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Complaints over Freeview retune.


HUNDREDS of people with Freeview are complaining after losing some channels when they tried to retune their set-top boxes and TVs.

The service is being upgraded to give more homes channel Five, but 460,000 households are expected to lose access to ITV (1) See interactive TV.

(2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV).
3 and ITV4 instead.

Maurice Short from Brighton is "very annoyed" because he has lost ITV3 but gained channel Five.

A Freeview spokesperson said viewers with problems should try again. A statement said: "The majority of people find retuning straightforward but if viewers are experiencing problems after retuning, we would suggest trying again."

There is also a postcode postcode
Noun

a system of letters and numbers used to aid the sorting of mail

Noun 1. postcode - a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
postal code, ZIP code, ZIP
 checker available online for people to check what channels they should expect to receive.

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 White from Lochaber in Scotland said he has lost ITV3 and has attempted to contact Freeview, "who are not accepting calls due to 'high call volumes'".
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Publication:Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Date:Oct 1, 2009
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