ITV1 HD will be available on freesat channel 119, Freeview 51, Sky 178 and Virgn 113. Bring it on.

On 2 December, Freeview HD launched, at least technically. Sadly, there's no equipment that can receive the broadcasts at the moment, but the channels are certainly up and running ...

ITV1 HD will be made available at no extra cost to Virgin Media subscribers on the XL TV package, while some of ITV1's HD content will also launch on Virgin Media's on-demand platform.

The aim is to reach 50 by the end of the year. For rival U.K. paybox Virgin Media, the addition of the ITV1 HD channel represents the fifth HD channel the firm has bowed this year.

ITV1 HD will be made available in the UK in line with Freeview's planned schedule for the launch of high definition services, with transmissions due to commence at the Winter Hill transmitter on ...