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Beaminster digital TV transmitter (no analogue)
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The symbol shows the location of the Beaminster transmitter. The Beaminster transmitter covers 1,800 homes.
Beaminster digital TV transmitter (no analogue)
The yellow area has the strongest signal from this transmitter, green areas are served by stronger signals from other transmitters, white shows low signal areas. See Overlap Map Key for details.
Beaminster digital switchover schedule
Note: This is the only schedule for digital switchover. Digital services cannot be introduced before the dates listed for "testing purposes" as they will generally use the same transmission frequencies as the services they replace. Another alternative, available today, is Freesat.
| BBC Two England analogue switched off. The following Freeview digital services will be available: 1 BBC One South West 2 BBC Two England 7 BBC Three 9 BBC Four 70 CBBC Channel 71 CBeebies 80 BBC News 81 BBC Parliament 105 BBC Red Button 301 BBCi 301 700 BBC Radio 1 701 1Xtra BBC 702 BBC Radio 2 703 BBC Radio 3 704 BBC Radio 4 705 BBC Radio 5 Live 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 707 BBC Radio 6 Music 708 BBC Radio 7 709 BBC Asian Network 710 BBC World Service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BBC One South West, ITV-1 Westcountry and Channel 4 analogue switched off. The following Freeview digital services will be available: Freeview HD coming soon 3 ITV1 Westcountry 4 Channel 4 5 FIVE 6 ITV2 13 Channel 4+1 14 More4 28 E4 33 ITV2+1 100 Teletext 102 Rabbit 106 Direct Gov 107 Gay Rabbit 728 Heart It will be necessary to perform a full rescan of your Freeview box on this day. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The following Freeview services will be withdrawn: The following Freeview digital services will be available: It will be necessary to perform a full rescan of your Freeview box on this day. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transmission frequencies
Before Sunday 15th November 1998
| C55 | C59 | C62 | C65 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC One | ITV1 | BBC TWO | C4 |
Sunday 15th November 1998 to Wednesday 6th May 2009
| C55 | C59 | C62 | C65 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC One | ITV1 | BBC TWO | C4 |
After Wednesday 20th May 2009
| C55 | C59 | C62- |
|---|---|---|
| Mux BBCB | Mux D3+4 | Mux BBCA |
Colour bands denote aerial groups: Red:A Yellow:B Green:C/D Brown:E Grey:K Black:Wideband
Notes
'Out of group' frequencies are marked with a star. Analogue power output 20 Watts, post switchover average digital multiplex output will be 4 Watts.To receive signals from this transmitter, the aerial must be mounted for vertical polarization - the elements going from top to bottom.
Before switchover, the public service broadcasting multiplexes were 1, 2 and B; afterwards they were first PSB1, 2 and 3 but now called BBCA, D3+4 and BBCB. The commercial multiplexes A, C and D had initial post-switchover names COM4, 5 and 6; now they are SDN, ArqA and ArqB. At switchover BBCA, ArqA and ArqB will switch from 16QAM to 64QAM mode transmission, so five multiplexes will transmit in the 64QAM (2/3) 8k mode. BBCB is used for Freeview HD (DVB-T2, 256QAM), and has a pre-switchover service on selected main transmitters.
After switchover an existing group C/D aerial will provide all digital TV services.
See full list of analogue transmitters for a complete list of shutdown dates.
itv1 - Stockland Hill transmitter area*
| Date | Incumbent ITV company |
|---|---|
| 29th Apr 1961 to 31st Dec 1981 | Westward Television |
| 1st Jan 1982 to 31st Dec 1992 | Television South West (TSW) |
| 1st Feb 1983 to 31st Dec 1992 | TV-am (breakfast) |
| 1st Jan 1993 to date | Westcountry Television |
| 1st Jan 1993 to date | GMTV (breakfast) |
| Note | For digital switchover this region is now known as Westcountry. |
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first to get town gas and last to get digital tv!
Posted by Nicola Chapman (1 post) on Tuesday 27 December 2005 12:32PM 
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What a surprise that Beaminster can only receive some of the freeview channels, and not all of them.
Honestly I'm amazed we get electricity in this town lol. (map)
Honestly I'm amazed we get electricity in this town lol. (map)
Posted by Lisa Rowsell (1 post) on Sunday 24 May 2009 9:42PM 
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My Mother lives in Beaminster, and although she is able to get some Freeview channels she cannot get most of the popular ones.
When is the Beaminster transmitter going to be able to transmit a full range of Freeview channels to the people of Beaminster? It seems extremely unfair that certain areas seem to have been given a very second hand service in this "great digital switchover"....
The whole Freeview coverage seems like a very hit and miss service. So far, it has been a pretty damp squib, and nobody seems to be much bothered about the people in more rural areas.
So when CAN the people of Beaminster expect a decent Freeview service? because, at the moment....it's abyssmal!
When is the Beaminster transmitter going to be able to transmit a full range of Freeview channels to the people of Beaminster? It seems extremely unfair that certain areas seem to have been given a very second hand service in this "great digital switchover"....
The whole Freeview coverage seems like a very hit and miss service. So far, it has been a pretty damp squib, and nobody seems to be much bothered about the people in more rural areas.
So when CAN the people of Beaminster expect a decent Freeview service? because, at the moment....it's abyssmal!
Posted by Keith (5 posts) on Monday 19 July 2010 3:52PM, 6 days ago.
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Keith: The will be no more Freeview multiplexes on this transmitter, as the commercial operators do not think they can profit from doing so. Where are the public service (Freeview Light) transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for more.
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So it's all down to cost?
"as the commercial operators do not think they can profit from doing so."
I'll put even money on it that the bean counters and jobsworths get a full signal where THEY live!!
Never mind, everything in the UK has always been down to how rich you are. Shame that pensioners like my Mum just get sidelined by GREEDY commercial operators who don't give a stuff whether pensioners and older people get TV or not.
It's one of the few pleasures for many older people. Most of them cannot afford Satellite systems. Absolutely shameful.
"as the commercial operators do not think they can profit from doing so."
I'll put even money on it that the bean counters and jobsworths get a full signal where THEY live!!
Never mind, everything in the UK has always been down to how rich you are. Shame that pensioners like my Mum just get sidelined by GREEDY commercial operators who don't give a stuff whether pensioners and older people get TV or not.
It's one of the few pleasures for many older people. Most of them cannot afford Satellite systems. Absolutely shameful.
Posted by Keith (5 posts) on Wednesday 28 July 2010 5:49PM, 16 hours ago.
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Keith: These are commercial companies. They are designed to make a profit, not provide a service to pensioners or anyone else.
I can't see how that is shameful. If companies don't make profit, then they go out of business and serve no-one at all.
I can't see how that is shameful. If companies don't make profit, then they go out of business and serve no-one at all.
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