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Dermot O’Leary and Holly Willoughby revealed as the nation’s top Valentine’s Day TV crush!
14 February 2012
Dermot O’Leary and Holly Willoughby revealed as the nation’s top Valentine’s Day TV crush.
Freeview HD Sales Pass Four Million Following Surge in Q4 Sales
13 February 2012
Today, FREEVIEW, the UK’s biggest digital television service, confirms that after strong quarterly sales of 1.3 million Freeview HD televisions and boxes, the number of Freeview HD units sold reached 4.4 million by the end of December 2011.
Make Your New Year Happy with Freeview’s Top Ten Money Saving Tips
5 January 2012
Save £500 a year by simply switching to Freeview plus cut back without missing out with practical money saving tips from Independent Financial Expert Alvin Hall.
Freeview Poll of Best TV Moments in 2011
30 December 2011
That balcony kiss, Pippa's bottom and Fatima's cockroach top Freeview's favourite TV moments of 2011
Freeview 'Balloons' Invade Channel 4 and ITV1 Programmes in New TV Promotion
1 December 2011
FREEVIEW, the UK’s largest digital TV service, is extending its on-air presence with a series of promotions as part of its overall campaign to promote TV happiness.
Freeview Repositions Brand With Uplifting Marketing Campaign
17 November 2011
FREEVIEW, the UK’s largest digital TV service, today launches an £18 million marketing campaign bringing to life the brand’s new positioning based around the concept of generosity.
Freeview HD Sales Surpass 3 Million
27 October 2011
Freeview, the UK’s largest digital TV service, today reveals it has sold more than three million Freeview HD devices.
Freeview HD app now available on iPad and Android for the first time.
17 October 2011
Freeview, the UK's biggest digital TV service, announces the rollout of its enhanced Freeview HD TV guide app.
Enjoy a Whole Summer of Subscription-free Sport with Freeview HD
19 June 2011
Freeview HD announces a summer of sport across the HD channels. New higher capacity Freeview+ HD boxes allow up to 500 hours of HD storage sport so fans never miss a moment of the action.
Freeview Appoints New Marketing Communications Director
24 May 2011
Freeview, the UK’s most watched digital TV service has appointed Guy North as Marketing Communications Director.
Freeview Sets World Record with Dog-friendly Corgi Wedding Cake!
15 April 2011
Freeview celebrates the Royal Wedding by unveiling a giant corgi wedding cake and setting a new Guinness World Record.
Freeview Announces New Advertising Campaign for Freeview HD
7 April 2011
Freeview, the UK’s most-watched digital TV service, today announces the launch of a new advertising campaign to promote its high definition service.
Sales of Freeview HD Passes One Million Milestone
2 February 2011
Freeview, the subscription-free digital TV service today announced that sales of Freeview HD TVs and boxes has reached 1.2 million.*
Play it again Santa - Brits PREFER repeats at Christmas according to Freeview research
20 December 2010
Freeview, the UK’s biggest digital TV provider, has found that the majority of Brits prefer classic TV to the new specials being pumped out by our contemporary stars of drama and comedy in a poll of more than 2,000 UK adults.
Freeview research reveals Brits planning to slash nearly £9bn from personal spending in next six months
25 October 2010
Nearly three quarters of Brits (71%) are preparing a lifestyle change as age of austerity approaches
Updated Freeview statement on the loss of electronic TV guide on certain older Inverto, Digifusion, Sony and Thomson products
14 July 2010
We have recently been made aware that a small number of people have experienced the loss of use of their electronic TV guide (EPG). The vast majority of Freeview customers in over 18m homes throughout the UK are unaffected by this problem.
Quest Channel Launch Boosted by First Freeview Site Sponsorship
Discovery Networks UK is to launch a channel on Freeview
20 October 2008
Discovery Networks UK is to launch a channel on Freeview. Further details of the new channel and its name are yet to be confirmed, but from early 2009, Freeview viewers can expect to see a mix of high-quality factual, entertainment and lifestyle programming on the 24 hour channel.
Freeview Fit for the Future
1 October 2008
- PlayTV launch brings Freeview and integrated digital recording to gamers
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Windows Media Centre from Microsoft becomes first Freeview-certified
PC-based TV solution - HD on the horizon – successful BBC HD trial on DVB-T2 signals ‘a real plus’ for viewers and further growth for the digital TV recorder market
Credit crunch personality types revealed
Festive season takes its toll at 4:30pm on Christmas Day
5 December 2007
Hours of preparation, alcohol consumption and socialising with the family takes it toll as the nation catches 40 winks at 4.30pm.
VCR Amnesty hits West Cumbria
6 September 2007
Local residents invited to take part in recycling initiative ahead of switchover.
'Local Heroes' to star in run up to digital switchover in Copeland
22 August 2007
Freeview this week kicks off its local press advertising campaign in Copeland, Cumbria, which is the first place in the UK to switch off its analogue TV signal starting on 17th October 2007.
Pack your wellies and your wallet
19 June 2008
Today’s generation of festival fans will spend the equivalent of the price of a week’s holiday in the sun this summer, as they head to see and be seen at festivals throughout the country, according to a new study released today.
Blink and you'll miss it
5 June 2007
Sharon Stone’s ‘did she or didn’t she’ flashing scene in Basic Instinct has beaten Sir Geoff Hurst’s ‘did he or didn’t he’ crossbar influenced strike in the 1966 World Cup Final to top a poll of the nation’s most paused TV moments.
Major manufacturers sign up to Freeview Playback
15 November 2006
Freeview today announced that six major manufacturers – Alba, Humax, Sagem, Sharp, Sony, and TVonics have signed up to produce Freeview Playback-branded digital TV recorders.
TV classics are recipe for Christmas Day delight
11 December 2006
- No, but, yeah, but it’s official - Only Fools and Horses beats Little Britain to be crowned top Christmas comedy
- Del and Rodney as Batman and Robin is nation’s favourite festive comedy moment
- Dirty Den serving Angie with divorce papers is greatest Christmas soap scene
- ET kicks Star Wars into touch as the nation’s favourite festive film of all time
- A third of the population is set to watch up to four hours of TV on Christmas Day