A+E Networks U.K. will kick off a new free-to-air entertainment channel in the U.K. this fall on Freeview, following a long-term DTT capacity deal with SDN. The announcement was made today by Dean Possenniskie, managing director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, with the channel name and content line-up will be revealed later this summer. This deal marks A+E Networks’ second FTA channel launch in 2016, following Lifetime’s launch as a FTA channel in Turkey to 20 million homes in April. In the UK, A+E Networks channel portfolio includes HISTORY, Lifetime, Crime + Investigation and H2, available on Pay TV platforms Sky, Virgin, BT and TalkTalk.

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