Therefore often referred to as +1 channels.Ĭonsumer protection bookend. Therefore often referred to as +1 HD channels.Īn SD (standard definition) channel that is not a timeshift.Ī timeshifted channel in SD that broadcasts 1 hour later after the HD and/or SD channel unless stated. This table is a key to those formats.Ī timeshifted channel in HD that broadcasts 1 hour later after the HD channel unless stated. The shading in the channel name boxes in the channel lists below shows the format of the channel. ScotNotSB = Scotland excluding Scottish Borders & Dumfries and Galloway.
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Frequencies can be found atįreesat manual tuning frequencies and Sky manual tuning frequencies.
The SD channel is thus not present on these boxes, or on TV 360 boxes.Ī number of channels are not listed on Freesat and Sky programme guides but can be manually tuned (indicated by "manual" in the Freesat and/or Sky columns). On Virgin Media Ireland Horizon boxes, some channels have HD channel swap implemented, where the HD channel will directly move into the prominent number where the SD channel usually is. As a result of these, the SD versions are listed in brackets and italicised in grey text. On Virgin Media UK TV 360 boxes, identical HD and SD versions can be viewed on the same number, and depending on what subscription viewers have where the HD channel is enabled, the SD channel is overwritten. The HD channel does not appear on the programme guide of SD boxes. On HD boxes most HD channels are given prominence over the standard definition counterpart. In Ireland, a small number of broadcasters have elected to show their SD entertainment channels more prominently than their HD channels - the HD versions of such channels have been given their own number range (the 340s) on the Sky programme guide in Ireland.įor certain premium channels (BT Sport Channels), the HD swap applies only for subscribers to those channels. On an SD box the SD version is always more prominent than the HD version. However, in the case of a small number of channels with regional variations in their programming or advertising (affecting BBC One, BBC Two, ITV and Channel 4) the HD version is only in the more prominent position in areas of the UK that receive identical HD and SD versions. Those with an SD only TV can watch in SD but pay for HD regardless.įor free-to-air channels the HD channel is generally in the more prominent position on all HD boxes, regardless of subscription.
Sky Sports subscribers receive both the SD and HD versions of the Sky Sports channels, with the HD versions more prominent. Subscribers to the Sky Cinema Pack get both the SD and HD versions of the Sky Cinema channels and the HD versions are given greater prominence on the programme guide, regardless of which entertainment bundle is subscribed to. The number shown in the HD column is the number where the HD channel is shown more prominently. If a genre has HD channels on Sky, two different channel number columns are shown in the tables below for Sky - one with the number on SD boxes and one with the number on HD boxes. Sometimes this also applies to premium channels e.g. Non-premium subscription channels - for those who subscribe to Sky's Entertainment pack, the HD channels of subscription channels on the HD box are "HD swapped" with the SD counterpart, giving the HD version of the channel greater prominence in the programme guide. On Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media (UK and Ireland), for channels with identical SD and HD versions, channel numbers sometimes differ between HD boxes and SD boxes. HD swap and prominence of HD channels: Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media For the purpose of simplicity, Sky's classification has been used to place channels below so that each channel has only one entry. In a small number of instances channels exist in different categories (genres) on different platforms.
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