{"id":122023,"date":"2025-05-22T08:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122023\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:14:08","slug":"freeview-matches-sky-with-new-channel-launch-check-your-tv-or-miss-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122023\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeview matches Sky with new channel launch &#8211; check your TV or miss out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Freeview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/freeview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freeview<\/a> users might want to check their TVs this week, or they&#8217;ll miss out on a new channel launch. It&#8217;s just been confirmed that High Street TV is launching on the free-to-view platform, with homes able to tune in from today via channel 95. This 24-hour shopping service has, until now, only been available via premium suppliers such as Sky and Virgin Media.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for shopaholics, that&#8217;s now changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;High Street TV is truly multi-channel \u2013 we provide the opportunity for customers to purchase our products whenever and wherever most convenient to them,&#8221; the service explained.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the new content launching on Freeview, it&#8217;s also been confirmed that a trio of channels are also changing their names.<\/p>\n<p>This includes That\u2019s Dance (Ch 76) which is now called That\u2019s Pride. There&#8217;s That\u2019s Oldies (Ch 78) which switches to That\u2019s Summer and That\u2019s Dance MCR (Ch 79) that is now called That\u2019s Pride MCR.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On 21 May 2025 some broadcasters are making changes to their channels,&#8221; Freeview explained.<\/p>\n<p>The update is available now, but users must make sure they retune their devices to take advantage. To get the new channels, you may need to dig into the settings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You will need to retune to update your TV and keep your channels and TV Guide up to date,&#8221; Freeview added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Channels are constantly evolving on Freeview with individual channels making the decision to move, add or remove channels. Freeview continues to ensure that audiences can enjoy a rich and varied content.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to retune your devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Press menu on your box or TV remote control<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Select \u2018set-up\u2019, \u2018installation\u2019, \u2018update\u2019 or a similar option. If you\u2019re asked for a password, the default code is \u20181234\u2019 or \u20180000\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Select \u2018first-time installation\u2019 (sometimes called \u2018factory reset\u2019, \u2018full retune\u2019 or \u2018default settings\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Press \u2018OK\u2019 if your equipment asks if it&#8217;s OK to delete existing channels and then your retune should start automatically. If you\u2019re prompted to, save the channels that are found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freeview users might want to check their TVs this week, or they&#8217;ll miss out on a new channel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,965,197,3190,382,16,15,2811],"class_list":{"0":"post-122023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-freeview","10":"tag-sky","11":"tag-tech-section","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-virgin-media"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114550490202195832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}