After a lot of talk, promises and delays, 13 years after launching BBC One HD, the service will become fully regionalised.
If you’re in England, this means BBC One HD will appear on channel 101. The SD version will end.
If you’re in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, the SD copy, already relegated down the channel list will close – the HD copy already runs on 101 on Sky+HD, Sky Q and Freesat HD/4K.
Freesat will update the afternoon before Sky updates, due to the way the two platforms interact. This also ensures older Freesat boxes that update overnight will be correctly configured in time before the SD regions are turned off.
Schedule
- 23rd/24th January: South and Northern Ireland.
- 30th/31st January: East and East Midlands.
- 6th/7th February: West Midlands, East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire and Wales. BBC Alba will also launch in HD.
- 13th/14th February: West, South West, Channel Islands and London. BBC RB1 will also launch in HD.
- 20th/21st February: North East and Cumbria, North West, Yorkshire and Scotland. BBC Parliament will also launch in HD.
- 22nd/23rd February: South East.
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