List of television channels in the United Kingdom

Not to be confused with List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom.

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

See also: BBC

Channels from BBC Television and BBC Studios's UKTV:

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

Channel Name	Logo	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
U&Alibi		UKTV (BBC Studios)	Subscription			Now Entertainment	-		Sky Entertainment	Mix
U&Dave			Free-to-air	Subscription		U&Dave	Free-to-air			Player
U&Drama						U&Drama
U&Eden						-
U&Gold			Subscription			Now Entertainment	-		Sky Entertainment	Mix
U&W			Free-to-air			U&W	Free-to-air			Player
U&Yesterday						U&Yesterday

ITV Network Ltd

See also: ITV (TV network)

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

^a Subject to regional variation

Channel Name	Logo	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
ITV1 a		ITV Network Ltd (ITV plc/STV Group plc)	Free-to-air		Free-to-air	ITV1	Free-to-air			Player
STV a						STV
UTV a						-
ITV2		ITV2 Ltd (ITV plc)				ITV2
ITV3		ITV Digital Channels Ltd (ITV plc)				ITV3
ITV4		ITV2 Ltd (ITV plc)				ITV4
ITV Quiz					-	ITV Quiz

Channel Four Television Corporation

See also: Channel Four Television Corporation

Channels from the Channel Four Television Corporation:

^a Advertising regions.

Channel Name	Logo	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

Paramount

Further information: Paramount Networks UK & Australia

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

Channel Name	Logo	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
5		Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited	Free-to-air			5	Free-to-air			Player
5Select [6] [nb 1]			Free-to-air	-	-	5Select
5Star					Free-to-air	5Star
5USA						5USA
5Action					-	5Action
MTV		Paramount Networks UK & Australia	Subscription			Now Entertainment	-		Sky Entertainment	Mix
MTV 80s			Subscription	-
MTV 90s
Club MTV
MTV Music
MTV Live			-	Subscription	-				-
Nickelodeon		Nickelodeon UK Ltd. (Paramount Networks UK & Australia)	Subscription	Subscription		Now Entertainment			Sky Kids	Kids Pack
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. Too				-
Nicktoons
Comedy Central		Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount Networks UK & Australia / Sky Group)		Subscription					Sky Entertainment	Mix
Comedy Central Extra				-
True Crime		CBS-AMC Networks UK Partnership (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		Viacom18	Subscription	Subscription	-	-	-	-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Colors Cineplex				-
Colors Gujarati
Colors Rishtey

Sky Group

See also: Sky Group

Channels from Sky.

Channel Name	Logo	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										-
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
Sky News Arabia				-		-	-			-
Sky Mix				Free-to-air			Free-to-air			Player
Challenge				-
Sky Kids			-	Subscription		Now Entertainment	-		Sky Kids	Mix
Sky History		A&E Networks UK (Sky Group / Hearst Corporation)	Subscription						Sky Entertainment
Sky History 2						-
Crime & Investigation
Blaze			Free-to-air	-	Free-to-air		Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
CNBC Europe		NBCUniversal International Networks			-		-
Movies 24			Subscription		Subscription			-	Sky Entertainment	Mix
Sky Cinema Premiere		Sky UK		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 +
Sky Sports Mix									Sky Entertainment	Mix
Sky Sports Racing		At the Races Ltd. (Sky Group / Arena Racing Company)

Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

See also: Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA

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

Channel Name	Logo	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					-
Boomerang		Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA	Subscription	Subscription		-	-		Sky Kids	Kids Pack
Cartoon Network
Cartoonito				-
CNN International			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	Logo	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	Manual	Free-to-air	Player
GREAT! Action
GREAT! Romance
GREAT! TV
Pop						Pop Player
Tiny Pop										-

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	Logo	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
S4C b		S4C Authority	S4C (with adverts) S4C (without adverts)	Free-to-aira	Free-to-air		Player
S4C HD
Cardiff TV		Local Television Limited
North Wales TV					-
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	Logo	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
Notts TV		Confetti Media Group	-	Free-to-air	Free-to-view		Player
Sheffield Live		Sheffield Community Media Ltd.
KMTV		KM Television	KMTV
Latest TV		Latest TV Ltd.	-
Bristol TV		Local Television Limited			Free-to-view		Player
Leeds TV
Liverpool TV
London TV					Free-to-view
Birmingham TV
Teesside TV
Tyne & Wear TV
That's Thames Valley		That's TV [nb 3]
That's Norfolk
That's Solent
That's Oxfordshire
That's Manchester
That's Cambridge							Player
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	Logo	Owner/parent company	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
NVTV		Northern Visions		Free-to-air a	-	-	Player
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	Logo	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					-
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 TV		Community Channel Ltd.
That's TV [nb 4]		That's TV			-
That's TV 2										-
That's TV 3								Manual		Player
Court TV		Court TV Ltd.					-	Free-to-air		-
Rewind TV		Rewind TV Ltd.						Manual
Vox Africa		Vox				Channelbox [9] [nb 5]		-
FashionTV [nb 6]		FashionTV

Music

Channel Name	Logo	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 70s							-
Now 80s
Now 90s & 00s
Clubland TV
That's Dance		That's TV					Free-to-air			-
That's Melody
That's Oldies

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		-	GB News	Free-to-air			Player
Talk	News UK	Free-to-air	-		Talk	IPTV	-

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
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 Channel	AMC Networks International UK	Free-to-air				IPTV	-

Kids

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
BabyTV	The Walt Disney Company	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	-	QVC Shop Live	Free-to-air	Free-to-air		Player
QVC Beauty			-
QVC Extra			Free-to-air			-
QVC Style			-
Ideal World	Ideal Shopping Direct Ltd.		Free-to-air			Free-to-air
Ideal Extra			-
High Street TV 1	HSTV Media Ltd.								Player
High Street TV 2							Manual	Free-to-air
High Street TV 3
Best Direct	Best Direct International				VisionTV	Free-to-air [nb 7]
Cruise1st.TV	Sunshine Cruise Holidays Ltd.								Player
Gems TV	GGC Ltd.					Free-to-air	Free-to-air
HobbyMaker	Immediate Media TV Ltd.		Free-to-air				Manual
Jewellery Maker			-				Free-to-air
Must Have Ideas	Must Have Ideas Ltd.						Free-to-air
TJC	The Jewellery Channel Ltd.		Free-to-air		TJC Live				Player
TV Warehouse	Canis 107 Ltd.		-				Manual

Adult

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
Xpanded TV	Txt Me TV Ltd.					Free-to-air	Manual	Free-to-air
The Adult Channel	Playboy Enterprises							Premium
Babes & Brazzers								Pay-per-view
Babenation	Cellcast Group					Free-to-air	Manual	Free-to-air	Premium
SmileTV3
Television X	Portland TV							Premium
TVX 40+

International networks

News

Channel Name	Logo	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				-			IPTV			Mix
Arirang TV		Arirang TV Network	-	Free-to-air				Free-to-air	Free-to-air
Arise News [11]		Arise Media UK Ltd	Free-to-air	-		VisionTV	IPTV [nb 8]	Manual
Bloomberg		Bloomberg L.P.	Subscription				-	Free-to-air	Sky Entertainment	Player
CGTN		China Central Television	Free-to-air			VisionTV (CGTN)	IPTV			-
Channels 24		Channels Television Inc.					-	Free-to-air	Free-to-air
DW-TV		Deutsche Welle				VisionTV [12]	IPTV
Euronews [9] [nb 9]		Euronews SA				Channelbox		Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Player
France 24 [13] [9] [nb 10]		France Médias Monde				VisionTV
NDTV World		New Delhi Television Ltd.					-	Manual
NHK World-Japan HD		NHK		Free-to-air			IPTV	Free-to-air
TRT World		TRT	Free-to-air				-
TVC News		Continental Broadcasting Service (Nigeria)					IPTV

General

Channel Name	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
Aaj Tak	India Today						Manual	Free-to-air
Ahlebait TV	Ahlebait TV Network Ltd.
Ahlulbayt TV	Ahlulbayt TV Ltd.
Akaal Channel	Akaal Channel Ltd.
Al Arabiya	Al Arabiya News Channel FZ-LLC					IPTV
ARY Digital	ARY Group							Sky Entertainment
ATN Bangla	Channel S Plus Ltd.						Manual	Free-to-air
B4U Movies	B4U							Sky Entertainment	Premium
B4U Music							Free-to-air	Free-to-air	Mix
British Muslim TV	Vision TV Network						Manual
Channel i	Channel i Ltd.
Channel S	Channel S Global Ltd.
Dangal TV	Enterr10 Television Network
Eman Channel	Eman Channel Ltd.
Geo News	Independent Media Corporation
Geo TV
Hellenic TV	Hellenic Television Ltd.					IPTV
Hum Europe	Hum TV						Manual	Free-to-air
Hum Masala
IQRA TV	Channel S Plus Ltd.
IQRA Bangla
Islam Channel	Mohammed Ali Harrath						Free-to-air
Islam Channel Urdu	Islam Channel Urdu Ltd.						Manual
Kanshi TV	Kanshi TV Ltd.
Madani Channel	Dawat-e-Islami
MATV National	Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.
MTA1 World	Ahmadiyya Muslim Association
Noor TV	Al Ehya Digital Television Ltd.
NTV	International Television Channel Ltd.
Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel	Phoenix Television
Pitaara	Paul E Commerce Private Ltd.
PTC Punjabi	PTC Network
SAMAA TV	Jaag Broadcasting Systems Ltd.
Sangat TV	Sangat TV Ltd.
Sikh Channel	TV Legal Ltd.
Siraj TV	Venus TV Ltd.
Sony Entertainment Television Asia	Sony Pictures Networks							Sky Entertainment	Premium
Sony Max
Sony Max 2
Sony SAB							Manual	Free-to-air	Mix
Takbeer TV	Takbeer TV Ltd.
TV One	Light Upon Light Media Ltd.
Utsav Plus	Star India	Subscription	Subscription					Sky Entertainment	Premium
Utsav Bharat			-
Utsav Gold
Zee Cinema	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Zee Punjabi
Zee TV

Religion

Channel Name	Logo	Subsidiary	SD	HD	+1	Streaming	Freeview [2]	Freesat [3]	Sky [4]	Virgin TV [5]
Aastha TV		Hinduism TV Ltd.						Manual	Free-to-air
Daystar HD		Daystar Television Network				VisionTV [14]
Dunamis TV		Dunamis TV Ltd.
EWTN Catholic		Eternal World Television Network						Manual
Faith World TV		World Evangelism Bible Church
God Channel		The Angel Foundation					IPTV	Free-to-air		Player
KICC TV		Kingsway International Christian Centre						Manual
Loveworld TV HD		Loveworld Ltd.
Revelation		Revelation TV Ltd.				VisionTV [15]	IPTV [nb 11]	Free-to-air
Sonlife		Jimmy Swaggart Ministries
TBN		Trinity Broadcasting Network					Free-to-air	Manual
The Word Network		Adell Broadcasting
3ABN		Three Angels Broadcasting Network					IPTV [nb 12]

See also

• International BBC television channels
• List of television stations in Northern Ireland
• List of former TV channels in the United Kingdom
• Lists of television channels

Notes

1. This SD channel is broadcast on Freeview as part of the HD television spectrum ^[7]
2. This channel is broadcast on Freeview channel 91 as That's TV Gold without the local news ^[8]
3. 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]
4. This is a simulcast of the local That's TV service with the local news taken out
5. This is a free-to-air streaming service on Freeview channel 271 for people with internet-connected televisions.
6. Programmes from FashionTV and FTV.com can also be found on Edgy TV, broadcasting free-to-air on the VisionTV platform ^[10]
7. Via streaming service VisionTV.
8. Arise News is available on Freeview as a free-to-air channel via VisionTV and on its own streaming service Freeview Channel 269.
9. Channelbox (Freeview channel 271) carries Euronews English, Euronews Russian and Africanews
10. France 24 is available on Freeview as a free-to-air channel via streaming services VisionTV and Channelbox.
11. Revelation TV can be found streaming on Vision TV and via its own channel on Freeview 281.
12. 3ABN operates a streaming channel on Freeview 283 carrying 8 channels after it got removed from VisionTV earlier this year.

References

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
2. "UK DTT Freeview Channels". Unsatisfactory Software. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018.
3. "Freesat Channel Guide" (PDF). Freesat. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.
4. "List of channels on Sky Q (United Kingdom & Ireland)". tvchannellists.com. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022.
5. "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
8. "That's TV Gold – That's TV".
9. "Home". channelbox.tv.
10. "VisionTV".
11. "VisionTV".
12. "VisionTV".
13. "VisionTV".
14. "VisionTV".
15. "VisionTV".

External links

• Ofcom - Current TV broadcast licensees