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BBC to launch five new subscription-free HD channels on Tuesday 10 December
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The BBC today announced it will launch five new subscription-free HD channels on Tuesday 10 December.
The new channels: BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Viewers will also be able to catch-up on HD programmes from these channels on BBC iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/new-hd-channels.html
The new channels: BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Viewers will also be able to catch-up on HD programmes from these channels on BBC iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/new-hd-channels.html
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210 BBC Three HD
211 BBC Four HD
570 BBC News HD
624 CBeebies HD
633 CBBC HD
HD/SD swap not implemented yet - no doubt tomorrow when go live. Just showing Coming soon caption at present.
EPG shows BBC News HD starting at 0830 Tuesday, BBC Three/Four HD at 7pm and CBeebiesHD / CBBC HD at start of transmissions Tuesday.
It will be on 503 from January.
And not Freeview Lite except for BBC 3 HD which is the one I am least likely to watch.
BBC Three going HD might be interesting as well, not so bothered about the others though tbh.
It's not just Freeview lite areas that will miss out, it's 30% of the UK population that will, Freeview Light only accounts for 9%,
It's all here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/CBBC-HD-CBeebies-HD-BBC-Three-HD-BBC-Four-HD-and-BBC-News-HD-to-launch-on-Tuesday-10-December-2013
They had to wait until they moved to New BH, there would have been little point in re-equipping studios at TV Centre when they were going to move out in a few months.
Unreservedly well done, BBC. Though I'll probably still watch mostly the SD versions due to the distance I normally sit from my HD TV, and lack of recording space on my PVR.
Yes, a very good point indeed.
BBC TWO HD 162
BBC THREE HD 163
BBC FOUR HD 164
BBC NEWS HD 604
CBBC HD 607
CBEEBIES HD 608
Yeah cos everything else is so SD -like imported Saturday drams, like nature and art docs and films and...!
What a stupid thing to say.
There is now plenty of archive programs that 'fit' on BBC 4 that are in HD, so I totally disagree!
Yes you are right. In my opinion BBC 4 is the best BBC channel.
Ian.
PJ
However, considering that Cbeebies material is probably already shot in HD, and the channel timeshares anyway, there is no reason NOT to launch.