UK Free TV was last updated on Thursday, 23 February 2012, 1:13 PM
With just 243 days until digital switchover is done, join the 10,905,071 Freeview and 5,234,539 Freesat homes. 95.18% of UK homes have digital TV.
Crystal Palace transmitter - CRYSTAL PALACE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 13:27 on 18 Fe... (see all engineering)
Oxford transmitter - OXFORD transmitter - Over the next week Oxford main transmitter: TV (digital)... (see all engineering)
Pontop Pike transmitter - PONTOP PIKE transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Weak Signal from 10:06 on 21 Feb t... (see all engineering)
Hannington transmitter - HANNINGTON transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00... (see all engineering)
Tacolneston transmitter - TACOLNESTON transmitter - Over the next week Tacolneston main transmitter: TV... (see all engineering)
Preseli transmitter - PRESELI transmitter - Over the next week Preseli main transmitter: TV (digita... (see all engineering)
Ridge Hill transmitter - RIDGE HILL transmitter - Over the next week Ridge Hill main transmitter: TV (... (see all engineering)
Tunbridge Wells transmitter - TUNBRIDGE WELLS transmitter - Over the next week Tunbridge Wells main transmi... (see all engineering)
Stanton Moor transmitter - STANTON MOOR transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from ... (see all engineering)
Bassenthwaite transmitter - BASSENTHWAITE transmitter - Over the next week Bassenthwaite relay: TV (digit... (see all engineering)
Clyro transmitter - CLYRO transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 on 20 Feb to 0... (see all engineering)
Campbeltown transmitter - CAMPBELTOWN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:13 yesterday to 16... (see all engineering)
Chalford transmitter - CHALFORD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:03 yesterday t... (see all engineering)
Icomb Hill transmitter - ICOMB HILL transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:56 on 14 Feb ... (see all engineering)
Westwood transmitter - WESTWOOD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:06 on 21 Feb t... (see all engineering)
Port Ellen transmitter - PORT ELLEN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 18:39 yesterday to 19:... (see all engineering)
Sennybridge transmitter - SENNYBRIDGE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 on 20 Fe... (see all engineering)
Pennorth transmitter - PENNORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 on 20 Feb t... (see all engineering)
Walsden transmitter - WALSDEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:30 on 19 Feb to... (see all engineering)
Haywards Heath transmitter - HAYWARDS HEATH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:35... (see all engineering)
Llyswen transmitter - LLYSWEN transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 on 20 Feb to... (see all engineering)
Gulval transmitter - GULVAL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:04 on 21 Feb to ... (see all engineering)
Poolewe transmitter - POOLEWE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 11:20 today [BBC]  (see all engineering)
Rye transmitter - RYE transmitter - Over the next week Rye relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdow... (see all engineering)
Chagford transmitter - CHAGFORD transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:08 on 21 Feb t... (see all engineering)
Turves Green transmitter - TURVES GREEN transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 20:45 on 15 Sep to 1... (see all engineering)
Chalford Vale transmitter - CHALFORD VALE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:03 yester... (see all engineering)
Broneirion transmitter - BRONEIRION transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:42 on 20 Feb... (see all engineering)
Castle Caereinion transmitter - CASTLE CAEREINION transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 00:45 ye... (see all engineering)
Crosby Ravensworth transmitter - CROSBY RAVENSWORTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 10:35 t... (see all engineering)
Tomintoul transmitter - TOMINTOUL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 09:01 on 20 Feb ... (see all engineering)
Trecastle transmitter - TRECASTLE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:54 on 20 Feb ... (see all engineering)
Walsden South transmitter - WALSDEN SOUTH transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 20:30 on 19 ... (see all engineering)
Totnes transmitter - TOTNES transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 08:31 today HD Digi... (see all engineering)
Cartmel transmitter - STAVELEY-IN-CARTMEL transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 18:09 ... (see all engineering)
Backbarrow transmitter - BACKBARROW transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 16:10 on 20 Feb... (see all engineering)


Arqiva statement on Hannington transmitter group

Arqiva statement on Hannington transmitter group


Arqiva confirms switchover completion details
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Switchover ends in Berkshire and North Hampshire Switchover ends in Berkshire and North Hampshire

If you live in Berkshire and North Hampshire, you will need to take action on Wednesday morning as high power digital television services bring digital and high definition television to everyone.
BBC satellite services moving to Astra 1N on 24th February 2012 BBC satellite services moving to Astra 1N on 24th February 2012

Between 3am and 5am on 24th February 2012 the BBC will be moving all their satellite television services from the Astra 2D satellite, which is being decommissioned.
Transmitter map updates are coming - soon Transmitter map updates are coming - soon

I am currently reworking the code that produces the transmitter coverage area maps to provide more detail.
Switchover starts in Berkshire and North Hampshire Switchover starts in Berkshire and North Hampshire

If you live in the Hannington transmitter area your digital switchover starts this week, with two weeks before analogue stops forever and high power digital replaces it.
Free channel of the day: BBC Two Free channel of the day: BBC Two

Freeview 2, Freesat 102, Sky 102 and watch online.
Free channel of the day: BBC One Free channel of the day: BBC One

Freeview 1, Freesat 101, Sky 101 and watch online.
Improvements to aerial position information and mixed-polarity transmitters Improvements to aerial position information and mixed-polarity transmitters

You can now see more information about Full Freeview and public service transmitters, including the transmission height and polarity, and transmitters that provide both horizontal and vertical signals are now shown in full.
Changes to switchover frequencies in Meridian, London and Northern Ireland Changes to switchover frequencies in Meridian, London and Northern Ireland

Ofcom have, as part of the changes required to create the 4G mobile broadband service, changed switchover channel allocations on transmitters in parts of the UK
2013 - post-switchover changes to Freeview transmission frequencies 2013 - post-switchover changes to Freeview transmission frequencies

To provide for the new mobile broadband services (4G) a number of changes will be made, and these will result in retuning events.
Switchover events 2012 Switchover events 2012

List of all the remaining switchover events in the UK, during 2012.
Arqiva wins distribution deal with Freesat

Contract renewal for Arqiva's delivery of EPG data to Freesat platform
First 20 Local TV sites

Ofcom has announced today the towns and cities that will be in the first wave of local television.
Channel 5 +1 launches, 5* and 5USA come to Freesat

You can now watch 5*, 5* +1, 5USA, 5USA +1 on Freesat and on Freesat from Sky without a viewing card. In addition Channel 5 +1 has launched on all satellite platforms.
Freeview HD sales top 3 million

Freeview has announced it has now sold more than 3,000,000 Freeview HD devices.
The BBC wants to stop paying Sky ten million pounds a year for EPG listing

A few weeks after I brought the subject up, the BBC have announced that their supply of programming and EPG information to Sky should be free, because the public service channels are more than half of what people actually watch on Sky.
Freeview channel changes

Challenge changes and Jewellery Channel launches.
Freeview to get fifth HD channel, possibly by Christmas 2011

Following successful beta testing by BBC Free to View Limited, Ofcom is inviting the other public service broadcasters: ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C, UTV and STV to apply for the fifth slot.
How might a 10,000 pound a week local TV channel work?

Each of the local television stations will need to run a service with costs less than half a million pounds each year. How is that achieved?
Local TV on Freview - table of winners and loosers

A new table showing the towns and cities in the UK that might benefit from the local TV on Freeview service.
Brighton transmitters will be in BBC South East from 7th March 2012

No longer will Brighton terrestrial viewers get their 'local' news from 60-miles-away Southampton, but from Tunbridge Wells, after switchover.
Improvements to UK Free TV transmitter mapping launched Improvements to UK Free TV transmitter mapping launched

With the tenth anniversary of UK Free TV coming up in June, I have taken the opportunity to update the mapping used on the site, for a third time.
Digital TV transmitters in Ireland - update Digital TV transmitters in Ireland - update

I have started to add information to UK Free TV about the Saorview transmitters in the RoI.
Switchover process - clarification of details Switchover process - clarification of details

Following some recent comments, I have made improvements to the clarity of the information showing the changes that happen during the digital switchover process.
Free channel of the day: BBC News Channel Free channel of the day: BBC News Channel

BBC News Channel, Freeview 80, Freesat 200, Sky 503 and watch online
Northern Ireland quot;mini multiplexquot; (NIMM) Northern Ireland "mini multiplex" (NIMM)

I have added information to the UK Free TV database to cover the so-called mini-multiplex that will carry three Irish channels, TG4, RTE1 and RTE2 in a very special multiplex from three transmitters in Northern Ireland.
Free channels of the day Free channels of the day

Starting today, I am running a series of daily articles about each of the free television channels on the Freeview, Freesat and fSfS (Freesat from Sky) platforms.
Updates from quot;licences version 7quot;, mixed polarity transmitters, corrections etc Updates from "licences version 7", mixed polarity transmitters, corrections etc

Today, I have made some extensive improvements to the information carried in the UK Free TV databases, which will result in better information being displayed in the future.
Improvements to Freeview EPG data in reception overlap areas Improvements to Freeview EPG data in reception overlap areas

Freeview and Freeview+ equipment will be better able to record and schedule regional programmes on the public service multiplexes in areas where regional services deliberately overlap.
Changes to commercial multiplex capacity - 2012 timetable Changes to commercial multiplex capacity - 2012 timetable

Below is listed all the transmitters that will increase their transmission capacity for the commercial multiplexes during 2012.
A brief history of Internet Protocol Television

The history of IPTV in Britain is a clear demonstration that internet and television mix like oil and water.
Channel 5 HD on Freeview cancelled ... again

Ofcom have notified today that Channel 5 have withdrawn from Freeview HD.
Looking through the comments

Due to other commitments I have not been able to follow all the comment on UK Free TV for the last few weeks.
Freeview modes - a simplified explanation

How is it possible to broadcast high definition television or more standard definition services on the same physical wavelength?
ASTRA 1N satellite has entered commercial service

Today SES Astra announced that its new ASTRA 1N satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees East.
More Freeview capacity - COM7, COM8 and COM9 - in the 600MHz band

Ofcom has announced provisional plans to reuse part of the television spectrum that was saved at digital switchover for ... more digital television.
Freeview signals: too much of a good thing is bad for you

If you have a high-gain aerial or use signal amplifiers, it is quite common to find that the high-power digital signals provided after switchover will overload your Freeview equipment - and can appear to be "weak signals".
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters?

The short answer is no; as that seems unreasonable, here is a longer answer.
Local TV on Freeview - new Ofcom maps

Here are the maps produced by Ofcom to indicate the areas that can be covered by the interleaved frequencies required to provide local television services on Freeview.
New Astra 1N satellite to offer more UK-focused capacity - and soon

The launch of a new satellite offers the possibility for improvement and expansion of free-to-air satellite standard and high definition channels on Freesat and fSfS.