A recent review, undertaken as part of a BBC strategy and consultation process called Delivering Quality First recommended changes to the existing BBC Red Button interactive services.

Specifically “a phased reduction of broadcast Red Button services, reducing the number of interactive streams to one across all platforms and exploring the longer-term transition to IPTV technologies”.

As a result, we will soon be closing the remaining BBC News Multiscreen video service. The date scheduled for this is 20 June. Currently the service is still available to Sky and Virgin Media consumers – a Freeview version closed in October 2009.

This BBC News Multiscreen Red Button feed is currently on frequency 11954 H, which is the same frequency used for the Sports Interactive feeds.