Loading ...ITV HD Schedule
It seems that no matter where you look, its impossible to find a schedule of programmes due to be shown on ITV HD, so we’ve created one!
If you are aware of any more, please post a comment below and we’ll update this schedule, offering the most complete list available.
Updated 02-Dec-08
Sunday 7th December 2008
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (film) - 3.50pm *not confirmed as HD
Special effects-laden prequel to the 1977 classic Star Wars. When the evil Trade Federation - headed by Darth Sidious and his powerful henchman Darth Maul - plots to take over the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi embark on a mission to save the planet. Fans of the original trilogy will be interested to discover the origins of Darth Vader.
Sunday 7th December 2008
Britannia High (drama) - 7.00pm
Lola’s in love with sexy Stefan, the dance mentor - the only problem is that it’s all a fantasy. All hell breaks lose when the gang discover that Lola’s been writing about Stefan in her diary and they assume she’s been having an affair with a teacher. But when Lola’s too proud to admit she made it up, gossip and rumour spread amongst the Britannia High students, and she has to face up to the fact that her schoolgirl crush could cost Stefan his whole teaching career.
Tuesday 9th December 2008
UEFA Champions League TBA (football) - 7.30pm
Steve Rider introduces live coverage from Stamford Bridge of Chelsea’s final group game against Romanian champions CFR Cluj. The teams drew 0-0 in Romania on matchday 2, but Chelsea must win tonight if they are to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition. With commentary from Peter Drury, pitchside reports from Gabriel Clarke and studio analysis from Andy Townsend.
Saturday 13th December 2008
True Lies (film) - 10.40pm
Arnie plays the unshaken, unstirred secret agent, always saving the world in time to get home for dinner with his wife and kids, who are blissfully unaware of his dangerous job. Aside from the truly spectacular action, there’s exceptional comedy support from Tom Arnold and a winning performance from Jamie Lee Curtis, who transforms from timid housewife to confident heroine. It may be wildly implausible and a trifle misogynistic, but, on a pure excitement level, Cameron’s blockbuster is unbeatable entertainment.
Sunday 14th December 2008
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (film) - 4.05pm
The second prequel to the classic Star Wars trilogy follows the fortunes of Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, and his headstrong apprentice Anakin Skywalker who have been charged to protect Queen Amidala from a mysterious assassin. The film culminates in an epic showdown between the Jedi and the forces of former Jedi Count Dooku as rival factions vie with one another for supremacy.
Sunday 14th December 2008
Britannia High (drama) - 7.00pm
Tensions rise as the school prepares for the end of year showcase. It’s the big performance that the students have been working towards, and all of them are desperate to shine. But this year there is one extra person auditioning - school dinner lady Ronnie! For years she has dreamed of being a performer like her friends, and asks Jez to give her some lessons to prepare. The only problem is that she cannot sing! But has Jez got the guts to tell her the painful truth?
Saturday 20th December 2008
Honey (film) - 2.40pm
Synopsis to follow…
Saturday 20th December 2008
Britannia High Finale (drama) - 5.30pm
Synopsis to follow…
Tuesday 23rd December 2008
Ali G Indahouse (film) - 10.40pm
Synopsis to follow…
Friday 26th December 2008
Caught in a Trap (tbc) - 9.00pm
Synopsis to follow…
Saturday 27th December 2008
Bird on a Wire (film) - 11.05pm
Synopsis to follow…
August 31st, 2008 at 7:54 am
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September 4th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Why dont ITV get their stuff together and just have a page on their vast site to promote and give the progs on ITV or is that to much like common sense, sadly one of the rarest world commodities lol
September 5th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
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September 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
looking forward to it……………..although don’t fancy seeing those creepy crawlies in it again…………..do you remember???
September 5th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
talking about king kong there
September 8th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Just noticed on the ITV website TV guide that the Liverpool CL game on Tuesday 16th against Marseille will be in HD at 19.45
September 8th, 2008 at 10:46 am
It’s being played in France in “Haute Definition” so should be Marseille vs. Liverpool strictly speaking. Liverpool is currently the most HD Premier League club on Freesat!
September 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Heres another two programmes to add to the ITV HD tv schedule:
Lost in Austen - Wednesday 10th Sept @9pm
Part two - Wednesday 17th Sept @9pm } info from http://www.freesat.co.uk
Hard Target - Monday 15th Sept @10.35PM } info from ITV tv guide
September 8th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Tony - Thank you for the update, we can find information on Hard Target, but no confirmation of HD on Lost In Austen. We need evidence of this prior to adding, just incase. Do you have the link available to the specific page?
September 9th, 2008 at 9:46 am
It’s advertised for this month on the Freesat home page!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Hi, I am new to this site. Being a 67 year old who is not up to speed with high tech stuff I wonder if you could help.
I wish to buy a new TV to replace my existing CRT. I am looking at 32” or 37” and will ultimately wish to view HD through either Freeview or Freesat.
I am aware that HD will be broadcast at either 720p or 1080i. I do not wish to view HD DVD or play games such as PS3, hence I do not see any source I would use at 1080p.
At first, I was going to buy an HD Ready TV that could receive display 720p or 1080i. However, I note that there is now a new standard for TVs i.e. Full HD 1020p. My question is will I obtain a better picture when viewing a broadcast of 720p or 1080i if I bought a Full HD 1080p television?
Cheers
Stan
September 9th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Hi Stan, the majority of new televisions are equipt with 1080p capability now anyway, so providing its HD Ready, you can’t really go wrong. 1080p will take years to come to satellite, nothing is produced in that format here, 1080i maximum. The difference is minimal too, but as it’s now a standard, it’s worth having for the future.
If you’re looking for a good 37″, I can personally and highly recommend the Panasonic version, its incredibly and doubt you’ll find anyone disagreeing. It’s also won absolutely tons of awards. The cheapest place to buy (after researching just days ago for a friend) is Laskys. Follow the link below:
http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/link.php?product=laskyspanasonic42
…and search for product TH-37PX80B. Don’t forget to use discount code ‘PANA20′ for a further £20 off.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Thanks for the info it is very helpful
September 10th, 2008 at 7:20 am
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September 10th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Thanks once again, Admin, for your reply. I have now decided to buy a 32″ television of which the majority are 720p/1020i. The few that are 1020p are more expensive. Your advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
Stan
September 10th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Stan - If you are considering 32in then your really looking at buying a LCD rather than Plasma, but of course 1080p is less likely to be available. Again, from Panasonic, the counterpart to the one mentioned earlier is the TX-32LXD80. Also available cheapest from Laskys with the further £20 discount ‘20PANA’.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:41 am
1. The only real data source for 1080p is BlueRay discs or your PS3 machine if you have one - we will be waiting a very long time to see broadcast 1080p! You would also want a very big screen to notice the difference between 1080i and 1080p
2. Admin: How about keeping a log of the number of HD Hours per week/month per channel so we can track whether the service is improving or not? (And whether its new programming or repeats)
September 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Admin
Thanks for the info
Just looked at latest issue of Radio Times and on Wednesday 17th September 2008 Lost in Austen - 21:00 is not listed as HD
Cheers
Stan
September 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I sent an email to STV and they confirmed that they don’t provide the ITV HD service ar the moment, but are working to resolve this as soon as possible. Are there any other ITV regions that don’t support the HD Service ?
September 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
The Children on ITV hd:
Monday 15th September at 9:00pm
September 10th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Jonathan - Thank you, was wondering why it had not been added.
All - Make sure everyone knows about this schedule, the more readers, the more participants to ensure we have the most conclusive list, as up to date as possible.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Lost in Austen is not in HD (wed 21:00) on my Humax, no red button service!!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
SteveB - That will be Freesat’s fault then:
(just one thing, presumably you are not using a Scottish or Irish region of ITV are you?)
September 10th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Im not getting red button for Lost in Austen on my bush HD box
September 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
The Radio Times is usually very good about putting a little line of text at the bottom of the listing saying “Simulcast in HD, for Freesat viewers only, via the red button” for the relevant programmes on ITV1.
As Stan said they haven’t put that for Lost in Austen on the 17th, nor did they for the listing for tonight’s episode or for the first episode which aired on the 3rd.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
AndrewM - Trouble is that the Radio Times also misses a few too, as they’ve done recently, so we’ll add them if we see sufficient proof from a number of source and people. We were recommended to add Lost in Austen, and as Freesat’s own site displays it as being in HD, we expected it to be! Who can you trust these days eh?
September 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Removed Lost in Austen now, no point including if it’s not in HD
List doesn’t look so grand anymore haha
September 11th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
You’re certainly right that the Radio Times isn’t infallible; I just noticed that Amazon with Bruce Parry, the first episode of which is showing on BBC2 on Monday, is not marked as being simulcast on BBC HD even though it will be
September 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Hi
Does anyone know when we are likely to see a significant increase in HDTV programmes via Freesat?
Stan
September 12th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
ITV CONFIRMED LOST IN AUSTEN ONLY IN SD
September 13th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
The Guru is on ITV HD next Saturday night 10.15 - then contuined after the news. Agatha Christie’s Poirot is on Sunday night at 9.00 - 11.00. Both are on the ITV guide list as been shown in HD!
September 13th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Thanks Tony, added.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:10 am
This might be of interest to someone out there.I noticed last night that I didn’t get the RED button promp whilst Shakespeare in Love was on.A thought crossed my mind, so I went into the menu setup of my foxsat box and changed the settings from ‘non-freesat’ to freesat and exited back to ITV1 and got the red prompt.I prefer non-freesat because i can jiggle the channel order better and download everything that is up on the satellite rather than the 123 channels downloaded by ‘Freesat’, not sure why RED button only works in FREESAT mode, can anyone resolve, Thanks, Bob
September 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
What a great site this is! I got my arial and Humax only 3 days ago and was bowled over by BBC HD offerings but didn’t know how to find ITV HD. Thanks to you I now do.
I have to say that this HD business from ITV in particular,seems a bit half hearted. What the heck is the problem?
I’m the same age as Stan and doubtless he’ll remember, as I do, the interminable wait for- (a) stereo radio in the late ’50s, (b) colour tv in the ’60s, (c) stereo tv in the ’70s, (d) satellite tv in the ’80s as well as manyother broadcasting enhancements that were all introduced - usually at the speed of suet passing through a flour sifter!
Invariably France (France already!) Germany the U.S. etc. left us well behind in every catagory. Can’t our otherwise vastly superior tv services show everyone else the way; just this once.
September 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
David, I think the UK has by far the most HD channels in Europe - unfortunately most of them are subscription. But 3 out of 4 of our national broadcasters have at least a part time HD service which is still leading the field I think…
September 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Did anyone else find it somewhat amateurish of ITV HD to just provide a fixed screen saying “ITV HD Programming is not available” or words to that effect during the break between the 2 parts of Shakespeare in Love, when ITV SD was showing the news? I guess transmitting the news wasn’t an option because of regional variations. On a similar subject, some commercials on ITV HD seem to be from companies in the Midlands or Northern England. Is there a bias here?
September 15th, 2008 at 12:27 am
… some commercials on ITV HD seem to be from companies in the Midlands or Northern England. Is there a bias here?
I live on the west coast of Wales and receive ads telling me I can get a free DVD in The Scottish Mail on Sunday and ads for a sofa company that I have never heard of.
September 15th, 2008 at 8:32 am
When are ITV going to get their finger out and transmit with a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack ? As far as I know they haven’t done so yet… Last night Tess of the D’Ubervilles on BBC HD was a delight in 5.1, at one stage I found myself swatting away the bees from the rear channels…
September 15th, 2008 at 11:06 am
I have recently connected to Freesat through my humax foxsat HD box. Can anyone please give me a full list of Channel numbers that i should be receiving on my TV? Seeing the prevoius comments about the ITV HD programmes I would have thought that they would done it like the BBC and have a seperate channel for the HD programmes!!
September 15th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Steve - Full list of channels at http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/index.php/freesat-channels.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Haven’t seen anyone mention LUXE.tv HD. It’s on FTA(free to Air).Has beautiful HD shots, no films or soaps.On the humax it can b accessed by changing from FREESAT- in menu options- to NON-Freesat and download fta channels-300+.Channel 4+1 is also unscrambled on fta.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Many thanks admin for the full list of channels.
September 15th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
To Admin - after comparing the list of channels with my TV I have noticed that I have not got any of the Radio Channels (700 to 786). Can you or anybody else help me get them please?
September 15th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
@ Steve Marriott - There is currently not enough bandwidth for ITV HD so it is only available via 103 by pressing the Red Button when an HD broadcast is indicated by the on-screen prompt. Radio is displayed by pressing the tv/Radio button on the top of your remote.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Many thanks Garrif for your input.
September 18th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
So just to confirm Garrif, there isn’t a separate ITV HD Channel on Humax? You have to access it via pressing red when on 103?
Because I was flicking through the channels today and I wasn’t able to find ITV HD because there was no channel unlike its BBC HD counterpart.
Cheers.
September 18th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
anyone any idea of what hd channels are likely to be around on freesat in 2009?
September 19th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
BBC HD and ITV HD
September 21st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Anyone seen any further programmes on ITV HD? We are struggling to find any of it’s looking like a very poor showing for the next week…unless you like Poirot of course!
September 21st, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I can’t see anything else on itvhd in the radio times
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
Uefa Champions League LiveITV 1
Tuesday 30th September on ITV 1 from 7:30pm to 10:00pm and in HD
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 am
Good shout out, thanks Marc.
September 26th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
does anyone know any news about itv or bbc having the f1 in hd.i know bbc have the rights for it next year.
September 28th, 2008 at 10:01 am
A recent purchase of a Humax free sat system,i find the sd quality poor to view .
If i use my pana DVD to upscale the free view to 1080i,the quality is nearly as good as BBCHD free sat.
I think the freeview quality in LCD sets hase been kept back,for what reason ?
Market Forces ?
September 28th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Seems absolutely nothing else on ITV HD for atleast 10 days I’m afriad (other than those listed already!), despite having a couple of blockbuster films on next weekend. Shame
September 30th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
This is crazy, no programmes on ITV HD are scheduled. Know of any, please let us know by adding a comment?
October 1st, 2008 at 7:16 am
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is on ITV1 on Saturday around 7pm. Anyone know if there will be a HD feed ?
October 1st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
harry potter sunday not hd
October 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Wired October 13th and the next Engkand home game October 11th are on ITV HD.
October 1st, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Wayne - thanks for the information, we’ve added but forgive us, we’ve placed as unconfirmed until we can check with our official sources. Sure you are right though
October 1st, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Wired in HD confirmed by ITV here http://www.itv.com/hd/
October 1st, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Thanks Wayne, taken “unconfirmed” off Wired.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
It seems to me that ITV are missing out on a lot of watched advertising by having little or no programmes on in HD.
As there are at the moment virtually no HD recorders, HD viewers will have to watch the programmes live and hence the adverts rather than recording and skipping through them.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm
The Humax HD PVR launches at the end of the month.
The next England game on ITV HD is confirmed by Freesat here http://freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=Home .
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Thanks Wayne.
The Humax PVR is out next month, where have you heard otherwise?
October 4th, 2008 at 12:25 am
On this site @ the What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision Show from the 31/10/08.
October 4th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Ah ok, yes, we reported about that, but it is just a launch date, i.e. showing off a final product. The availability will be from mid-November.
October 4th, 2008 at 11:17 am
oh i just love itvs site “movies are often shown in HD - find out what’s coming up” so you click on the link and see about 6 movies that are coming to itv but sod all is mentioned about the hd, their whole site is a nightmare
October 5th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Anyone know exactly when Five and Ch4 HD will be on freesat ?
October 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Re question from Dave. I believe C5 and Channel 4 HD is early next year. The problem is with ITV HD is that programmes like Pioret are absolutely pants picture quality even in HD, does anyone know the reason for this and does anyone know when they will be broadcasting in Dolby Digital like BBC HD?
October 5th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Dave - C5 is within the next month or so, C4 HD is an unknown!
October 5th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Thanks for info both…though I view / record ITV HD / 4HD with my Vantage 8000S
October 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am
why do c4hd have no sub titles
October 10th, 2008 at 8:37 am
i notice that stevie b on 10/9/08 has commented on the fact that Lost in Austen itvhd was not available in hd to him and you commented that there may be a regional reason for this .can you confirm that itv(n. Ireland) does not receive hd or have i picked this up wrong
October 10th, 2008 at 8:48 am
ITV HD isn’t available on the NI or Scottish regional ITV channel, you will need to change your postcode to a English postcode to then get the red button option when a HD programme is available.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
just flicked onto wired and no red button / HD choice, (nottingham, central region)
October 13th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Just been watching Wired in HD then it suddenly messed up. It seems ‘out of sync’ because the adverts were coming on at funny times, not usual at all.
Then all of a sudden a message popped up saying ‘your HD programme has finished’ and it reverted back to SD a few minutes further in to the programme (I presume)…very disappointing!!!
Anyone else had any problems with it?
October 13th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
*seemed ‘out of sync…
October 13th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Had to switch back to SD whilst watching Wired in HD, as after the first ad break, the programme started from the beginning again!!
October 14th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Same problem with “Wired”, lost HD after the first ad break, then it seemed to start from the beginning again, then back to SD. Still quite a good show though, but not impressed with ITV HD at all.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I also lost the HD version of ‘Wired’ after the first ad break, I agree with everyone that ITV HD is currently a ’shambles’. They need to get their act together, it can’t be that difficult……can it?
October 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Help needed to tune my Bush HD STB to receive non Freesat channels. Tried the manual tune option, input new freqency etc but a scan never fnds any new channels. What am I doing wrong?
October 14th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I too had the same problem with Wired on ITV HD. It seems to me as though they don’t even take the “channel” seriously. I’d have at least expected that they could have brought HD back after the second break, but no such luck… It’s no wonder the ITV HD isn’t available on Sky HD yet, and I don’t think they’d want it after problems like this.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
It is truly a mess. To be honest, I’ve completely given up on ITV. Their programming is dire. It’s a great pity because being one of the first to air HD material would perhaps have won some badly needed viewers back…seemingly they can’t be bothered…
October 15th, 2008 at 9:22 am
ITVHD has got England vs Germany and also be showing 8 mile soon
October 15th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Shirks.
Have you got a source for the Germany v England game on ITV HD, as this is an away friendly?
October 15th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
There’s only ever been two decent things on itv hd - King Kong and Shakespeare In Love - both films. Now I remember why I stopped watching ITV (I’m not that interested in football)
October 16th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I work in the retail industry selling Panasonic equipment. But recent freesat presentation pointed it out. There are other things that is common knowledge like champ league.
But bar me getting bored with the presentation I only remembered those 2 bits and a harry potter film but I think they have shown it already.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I wonder if anyone can advise me. I want to but a panasonic TH-PZ81 with built in freesat. SHould I go for the 42,46 or 50 inch version. I will be mainly using it to watch broadcast programmes in standard format or HD and the ocassional blu ray film nothing else. Our viewing distance is about 18 feet so I want to be sure I buy the right size without compromising the picture quality. Also does anyone think these offers that include free 5-year warranty any good? I;m not sure is it;s worth paying the extra for this peace of mind? Any advice appreciated. Antonio
October 16th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
antonio - for that kind of distance, go for the 50in, you won’t compromise quality, not a panasonic plasma. Don’t forget our price comparisons, up to date, offering the best around at the moment. Is the 5 year warranty worth it? Probably not, they are very reliable units. If you do want the 5 year though, go for the slightly smaller size and get one from John Lewis online, which includes this. Again, see our comparisons on the right.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Pathetic lineup
October 18th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Only King Kong and England Kazachstan were interesting Shakespeare is definetly not Why X-factor on ITV HD ????
October 19th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
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October 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pm
The Daily Mail Saturday
TV Section big paper for the week
has HD on every HD broadcast.
So It has wired ITV1 HD
And this week the HD worked great on Freesat.
I hope more Magazines show the HD symbol
well done to the Saturday Daily Mail.
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
Even the tv guide from the Sun lists them.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I can confirm Red Dragon in HD it is marked as so in the radio times
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
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October 23rd, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Is it really 100% true that The Bill will be broadcast on ITV HD EVERY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY from now on? This will be a great move from ITV if this is true info.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
No, it’s a couple of special edition episodes in HD. ITV have confirmed no intention to broadcast The Bill in HD from now on!
October 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Great! I got to see Atletico de Madrid in HD for free!! VAMOS KUN! y Simao, Forlan,..
AUPA ATLETI!
Too bad I would have to get Sky sometime in the future for Spanish Liga games..
October 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Admin
Sharpe with Sean Beane sun Nov 2nd
advertised as HD last nite on ITV.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
now id just like to see Sony’s HD Bond advert on itv, fingers crossed for a slot during Hannibal
October 27th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Dear All,
Purely my opinion but for all the moans about ITV HD, especially their lack of scheduling information and availability in Scotland (unless you use an English post code), their picture quality is amazing!
The HD coverage of England’s game vs Kazakhstan looked superb and was a terrific advert for the upgrade HD offers over SD. Even the untrained eye of my wife spotted the difference!
October 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I tried the ITV HD redbutton service on Saturday for the first time during the movie “Red Dragon”. I was dissapointed to find it was unwatchable - blocky and breaking up pictures - I had to revert to SD. I would be pleased to hear from anyone as to why I am having this problem when all my SD channels and BBC HD are perfect. I have a Panasonic HDTV with built in Freesat etc.
October 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Ian - Hmmm, there was no issue with Red Dragon as far as I’m aware, see pictures taken by Snoods, http://www.flickr.com/photos/freesathd/
October 27th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Ian, I too have a Panasonic Freesat TV, and had no problems with Red Dragon or any other ITV HD programmes. I do,however, have an issue with the Freesat “Red Button” on BBC in that I cannot get the Sports Multipage 3001. Do you have the same problem?
October 27th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Hi Roger
Just tried 3001 and it seems to work, albeit with slightly distorted sound. I’ll try ITV Red Button again and see if Saturday’s problem was isolated.
Ian
October 30th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I am getting a Freesat PVR when released for sale. I understand that the HD service was not available in my area (STV) is that still the case? I heard mention that it might be soon? During setup I understand that I need to input a different region postcode? Is this correct? THANKS for any info.
October 31st, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Yes Eddie, STV (and UTV in the Six Counties across the water) are in dispute with ITV over “brand identity” issues.
ITV want to broadcast across the whole of the UK with their logo shown - STV and UTV (not part of ITV) want theirs shown in Scotland/Ulster. The fact that STV contributes zero (as far as I can see) to the HD programmes on offer seems to be irrelevant up here.
Pump in an English postcode - I now “live” in Kent despite residing well north of Hadrian’s Wall !!!
You can re-tune once the dispute is resolved.
November 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Ok! Thanks for that MAC just the clarification I needed. I guess I will have to reside in Whitehall
November 5th, 2008 at 10:27 am
According to the RadioTimes “The Bill” will be in HD on Thu. 6th Nov. 8->9pm
November 5th, 2008 at 10:42 am
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November 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
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November 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
No HD on “The Bill” on ITV (from time to time) HD tonight Steve . . . . Well certainly not here.. The ‘Red Button’ is worn out . .
November 9th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
No HD on Havant cup tie - says no signal
November 9th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I wonder whether an ‘on-air’ explanation as to why no hd signal will be given by Steve Rider or Clive Tyldesley……somehow I don’t think so!
Does anyone have the figures as to how many of us have freesat hd boxes?
November 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Like Denis says “NO SIGNAL FOR HD” When red button is pressed it says “this channel is not available” even though it says it is loading the HD channel.
it does not load!!
COM’ON ITV DO A PROPER JOB OF THIS RED BUTTON HOO-HAA. LAST WEEK I MISSED THE OPENING PART OF THE SHARPE ‘S PERIL TRYING TO LOAD THE HD THROUGH RED BUTTON.
November 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I have a Fortec Star (Innovation) HD sat box purchased from Maplins in August, and have never seen the red button on ITV HD transmissions (on the occasions when they are supposed to be HD and for example the FA cup special today). I now suspect that the red button HD servce is only available on Freesat and not generic HD sat boxes, especially as the red button is used for audio switching.
Can anyone confirm or offer any comment on this? Together with the lack of full EPG I’m beginning to regret jumping in to HD early and not waiting for a Freeat HD PVR. (The USB port allowing HD recording onto a portable hard disk works wellenough though)
November 9th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I am haapy to watch ITV HD without red button and without a freesat receiver
Nanoxx9500 HD you can watch and record and watch it in the best manner
Still enjoying King Kong It’s not often great, what ITV broadcasts but sometimes they do it very well.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Response to Clive’s question. I too have a Fortec Star but there is no red button service. You need to ensure you have the correct channel stored as per co-ordinates easily obtainable off Lingsat. In my experience you just select the channel and if a programme is on it should come on as there is no need to wait for the programme to load. I also believe if you go on Fortec Star there is a new EPG download available although I must admit I haven’t tried it yet. As for the hard drive I am not sure if the quality of the recording on a PVR would be any better that using your hard drive, more convenient perhaps but better quality I doubt it. Also in my opinion having seen both a number of HD freesat boxes and the Fortec Star the picture quality on the later particularly for HD is better as is the sound, so in my opinion you made the right choice.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Why can’t ITV HD provide a full 24h channel rather than an interactive redbutton service with ALL programmes in SD upscaled to HD as regular ITV1 with an eventual progression to HD on ALL programmes studiobased live AND recorded? And it would be nice for Dolby Digital 5.1 surroundsound to be used on ALL programmes too.
November 12th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Don’t think ITV can even afford to buy Christmas cards this year, let alone sustain a full HD channel or service
November 12th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
i have a bush freesat hd connected to my sat dish and have all the chanels except ITVHD is there something i can do i live in the granada area!!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 8:03 am
You should get it Kev! you must be trying to get ITVHD when there is no content available-the onscreen flag for ITVHD is only operational and comes up when HD content on ITV1 is broadcast with the familiar onscreen itvhd red button indication on regular SD simulcasts of ITV1 programmes.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Thanks i have been making the mistake of watching my TV through my sony TV and only checking my freesat box for HD programmes on the dedicated BBC HD chanel and waiting for a seperate chanel to appear, after posting the request i put the commander on and saw the red button so now im sorted …thanks ive book marked this site so i can find out what is coming on, many thanks
November 13th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Love the fact that this info at least exists somewhere
Any chance of getting it as an rss feed? (Or even better in xmltv format) That way people (most importantly me :)) could import it into the guide in their Home Theatre PC.
Otherwise it’s the nasty task of screen scraping this page for the relevant data…. not fun!
Thanks
November 16th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Dear ITV there are alot of out there with HD tv’s and will never pay SKY their inflated prices so come on ITV were all yours COME ON
November 17th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
stop critiscising Sky, without them we would still be stuck with 5 analogue channels with digital (let alone HD) years away. Sky made the advances in technology while ITV and BBC sat back! Sky are in their rights to charge subscription rates and for £10 a month on the sub rates there are 28 HD channels as opposed to one and a half HD channels on freesat. I know who is getting ripped off and it isnt the Sky subscriber.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
It isn’t £10 a month it’s £27 which is a big step up from 0. I love my freesat hd box but wish that they would update the dreary EPG, as it’s grey and depressing in comparison to sky with the calming music and blue background. ITV come at least get all your soaps onto hd by the start of 2009. Heard that they’ve spent half a mill on new camera so we should start to see more home content soon.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I had LIP SYNC PROBLEMS watching Britannia High last night ..
In fact BBC is fine its just ITV , anyone else got same problem ???
my view on $ky : rip off merchants ..
maybe now they will have to start thinking about there prices ..
November 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
gazwlz - I am afraid you are well and truly getting ripped off.
If you are on the basic minimum HD package - then you are paying sky £324 a year to watch utter drivel and repeats !!! ( drivel in HD is no better than drivel in SD )
If you have the full package (sport, movies) - you are paying sky £684 a year.
And for that you get loads of sport (excellent). The latest movies (excellent), but it just isn’t worth £823 (inc licence fee) a year to watch TV, unless you are a couch potato and do nothing else !!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Tom, I didnt say Sky HD was £10 a month - I said it was £10 a month for HD on top of the subs, which is still a reasonable price for 28 HD channels!. Sky will most likely drop that charge altogether in the next 12 months anyway. I do have freesat too by the way….just in case there might be just one decent programme from ITV in HD before the end of life as we know it. The rate they are going I doubt it.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Yes Paul but I can afford it, I pay Sky £57 a month and thats because I can .. Therefore I am not being ripped off. You only get ripped off if it bothers you.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
If it does bother people then they probably wont be silly enough to get ripped off will they ??
You may be able to afford it and it may not bother you but that doesn’t mean you are not being ripped off.
In fact the best rip offs are the ones where the customer doesn’t realise it !!
I have realised it which is why my next phone call to $ky (as soon as i get my freesat pvr) will be most enjoyable.
PS - can i come round and watch the cricket !!!
:)
November 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Freesat PVR? Bit expensive if we are to work on your terms. Thats a heck of a price for one and a half HD channels and loads of shopping channels, are you sure you might not be being ripped off too then? By the way I dont watch any drivel in HD as there is no drivel (like soaps) being made in HD. As for the licence fee I dont have to pay it. At my time of life I find Sky easy to use and it has the best choice, I can afford it and dont feel ripped off so leave me be.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Cricket .. unfortunately is not in HD at present so I cant even ask you round!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
£57 a month and the cricket is not even in HD
I only have sky for the sport. Never watch anything else at all on subscription channels, just watch the main FTA channels. Will miss the sport but there’s still quite a bit on FTA and i don’t get time to watch enough sport to justify sky’s crazy fees.
And yes £299 is not cheap, i agree, but i currently pay £37 a month for sky so it will pay for itself in 8 months. Then its £0 a month (forever) .
Oh and soaps…… Yep they are drivel
November 18th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
the cricket - yes I was surprised about that. The England match should be in HD on ITV…hence me having the both. Not enough effort from ITV though.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Sorry guys but can we keep this page focused on ITV HD and the upcoming programmes. Thank you.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Sorry admin - wrists slapped !!!
Lets hope ITV increase their HD content over time.
I am sure they will eventually.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
ok admin, what programmes though?! couldnt resist that!
November 19th, 2008 at 12:53 am
So is there anything apart from dumba$$ football ( sorry dudes, I’m not a fan ) and a teen soap on ITV HD…….come ON why did I pay $$$ for high definition low quality content !!!!
November 19th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Yeah Chris, right on. Not everybody id a football fan, ITV’s so called HD schedule is a big joke.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Is anyone else having intermittent sound cutouts on ITV HD during the football this evening or is it just my Foxsat HD playing up?
November 19th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Not just you Nick, plenty are experiencing sound drops too. Well done again ITV…!
November 19th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Hi Admin, do you know if ITV read comments here. First they start HD after a drama has started which is really not on and now sound cutting out during the football. Checked on SD and Freeview and the sound was working fine.
November 19th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Steve P - I don’t know, and the reason I don’t know is that ITV choose not to speak to anyone! I’ve tried countless times (as have others!) to speak to no other than their head of communications and not even they reply…what does that say hey!
I intend speaking to Freesat about this, as it’s NOT a good advertisement for Freesat, having a limited hours poor service.
November 19th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
In all seriousness though, yes, they probably read this, as I know BBC read this site daily, checking what’s been put etc.
November 20th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
I for one am sooooo happy with all the new HD progs, it is just getting better and better .WELL DONE
November 20th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
[...] they got starwars phantom menace in hd next month. Hope episode 2 and 3 will follow link for itvhd:ITV HD Schedule
November 21st, 2008 at 8:59 am
@ steve p, i had no sound issues with the footie in HD….
November 21st, 2008 at 7:44 pm
On the ITV site, it states Return of the Jedi will be AD in the programme synopsis. I doubt the other Star Wars movies are going to be shown in HD.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
AD=audio description, ( tho correct me if im wrong:))
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ah I see. It’s just odd that they do not have it down as HD in the TV synospis. Then again, I suppose that’s why Join Freesat have this schedule because ITV still have not got their act together with a HD schedule.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
I can’t see these latest films listed anywhere as HD. Where is this info coming from please?
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Wayne - This information is released to the TV listings / press companies usually a couple of weeks before being aired. It’s usually accurate but ITV have been known to change their minds!!!
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I have just tried watching the Starwars film on ITV in HD, no red button. So questions is, was it broadcast in SD only or is the famous red button not working?
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Next weeks Return of the Jedi is in HD not this weeks episode V.
November 24th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Duhhh, maybe I should learn to read dates correctly!
Although the Bruce Willis film (Mercury Rising) last night was showing in HD, just a shame I was too damn Kn*****d to stay up and watch it. Roll on my Foxsat HDR arriving soon with luck
November 25th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
They should print it in the Tv guide wether a film is in HD or not !! an as for the red button it never works on my tv lol
November 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Tonights Man U footy is now claimed not to be in HD on Digital Spy Forums. We will see.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
WELL WAYNE YOU ARE RIGHT MAN U MATCH IS NOT IN HD
November 25th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
doesnt look like there is much hope for the Histon v Leeds match on sunday then! MOT
November 25th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
WAYNE 100 % correct NO HD for footy !!
It is about time ITV sort this out and GIVE US A PROPER HD TV GUIDE..
Does this mean the rest of the champs league is not in HD ????
November 25th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Maybe there’s no footy in HD cus they still cant sort out there intermittent sound cutouts, witch i think a majority of us suffered ..
November 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
More likely it’s not being shown in HD as the feed they have is not high definition - in fact it’s 4:3, which they’ve clumsily pan&scanned slightly. The SD quality for this match is easily the worst I’ve seen in years, makes BBC standard definition look like HD by comparison! Appalling.
November 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
And what was worse from ITV during the non-HD football they even advertised that you can watch Champions League matches in HD!!!! Poor show ITV
November 25th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Wish ITV HD will get it right, no footy has planned-very disappointed. Could be a venture to SKY HD me thinks. At this rate ITV HD will go the way of On-Digital.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Phill calm down i wouldn’t turn to the dark side just yet
@ Ian i had turned to BCC HD before that point but that is absolutely outrageous.
ITV SORT IT OUT ITV SORT IT OUT ITV SORT IT OUT ..
November 25th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
The feed was from a spanish broadbasting company and spain itself broadcasts a pathetic ammount of hd in comparison to the u.k, much like how sky sports imports spanish footie for the revista de la liga. True, ITV are just buying time until they get enough
a) content
b) consumers using the freesat sevice
Channel 4hd. I want you
November 26th, 2008 at 12:14 am
As I was flicking through I saw 20 seconds of the ITV ‘Footie’ it was laughable…….very poor quality, but, it’s not ITV’s fault the Spanish feed was ca@p……I feel sorry for the fans.
November 26th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Having just bought a Humax PVR on the basis of HD content from Freesat I have to say I am devastated.
ITV advertising Champions League in HD - then not showing it. Typically British.
I am almost scared for my £300 investment with talk about on digital and turning to the dark side (from where I have just come).
I cant believe that with all the talk of HD about at the moment and SKYs apparent focus on HD content to differentiate their offering that the Beeb and ITV cannot get this sorted. I thought the Beeb was at the forefront of this type of thing.
Looks like I may be looking for a hasty refund on my new box or flogging it to someone on ebay and calling SKY (not yet cancelled) to see what they can come up with on the HD front for me.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Was I the only person not to get the red button HD option on last night’s Villareal/Man Utd game?
Bit disappointed to not see the game in HD….
Nick
November 26th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Great to see a schedule at last ive found one, ITV could really attract viewers if they displayed an ITV HD schedule….how strange!
I was expecting to see the Villareal/Man Utd game in HD too, didnt get the red button symbol. shame
Was anyone able to view the game in HD lastnight?
November 26th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Because the picture was from the Spanish broadcaster, it was not HD. The ITV supplied segments were HD though. Bit annoying.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
So ITV chose to show the game from Spain on ITV1 in SD when they had the opportunity to deliver the Arsenal game in HD, instead showing it on ITV4.
Interesting……a demonstration of comitment to Freesat / HD ?
November 26th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
thats it then, I did notice the picture quality of the half time interviews and replays were crystal clear but the game footage was poor….but at least the games were free to air.
November 26th, 2008 at