Free to air channels in Uganda are limited to the fact that PayTV providers want you to ride on their subscription packages in order to watch your favorite TV channel. Fortunately, most flat screen TVs on sale these days whether bought locally or online have inbuilt free to air DTV (DVB T2) support.
It’s by this fact that buying a PayTV decoder becomes a stress factor than a reliable free digital TV option. So before you make that switch to a free to air version, or eventually you’re not sure of the channels covered, here is a list of all local TV channels you can watch without paying a coin.
List of Free to air channels (FTA) available in Uganda
| ARK TV |
| ABS TV |
| BABA TV |
| BBS Terefayina |
| B24 TV |
| BTM TV |
| Bukalango TV |
| Bukedde TV1 |
| Bunyoro TV |
| CGTN |
| Delta TV |
| Dream TV |
| Excel TV |
| Family TV |
| Fresh TV |
| Gugudde TV |
| Galaxy TV |
| Glorious Times |
| HG TV |
| KBS TV |
| KS TV |
| KTV |
| Life TV |
| LTV |
| Magic 1 HD |
| Manifest TV |
| Miracle TV (Channel 44) |
| Moon TV |
| Nina TV |
| NTV |
| NBS TV |
| Next Radio |
| Nyce TV |
| Now TV |
| Rest TV |
| Salt TV |
| Smart 24 |
| STV |
| See TV |
| Shiloh TV |
| Spark TV |
| Spirit TV |
| Success TV |
| Record TV |
| Rest TV |
| Top TV |
| Tangy TV |
| UBC Star TV |
| UBC TV |
| U24 |
| UC TV |
Leading the list by genre, religious channels have become more popular than ever before with a majority of the free to air channels falling in this category. Besides the UBC-affiliated channels, and the NBS/NTV ushered channels, a few other multi-content channels like Delta TV, STV, NyceTV, and Galaxy TV, expect the rest of the club to be affiliated with a worship or church group.
The next time you opt to auto-tune your free to air decoder and find errors like No signal or scrambled channel displayed on your TV set, then don’t hesitate to double-check on this free to air list to verify if a channel is available or now.