List of television channels in the United Kingdom

Last updated April 18, 2024

This list of linear television channels in the United Kingdom refers to television in the United Kingdom which is available from digital terrestrial, satellite, cable, and IPTV providers, with an estimated more than 480 channels.^[1]

Multi-channel networks

British Broadcasting Corporation

Channels from the BBC UK's television division and BBC Studios's UKTV:

^a Subject to regional variation. ^b Programming in Scottish Gaelic.

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
BBC One ^a	BBC	Free-to-air		-	BBC One	Free-to-air			Player
BBC One Northern Ireland
BBC One Scotland
BBC One Wales
BBC Two					BBC Two
BBC Two Northern Ireland
BBC Two Wales
BBC Scotland					BBC Scotland
BBC Three					BBC Three
BBC Four					BBC Four
CBBC					CBBC
CBeebies					CBeebies
BBC News					BBC News
BBC Parliament					BBC Parliament
BBC Alba ^b	BBC/MG Alba				BBC Alba
Alibi	UKTV _{(BBC Studios)}	Subscription			-	-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Eden					-
Gold					Now Entertainment
W		Free-to-air	Subscription	Free-to-air	W	Free-to-air			Player
Dave					Dave
Drama					Drama
Yesterday					Yesterday

ITV Network Ltd

Channels from ITV Network Limited (a joint venture between ITV plc & STV Group plc):

^a Subject to regional variation

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Virgin TV ^[5]
ITV1 ^a	ITV Network Ltd _{(ITV plc/STV Group plc)}	Free-to-air	ITV1	Free-to-air	Player
STV ^a			STV
UTV ^a			-
ITV2	ITV Digital Channels Ltd _{(ITV plc)}		ITV2
ITV3			ITV3
ITV4			ITV4
ITVBe			ITVBe

Channel Four Television Corporation

Channels from the Channel Four Television Corporation also including channels from The Box Plus Network, a former joint-venture between Channel Four Television Corporation and Bauer Media Group which is now fully owned by Channel 4 Television Corporation with Kerrang, Kiss and Magic brandings under licence:

^a Advertising regions.

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Channel 4	Channel Four Television	Free-to-air			Channel 4	Free-to-air^a			Player
More4		Free-to-air	Subscription	Free-to-air	More4	Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Free-to-air
Film4					Film4
E4					E4
E4 Extra			-	-	-
4seven			Free-to-air		4seven
4Music	The Box Plus Network	Free-to-air	-		4Music	-			Mix
The Box					The Box
Kerrang!					Kerrang!
Kiss					Kiss
Magic					Magic

Paramount

Channels from Paramount Global's Networks UK & Australia division, its subsidiaries and partnerships:

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Channel 5	Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd	Free-to-air			Channel 5	Free-to-air			Player
5Select ^[6]^{[nb 1]}		Free-to-air	-	-	5Select
5Star				Free-to-air	5Star
5USA				Free-to-air	5USA
5Action				-	5Action
MTV	Paramount Networks UK & Australia	Subscription		-	Now Entertainment	-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
MTV 80s		Subscription	-
MTV 90s
MTV Hits
MTV Music
MTV Live		-	Subscription	-				-
Nickelodeon	Paramount Networks UK & Australia	Subscription	Subscription		Now Entertainment	-	-	Sky Kids	Kids Pack
Nick Jr.			Subscription
Nick Jr. Too			-	-
Nicktoons			-	-
Comedy Central	Paramount UK _{(Paramount Networks UK & Australia / Sky Group)}		Subscription					Sky Entertainment	Mix
Comedy Central Extra			-	-				Sky Entertainment	Mix
True Crime	CBS-AMC Networks UK _{(Paramount Networks UK & Australia and AMC Networks International UK)}	Free-to-air	-	Free-to-air	Watch Free UK	Free-to-air			Player
True Crime Xtra				-
Legend				-
Legend Xtra				Free-to-air
Colors	Viacom 18	Subscription	Subscription	-	-	-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Colors Cineplex			-
Colors Rishtey			-

Sky Group

Channels from Sky.

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Sky Showcase	Sky UK	Subscription	Subscription	Subscription	Now Entertainment	-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Sky Max				-
Sky Witness				Subscription
Sky Atlantic				Subscription					-
Sky Sci-Fi				-					Mix
Sky Crime				Subscription
Sky Nature				-
Sky Documentaries
Sky Comedy
Sky Replay			-
Sky Arts		Free-to-air	Subscription			Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
Sky News			Subscription			Free-to-air			Player
Sky News Arabia			-		-	-			-
Sky Mix			Free-to-air			Free-to-air			Player
Challenge			-						Player
Sky Kids		-	Subscription		Now Entertainment	-	-	Sky Kids	-
Sky History	A&E Networks UK _{(Sky Group / Hearst Corporation)}	Subscription		Subscription	Now Entertainment			Sky Entertainment	Mix
Sky History 2				-	-
Crime & Investigation				-
Blaze		Free-to-air	-	Free-to-air		Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
CNBC Europe	NBCUniversal International Networks	Free-to-air	-	-		-	Free-to-air		Player
Movies 24	NBCUniversal International Networks	Subscription	-	Subscription		-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Sky Cinema Premiere	Sky UK		Subscription	Subscription		-	-	-	Sky Cinema
Sky Cinema Select				–	Now Movies
Sky Cinema Hits
Sky Cinema Greats
Sky Cinema Animation		-
Sky Cinema Family
Sky Cinema Action
Sky Cinema Comedy
Sky Cinema Drama
Sky Cinema Thriller
Sky Cinema Sci Fi & Horror
Sky Sports Box Office		Pay-per-view			Sky Box Office App	-	-	Pay-per-view
Sky Sports News		Subscription		-	Now Sports	-	-	Sky Sports
Sky Sports Main Event
Sky Sports Premier League
Sky Sports Football
Sky Sports Cricket
Sky Sports Golf
Sky Sports F1
Sky Sports Tennis
Sky Sports Action
Sky Sports Arena
Sky Sports Mix								Sky Entertainment	Mix
Sky Sports Racing	At the Races Ltd. _{(Sky Group / Arena Racing Company)}							Sky Entertainment	Mix

Warner Bros. Discovery

Channels from Discovery Networks Northern Europe, TBS Europe and TNT Sports (A joint venture between WBD and BT):

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Discovery	Discovery Networks Northern Europe	Subscription			Discovery+	-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Animal Planet
TLC
Investigation Discovery		Subscription	-	Subscription
Discovery History
Discovery Science
Discovery Turbo
DMAX		Free-to-air		Free-to-air		Free-to-air			Player
Food Network
HGTV
Quest
Quest Red
Really				-
Eurosport 1		Subscription	Subscription			-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Eurosport 2								Sky Entertainment	Mix
Boomerang	TBS Europe			Subscription	-			Sky Kids	Kids Pack
Cartoon Network				Subscription
Cartoonito			-
CNN International		Free-to-air	Free-to-air	-				Free-to-air	Player
TNT Sports 1	TNT Sports _{(Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe / BT Group)}	Subscription		-	Discovery+			Sky Sports	Sports
TNT Sports 2
TNT Sports 3
TNT Sports 4
TNT Sports Box Office		Pay-per-view			TNT Sports Box Office			Pay-per-view

Narrative Capital

Channels owned by Narrative Capital (Purchased from Sony Pictures Television):

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
GREAT! Movies	Narrative Entertainment	Free-to-air	-	Free-to-air	GREAT! Player	Free-to-air	-	Free-to-air	Player
GREAT! Action									Player
GREAT! Real									-
GREAT! Romance									Player
GREAT! TV									Player
Pop Max					Pop Player				-
Pop					Pop Player				Player

Regional networks

Channels broadcast to a limited area (most channels are available to stream online from across the UK):

Wales

^a Subject to regional variation. ^b Programming in Welsh.

Channel Name	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Virgin TV ^[5]
S4C ^b	S4C Authority	S4C (with adverts) S4C (without adverts)	Free-to-air^a	Free-to-air	Player TV
S4C HD	S4C Authority	S4C (with adverts) S4C (without adverts)
Local TV Cardiff	Local Television Limited
Local TV North Wales	Local Television Limited			-
That's Swansea Bay	That's TV			-

Scotland

^a Subject to regional variation. ^b Programming in Scottish Gaelic.

Channel Name	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
That's Scotland	That's TV ^{[nb 2]}		Free-to-air

England

^a Subject to regional variation. ^b Programming in Cornish Celtic.

Channel Name	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Virgin TV ^[5]
London Live	ESTV	-	Free-to-air	Free-to-view	Player TV
Notts TV	Confetti Media Group			Free-to-view
Sheffield Live	Sheffield Community Media Ltd.
KMTV	KM Television
Latest TV	Latest TV Ltd.
TalkBristol	Local Television Limited			Free-to-view	Player TV
TalkLeeds				Free-to-view
TalkLiverpool
TalkBirmingham
TalkTeesside
TalkTyne & Wear
That's Thames Valley	That's TV ^{[nb 3]}				Player TV
That's Norfolk					Player TV
That's Solent
That's Oxfordshire
That's Manchester
That's Cambridge					Player TV
That's Lancashire
That's Surrey
That's Basingstoke
That's Salisbury
That's Reading
That's North Yorkshire
That's York
That's Cumbria

Northern Ireland

Channels from the Republic of Ireland available in Northern Ireland:

^a Subject to regional variation. ^b Programming in Irish.

Channel Name	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
NVTV	Northern Visions		Free-to-air^a	-	-	Player TV
RTÉ One	RTÉ	RTÉ One			Bonus Pack
RTÉ2		RTÉ2
RTÉjr		RTÉjr
TG4 ^b	Teilifís na Gaeilge	TG4

Single-channel and specialist networks

General

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
National Geographic	The Walt Disney Company/National Geographic Society	Subscription		Subscription	-	-		Sky Entertainment	Mix
Nat Geo Wild	The Walt Disney Company/National Geographic Society	Subscription		-		-		Sky Entertainment	Mix
Talking Pictures TV	Talking Pictures TV Ltd	Free-to-air	-	-		Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Player
PBS America	PBS UK LLC.			Free-to-air
Together	Community Channel Ltd.			Free-to-air
That's TV^{[nb 4]}	That's TV			-
That's TV 2	That's TV								-
Court TV	Court TV Ltd.					-
Propeller TV	Xiking Group						-
Vox Africa	Vox
FashionTV ^{[nb 5]}	FashionTV				Channelbox^[10]^{[nb 6]}
Earthx TV	Earthx				-	Free-to-air

Music

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Now Rock	All Around the World Productions	Free-to-air	-	-	-	IPTV	Manual	Free-to-air	Player
Now 80s						-
Now 70s
Clubland TV
Chart Show Retro	That's TV								-
That's 60s						Free-to-air			Player
That's 80s						-			-
That's 90s						Free-to-air			-

News

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
GB News	All Perspectives Ltd.	Free-to-air		-	-	Free-to-air			Player
Talk TV	News UK	Free-to-air		-	-	Free-to-air			Player

Sport

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Premier Sports 1	SSBL Limited	-	Subscription	-	Premier Sports	-	-	Premium
Premier Sports 2	SSBL Limited				Premier Sports
LFC TV	Liverpool FC				LFC TV
Racing TV	Racing UK Ltd.	Subscription			Racing TV
MUTV	Manchester United FC				MUTV
GINX eSports TV	Ginx TV Ltd.\Sky\ITV plc		-		-			Sky Entertainment	-
Extreme Sports Channel	AMC Networks International UK	-	Channelbox ^[10]^{[nb 7]}		-	IPTV	-	-	-

Kids

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
BabyTV	Fox Networks Group	Subscription	-	-	-	-	-	Sky Kids	Premium

Shopping

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
QVC	QVC (Liberty Interactive)	Free-to-air	Free-to-air	-		Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
QVC Beauty			Free-to-air			Free-to-air			Player
QVC Extra			-
QVC Style									Player
Create & Craft	Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd.					Free-to-air
Craft Extra
Ideal World						Free-to-air			Player
Ideal Extra
High Street TV 1	HSTV Media Ltd.
High Street TV 2							Manual	Free-to-air
High Street TV 3
High Street TV 4
Best Direct	Best Direct International				VisionTV ^[11]	Free-to-air^{[nb 8]}
Gems TV	GGC Ltd.					Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
HobbyMaker	Immediate Media TV Ltd.		Free-to-air			Free-to-air	Manual		Player
Home Shop TV	Must Have Ideas Ltd.		-				Manual
Jewellery Maker	Immediate Media TV Ltd.					Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
TJC	The Jewellery Channel Ltd.				VisionTV ^[12]	Free-to-air			Player
TV Warehouse	Canis 107 Ltd.

Adult

Channel Name	Subsidiary	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]
Get Lucky TV	Grandiose TV		Manual	Free-to-air
Xpanded TV	Txt Me TV Ltd.	Free-to-air
Xpanded TV 2	Txt Me TV Ltd.	Free-to-air
The Adult Channel	Playboy Enterprises			Premium
Babes & Brazzers	Playboy Enterprises			Pay-per-view
Babenation	Cellcast Group	Free-to-air	Manual	Free-to-air
Smile TV3	Cellcast Group	Free-to-air		Free-to-air
Studio 66 3	Neon X		Manual	Free-to-air
Television X	Neon X	Pay IPTV		Premium

International networks

News

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera	Free-to-air	Free-to-air	-		Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Player
Al Jazeera Arabic	Al Jazeera		-						Mix
Arise News ^[13]	Arise Media UK Ltd		-		VisionTV	IPTV ^{[nb 9]}	Manual
Bloomberg	Bloomberg L.P.	Subscription				-	Free-to-air	Sky Entertainment	Player
CGTN	China Central Television	Free-to-air			VisionTV ^[14]	IPTV	Free-to-air	Free-to-air	-
Channels 24	Channels Television Inc.
DW-TV	Deutsche Welle				VisionTV ^[15]
Euronews ^[10]^{[nb 10]}	Euronews SA				Channelbox				Player
France 24 ^[16]^[10]^{[nb 11]}	France Médias Monde				VisionTV
NDTV 24x7	New Delhi Television Ltd.						Manual
News18 India	Network18 Group						Manual		-
NHK World-Japan HD	NHK	-	Free-to-air				Free-to-air		Player
Times Now	Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd.	Free-to-air			VisionTV ^[17]		Manual		-
TVC News	Continental Broadcasting Service (Nigeria)	Free-to-air		Free-to-air			Manual		-

General

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
&TV	Zee Entertainment Enterprises				Manual	Free-to-air	Mix
Aaj Tak	India Today
ABP News	ABP Group
Abu Dhabi TV	Abu Dhabi Media
Ahlebait TV	Ahlebait TV Network Ltd.
Ahlulbayt TV	Ahlulbayt TV Ltd.
Akaal Channel	Akaal Channel Ltd.
Al Arabiya	Al Arabiya News Channel FZ-LLC
ARY Digital	ARY Group					Sky Entertainment	Premium
ARY News					Manual	Free-to-air	Mix
ARY Qtv
ATN Bangla	Channel S Plus Ltd.
B4U Movies	B4U					Sky Entertainment	Premium
B4U Music	B4U				Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Mix
Bangla TV	Bangla TV Ltd.				Manual
Brit Asia TV	Mr. D S Bal
British Muslim TV	Vision TV Network
Channel i	Channel i Ltd.				Manual	Free-to-air
Channel S	Channel S Global Ltd.
DM Plus TV	DM Digital Television Ltd.
Dunya News	Dunya News Ltd.
Eman Channel	Eman Channel Ltd.
Geo News	Independent Media Corporation
Geo Tez
Geo TV
Glory TV	Glory TV Ltd.
Hellenic TV	Hellenic Television Ltd.			IPTV
Hidayat TV	Intellivision Broadcast UK Ltd.				Manual	Free-to-air
Hum Europe	Hum TV				Manual	Free-to-air	Mix
IQRA TV	Channel S Plus Ltd.
IQRA Bangla	Channel S Plus Ltd.
Islam Channel	Mohammed Ali Harrath				Free-to-air
Islam Channel Urdu	Islam Channel Urdu Ltd.				Manual
Madani Channel	Dawat-e-Islami				Manual	Free-to-air
MATV National	Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.
MTA-Muslim TV	Ahmadiyya Muslim Association
Muslim Ummah	Muslim Ummah TV Ltd.
NDTV Good Times	New Delhi Television Ltd.						Premium
Nollywood Movies	Nollywood Movies Ltd.					Premium	Mix
Noor TV	Al Ehya Digital Television Ltd.				Manual	Free-to-air
NTV	International Television Channel Ltd.				Manual
Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel	Phoenix Television
PTC Punjabi	PTC Network				Manual	Free-to-air
PTV Global	Pakistan Television Corporation
PTV Prime	Pakistan Television Corporation
Safeer TV	Sareer TV
SAMAA TV	Jaag Broadcasting Systems Ltd.
Sangat TV	Sangat TV Ltd.
Sikh Channel	TV Legal Ltd.
Sino	Futuvision Holding OY
Sony Entertainment Television Asia	Sony Pictures Networks					Sky Entertainment	Premium
Sony Max						Sky Entertainment	Premium
Sony SAB					Manual	Free-to-air	Mix
Takbeer TV	Takbeer TV Ltd.				Manual	Free-to-air
TV99	East and West Entertainment				Manual	Free-to-air
TV5 Monde Europe	TV5 Monde SA						Full House
TV One	Light Upon Light Media Ltd.
TV Record	Record TV Network
TV Record HD	Record TV Network
Ummah Channel	Ummah Channel Ltd.
UMP Movies	UTV Software Communications						Mix
Utsav Plus	Star India	Subscription	Subscription			Sky Entertainment	Premium
Utsav Bharat			-
Utsav Gold							Premium
Venus TV	Venus TV Ltd.
Zee Cinema	Zee Entertainment Enterprises					Sky Entertainment	Premium
Zee Punjabi
Zee TV
Zing					Manual	Free-to-air	Mix

Religion

Channel Name	Subsidiary	Streaming	Freeview ^[2]	Freesat ^[3]	Sky ^[4]	Virgin TV ^[5]
Aastha TV	Hinduism TV Ltd.			Manual	Free-to-air
Believe TV	Believe TV Ltd.			Manual
Daystar HD	Daystar Television Network	VisionTV^[18]		Free-to-air
EWTN Catholic	Eternal World Television Network			Manual
Faith World TV	World Evangelism Bible Church			Manual
God Channel	The Angel Foundation		IPTV	Free-to-air		Player
Gospel Channel	Gospel Channel			Manual
Hillsong	Trinity Broadcasting Network			Manual
Inspiration	The Inspiration Network		IPTV	Free-to-air
KICC TV	Kingsway International Christian Centre			Manual
Loveworld TV	Loveworld Ltd.
Olive TV	Zion of the Holy One of Israel Ministries
Revelation	Revelation TV Ltd.	VisionTV^[19]	IPTV^{[nb 12]}	Free-to-air
Sonlife	Jimmy Swaggart Ministries		IPTV^{[nb 12]}	Free-to-air
TBN	Trinity Broadcasting Network		Free-to-air	Manual
The Word Network	Adell Broadcasting			Manual
3ABN	Three Angels Broadcasting Network		Free-to-air^{[nb 13]}

Notes

↑ This SD channel is broadcast on Freeview as part of the HD television spectrum^[7]
↑ This channel is broadcast on Freeview channel 91 as That’s TV Gold without the local news^[8]
↑ All of the local channels operated by That's TV are a simulcast of That’s TV Gold, broadcast on Freeview channel 91, with added local news at 6pm^[8]
↑ This is a simulcast of the local That’s TV service with the local news taken out
↑ Programmes from FashionTV and FTV.com can also be found on Edgy TV, broadcasting free-to-air on the VisionTV platform^[9]
↑ This is a free-to-air streaming service on Freeview channel 271 for people with internet-connected televisions.
↑ This is a free-to-air streaming service on Freeview channel 271 for people with internet-connected televisions.
↑ Via streaming service VisionTV.
↑ Arise News is available on Freeview as a free-to-air channel via VisionTV and on its own streaming service Freeview Channel 269.
↑ Channelbox (Freeview channel 271) carries Euronews English, Euronews Russian and Africanews
↑ France 24 is available on Freeview as a free-to-air channel via streaming services VisionTV and Channelbox.
↑ Revelation TV can be found streaming on Vision TV and via its own channel on Freeview 281.
↑ 3ABN operates a streaming channel on Freeview 283 carrying 8 channels after it got removed from VisionTV earlier this year.

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↑ Taking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "UK DTT Freeview Channels". Unsatisfactory Software. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Freesat Channel Guide" (PDF). Freesat. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "List of channels on Sky Q (United Kingdom & Ireland)". tvchannellists.com. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Virgin Media Channel Guide". 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018.
↑ "What is 5Select". Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018.
↑ The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (new series on 5Select) television promo on Channel 5, broadcast at various times in October 2021
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[8] This SD channel is broadcast on Freeview as part of the HD television spectrum^[7]

[10] This channel is broadcast on Freeview channel 91 as That’s TV Gold without the local news^[8]

[11] All of the local channels operated by That's TV are a simulcast of That’s TV Gold, broadcast on Freeview channel 91, with added local news at 6pm^[8]

[12] This is a simulcast of the local That’s TV service with the local news taken out

[14] Programmes from FashionTV and FTV.com can also be found on Edgy TV, broadcasting free-to-air on the VisionTV platform^[9]

[16] This is a free-to-air streaming service on Freeview channel 271 for people with internet-connected televisions.

[17] This is a free-to-air streaming service on Freeview channel 271 for people with internet-connected televisions.

[19] Via streaming service VisionTV.

[22] Arise News is available on Freeview as a free-to-air channel via VisionTV and on its own streaming service Freeview Channel 269.

[25] Channelbox (Freeview channel 271) carries Euronews English, Euronews Russian and Africanews

[27] France 24 is available on Freeview as a free-to-air channel via streaming services VisionTV and Channelbox.

[31] Revelation TV can be found streaming on Vision TV and via its own channel on Freeview 281.

[32] 3ABN operates a streaming channel on Freeview 283 carrying 8 channels after it got removed from VisionTV earlier this year.

[1] Taking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010

[freeview-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "UK DTT Freeview Channels". Unsatisfactory Software. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018.

[freesat-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Freesat Channel Guide" (PDF). Freesat. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.

[sky-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "List of channels on Sky Q (United Kingdom & Ireland)". tvchannellists.com. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022.

[virgin-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Virgin Media Channel Guide". 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018.

[6] "What is 5Select". Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018.

[7] The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (new series on 5Select) television promo on Channel 5, broadcast at various times in October 2021

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