2006

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.

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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

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2 November 2006

Freeview today unveiled ‘Free TV Land’, a new brand look and feel, developed to engage with consumers and communicate the central values of the free-to-air digital TV service – free, simple and inclusive.

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9 July 2006

From the 23rd July, all Freeview viewers will be able to enjoy the dedicated movie channel FilmFour for free. The relaunch of FilmFour makes it the UK’s only free-to-air movie channel and brings it to Freeview viewers for the very first time.

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13 July 2006

Virgin Radio, the UK’s leading commercial pop and rock music station, is set to launch on Freeview, providing viewers with yet more digital radio choice and entertainment.

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17 May 2006

Freeview today announced plans to launch a digital TV recorder brand, ‘Freeview Playback’, designed to raise consumer awareness and boost sales of these DTT products.

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1 March 2006

Freeview today announced that sales of Freeview-enabled digital boxes and digital televisions have passed the 10 million mark (1). Launched in October 2002, the successful free-to-air digital terrestrial TV service is now in 6.4 million homes (2), making it one of the fastest growing consumer entertainment services ever to launch in the UK

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