March list update.
Keep up-to-date on the latest news on upcoming channel launches on Freeview, Local TV news and Digital Switchover dates.
NOTE: All the information on this list is subject to change.
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=== Coming up on Freeview ===
=== March ===
7th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Rowridge Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
7th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Whitehawk Hill Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
14th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Midhurst Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
21st. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Rowridge Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1 and Channel 4 from Analogue TV from today.
21st. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Whitehawk Hill Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
=== April ===
4th. Viewers in the ITV1 London areas using Crystal Palace Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
18th. Viewers in the ITV1 London areas using Crystal Palace Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
=== May ===
30th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Heathfield Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
30th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Tunbridge Wells Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
30th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Hasting Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
=== June ===
13th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Dover Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
13th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Bluebell Hill Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
13th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Heathfield Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
13th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Tunbridge Wells Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
13th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Hasting Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
27th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Dover Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
27th. Viewers in the ITV1 Meridian areas using Bluebell Hill Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
=== July ===
19th. The BBC is to temporary close BBC Parliament on Freeview until August 13th on Freeview Channel 81.
19th. BBC Three will broadcast all day long until August 13th on Freeview Channel 7.
19th. BBC to broadcast some things in 3D on BBC HD until August 13th on Freeview.
=== August ===
13th. BBC Three will go back to their 7pm starting time from today on Freeview Channel 7.
13th. BBC Parliament will relaunch on Freeview Channel 81 from today.
=== September ===
12th. Viewers in the ITV1 Tyne Tees areas using Bilsdale Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
12th. Viewers in the ITV1 Tyne Tees areas using Chatton Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
12th. Viewers in the ITV1 Tyne Tees areas using Pontop Pike Transmitter will lose BBC Two from Analogue TV from today.
26th. Viewers in the ITV1 Tyne Tees areas using Bilsdale Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
26th. Viewers in the ITV1 Tyne Tees areas using Chatton Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
26th. Viewers in the ITV1 Tyne Tees areas using Pontop Pike Transmitter will lose BBC One, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
=== October ===
10th. Viewers in the UTV areas using Brougher Mountain Transmitter will lose BBC Two NI from Analogue TV from today.
10th. Viewers in the UTV areas using Divis Transmitter will lose BBC Two NI from Analogue TV from today.
10th. Viewers in the UTV areas using Limavady Transmitter will lose BBC Two NI from Analogue TV from today.
24th. Viewers in the UTV areas using Brougher Mountain Transmitter will lose BBC One NI, UTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
24th. Viewers in the UTV areas using Divis Transmitter will lose BBC One NI, UTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
24th. Viewers in the UTV areas using Limavady Transmitter will lose BBC One NI, UTV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 from Analogue TV from today.
=== November ===
No News...
=== December ===
No News...
=== Before 2013 ===
The BBC may launch an BBC ONE HD Channel for viewers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Freeview.
=== Before 2015 ===
-Local TV to launch on Freeview in up to 20 areas.
=== Unknown dates ===
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Freeview are making room to launch new channels on Mux SDN, Mux ARQ A and Mux ARQ B.
-The BBC to rebrand BBC HD as BBC Two HD on Freeview as part of BBC Cuts.
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An HD Channel will launch on Freeview in 2012.
=== New Ofcom licences ===
As of December 12th 2011.
New licences has been given out to the following Channels by ofcom to broadcast on Freeview:-
-Big Deal 2
-XTSY
-Yesterday +1
=== List of areas to broadcast Local TV ===
As of the 21st of August 2011.
Primary Location (Coverage includes) - Transmitter - Channel
-Aberdeen - Durris - 30
-Ayr (Kilmarnock) - Darvel - 30
-Bangor - Llanddona - 51
-Barnstaple - Huntshaw Cross and Barnstaple relay (SFN) - 51
-Basingstoke - Hannington petal 2 - 51
-Bedford (Sandy) - Sandy Heath - 43
-Belfast (Lisburn ) - Divis - 30
-Birmingham (Greater Birmingham area, part of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley) - Sutton Coldfield - 51
-Birmingham - Brierley Hill relay - 29
-Brighton and Hove - Whitehawk Hill - 54
-Bristol - Mendip - 51
-Bristol - Kings Weston relay - 30
-Bristol - Ilchester Crescent relay - 30
-Bromsgrove - Bromsgrove - 29
-Burnley (Nelson, Colne) - Pendle Forest - 30
-Cambridge - Madingley - 40
-Cardiff (Newport, Bridgend) - Wenvoe - 51
-Carlisle - Caldbeck - 56
-Carmarthen - Carmel - 55
-Derry / Londonderry - Londonderry - 51
-Dover (Parts of Folkestone) - Dover - 57
-Dundee (Arbroath, Perth) - Angus - 48
-Dundee - Tay Bridge relay - 51
-Edinburgh (Dunfermline) - Craigkelly - 52
-Elgin - Knockmore - 56
-Falkirk (Stirling) - Black Hill petal 2 - 56
-Glasgow (East Kilbride, Motherwell, Paisley) - Black Hill petal 1 - 51
-Gloucester (Cheltenham) - Ridge Hill petal 2 - 30
-Greenock (Dunoon) - Rosneath VP - 48
-Grimsby (Parts of Kingston upon Hull) - Belmont - 21
-Guildford (Parts of Woking) - Guildford - 51
-Haverfordwest - Preseli - 30
-Haywards Heath (Heathfield, Uckfield) - Heathfield - 29
-Hemel Hempstead (Parts of St Albans) - Hemel Hempstead - 42
-Hereford - Ridge Hill petal 1 - 51
-Inverness - Rosemarkie - 52
-Keighley - Keighley - 56
-Kidderminster - Kidderminster - 56
-Lancaster (Morecambe, Heysham) - Lancaster - 30
-Leeds (Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield) - Emley Moor - 56
-Leeds - Beecroft Hill relay - 56
-Limavady (Parts of Ballymoney, parts of Coleraine) - Limavady - 48
-Liverpool (St Helens, Widnes, Wigan, Wirral) - Winter Hill petal 2 - 56
-Liverpool - Storeton relay - 30
-London (Greater London area) - Crystal Palace - 29
-Luton - Luton - 45
-Maidstone - Bluebell Hill - 27
-Malvern - Malvern - 51
-Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport) - Winter Hill petal 1 - 56
-Manchester - Saddleworth relay - 41
-Middlesbrough (Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees) - Bilsdale petal 1 - 24
-Mold (Denbigh, Ruthin) - Moel Y Parc - 56
-Newcastle (Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland) - Pontop Pike and - 56
-Newcastle - Fenham relay - 30
-Norwich - Tacolneston - 57
-Nottingham - Waltham - 26
-Nottingham - Nottingham relay - 50
-Oxford (Abingdon, Didcot) - Oxford - 51
-Plymouth - Caradon Hill and Plympton relay (SFN) - 30
-Poole - Poole - 50
-Preston (Blackpool) - Winter Hill petal 3 - 30
-Reading - Hannington petal 1 - 51
-Reigate (Parts of Crawley ) - Reigate - 51
-Salisbury - Salisbury - 51
-Scarborough - Olivers Mount - 56
-Sheffield (Parts of Rotherham) - Sheffield - 55
-Shrewsbury - The Wrekin petal 2 - 51
-Southampton (Eastleigh, Fareham, parts of Isle of Wight, parts of Portsmouth, Winchester) - Rowridge - 30
-Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme) - Fenton - 29
-Stratford upon Avon - Lark Stoke - 48
-Swansea (Llanelli) - Kilvey Hill - 30
-Telford (Telford) - The Wrekin petal A - 48
-Tonbridge (Parts of Tunbridge Wells) - Tunbridge Wells - 51
-York - Bilsdale petal 2 - 24
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