Introduction - List of countries

Office of Communications (OFCOM)

Public service

BBC1 (also on satellite)
BBC2 (also on satellite)
Channel 4 (also on satellite)

Private

The ITV network is not formally speaking a national TV broadcaster, as it it constituted by 15 regional licencees. The ITV Network Ltd company provides a large part of the common schedule of the regional brodcasters. Only one of the ITV licencees have a nationwide coverage : GMTV (National Breakfast-time). ITN the organisation currently 'nominated' by the OFCOM to provide a high quality national and international news service to Channel 3. The programmes supplied by ITN must be transmitted live and simultaneously by the regional Channel 3 licensees.

Five

Satellite packagers

BBC Digital
BSkyB
Freesat from Sky

Main cable-operators

Smallworld
Virgin Media
Wightcable

Operators of digital terrestrial television

Freeview
Picnic (announced)

TV packagers through broadband

BT Vision
Tiscali

Operators of mobile TV services

Planet Three
T-Zone
Vodafone Mobile TV
Arqiva / O2 Oxford trial DVB-H

Channels made available by public companies

At the Races
At the Races Xtra
BBC 3
BBC 4
BBC Food
BBC HD
BBC Local TV
BBC News 24
BBC Parliament
BBCi
BFBS TV1
BFBS TV2
CBBC
CBeebies
E4
E4+1
Filmfour
Filmfour +1
Filmfour Weekly
More4
S4CDigidol
S4C2 The Information Channel

Channels made available by private companies

100% Babes
18plusXXX
2 Shop TV
Aapna TV
ABC1
Action Max
Adult Channel
Adventure 1 UK
Al Hiwar
Al Muskatillah
All in Sport
Alpha ETC Punjabi
Amateur Babes
Animal Planet Europe
ANN - Arab News Network
ApnaBazaar
Arabic News Broadcast - ANB
Artsworld
Artsworld HD
ARY Digital
ATN Asia Television Network
Avago TV
B4 TV
B4U Movies
B4U Music
Babeworld TV
Baby Channel
Baby TV
Bad Movies
Bangla TV
BEN Bright Entertainment Network
Best Direct TV
Best Direct +
Bid TV
BigGame TV
Biography Channel
Bliss
Bloomberg TV UK
Bonanza
Blue Hustler TV
Boomerang TV
Bravo UK
Bravo UK+1
Broadband UK
Broadband UK 2
Bubble Hits
Cartoon UK
Cartoon UK+1
Cartoon Network Too
CEE(i)TV (SouthForYou)
Celtic TV
Challenge
Channel M TV for Manchester
Channel S
Channel U
Chartshow
ChatBox
Chelsea TV
ChoicesUK TV
Christmas Shop
CITV
Classic FM TV
Climax 3
CNBC Europe
CNN International Europe Middle East Africa
Community Channel
Create and Craft
Crime and Investigation Network
Dating Channel
Daystar
Deal TV
Deepam TV
Discovery Channel Europe
Discovery Channel HD
Discovery Civilisations
Discovery Home and Health
Discovery Factual
Discovery Kids
Discovery Lifestyle
Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time +1
Discovery Science
Discovery Travel and Living
Discovery Wings
Disney Channel
Disney Channel +1
Disney Cnemagic
Disney Cinemagic +1
Disney Travel
DM Digital TV
DM Islam TV
DoveVision TV
Eat Cinema
EeZee TV
ESPN Classic Europe
FHM Music TV
Fitness
Flaunt
Friendly TV
FTN Full of Entertainment
FX
Gay Date TV
Gay Network
Gems TV
Gems TV 2
Geo TV
Golf Channel
Golf TV Pro Shop
Hallmark Channel UK
Health
History Channel
Honda
Hustler TV UK
iBuy TV
iBuy TV 2
Ideal Vitality
Ideal World
Inchpincher
Information TV
Info TV 2
Islam Channel
ITV 2
ITV 3
ITV 4
ITV Play
Jetix UK
Jetix UK +1
Jewellery Channel
JSTV - Japan Satellite TV
Just Fabulous
Kerrang!
Kiss TV
Legal TV
Life & Times
Life TV
Lifeshowcase
LiveXXX
Living TV
Living TV 2
Look4Love TV
LoveworldTV
Lucky Star
Magic TV
Matinee Movies
MATV Channel 6
Max.tv
Maxtelevision
Men & Motors
Movies4Men
MTA - Muslim Television Ahmadiyya
MUTV - Manchester United TV
MyPhone TV
National Geographic Channel UK
National Geographic Channel UK HD
Nepali TV
Nick UK
NickJr
Nick Replay UK
Nicktoons TV UK
O'Seasproperty
OBE-TV Original Black Entertainment
Open Access TV
Paramount Comedy Channel UK
Paramount Comedy 2
Passion TV
PCNE Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment
Performance - The Arts Channel
Pitchwell TV
Playbite
Playboy One
Player TV
Playhouse Disney
PokerZone
POP
Price Busters
Price Crash TV
Price Crash TV 2
Price-Drop TV
Prime TV
Propeller
QTV
Quiz Call
Quiz TV
QVC UK
Racing UK
Raj TV
Rangers TV
Rapture TV
Real Estate TV
Red Hot 40+ Wives
Red Hot All Girls
Red Hot Amateurs
Red Hot Raw
Red Hot Reality
Red Hot Rears
Red Hot UK Climax
Red Hot Wives
Revelation TV
RMusic
Russian Hour
SciFi Europe
Scuzz
Setanta Sports UK
Setanta Sports UK/Ireland
Shop on TV
Shop Vector Plus
Simply Ideas
Simply Shopping TV
SIS Digital
Sky Bet
Sky Movies 1
Sky Movies 2
Sky Movies 3
Sky Movies 4
Sky Movies 5
Sky Movies 6
Sky Movies 7
Sky Movies 8
Sky Movies 9
Sky Movies HD 9
Sky Movies HD 10
Sky Movies Cinema 1
Sky Movies Cinema 2
Sky News
Sky One
Sky Pub Channel
Sky Sports 1
Sky Sports 2
Sky Sports 3
Sky Sports HD
Sky Sports HD2
Sky Sports Extra
Sky Sports News
Sky Three
Sky Travel
Sky Travel Extra
Sky Travel Shop
Sky Two
Sky Vegas Live
Sky Welcome
Smash Hits TV
Sound TV
Speed Auction TV
Spice UK
Spice Xtreme
Star Bazaar
Star News
Star Plus UK
Stop + Shop
TCM UK
Teachers' TV
TeleG
Teletext Holidays TV
Television X
Television X Live
Television Xraw
Televsiion Xtra
Thane Direct
Thane Stop and Shop
Thane Xpress Shop
The Box
The Hits
Thomas Cook TV
Thomson TV
Tiny Pop
Toon Disney
Toonami
Touch TV
Travel Channel
Trouble
Trouble +1
True Movies
True Movies 2
Turn on TV
TV Warehouse
TV Warehouse Select
TVBS Europe
TVX - The Fantasy Channel
UCB TV
UKTV Bright Ideas
UKTV Bright Ideas +1
UKTV Documentary
UKTV Documentary +1
UKTV Drama
UKTV Drama +1
UKTV Food
UKTV Food +1
UKTV G2
UKTV G2 +1
UKTV Gold
UKTV Gold+1
UKTV History
UK TV History +1
UKTV People
UKTV People +1
UK Style
UK Style +1
UK Style Garden
Univ TV
Vectone 2U
Vectone Channel 1
Vectone MH1
Vectone NTV
Vectone Punjab
Vectone Sinhala
Vectone Tamil
Vectone Thirai
Vectone Urdu
VectorDirect TV
Vegas 24/7
Venus TV
What Car ?
Wrestling Channel
Xplicit
XXX Housewives
XXX TV
Yes 661
Yooplay
You TV
Zee Cinema
Zee Music
Zee TV
Zone Club
Zone Europa
Zone Horor
Zone Reality
Zone Reality Extra
Zone Romantica
Zone Thriller

Pay per view services

FrontRow
Prem Plus
Sky Box Office
Setanta Sports UK

Channels targetting the UK market with licence of the OFCOM but with the broadcasting company established abroad

CCTV-9 (CN)
MTV Base (NL)
MTV Dance (NL)
MTV Hits UK (NL)
MTV in the UK (NL)
MTV UK & Ireland (NL)
MTV2 UK & Ireland (NL)
NASN North American Sports Network (US)
Setasia - Sony Entertainment Television (SG)
Star News UK
TMF - The Music Factory
VH-1 Classics (NL)
VH-1 UK (NL)
VH-2 (NL)

Channels apparently based in UK (according to Lyngsat-Address TV listings) but without evidence in OFCOM registers

APTN Direct
APTN UK
Babecast
Channel 854
Kurdsat
Musicians Channel
New Channel TV
Overload TV
Psychic Interactive
Quiz Nation
Red Light
Smash TV
Spirit Channel
TBN Europe
Usave TV
Wonderful TV
Your TV international (MaTV)

From other European countries:

Cyprus Direct TV (CY)
Euronews (Version in English)
Eurosport (Version in English)
Eurosport 2 (Version in English)
Extreme Sport
Raceworld TV (NL)

From outside Europe:

God Channel (IL)
God 2 (Revival Channel)
INI - Inspiration Network International
TBN - Trinity Broadcasting Network Europe

Regional channels (public)

S4C

Regional channels (private)

The regional licencees of the Channel 3 (ITV):

Channel TV (also on satellite)
Grampian Television (also on satellite)
ITV Anglia (also on satellite)
ITV Border (also on satellite)
ITV Central (also on satellite)
ITV Granada (also on saetellite)
ITV London Television (also on satellite)
ITV Meridian (also on satellite)
ITV Tynetees Television (also on satellite)
ITV Wales (also on satellite)
ITV West (also on satellite)
ITV Westcountry (also on satellite)
ITV Yorkshire (also on satellite)
Scottish Television (also on satellite)
U TV (also on satellite)

Regional windows in national channels (public)

BBC1 Northern Ireland (also on satellite)
BBC1 Scotland (also on satellite)
BBC1 Wales (also on satellite)
BBC2 Northern Ireland (also on satellite)
BBC2 Scotland (also on satellite)
BBC2 Wales (also on satellite)

Local stations and open channels

Arsenal TV
Cable 17 (Croydon)
Calderdale Television
Campus Television (Bath)
Channel 9 Londonderry/Derry
Channel M Manchester Student Television
London Tonight
MATV Channel 6
Six TV - The Oxford Channel
Solent TV (Isle of Wight)
Thistle Television
Your Newham

3+ (Version in Danish)
3+ Estonia (Version in Russian)
3+ (Version in Latvian)
Animal Planet (Version in Bulgarian)
Animal Planet Europe (Version in Czech)
Animal Planet Europe (Version in Hungarian)
Animal Planet Italia
Animal Planet Europe (Version in Polish)
Animal Planet Europe (Version in Russian)
Animal Planet Europe (Version in Turkish
At the Races International
AXN (Version in German)
AXN (Version in Italian)
AXN Romania
AXN España
BBC Prime
BBC Prime Africa
BBC Prime Asia
BBC World
Best Direct (Version in German)
Bloomberg TV Europe
Bloomberg TV France
Bloomberg TV Italy
Bloomberg TV Spain
Boomerang (Version in French)
Boomerang (Version in German)
Boomerang (Version in Italian)
Boomerang (Version in Spanish)
Boomerang Europe
Cartoon Network (Version in Danish)
Cartoon Network (Version in Dutch)
Cartoon Network (Version in French)
Cartoon Network (Version in Italian)
Cartoon Network (Version in Norwegian)
Cartoon Network (Version in Polish)
Cartoon Network (Version in Romanian)
Cartoon Network (Version in Spanish)
Cartoon Network (Version in Swedish)
Detskij Mir (RTVi)
Discovery Channel (Version in Bulgarian)
Discovery Channel (Version in Czech)
Discovery Channel(Version in Danish)
Discovery Channel (Version in Dutch)
Discovery Channel (Version in French)
Discovery Channel (Version in Hungarian)
Discovery Channel (Version in Italian)
Discovery Channel (Version in Polish)
Discovery Channel (Version in Russian)
Discovery Channel (Version in Portuguese)
Discovery Channel (Version in Spanish)
Discovery Channel Mediteranean (Version in Turkish)
Discovery Civilisations (Version in Polish)
Discovery Civilisation (Version in Portuguese)
Discovery Civilisations (Version in Russian)
Discovery Real Time (Version in Fench)(GB)
Discovery Real Time (Version in Italian)
Discovery Science (Version in Hungarian)
Discovery Science (Version in Polish)
Discovery Science (Version in Portuguese) (GB)
Discovery Science (Version in Russian)
Discovery Travel & Living (Version in Polish)
Discovery Travel & Living (Version in Russian)
Disney Channel Skandinavien  (Version in Danish)
Disney Channel Skandinavien  (Version in Norwegian)
Disney Channel Skandinavien  (Version in Swedish)
ESPN Classic Sports France
ESPN Classic Europe Italia
ESPN Classic Polska
Extreme Sports Channel
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Czech)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Dutch)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in French)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Gerrman)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Hungarian)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Norwegian)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Polish)
Extreme Sports Channel (Version in Swedish)
Hallmark Channel Central Europe (Version in Czech)
Hallmark Channel Central Europe (Version in Hungarian)
Hallmark Channel Europe (Version in Dutch)
Hallmark Channel Russia & Middle East
Hallmark Channel Russia & Middle East (Version in Russian)
Hallmark Channel Scandilux
Hallmark Channel Spain and Portugal
Hallmark Channel (Version in Turkish)
Hustler TV Europe
Jetix Czech
Jetix Hellas
Jetix Polska
Jetix (Version in Romanian)
Jetix Russia
Jetix Scandinavia (Version in Danish)
Jetix Scandinavia (Version in Finnish)
Jetix Scandinavia (Version in Norwegian)
Jetix Scandinavia (in Swedish)
Jetix Turkey
Kanal 5 (according to the Swedish authorities this channel is established in Sweden and not in UK. See IRIS)
Kanal 5 Denmark
Kinomania TV
KTV Kurdistan Satellite Channel
Kurdsat
MTV Polska
Nashe Kino (RTVi)
National Geographic Channel Europe
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Czech)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Danish)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Dutch)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in French)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Hungarian)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Italian)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Portuguese)
National Geographic Channel (Version in Polish)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Romanian)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Spanish)
National Geographic Channel Europe (Version in Turkish)
National Geographic Channel UK (Version in Swedish)
Nickelodeon (Version in Danish)
Nickelodeon Deutschland (GB)
Nickelodeon (Version in Norwegian)
Nickelodeon Portugal (GB)
Nickelodeon (Version in Russian)
Nickelodeon (Version in Swedish)
Nickelodoen (Version in Turkish)
Playboy TV Europe (Version in French)
Playboy TV Europe (Version in Spanish)
Rouge TV
RTV International
SciFi Espana
Setanta Sports Ireland
Showtime Turkey
Sky News International
Spice Platinium
TCM Central Europe
TCM Europe (Version in French)
TCM Europe (Version in Spanish)
TeleKlub (RTVi)
Toon Disney Scandinavia (Version in Danish)
Toon Disney Scandinavia (Version in Finnish)
Toon Disney Scandinavia (Version in Norwegian)
Toon Disney Scandinavia (Version in Swedish)
The Voice TV Denmark (GB)
Travel Channel (Version in Greek)
Travel Channel (Version in Polish)
TV Shop (Version in German)
TV Shop Skandinavien (Version in Danish)
TV Shop Skandinavien (Version in Norwegian)
TV Shop Skandinavien (Version in Swedish)
TV3 Denmark
TV3 Sweden
TV6 Sweden
TV 8
VH-1 Polska
Viasat Explorer (Version in Danish)
Viasat Explorer (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat Explorer (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Explorer East (Version in English)
Viasat Explorer East (Version in Czech)
Viasat Explorer East (Version in Hungarian)
Viasat Explorer East (Version in Polish)
Viasat Explorer East (Version in Russian)
Viasat History (Version in Czech)
Viasat History (Version in Danish)
Viasat History (Version in Finnish)
Viasat History (Version in Hungarian)
Viasat History (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat History (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Crime/Nature (Version in Danish)
Viasat Crime/Nature (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat Crime/Nature (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Sport 1 (Version in Finnish)
Viasat Sport 1 (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat Sport 1 (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Sport 1 Denmark
Viasat Sport 2
Viasat Sport 24
Viasat Sport 3 (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Sport 3 (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat Sport Denmark
Zone Club (Version in Czech)
Zone Club (Version in German)
Zone Club (Version in Hungarian)
Zone Club (Version in Polish)
Zone Fantasy (Version in talian)
Zone Europa (Version in Hungarian)
Zone Europa (Version in Polish)
Zone Reality TV (Version in Bulgarian)
Zone Reality  (Version in Czech)
Zone Reality TV (Version in German)
Zone Reality TV (Version in Hungarian)
Zone Reality TV (Version in Norwegian)
Zone Reality TV (Version in Polish)
Zone Reality TV (Version in Russian)
Zone Reality TV (Version In Swedish)
Zone Reality TV (Version in Turkish)
Zone Reality TV Europe
Zone Romantica (Version in Czech)
Zone Romantica (Version in Hungarian)
Zone Romantica (Version in Polish)
Zone Romantica (Version in Romanian)
Zone Romantica (Version in Russian)
Zone Romantica (Version in Spanish)
Zone Romantica (Version in Turkish)
ZTV Norge
ZTV Sverige

Pay per view services for not-UK markets

Viasat Ticket 1 (Version in Danish)
Viasat Ticket 1 (Version in Finnish)
Viasat Ticket 1 (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat Ticket 1 (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Ticket 2 (Version in Danish)
Viasat Ticket 2 (Version in Finnish)
Viasat Ticket 2 (Version in Norwegian)
Viasat Ticket 2 (Version in Swedish)
Viasat Xtra
Viasat Xtra (Version in Danish)

Channels targetting the foreign markets with licence attributed to  companies established outside UK

MTV Base Africa
MTV Denmark
MTV Espana
MTV Europe (NL)
MTV France (FR)
MTV Idol (FR)
MTV Portugal
MTV Pulse (FR)
MTV Nordic
MTV Trax
MTV Türkiye
MTV2 Europe
Sat-7 (CY)
VH1 Europe
VH1 Classic Europe

Commercial distribution of Sky outside UK

Insat International

Homechoice

Legal information

Legal information on broadcasting in the United Kingdom (IRIS MERLIN database)

Market and statistical information

The Yearbook published by the European Audiovisual Observatory provides information on the economic and financial situation of broadcasting (Volume 1), on the TV equipment, transmissions facilities and on TV audience market share (Volume 2), on interactive television and new services (Volume 4) and on TV programming and TV production (volume 5).

Broadcasting section of the website of the European Audiovisual Observatory

Terrestrial transmission company

Arqiva
BBC
Digital 3&4
National Grid Wireless
S4C Digital Network

Information on licence fee

TV Licensing

Information on the advertising market

Advertising Association
Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA)
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre
Advertising Standards Authority(ASA)

Television programmes guides

Digiguide
EuroTV
Guardian - TV Listings
NTL World
On The Box
Radio Times
Sky TV Guide
TV Easy
TVTV
Virgin.net TV listings
Wanadoo Television Listings
Yahoo TV Guide

Audience measurement company

BARB

Broadcasters professional organisations

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Television addresses

sat-address website : this website provides adresses of satellite TV channels. It is bundled with the Lyngsat website, which itself provides detailled and daily up-dated information on all satellite line-ups, satellite digital packages and satellite and radio television channels in the world.

Media UK Directory

Directories of Live-TV services on the web

Comfm
Lyngsat Net-TV

Bibliography

Bibliography on the history of television in the United Kingdom on the website History of television

OFCOM, Communications Market 2005. Chapter 4. Television

Other websites of interest

Institutional websites

Department for Media, Culture and Sport

Digital Television Group (DTG): represents over 100 companies working to bring digital television to the UK, and sets technical standards for digital terrestrial tv.

Digital Television Project: website edited by the Department of Trade and Idustry; (DTI) about the UK Government's policies for digital television.

Royal Television Society

United Kingdom (CIRCOM)

United Kingdom (Compendium of Cultural Policies - Council of Europe)

Private websites

Advanced-television.com
Daily News available free to users on the business and technology of pay and interactive tv.

Broadband TV News: independent website specialising on satellite and cable television in Europe.

Broadcast Now: the online version of Broadcast, the broadcasting industry's newspaper. Useful for the latest broadcast news and has a comprehensive industry directory.

Cable Forum

Digital Spy: independent news website.

DTT Boxes - UK DTT News: independent website on digital terrestrial television.

DTT Reception Postcode Checker

DVB-H

Media UK: a discussion forum and a UK media directory.

Satmania

Telly Aerial: Information on Freeview, Top Up TV, and DTTV from the UK, Europe and Beyond

The Confederation of Aerial Industries Ltd

UKK DTT Network - Technical Information

What Satellite TV

Reports

L. WOODS, Media System in the United Kingdom (Hans Bredow Institute), 2005

Reports on television on the OFCOM website

TELEVISION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP, Rights of passage. British Television on the Global Market, UK Department of Trade and Industry, 2004.

"United Kingdom" in "Television across Europe: Regulation, policy and independence", Open Institute Report 2005

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Updated on 04/11/2007