ITV
ITV for traditionalists, TV addictsITV is a commerical-break funded TV channel.
How to Watch: ITV
Regional content:
Channel 3 network for adverts and regional news. See
ITV, UTV and STV regions - overview map - interactive maps. .
Media UK: For full details of broadcaster contacts, see the
Media UK ITV page.
Official site: See the
ITV website.
From Wikipedia: The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their eleven regional companies. However in line with other terrestrial channels, ITV1's audience share has fallen in the era of multi-channel television. ITV existed in a region-heavy form from its inception to the 2000s, although the switch was gradual. - en.wikipedia.org
read more about ITV on wikipedia (summary by
Clipped).
Freeview multiplex: ITV is on
multiplex PSB2 in
England
Wales .
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DezFriday 29 April 2011 4:23PM
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annTuesday 17 May 2011 2:57PM
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Val WallisFriday 27 May 2011 3:47PM
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Val WallisSaturday 28 May 2011 4:25PM
Why is my ITV1 pausing sound and picture stopping my enjoyment of programmes? J
jb38Friday 17 June 2011 5:53PM
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b. LordingTuesday 21 June 2011 7:44PM
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jb38Tuesday 21 June 2011 8:37PM
Mark A.Thursday 14 July 2011 6:25PM
Haywards Heath I was just watching Meridian Tonight on ITV Meridian and saw they are now showing a DOG in the bottom left corner.
Switched to ITV1 London and they also now have a DOG on London Tonight.
I guess they think that they we are too thick to no which channel we are on without the DOGs.
Can the ITV1 owners please tattoo on their forehead "I work for ITV", so we will know who they are.
How long until they show them on all programs?Mark A.: I guess that's a rhetorical question... P
peterSaturday 23 July 2011 1:05PM
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peterSaturday 23 July 2011 1:14PM
this is the first time for us to receive digital programmes. However several channels are missing, noteably itv 1. Have all muxs power levels been increased?D
Dave SwiftWednesday 7 September 2011 8:49PM
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evansSunday 25 September 2011 11:57PM
Wokingham
I get very poor reception on itv1 e.g.rugby world cup at present.pic freezes for a second or so on regular basis but audio o.k. .Philips tell me nothing to do with my HD rxr/hd recorder.All down to low signal.Can you please turn up the power a tad???before the quarter finals.evans: Your reception will improve - on 4th April 2012. J
JohnSaturday 8 October 2011 4:49PM
All other channels are fine
In Deptford,SE8 south london
Anyone else having these problems ?D
DaleSaturday 8 October 2011 7:01PM
London
Whats going on?H
HLWSaturday 8 October 2011 7:05PM
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HLWSaturday 8 October 2011 7:08PM
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RVHSunday 23 October 2011 5:25PM
Retuning the TV and the DVB player has made no difference whatsoever.J
Julie WFriday 28 October 2011 11:26AM
BBC channels, then it disappears altogether. Started happening today A
anonSunday 30 October 2011 6:53PM
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jb38Sunday 30 October 2011 7:28PM
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rodney Sunday 30 October 2011 8:41PM
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Sarah k kMonday 5 December 2011 5:15PM
Richmond
I live in north sheen, london, tw and am having difficulties getting itv1 and itv2. My tv (digital with inbuilt digi box) says I have bad or no signal. I bought a digi recorder and it is even worse when I plug arial into it. I am using an inside arial and all other main channels work well. Would appreciate advice on how to fix problem. Do I need outside arial? Or do I need to buy tv package with sky / virgin for it to work which I am reluctant to do?!
Thanks
Thanks Sarah KK,Richmond.Yes you do need an outdoor aerial as such to receive stable freeview reception.Hard to say without a full postcode but if you are on the Crystal Palace mast then if you reside within a poor/marginal reception area within as such then you will require a group A Yagi 18A or group A X-Beam XB16A antenna as such,but if you reside with a good/medium reception area within Crystal Palace itself a Log Periodic which is a group W wideband antenna can be used.However do not use group W wideband aerials on an all group A transmitter such as Crystal Palace within its marginal/poor reception boundaries itself. Sarah k k: An outside aerial is preferred.
Don't expect perfect reception with an indoor aerial (that is not to say that perfect reception can ever be got). It is common to find that that certain channels can be picked up better than others in one location. Then moving the aerial might make some worse and others better. Finding that sweet spot where they all work can be tricky. And then there's the possibility that people moving around or vehicles passing by might affect reception.
In general, with an indoor aerial I would be looking to put it at the side of the house that the signal comes from. If there are obstructions outside, e.g. walls, another house, an annex or garage, try and position it so that these aren't in the way (or so that there as few a walls as possible. You may have to use an extension lead so that you can move your aerial further away from the television.
But as I say, if possible, get a roof-top aerial. N
NottsUKFriday 16 December 2011 12:02PM
NottsUK: I would expect that ITV will want to migrate the remaining encoded regions on transponder 36 (Meridian Sussex, Merdian North, Anglia West, Yorkshire East, TTTV South, Central South West and West Yorkshire+1) as soon as possible? D
DianeSWednesday 4 January 2012 3:57PM
We live in north Hampshire, and usually have London TV.DianeS: Does the upstairs TV use the same aerial as the downstairs one? D
DianeSThursday 5 January 2012 6:43PM
YateleyDianeS: Try manually tuning to Ch22. If it doesn't work, then try taking the new TV to the aerial connection downstairs and try manually tuning Ch22.
Once you have successfully added ITV1, C4 etc, then don't rescan until switchover, even if you take the TV upstairs and find that it doesn't work. This is because the issue is clealry not the tuning that is wrong, but it would appear to be insufficient signal. D
DaveHFriday 6 January 2012 6:20PM
Chislehurst
Nothing has changed to my aerial, so I'm assuming the transmission has changed. Can anyone confirm this, and if so does anyone know when it will be resolved.
It seem ridiculous that the cessation of analogue id approaching and the digital service has now got worse.J
jb38Friday 6 January 2012 9:20PM
The signal will of course still likely be there, but has just dropped to under the reception threshold for your equipment through possibly normal atmospheric changes, so if you haven't tried a re-scan (which will have wiped it from the EPG list) try selecting ITV (albeit the screen might be blank) and go into the TV / boxes tuning menu / signal check screen to see what level its sitting at, noting what's shown, then do the same on BBC to compare them with each other.
You could though just carry out a factory re-set to scrub everything stored then follow that by manually tuning in Mux Ch22, then if ITV comes in OK use the "add channels" or whatever your set calls it to recover the remaining muxes. My reason for suggesting this procedure being that a TV or box will sometimes pick up and lock onto a signal that's manually tuned in, where in many cases it wont during a auto-scan.
If though as would be expected the ITV signal is quite a bit lower than the BBC, then the only way to lift it is by using a booster in line with the aerial socket.
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jb38Friday 6 January 2012 11:52PM
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DianeSSunday 8 January 2012 3:55PM
Yateley
We took your advice and set the TV up in the other room using the other aerial socket. Doing this we were able to receive these channels. However, back on the wall in the bedroom, it just said 'no signal' for those channels!
Using trial and error, we have discovered that the channels are fine when we use the aerial cable from the other room, but not with the new one we bought. Unfortunately we have had some problems getting an aerial cable to fit behind the TV on the wall, the original one we purchased didn't fit as the connections stuck out too far. We got a new one with right angled connections, but found the ends were wrong, so replaced that with another one with two male ends. However this is now the one that is not working. The whole thing is driving us mad!
It seems to be difficult finding anywhere that sells coax cables with right-angled connections, and we got that one from the internet, but it seems like the qualtity must be duff, so what do we do now?
Bedroom wall has had new wiring put in, plaster re-skimmed and decorated, etc - so we have to have the TV on the wall.
Any advice please, before we through the wretched thing out the window?? ThanksD
DianeSSunday 8 January 2012 3:57PM
Yateley
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