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List of HD channels in the United Kingdom

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ1031933 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a list of current high definition channels that are available in the United Kingdom.

All HD channels in the UK broadcast at 1080i, apart from Sky Sports Main Event UHD channel and the BT Sport Ultimate 4K.

HD channels can dynamically switch between 1080i/25 and 1080p/25 when broadcast via Freeview HD.

HD channels

Notes

References

External links

Freesat – Channels

Freeview – Channels

Sky – Box Sets

Virgin Media – What can I watch in HD?

"Channels". Astra.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of HD channels in the United Kingdom” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.