Editing Freeview (UK) (section)

===2014 retune===
The Freeview service underwent a major upgrade on 3 September 2014 which required 18 million households to retune their Freeview receiving equipment.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-09|title=Freeview TV guide channel updates {{!}} Freeview|url=https://www.freeview.co.uk/service-updates/freeview-tv-guide-channel-updates.html|access-date=2021-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054634/https://www.freeview.co.uk/service-updates/freeview-tv-guide-channel-updates.html|archive-date=9 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-24|title=Advance notice: Freeview TV guide update in September 2014 {{!}} Freeview|url=https://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/help/advance-notice-freeview-tv-guide-update-in-september-2014.html|access-date=2021-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015504/https://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/help/advance-notice-freeview-tv-guide-update-in-september-2014.html|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.a516digital.com/2014/04/Freeview-Retune-Day-September-2014-News-Childrens-Channel-moves.html |title=A516digital : News and Children's channels to move on Freeview Retune Day |access-date=12 September 2014 |archive-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008135143/http://www.a516digital.com/2014/04/Freeview-Retune-Day-September-2014-News-Childrens-Channel-moves.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freeview.co.uk/corporate/about-us|title=About us|website=www.freeview.co.uk|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/about-us/press-releases/update-expands-freeview-tv-guide.html |title=Update expands Freeview TV guide &#124; Freeview |access-date=12 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905005545/http://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/about-us/press-releases/update-expands-freeview-tv-guide.html |archive-date=5 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The changes included a reshuffle of the Children's, News, and Interactive genres.

A number of new HD channels launched in 2014,<ref>[http://www.a516digital.com/2013/08/could-these-channels-be-coming-soon-to.html a516digital, 4 August: ''Could these channels be coming soon to Freeview?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813203440/http://www.a516digital.com/2013/08/could-these-channels-be-coming-soon-to.html |date=13 August 2013 }} Linked 10 August 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/news-and-features/blog-post/more-hd-channels-coming-to-freeview.html Freeview blog post, 16 July 2013: ''More HD channels coming to Freeview''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725022357/http://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/news-and-features/blog-post/more-hd-channels-coming-to-freeview.html |date=25 July 2013 }} Linked 10 August 2013</ref> from a new group of multiplexes awarded to Arqiva.<ref name="OfcomJuly2013">[http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2013/07/16/new-hd-channels-on-terrestrial-tv/ publisher Ofcom, 16 July 2013: ''New HD channels on terrestrial TV''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726234350/http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2013/07/16/new-hd-channels-on-terrestrial-tv/ |date=26 July 2013 }} Linked 10 August 2013</ref> The new HD channels were launched in selected areas on 10 December 2013 with a further roll-out during 2014.