Freeview - updated. see page 3.

See here:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,1463110,00.html

ITV is considering plans to use its new digital television slot to launch a children's television channel to rival CBeebies, the BBC's popular pre-school channel.

A dedicated channel would mark a strategic change for ITV, which has repeatedly said it had no plans to launch a channel in the highly competitive children's arena.

The plans are at a preliminary stage, but centre on the use of the Freeview slot bought from Crown Castle last month. Most analysts expect ITV to launch a channel for male viewers, who are underserved by its current programming.

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Will they make their bloody minds up!

Right, so far its been:
A Womens Channel
A Gambling Channel
A Sports Channel
A Male Channel
A Male/ Sports Channel
And just for good measure,
A Childrens channel.

It wouldn't surprise me to see this not launching at all....

Joel.
First fish, now where's the bloody tea bags....

Correction, it's now a PRE-School Childrens channel. which is not needed. They seriously need to get a channel for the 6-14 year old audiance and this "Cbeebies copy" is not going to work.

What does "Freeview to grace new channels" mean?

Men and Motors is now testing on channel 38.

EDIT: Just beaten to it by Londoner here: http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15542

So E4 is confirmed, as is E4+1

Also, M&M test screen up as mentioned above.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds20877.html

It means whoever started this topic was only using one hand to type in the excitement of getting the thread up before anyone else ...

Oh yes, that was it

I'm interested that E4+1 is being added, perhaps just a filler until More4? I would suggest an EPG refresh with all these new channels on the way.

Read the thread title, it doesn't make sense.

Currently on Channel 38 on Freeview there is a Men and Motors preview loop! (in widescreen!!!)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/owan/TV%20Forum/menandmotorspreview01.jpg

No sign of ITV4 though!

4th May News

ITV4 is to launch as a shared channel, for kids during the day, in a possible tie up with Nickelodeon, and upmarket young men in the evenings.

That's the latest. Also, E4, E4+1 are launching late this Month on Freeview and More4 will launch on all platforms in October, bringing the Channel 4 count of channels on Freeview up to three.

To be precise, E4 launches on Freeview on the 27th of May