 May 2019 07:39:15 GMT

To understand television today, it is first necessary to understand that there have been big changes in both the nature of the content and how the stuff that people watch is delivered.

Redefining UK, Free and Television

Mon, 13 May 2019 05:58:30 GMT

Having spent Wednesday of last week at the Digital Television Group New Horizons summit, I need to redefine what the scope of this website is. What constitutes television, what counts as free television and how do people view the United Kingdom?

Podcast transcriptions, better Read Me, toxic Perspective and Twitter fixes

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 07:31:20 GMT

Lots of site fixes means new auto-transcriptions of podcasts, a cleared Read Me layout, AI-powered anti toxic-comments system and restored Twitter posts.

UK Free TV Money Saver

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:17:45 GMT

This is the UK Free TV Money Saver. It will provide you with a personalised list of options that will show you how to save money on your TV subscriptions. Answer just ten questions and you will see a list of suggestions on how to keep watching TV your way, but with annual savings.

Why did the BBC just use 1.1 Million TV Licences to buy UKTV from Discovery?

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:49:18 GMT

"This is our largest ever content sales deal. It will mean BBC Studios and Discovery will work together to take our content right across the globe through a new world-beating streaming service" Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, said in a statement.

Removing all barriers to communication between diverse cultures

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:17:51 GMT

I have been working on adding a unique feature to this site's recommendation system. I've been using the application programming interface to the Google Cloud Speech-to-Text service to transcribe the podcast that are recommended by me for you to listen to.

Is the UK television marketplace of 2019 ready for Disney+ and Apple?

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:34:21 GMT

Disney+, Apple and YouTube Red? In the last couple of days, the OTT subscription video services market (that Amazon Prime Video and Netflix) has taken a few interesting turns.

20 Freeview HD TV channels to close March/June 2019 in Cornwall

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:00:37 GMT

Beacon Hill will stop transmitting the channels to Torbay at the end of March, with the rest of Cornwall they will stop from 19 June 2019. These channels are on the so-called com7 and com8 multiplexes, which are being withdrawn from Cornwall. This is ahead of the rest of the UK where the licence expires May 2020.

Will BritBox survive in a Netflix world

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:06:01 GMT

Commercial broadcaster ITV said on Wednesday it would team up with the BBC, its long-standing public broadcasting peer, to create a British rival to Netflix called "BritBox" - Feb 27 (Reuters)

Making UK Free TV look better and load quicker

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:38:17 GMT

Just to let you know that I've finally gotten around to doing the several days' work it sometimes takes to get the All Channels page back up to scratch.

New Freeview Mobile App Launching in January 2019

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:04:42 GMT

UK's largest TV platform launches mobile one-stop-shop for the nations most watched content

Updates for 700MHz Freeview retunes, fixed all channels, new icons, radio fixes

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:36:56 GMT

Over the last week I have had, at last, enough free time to spend several days fixing everything that had stopped working properly on ukfree.tv.

Much needed updates have been done to ukfree.tv

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:44:44 GMT

Yes, this ukfree.tv website has been running for 16 years. It is now running in London and had several fixes and changes to allow it to keep up with the most recent changes to the world-wide web.

Freeview 2024?

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:34:17 GMT

The announcement yesterday from Digital UK about the future of Freeview is intriguing. What does it mean for the future* of free television in the UK?