ITV HD
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| ITV HD | |
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| Launched | 9 June 2006 (Trial Service) 7 June 2008 (Full Service) |
| Owned by | ITV plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | www.itv.com/hd |
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| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 103 (Via Red Button) |
ITV HD is a British high-definition television channel operated by ITV in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] 2006 trial
The channel originally existed on a trial basis from June until November 2006, primarily to show the World Cup games to which ITV had the rights.
The channel was available to subscribers of the Telewest "TV Drive" cable service, and was also broadcast as a low-power digital terrestrial (DVB-T) channel from London's Crystal Palace Transmitter as part of a terrestrial HDTV trial involving 450 homes. ITV HD did not broadcast on Satellite TV, unlike BBC HD. It was available on Telewest channel 118 and Freeview channel 503 in homes which were involved in the HD trial.
In addition to the World Cup games, ITV HD showed classic films remastered in HD (such as All Quiet on the Western Front and The Big Sleep), documentaries (such as Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Adventures) and dramas such as Poirot.
The original ITV HD stopped broadcasting on the 30 November 2006.
[edit] 2008 launch
High definition broadcasts from the ITV Network launched exclusively on Freesat[1], the new digital satellite service from the BBC and ITV on 7 June 2008, just in time for the start of UEFA Euro 2008. ITV plans to spend £10m during 2008 on the launch of ITV HD.[2]
[edit] ITV HD using other receivers
In order to limit reception to the UK as far as possible, the satellite broadcast uses a non standard DVB stream.[3] It was intended that only a Freesat receiver would be able to use this broadcast. However, the broadcast can legitimately be watched on some Free to Air receivers in the UK. The channel is currently in testing and is mainly broadcasting a loop of aerial views of the UK, it can be accessed using a computer, a DVB-S TV card and appropriate software.
[edit] References
- ^ Confirmed: ITV HD is Freesat exclusive. Digitalspy (2008-05-06). Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
- ^ "HD version of ITV to launch next Spring", Digital Spy, 12 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ ITV HD Test Broadcast. Digitalspy (2008-05-06). Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
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