Freeview HD channels Rollout Schedule and Dates
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Freeview HD is not going live in all parts of thew UK at the same time. This page shows the proposed rollout schedule. It shows when Frrview HD will go live near you. It won't be until the end of 2012 that all five of the proposed Freeview HD channels become available across the whole of the UK.
The first HD Freeview channels went live in December 2009 in the Granada TV region and in some parts of London. The rest of the UK getting Freeview HD gradually at some point between 2010 and 2012. HD Freeview is being turned on in parallel with the Digital Switchover rollout.
At present, not all of the Freeview HD release dates have been announced, but based on the information we have so far we are able to give you a rough idea, as we get more information this will be updated:
| Region / Area | Transmitter | HD Date |
| Granada region & Manchester | Winter Hill | 2 December 2009 |
| London area | Crystal Palace | 2 December 2009 |
| Newcastle and Tyneside | Pontop Pike | February 2010 |
| Glasgow, central Scotland | Black Hill | February 2010 |
| Leeds and Bradford | Emley Moor | March 2010 |
| Birmingham | Lichfield | March 2010 |
| Liverpool, central Lancashire, Cheshire, North Staffordshire | Winter Hill Relays | March 2010 |
| Cardiff and Newport | Wenvoe | March 2010 |
| Swansea | Kilvey Hill | March 2010 |
| West and central Wales | Blaenplwyf | March 2010 |
| Carmarthenshire | Carmel | April 2010 |
| Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset and Dorset | Stockland Hill | April 2010 |
| Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire | Mendip | April 2010 |
| Shetland | Bressay | May 2010 |
| Orkney | Keelylang Hill | May 2010 |
| Caithness, North Sutherland | Rumster Forest | mid-June 2010 |
| Rest of Wales | Long Mountain, Moel y Parc, Presely | Mid-June 2010 |
| Anglesey | Llanddona | July 2010 |
| Lewis, Wester Ross, North West Sutherland, Western Isles | Eitshal Skriaig | July 2010 |
| Angus, Dundee, Perth, and parts of Fife | Angus | August 2010 |
| Devon, Cornwall, and the Isles of Scilly | Beacon Hill, Caradon Hill, Huntshaw Cross, Redruth | August 2010 |
| Aberdeenshire | Durris | September 2010 |
| Morayshire, Strathspey, and parts of Easter Ross | Knockmore | October 2010 |
| South West Scotland | Caldbeck Scotland | October 2010 |
| Inverness and the Great Glen | Rosemarkie | October 2010 |
| South West Highlands and Islands | Torosay | October 2010 |
| Cumbria and the Lake District | Caldbeck | October 2010 |
| Isle of Man | Douglas | October 2010 |
| Scottish Borders | Selkirk | November 2010 |
| Channel Islands | Fremont Point | End 2010 |
| Bedfordshire, Berkshire (parts), Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, East Midlands, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire (parts), Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands (remainder), and West Yorkshire (remainder) | Various | 2011 |
| Berkshire (remainder), County Durham, Greater London (remainder), Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Surrey, Sussex, Teesside, Tyneside | Various | 2012 |
| Northern Ireland | Various | 2012 |