#freeview — Public Fediverse posts

UK Govt, at the behest of companies, considers ending Freeview TV in 2034.

You will need to pay £400 a year for broadband link (today's price) + TV licence to watch TV.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/watch-this-space-a-new-strategic-direction-for-uk-media-green-paper-and-public-consultation/watch-this-space-a-new-strategic-direction-for-uk-media-green-paper-and-public-consultation

#TV #FreeToAir #Broadcast #Freeview #Digital

The time of "free" TV in the UK is slowly drawing to a close....
#freeview #boost #freesat #streamingtv

https://3dc.to/wrFEV24mN

UK looking to switch off Freeview! https://www.3dcandy.social/2026/05/uk-looking-to-switch-off-freeview/ #bbc #boost #freesat #freeview #licencefee #streamingtv

I don’t know what is going on with SBS viceland but they’ve just finished showing The Fifth Element & it’s started again & looking at the guide it’s going to be shown another 4 times, one after the other 😂. #SBS #Freeview.

#Petition #UK #FreeView

Terrestrial television, received through an aerial, known as Freeview, is under serious threat of being scrapped

Within months the Government will decide whether to turn off terrestrial signals & rely solely on internet based TV (IPTV)

This means every household would be forced to take out a fixed broadband contract to continue watching their favourite TV programmes

Radio reception & signals for emergency services could also be put at risk

https://www.change.org/p/save-freeview-tv-for-lynette-and-millions-of-others-who-depend-on-it

Wednesday 13th January is #DoctorWho Day
https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/u-and-eden
#UKTV #UandEden #Freeview #Channel57

My TV has gone bonkers.
At least I think it's the TV rather than the aerial.
I'm not receiving some of the channels from the East Midlands Waltham transmitter.
I am getting good reception on channels 29, 34 & 35 but nothing from 31, 32 or 37
The various checking sites say there's no reported problems (and I'm not sure which of my neighbours still use terrestrial TV )

It's a good job I've got Freesat and a Roku thingy, and, that we rarely watch the idiot box on Sundays.

#leicestershire #freeview
#TV #Waltham #TVproblems

My Wales-centric old-school "anachronistic analogue" Freeview TV guide is back online!

https://www.jamienemeth.co.uk/tvguide/

Bear in mind that my Raspberry Pi server isn't mission-critical internet-backbone hardware, but a free-time hobby project...so it's taken me a few days to restore it...and there may be dropouts...

#Wales #Freeview #TV #TVGuide #Newspaper #Retro #Nostalgia #OldSchool #Anachronism

Replacing Sky / Virgin media with a Freeview recorder. Looking good so far, it integrates well with all the catch-up setvices, and a software update just added YouTube. #manhattant4r #cordcutting #freeview

@dimwittedly
In all seriousness this is very irritating. I sort my channels alphabetically and so now "Dave" begins with a "U" so I never notice it right at the end of the listing.
In other news, why the actual fuck are we being infested with these vile American religious channels on Freeview all of a sudden.
I'd much rather have sensible foreign stations on there like #France24 and #NHKWorld
#Freeview #TV #UK #channels #DVB

Just a moan about tech. We bought a new TV (Samsung) at the weekend, and linking it up was easy both for free catchup services (BBC iPlayer etc) and our two paid-for services. Nice picture.
But, it was weirdly difficult to find how to switch between Freesat and Freeview inputs.
Is the best answer a conspiracy theory; or, is switching between aerial/dish inputs a really very unusual British ask??
(Only the Samsung smart handset can do the switch AFAIK. )
#TV #Freesat #Freeview #BeltAndBraces

@mikegalsworthy
Presumably this is why there is an increasing number of nauseating bandwidth-wasting American religious channels popping up on #Freeview #TV these days.
Didn't this crap use to be illegal?
#WTF

There apperas to be a new #Freeview channel with the slightly idiotic name "U&Eden". Anyway, it's showing The Colony in Space beginning at 0905 in the morning (14th May) in case anyone would like to know.
The next day (Thr 15th) at the same time it's The Daemons.
And so on at the same time each day :-)
#DoctorWho #UK #TV

"Rewind TV" is a kind of amusingly amateurish knock-off version of (the excellent) Talking Pictures TV.
However, on the plus side it does have Drop The Dead Donkey. Hurrah!
#DropTheDeadDonkey #Freeview #RewindTV #TPTV #TV

Monday 4pm 2nd Dec
#SkyMix #TV #Freeview #UK
The most barking mad episode of #StarTrek #TNG
You know you want to see it again.
#Darmok

@LaserdiscTurtle
Also, for #JoannaLumley fans, there's #TheNewAvengers on "Great TV":
https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/great-tv
#Freeview #TV #nostalgia

@LaserdiscTurtle
As an aside, I notice that a new Freeview channel has just appeared; "Rewind TV" (ch 95) in the UK which is currently broadcasting episodes of #SapphireAndSteel among many other such period masterpieces.
#Freeview #UK #TV #nostalgia
https://www.tvguide.co.uk/channel/rewind-tv?date=2024-10-10
#ThePrisoner
#DropTheDeadDonkey
#WorldInAction
#DepartmentS
#JasonKing
#Chelmsford123
#Hancock
#SurgicalSpirit
#HammerHouseOfHorror
#Space1999
#Monkey
#TheMrsMertonShow
#ReturnOfTheSaint
#WhoseLineIsItAnyway

Who's the annoying twat who thought it would be a good idea to stick the two characters "U&" with no spaces in front of a random selection of #Freeview #TV channels so that they no longer sort in the right order and are difficult spot in the on-screen schedule?!
#twat #dickhead #television #enshittification