Freeview
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Disney Axe ABC1 From Freeview
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Disney have announced that the abc1 channel is to be pulled from Freeview owing to the lack of a prime time slot. Since launch the channel has been restricted to a daytime-only slot on the service which has seen the channel ceasing broadcasting just as the majority of viewers are switching on. Walt Disney Television…
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MPs Back Freeview HD Calls
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MPs from all parties are supporting calls for Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell to override Ofcom and insist on the allocation of sufficient spectrum to allow HD television on the Freeview platform. Current spectrum allocations do not currently offer broadcasters the capacity to broadcast high definition pictures. More than 50 MPs have backed a Commons motion…