🇬🇧 United Kingdom
BBC Red Button 8
576i · Main feed
BBC Red Button 8 is an English-language channel from United Kingdom, on air since 1999. Broadcast Atlas lists 1 public stream source up to 720p.
Last checked July 26, 2026: the stream did not respond.
Launched September 23, 1999 · Also known as SD
Direct sources
Available streams
Streams open directly from their source hosts. Broadcast Atlas does not proxy, relay, transcode, or retransmit media.
BBC Red Button 8
ve-cmaf-push-uk-live.akamaized.net
HTTPS720pGeo-blocked
Technical details · preference #1 · score 1372
The preference score rewards browser-ready HTTPS, HLS or image support, header-free playback, adaptive bitrate, reliability, and useful resolution. It is a selection heuristic, not a quality guarantee.
- Stream ID
- 0fdd227b-cc4c-46de-9aa2-9519e2e18918
- Preference rank
- #1 of 1
- Preference score
- 1372
- Source host
- ve-cmaf-push-uk-live.akamaized.net
- URL scheme
- HTTPS
- Catalog media type
- Not yet verified
- Detected protocol
- https
- Manifest type
- Not yet verified
- Container
- Not yet verified
- Supplied quality
- 720p
- Detected resolution
- Not yet verified
- Frame rate
- Not yet verified
- Approximate bitrate
- Not yet verified
- Video codec
- Not yet verified
- Audio codec
- Not yet verified
- Adaptive bitrate
- Not yet verified
- Live stream
- Not yet verified
- HTTPS status
- https
- Availability note
- Geo-blocked
- Requires referrer
- No
- Requires custom user agent
- No
- Geographic restriction
- Not yet verified
- Authentication
- Not yet verified
- DRM
- Not yet verified
- Health
- degraded
- Browser compatibility
- {"status":"unknown"}
- Device compatibility
- {"status":"unverified"}
- Detection evidence
- {"classification":"unverified"}
- Last checked
- Jul 26, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC
- Last success
- Never
- Last failure
- Jul 26, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC
- First catalog sighting
- Jul 20, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC
- Last catalog sighting
- Jul 23, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC
- Metadata updated
- Sep 19, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC
- Source revision
- Not yet verified