Millions of telly fans receive an unexpected free upgrade following closure of popular ITV channel
MILLIONS of Freeview watchers may have lost CITV - but another channel has swooped in to fill its spot.
The CITV channel closed for good on Monday after 17 years on-air across every platform, not just Freeview.
Children can continue to watch ITV's new streamed channel ITVX Kids through the ITVX app.
But it means ITV has a vacant slot available on Freeview.
Well, according to RXTVInfo, it's already been filled.
As a result of CITV's closure, viewers will be able to enjoy extended ITVBe+1 broadcasting hours.
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The channel will now appear on Freeview from 5am until 9pm.
Before now, ITVBe+1 was only available for an hour each night.
The time-shifted channel means you will have more of an opportunity to catch any shows you've just missed on the live ITVBe channel.
The only other place you can get ITVBe+1 is through Virgin Media, where it's broadcast 24 hours a day.
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How to watch ITVX Kids
Most of CITV's programmes have moved online only via ITVX.
But there is a streamed channel version of the new ITVX Kids service.
Just open ITVX and go to the Live section.
Scroll down the list of channels until you see ITVX Kids.
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