MILLIONS of Freeview watchers have been hit by a big channel change as viewers are urged to re-scan their TV boxes.

Channel 4 has boosted Freeview coverage for one of its channels this month, meaning you’ll need to retune to continue watching.

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As part of Freeview’s monthly channel update, 4seven transitioned to a new frequency as of Wednesday 18 June.

This is because of an important technical change to the way the Channel 4 offshoot channel is broadcast on Freeview.

It will give more Freeview users access to the channel at a time when 4seven is increasingly used as an overspill for live events.

4seven has recently become the home of a selected number of men’s European Championship U21 games, including Netherlands v Ukraine and Slovenia v Czechia.

They have previously broadcast coverage of the Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

But for the time being, 4seven is broadcasting on both new and old frequencies.

At the end of this transition period, the old copy of 4seven will carry a retune caption.

But you can retune today to ensure continued reception of 4seven on channel 49.

Following your retune, you should see 4seven on channel 49 and the old copy of 4seven on channel 790.

What’s better is the channel now has universal coverage on Freeview.

It’s now available to all viewers in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man in addition to UK viewers who can only receive a reduce Freeview channel line-up.

If you’re a viewer who only receives around 20 basic Freeview channels at your address, you can retune to add 4seven to channel 49.

It’s a big bonus to some viewers as some remote locations with reduced access to Freeview are also affected by poor internet speeds meaning they can’t stream TV either.

This follows a reconfiguration of the frequency that carries the main Channel 4 service on Freeview, meaning the 4seven signal can now be aired alongside its parent channel.

It’s not the only Freeview change seen this month either.

Just last week it was announced that Rewind TV is now on channel 81.

It has swapped places with Blaze +1 and is now the next-door channel to the vintage Talking Pictures channel.

There’s also a new shopping channel with Must Have Ideas setting up shop on channel 96.

The service was previously exclusive to satellite TV such as Sky and on YouTube but a retune will now add the channel to your service.

Millions of Freeview watchers can also enjoy three new channels this month.

Starting from this week, viewers will be able to tune into a number of channels including ITV Quiz, a fresh channel dedicated to quizzes.

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CIARÁN THOMPSON hailed Ciarán Moore for kicking his winner against Mayo.

Moore’s last-gasp point for Donegal after the buzzer at Dr Hyde Park last Sunday dumped the Green and Red out of the Championship.

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A draw would have been good enough for Jim McGuinness’ men to finish second in Group 1.

The winning score made no difference to them in that regard but it does mean they go into tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final at home to Louth with the momentum of being on the back of two victories.

And Thompson lauded flying wing-back Moore, 22, for bombing forward for the victory.

The Donegal star told SunSport: “He’s brilliant, he has serious legs, absolutely unbelievable.

“Coming from the half-back line there into the half-forward line, just to compose yourself then and stick it over was savage. Fair play to him.

“We always knew it was going to be a tight battle against Mayo, it always is. Mayo went ahead but we dug deep to bring it back level and we got one or two ahead.

“They brought it back level and it was just nice to kick the winner then at the end with the last kick of the game.”

Thompson knows Donegal’s home comforts are vital. They were in danger of finishing third when David McBrien’s second-half goal put Mayo in front — that might have meant a trip to Kerry or Dublin this weekend.

Daire Ó Baoill’s two-pointer and scores from Michael Murphy and Shane O’Donnell eased fears of that happening and while Fergal Boland thought he had kept the Connacht giants in the hunt for Sam with a late leveller, Moore had the final, decisive say.

Donegal have only lost one game in league and Championship football at Ballybofey’s MacCumhaill Park under McGuinness and Thompson is happy to be at home against the Leinster champs tomorrow.

He added: “We were always expecting that from Mayo. We knew they were going to come back and the goal was a bit of a sucker-punch.

“It was just massive to win and get a home draw.”

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SAM MULROY is determined to secure a second date with his silver namesake after a summer of love so far.

The skipper helped Louth end 68 years of heartbreak in the Leinster SFC by toppling neighbours Meath in last month’s Croke Park final by 3-14 to 1-18.

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On a day when the country fell back in love with the maligned provincial Championship, GAA HQ was awash with noise and colour as Mulroy was his county’s knight in shining armour — firing 1-7 in front of 65,786 adoring fans.

With Dublin aiming for a 15th Delaney Cup in a row, the public’s relationship with the Leinster Championship had turned sour.

But Louth’s heroics — after Meath had knocked the holders out in the semis — have rekindled the grá for the tournament and now the new champions want more.

Mulroy got his hands on Sam Maguire at the launch of the All-Ireland knockout series this week before a preliminary quarter-final trip to Donegal tomorrow.

And the confident hitman has reiterated his belief that the Wee County can take home the big prize for the first time since 1957, a claim he reveals he has copped flak for.

He said: “Absolutely, I took a little bit of slack for it before, which was fine but I suppose it was a case of putting it out there into the world and saying, ‘Why could we not be in contention?’

“The group’s gone about doing the work to put us in contention and to play in these games. Obviously last week Meath beat Kerry and they beat Dublin.

“They’re results you wouldn’t be calling maybe last year with the rule changes and the two-pointers and the expansive game.

“So I don’t think you can rule anything out going into the next few weeks.”

Winning Leinster for just the ninth time in their history understandable took its toll.

The hangover carried into the All-Ireland group stages as back-to-back defeats against Monaghan and Down left their summer hanging by a thread.

Ger Brennan’s men did the business in the final round against Clare, but only just.

They eventually banished the Banner 2-17 to 2-14 last weekend to advance in third.

Mulroy said: “Winning Leinster has been the main goal over the last number of years for this group. I suppose when you get there and you do it, maybe there is a case of coming down a little bit.

“There was obviously a lot of celebrating going on for a few days after but you have to, because it took a long time to get there and you have to enjoy it and live in the moment.

“But our performances against Monaghan and Down weren’t up to scratch and we knew going into last weekend that we had to win to save the Championship.

“I don’t know if we played better that way with our backs against the wall a little bit, but maybe it was the best thing for us.

“I thought at times last week we were good, so hopefully we’re coming back to some sort of form.

“It’s 68 years, so for the people of Louth it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing for a lot of people.

“Hopefully the gap is not as big the next time. I suppose it’s hard to get back on track, maybe, even just for people around the county and talking about it and not getting caught up in that.

“We were back training on the Wednesday, obviously with a job to do and we knew we were going into a tough group.

“It was a case of maybe you didn’t get to bask in it as much as you’d like, but we enjoyed the few days we got.”

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Mulroy has the mindset of a top marksman as, despite firing a number of wides against the Royals, he still ran up a huge total.

The Naomh Máirtín hotshot admits putting those off-target efforts behind him was key, allowing him to fire a two-point free in the 65th minute to move Louth ahead of their neighbours and put one hand on the Delaney Cup.

The 27-year-old said: “Moments come and pass and it’s trying to stay on track and not get too caught up in it.

“By the time I took the last kick, I’d completely forgotten about the few before.

“The few I missed at the start of the second half, when you’re watching the clips back with the boys at the Wednesday training, you’re like, ‘Why did I take that shot’ or, ‘What was I doing there?’

“You nearly forget about them and I think that’s an ability and a skill that you develop over the years.

“Not getting too high and not getting too low with your shots or your chances or whatever it is because the game’s so fast.

“There’s no time. A younger Sam maybe would’ve dwelled on them and let it get to me and affect me.

“But I suppose now as I’ve grown as a player, I’ve definitely learned to just move on and forget about it.”

Louth have a free shot tomorrow. And their star man is full of belief ahead of their trip to Ballybofey for a battle of the Ulster and Leinster champs.

They are familiar foes too with Louth asking plenty of questions of Jim McGuinness’ side in an All-Ireland quarter-final loss last year.

Mulroy said: “I will putting that message to the group that we’re not going up to Ballybofey for the craic or to fulfil a fixture.

“We’re in a preliminary quarter-final for the All-Ireland series and we played in a quarter-final at Croke Park last year, so it’s a case of let’s try and go better again this year and progress as a team.

“It won’t be, ‘Let Donegal go through into a quarter-final’.

“It was either Killarney, Croke Park against Dublin or Ballybofey against Donegal so the options weren’t massively in our favour.

“It was always going to be a tough test no matter who we got, but you see there’s an opportunity and you try to say how are we going to go about winning this game.

“That’s the case now. so we’ll do our best to prepare and hopefully we’ll give it our all.”

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