Quest HD launching on Freeview

Quest HD launching on Freeview

Postby dutchman » Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:29 pm

Factual entertainment and sports channel Quest is to makes its high definition debut on Freeview

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It's been confirmed the new HD simulcast of the Discovery-owned channel will launch on Freeview HD channel 114 during the course of Tuesday 14th August 2018.

The move will allow viewers to watch high definition coverage of the weekly English Football League highlights on Saturday nights, as well Quest's range of factual entertainment and sports programmes including Wheeler Dealers and Salvage Hunters plus various ad-hoc sporting events.

Since its launch in 2009, Quest offers a range of free-to-air content previously aired across Discovery's pay TV portfolio of channels. Since Discovery's acquisition of Eurosport, Quest has branched out into coverage various sporting events.

It's arguably the most high profile HD channel launch on Freeview since the arrival of additional HD channels from Channel 4 in 2014 and new BBC HD channels in December 2013. In recent years, HD additions on Freeview have been limited to shopping and niche channels, plus the temporary BT Showcase HD service that ceased earlier in the year.

Limited capacity for HD channels means the service will not be available to everyone: whereas Quest's current standard definition channel on channel 37 reaches around 90% of the UK, Quest HD will have technical reach in the region of 75%. Currently only the HD simulcasts of the main channels have full access to all Freeview HD households.

Quest HD will also be available in YouView (BT, TalkTalk, Plusnet TV) and EE TV homes on channel 114, subject to the Freeview coverage restrictions.

Quest HD launched on Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media at the beginning of the month.

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