There will be HD versions of:
- BBC News,
- BBC Three,
- BBC Four,
- CBeebies,
- CBBC.
They will be available over rooftop aerials via Freeview receivers as well as satellite and cable services.
"BBC One HD and BBC Two HD have already proved to be highly valued by our audiences and I'm delighted that we're able to follow this with the launch of five new subscription-free BBC HD channels by early 2014," said the BBC's director general Tony Hall.
"These new channels will allow us to showcase more of our programming at its very best."
The BBC has indicated it also wants to launch English regional variants of its existing BBC One HD service as well as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland editions of BBC Two HD.
This would not need any of the new capacity. It would, however, need to be approved by the BBC Trust.