Is [this channel] coming to Freeview?
The most common questions regarding new channels on Freeview concern Turner, channels 22, 32 & 44, and channels 14 & 15. When BBC/Sky/CC first proposed Freeview to the ITC they had a number of interested channels that wanted to go onto the platform. The Turner channels were among the interested parties. Turner proposed a timeshare of CNN (news), Boomerang (kids) and TCM (movies) using the one channel. The channel numbers (22, 32, 44) correspond to entertainment, children and news respectively. The channel numbers were being used as place holders during the rescan period. The BBC used a lot of airtime informing people they would need to retune their boxes to receive the new channels. Viewers would have noticed that FTN was on the channel list when Freeview started but only started broadcasting in January. Turner is still in negotiations with Freeview and is taking far longer than the other channels to strike up a deal. This suggests a more fundamental problem, but whilst in negotiations
