Channel 4 HD Starts Today December 10, 2007
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Following hot on the heels of the BBC’s official launch of its HD service, Channel 4 will offer HD content on Sky from today.
The HD content line-up will contain a ‘proportion’ of its regular programmes in HD, like Ugly Betty and some live gigs from The Scissor Sisters and Keane. There will also be some ‘classic and contemporary movies’ - the lack of detail here hardly inspires confidence in what’s coming though.
From Spring 2008, a HD version of Hollyoaks soap will also starting beaming into your homes. Riveting. Those with a Sky HD box will find the new content on channel 140, where available.
"Channel 4's mission is to innovate and provide its high quality programming across all platforms in formats that consumers want," said Rod Henwood, director of new business at Channel 4. "By launching the UK's first terrestrial simulcast service, we are living up to our reputation as an innovator in television and providing a unique service to our viewers."
The arrival of Channel 4 makes 14 HD channels on the Sky platform, although not all of those are free to regular subscribers.-Martin Lynch
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So when can lucky Virgin Media customers expect to see this channel added to their EPG?
This would be a great addition as it would double the number of HD channels available to VM customers - we'd have two!!
As the weeks go on I can't help but feel I've been sold a turkey... (I'm sure there's a Christmas joke in there somewhere).
Its unvelievable that Channel 4 still choose to have its output encrypted and NOT free on satellite, unlike both the BBC and ITV which are completely free to air and there is no need for a Sky box
Channel 4 had the opportunity if having its HD channel completely free in preperation for th launch of Freesat in the spring of 2008