Just how many spare channels are there on the Freeview terrestrial
TV network? First we thought Crown Castle, one of the partners in the network, had one spare channel. Broadcasters bid for it and ITV were successful (look out for ITV Even More Trash launching soon). Then we heard that Crown Castle actually had two spare channels and that they had given one to Channel 4 too (look out for Even More Friends 4 launching soon). Now we hear Crown Castle has found space for an additional two more channels meaning that Channel 5, Disney, NBC and Turner, all of whom bid for that first channel space, can now bid again.
Our technology expert friends tell us the extra channels keep coming up because new compression technology used by Crown Castle means there is an increasingly efficient use of the terrestrial digital spectrum. So that's that cleared up then.