BBC Red Button 20

BBC Red Button 20 isn't really a channel in the conventional sense, it's a placeholder, an overflow valve for the BBC's main services. When Wimbledon runs long or a breaking news event pre-empts scheduled programming, this is where the overflow goes. So its content varies wildly: one day it's extra tennis coverage, another it's a looped information slate or a regional news simulcast. That unpredictability can be frustrating if you're looking for something consistent. But for the live-event viewer, it's indispensable. The BBC Red Button 20 live feed is the only way to catch those extra matches or uninterrupted news conferences when BBC One or Two have moved on. The picture quality is standard definition, and there's no EPG to speak of, so you're tuning in blind. That said, for a certain kind of viewer, the kind who wants to watch BBC Red Button 20 online and doesn't mind the lack of polish, it's a useful niche. General tv United Kingdom doesn't get much more utilitarian than this, but that low-key flexibility is its whole reason for existing.