Fremont Point transmitter - analogue switch-off

Fremont Point 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.

November 2010 S M T W T F S - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - - - -

BBC Two England analogue switched off. The following Freeview digital services will be available: 1 BBC One Channel Islands 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

November 2010 S M T W T F S - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - - - -

BBC One Channel Islands, ITV-1 Channel and Channel 4 analogue switched off. The following Freeview digital services will be available: 3 ITV1 Channel 4 Channel 4 5 FIVE 6 ITV2 13 Channel 4+1 14 More4 28 E4 33 ITV2+1 50 BBC HD 51 ITV1 HD 52 Channel 4 HD 100 Teletext 102 Rabbit 106 Direct Gov 107 Gay Rabbit 728 Heart

Transmission frequencies

Before Sunday 15th November 1998

C41	C44	C47	C51
ITV1	BBC TWO	C4	BBC One

Sunday 15th November 1998 to Wednesday 17th November 2010

C41	C44	C47	C51
ITV1	BBC TWO	C4	BBC One

After Wednesday 17th November 2010

C41	C44	C47	C48
Mux D3+4	Mux BBCA	Mux BBCB	Mux NEW7

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 20,000 Watts, post switchover average digital multiplex output will be 2,400 Watts.

To receive signals from this transmitter, the aerial must be mounted for horizontal polarization - the elements going from left to right.

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 B aerial will provide all digital TV services.

Comparison of analogue and digital signal levels

Analogue 1-4
	20kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB
	3.2kW (-8dB)
*-pre digital switchover (DSO). Decibel values compare to strongest signal value.

See full list of analogue transmitters for a complete list of shutdown dates.

itv1 - Fremont Point transmitter area*

Date	Incumbent ITV company
1st Sep 1962 to date	Channel
1st Feb 1983 to 31st Dec 1992	TV-am (breakfast)
1st Jan 1993 to date	GMTV (breakfast)
Note	For digital switchover this region is now known as Channel.

* This Fremont Point ITV transmitter came into service on VHF 405-line on 1st Sep 1962; dates before this indicate the history of the ITV company it belonged to when Fremont Point began transmission.

405-line VHF black and white TV

From the Fremont Point transmitter, ITV was broadcast on VHF C9. In the United Kingdom, 405-line television was used from 1936-39 and 1946 until 1982-85.

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