Editing Freeview (UK) (section)

===Freeview===
The original Freeview service allowed a large number of digital television channels to be received on a compatible television receiver, set-top box, or personal video recorder. An electronic programme guide was available. Freeview channels are not encrypted and can be received by anyone in the UK. There is no additional charge to receive Freeview but it is a legal obligation to hold a current [[television licence]] to watch or record TV as it is being broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp#link1|title=TV Licensing – TV Licence Information|access-date=4 May 2007}}</ref>

A [[subscription]]-based DTT service, [[Top Up TV]], launched in March 2004. The Top Up TV service was not connected with the Freeview service, but ran alongside it on the DTT platform and was included in the Freeview EPG; programmes could be received on some Freeview set-top boxes and televisions equipped with a card slot or [[Common Interface|CI]] slot. The service also worked with existing ex-[[ITV Digital|ONdigital / ITV Digital]] boxes that received the Freeview package; subscribers with those boxes had to insert their TopUp TV card into the slot which was originally used for inserting ONdigital / ITV Digital smartcards. Top Up TV was replaced in 2006, by a service that did not run on Freeview equipment. In October 2013, the TopUp TV service was closed down.

The Freeview logo certification for standard definition (SD) receivers and recorders was withdrawn in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dtg.org.uk/2018/10/31/dtg-defines-latest-uk-tv-industry-requirements-with-d-book-11/|title=DTG defines latest UK TV industry requirements with D-Book 11|date=31 October 2018|website=DTG}}</ref>