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Are there any subscription charges for Freeview?

April 26, 2017Charges Freeview subscription

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Are there any subscription charges for Freeview?

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There are no subscription charges for the main Freeview channels. However, there is a subscription charge for the encrypted Top-Up TV channels (see note), but subscription is entirely optional. One of the Top-Up TV channels broadcasts pornography and requires an additional subscription charge. A compatible set-top box is required in order to receive the Top-Up TV channels; very few Freeview boxes are compatible. One non Top-Up TV channel, namely Yoo-Play Games, requires viewers to dial a premium rate number on a conventional voice phone in order to obtain a code number, which provides access to the games. Use of this service is again entirely optional. In most cases the first level of each game can be accessed free of charge. There is currently (April 2006) one pay-per-view sports channel (offering Scottish Premier League football games only) and one pay-per-view pornography channel.