Mastodon UK Freely TV Changes

Thursday, 4 June 2026

Change of EPG Slot - connected devices:
 
LCN 58  BBC ALBA - Except Scotland
- SID 37259 IP Freely Service.
- Moved from LCN 63
A change of channel number for viewers outside Scotland with connected Freely devices.

LCN 63  S4C - Except Wales
- SID 38113 IP Freely Service.
- Moved from LCN 77
A change of channel number for viewers outside Wales with connected Freely devices. 
 
 
Change of Capitalisation: 
LCN 18  Quest
- SID 39427 IP Freely Service.
- Formerly QUEST. 
A change of service name capitalisation to mixed case. 

Friday, 22 May 2026

Observation:
 
LCN 143 wedotv Movies UK 
- Comux (L-MUX) - Limited coverage 
- Elementary streams (video and audio) have been removed and replaced with null packets.
Viewers will probably see a blank screen, a "Not Available" message, or some other error message when trying to access this service. 

Thursday, 21 May 2026

Channels added to Freely devices without an aerial:

SID 39426 LCN 17 TLC
SID 39427 LCN 18 QUEST
SID 39431 LCN 40 Really
SID 40710 LCN 306 France 24

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Service Removal:
SID 23808 - QUEST+1
The PMT & other remnants of That's Oldies have been removed from Arqiva A (COM5). 
Elementary streams (video & audio) were removed some time ago.
This held the retune slate for Freeview and had been removed from the Freely configuration. 
 
 
Change of Service Name: 
LCN 464 - SID 27232 - Shop Unlimited 
- Formerly Hobbycraft TV.
- Arqiva B (COM6).
Shop Unlimited was already sharing channel 464 with Hobbycraft TV. 
Hobbycraft TV have announced that they will cease broadcasting on May 27th. 


Change of Service Name & EPG Change:  
LCN 263 - SID 28384 - Great! TV +1
- Formerly Great! Romance Mix.
- Moved from channel 58. 
- Arqiva B (COM6).

Tuesday, 5 May 2026

Software Update:
Freely software has been updated to version 1.20.42.2
 

Thursday, 30 April 2026

Channels added to Freely devices without an aerial: 
 
LCN 8:
SID 38405 Birmingham TV
SID 38406 Latest TV (Brighton)
SID 38416 Leeds TV
SID 38417 Liverpool TV
SID 38418 London TV  
SID 38419 KMTV (Maidstone & Medway)
 
LCN 503:
SID 40709 Daystar

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

New Services:
 
LCN 258 - SID 34752 - QUEST+1
- Comux (L-MUX) - Limited coverage.
This replaces the service now closed on Arqiva A (COM 5)    
 
LCN 401 - SID 30785 - That's Entertainment
- MTN (G_Man) - Manchester Area Only.
A new channel from That's Media for the Greater Manchester area.
 
 
Rebrands: 
 
LCN   46 - SID  8700 - That's 20th Century
- Formerly That's TV 3
- D3&4 (PSB2)
 
LCN 140 - SID 30657 - That's 20th Century MCR
- Formerly That's TV 3 MCR
- MTN (G_Man) - Manchester Area Only.
 
LCN 406 - SID 30721 - That's Classics
- Formerly That's Classics MCR
- MTN (G_Man) - Manchester Area Only.
 
 
Channel Closure:
SID 23808 - QUEST+1
- Formerly LCN 258 
- Removed from the Freely configuration pending service removal. 
- Arqiva A (COM 5)  
The channel has moved to the local MUX with reduced coverage.