{"id":546252,"date":"2026-04-23T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:51:08","slug":"freeview-users-must-check-tv-settings-now-as-big-channel-changes-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546252\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeview users must check TV settings now as big channel changes confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone with a <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Freeview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/freeview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freeview<\/a> device might want to head to the settings and make sure things are retuned. That&#8217;s the latest advice from the UK telly platform after the release of an update that brings four changes to the TV planner. &#8220;On 22nd April 2026, some broadcasters are making changes to their channels,&#8221; Freeview explained. &#8220;You will need to retune to update your TV and keep your channels, and TV Guide up to date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So what is actually changing?<\/p>\n<p>Three channels are getting new names, including That&#8217;s TV 3 (Ch 71), That&#8217;s TV 3 MCR (Ch 86), and That&#8217;s Classics MCR (Ch 93). These will now be called That&#8217;s 20th Century, That&#8217;s 20th Century MCR and That&#8217;s Classics.<\/p>\n<p>Along with those rebrands, there&#8217;s also a new service called That&#8217;s Entertainment launching. This will be available via channel 75 on the telly planner.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a quick look at Freeview&#8217;s TV Guide to see which shows are airing on That&#8217;s Entertainment, but this channel is so new it&#8217;s not yet showing. We&#8217;ll update this story when we find out more.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining more about the update, Freeview said, &#8220;Channels continue to evolve on Freeview with individual channel providers making the decision to move, add or remove channels. Freeview continues to ensure that audiences can enjoy a rich and varied content offering. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Freeview has issued advice on how to retune devices, and here are the steps every user needs to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Press menu on your box or TV remote control<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Select \u2018set-up\u2019, \u2018installation\u2019, \u2018update\u2019 or a similar option. If you\u2019re asked for a password, the default code is \u20181234\u2019 or \u20180000\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Select \u2018first-time installation\u2019 (sometimes called \u2018factory reset\u2019, \u2018full retune\u2019 or \u2018default settings\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>Press \u2018OK\u2019 if your equipment asks if it&#8217;s OK to delete existing channels and then your retune should start automatically. If you\u2019re prompted to, save the channels that are found.<\/p>\n<p>Freeview changes things throughout the year, but this latest release is one of its biggest in a while, so it&#8217;s well worth following the advice and retuning as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone with a Freeview device might want to head to the settings and make sure things are retuned.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,44580,1236,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-546252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-freeview","tag-tech-section","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}