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Freesat has announced that they are adding another 18 channels on the free-to-watch high-definition platform in the next few weeks.

The first set of channels, launching Thursday 24 July, features a range of entertainment, news, shopping and gaming channels including:

• Zone Horror (136)
• Zone Reality (138)
• Russia Today (206)
• The Fight Network (251)
• Inspiration (960)
• PitchWorld (804)
• Gems TV (805)
• Shop on TV (807)
• Netplay TV (851)
• Gala TV (861)

The second set, to launch Friday 1 August, consists of popular radio stations, including:

• Capital Radio (719)
• Choice FM (720)
• Classic fm (721)
• XFM (723)
• Gold (722)
• NME Radio (newly launched, 727)
• Insight Radio (777)
• BFBS Radio (786)

Emma Scott of Freesat’s MD said of the new channels:

Following last week’s launch of BBC and ITV regional variants, these new TV and radio channels further enhance Freesat’s offering and provide extra choice to viewers and listeners. This is great news for Freesat customers and something we will continue to do this year and beyond.

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Today sees the launch of the BBC and ITV English regions on Freesat, plus ITV2+1 and Pitch TV .

When you retune, if you enter an English postcode when you set up your Freesat box, you will now get the correct BBC One and ITV-1 region in the 101 and 103 positions.

In addition there is now:

• 114 ITV2+1
• 803 Pitch TV
• 950 BBC One London
• 951 BBC One Channel Islands
• 952 BBC One East Midlands
• 953 BBC One East (East)
• 954 BBC One East (West)
• 955 BBC One North West
• 956 BBC One North East and Cumbria
• 957 BBC One Northern Ireland
• 958 BBC One Oxford
• 959 BBC One South East
• 960 BBC One Scotland
• 961 BBC One South
• 962 BBC One South West
• 963 BBC One West Midlands
• 964 BBC One Wales
• 965 BBC One West
• 966 BBC One Yorkshire
• 967 BBC One East Yorkshire and Linconshire
• 968 BBC Two England
• 969 BBC Two Northern Ireland
• 970 BBC Two Scotland
• 971 BBC 2W

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