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How many Freeview, Freesat, Sky and cable homes are there in the UK?

How many Freeview, Freesat, Sky and cable homes are there in the UK?


Ever wondered how many homes in the UK use the various different free-to-air and pay-TV platforms? Are there really four times as many Freeview-only homes as Sky-only ones?
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“I have freeview and sky free programmes. Which group am I on.” --- Pete Green
Improving the 4G-at-800 information on UK Free TV Improving the 4G-at-800 information on UK Free TV

I have looked at the information I was providing to illustrate the potential problems for Freeview homes from 4G-at-800 transmission, and I have made some changes - in particular the move to a new "higher risk" (C21, C22, C23, C30, C59 and C60) range of channels for transmitter highlighting.
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“agnes malcolm: This is only really likely to happen if you are using a separate set-top box. Try unplugging and plugging the scart lead at each end” --- Dave Lindsay
Ofcom annual plan: 600MHz band for Freeview HD, potential release of 700 MHz Ofcom annual plan: 600MHz band for Freeview HD, potential release of 700 MHz

Ofcom plan for additional DTT multiplexes this year, and to rearrange all of Freeview (again) in several years time.
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UK Free TV now has more accurate Northern Ireland postcodes UK Free TV now has more accurate Northern Ireland postcodes

The postcode database used by UK Free TV has been updated to provide more accurate mapping for postcodes starting with "BT".
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ITV network - regional clean up

As ITV1 becomes ITV, I have taken the opportunity to bring the ITV network up to date on UK Free TV.
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“I wonder how long it will be before ITV HD is fully regionalized? Id love for there to be a Yorkshire variant of ITV HD, then my grandparents would pr” --- Josh
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“m.j.abbott: Yes you can but you will have to use a jumper link between LNB1 output and LNB2 input to do so, the problem you may then experience is if ” --- jb38
Upgrade to transmitter coverage maps - now showing potential interference areas

Many of the pages on UK Free TV show coverage maps for the UK's network of Freeview transmitters - these are now showing additional information.
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“With transmitters changing channels all the time (due to the 800MHz clearance), would it be possible to show those that will use a particular channel ” --- Dave Lindsay
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