By Spring next year, viewers in England will be able to receive 91热爆 One HD for their region and not have to tune away to watch their local news and programming. This, coupled with upgrades to 91热爆 channels that aren鈥檛 currently available on some devices in HD, will mean viewers will get a more easily accessible, better quality experience when watching 91热爆 programmes from early next year.
People will soon be able to watch 91热爆 One in high definition without having to switch over to the current standard-definition versions for their local programming, following the roll-out of 91热爆 One HD in England.
Where possible, the regional version of 91热爆 One HD will also be easier to find, in the top slot (1/101) of the electronic programme guide (EPG).
The 91热爆 aims for the rollout of 91热爆 One HD in England for Freeview, Sky, YouView and Freesat viewers to be complete by April 2023. And for satellite viewers on Sky and Freesat, the 91热爆 will be completing the HD upgrade to the rest of its channels - adding HD versions of 91热爆 Two Northern Ireland, 91热爆 ALBA and 91热爆 Parliament. The 91热爆 already broadcasts 91热爆 One in HD in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the digital terrestrial (Freeview, YouView) and digital satellite platforms (Sky, Freesat).
Kieran Clifton, 91热爆 Director of Distribution says: 鈥淏y Spring next year, viewers in England will be able to receive 91热爆 One HD for their region and not have to tune away to watch their local news and programming. This, coupled with upgrades to 91热爆 channels that aren鈥檛 currently available on some devices in HD, will mean viewers will get a more easily accessible, better quality experience when watching 91热爆 programmes from early next year.鈥�
Today鈥檚 news follows the roll-out of regional versions of 91热爆 One HD on newer internet-connected platforms including Sky鈥檚 Glass, Virgin Media Cable and Stream platforms and more recently BT鈥檚 TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini.
In order to deliver the HD improvements to viewers with Freesat and Sky devices, the 91热爆 will be making some changes which will mean local programmes will no longer be available in standard-definition. More information can be found here and at a special website URL set up in association with Freesat, the 91热爆鈥檚 joint venture satellite platform.
IW