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| products = Equipment to receive free-to-air digital terrestrial television channels | production = | services = | revenue = Not for profit | owner =Arqiva BBC ITV plc Channel Four Television Corporation Sky plc | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} Freeview is the only free-to-air digital terrestrial television service in the United Kingdom. It is delivered by the company DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva. It was launched in 2002.〔(Freeview: About us ) Linked 10 August 2013〕 The service provides consumer access via an aerial to the six DTT multiplexes covering the United Kingdom. In April 2014 it had some 60 DVB-T TV channels, 26 digital radio channels, 10 HD channels, 6 text services, 11 streamed channels, and 1 interactive channel.〔(Freeview channel guide, Summer 2013 – Proposed line-up from 1 August 2013 ) Linked 10 August 2013〕〔(a516digital, 5 August 2013: ''Freeview Channel Updates: August 2013'' ) Linked 10 August 2013〕〔(a516digital, 5 August 2013: ''True Entertainment launches on Freeview'' ) Linked 10 August 2013〕 A number of new HD channels are rolling out in 2014,〔(a516digital, 4 August: ''Could these channels be coming soon to Freeview?'' ) Linked 10 August 2013〕〔(Freeview blog post, 16 July 2013: ''More HD channels coming to Freeview'' ) Linked 10 August 2013〕 and up to 10 new HD channels are planned to be launched later in the year, from a new group of multiplexes awarded to Arqiva.〔(publisher Ofcom, 16 July 2013: ''New HD channels on terrestrial TV'' ) Linked 10 August 2013〕 The new HD channels were launched in selected areas on 10 December 2013 with a further roll-out expected during 2014. DTV Services' delivery of standard-definition television and radio is labelled Freeview, while its delivery of HDTV is called Freeview HD. Reception of Freeview requires a Freeview tuner, either in a separate set-top box or built into the TV set. Since 2008 all new TV sets sold in the United Kingdom must have a built-in Freeview tuner. Freeview HD requires a special tuner, capable of handling HDTV signals. Digital video recorders (DVRs) with a built-in Freeview tuner are labelled Freeview+. Depending on model, DVRs and HDTV sets with a Freeview tuner may offer standard Freeview or Freeview HD. The technical specification for Freeview is published and maintained by the Digital TV Group, the industry association for digital TV in the UK which also provide the test and conformance regime for Freeview, Freeview + and Freeview HD products. DMOL (DTT Multiplex Operators Ltd.), a company owned by the operators of the six DTT multiplexes (BBC, ITV, C4, and Arqiva) is responsible for technical platform management and policy, including the electronic programme guide and channel numbering.〔http://www.dmol.co.uk〕 Since the completion of the digital switch-over on 24 October 2012, there is no terrestrial analogue television being broadcast in the United Kingdom, and all broadcast terrestrial TV is delivered through digital terrestrial television. ==History== (詳細はArqiva) officially took over the digital terrestrial television (DTT) licences to broadcast on the three multiplexes from the defunct ITV Digital (originally called ONdigital). The founding members of DTV Services, who trade as Freeview, were the BBC, Crown Castle UK (now part of Arqiva) and British Sky Broadcasting. On 11 October 2006, ITV plc and Channel 4 became equal shareholders. Since then, the Freeview model has been copied in Australia and New Zealand. Although all pay channels had been closed down on ITV Digital, many free-to-air channels continued broadcasting, including the five analogue channels and digital channels such as ITV2, ITN News Channel, S4C2, TV Travel Shop and QVC. With the launch of Freeview other channels were broadcast free-to-air, such as: Sky Travel, UK History, Sky News, Sky Sports News, The Hits (now 4Music) and TMF (now Viva) were available from the start. BBC Four and the interactive BBC streams were moved to multiplex B. Under the initial plans, the two multiplexes operated by Crown Castle would carry eight channels altogether. The seventh stream became shared by UK Bright Ideas and Ftn which launched in February 2003. The eighth stream was left unused until April 2004 when the shopping channel Ideal World launched on Freeview. There are now 14 streams carried by the two multiplexes, with Multiplex C carrying 6 streams, and Multiplex D carrying 8. It has recently been announced that more streams are now available on the multiplexes, and that bidding is under way. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freeview (UK)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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