10 Facts About ITV HD

ITV HD is a British free-to-air high-definition public broadcast television network operated by ITV plc, the company which is contracted to provide 13 ITV services across the UK.

ITV HD is available to view in England, Wales and the Scottish Borders on Freesat via channel 103, Freeview channel 103, Sky channel 103, Virgin Media channel 103 and in Switzerland on SwisscomTV.

From 2 April 2010, ITV HD relaunched as a standard channel available on all digital platforms.

ITV HD did not broadcast on satellite television, unlike BBC HD.

High definition broadcasts from ITV HD plc launched exclusively on Freesat, the new digital satellite service from the BBC and ITV HD on 7 June 2008, just in time for the start of UEFA Euro 2008.

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ITV HD became ITV1 HD when it relaunched for Freeview HD on 2 December 2009.

From 20 October 2020, further ITV HD subregions began broadcasting in the clear on satellite – these being Central, Anglia, Yorkshire and the South and Thames Valley feeds of Meridian.

On 12 June 2010, ITV HD cut off England's first 2010 FIFA World Cup game inadvertently into an advert break for 25 seconds, as a result, missing their first World Cup 2010 goal.

The standard definition ITV HD broadcasts did not miss the goal, scored by Steven Gerrard.

ITV HD had already said it was not to blame for the problem, which was pinned on human error at Technicolor, the firm which provides transmission.