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A few updates and bug fixes have been provided on UK Free TV this week.
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“Caroline: If prior to the event mentioned you were receiving Winter Hill then there was an element of pot luck involved, because you are not indicated” --- jb38
Apologies for UK Free down this morning Apologies for UK Free down this morning

UK Free TV was off the air today for a few hours due to a hardware failure.
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“gordon pithie: Contact your landlord, or whatever party is responsible for the aerial system. The communal aerial system requires a power supply. O” --- Dave Lindsay
Want to see where a point on a line of sight on a map? Click on UK Free TV! Want to see where a point on a line of sight on a map? Click on UK Free TV!

Here's another addition to the upgrade to the line-of-sight maps. You can now click on the terrain diagram at any point to see it mapped.
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Want to better understand the current TV faults? See the all new UK Free TV page Want to better understand the current TV faults? See the all new UK Free TV page

The "All transmitters with faults and engineering" page has been upgraded to make it easier to understand where the current faults are on the Freeview transmitter network.
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“Rob: As stated many times on this website, there is a two-tier terrestrial television network in the UK. On the page for the Whitehaven transmitter on” --- Dave Lindsay
Want EVEN better ADVANCED aerial to Freeview transmitter terrain plots?

Following on from yesterday, I have added an "advanced mode" to the new UK Free terrain plots. You can now choose the aerial height above ground level, and see the transmitters you can't get a signal from.
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“Absolutely. We must defend our beloved home grown measures - avoirdupois. This alien metric crud is clearly a European conspiracy by the same people w” --- woodface
Want better aerial to Freeview transmitter terrain plots? Check out UK Free TV!

UK Free TV now has improved terrain plots, which show the line-of-sight between the aerial on the roof and the digital television transmitter. In addition to this, there are several other bug fixes.
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“where do I find the terrain plots?” --- Ian
Want to compare channels on all free TV services easily?

UK Free TV has a new page today that provides a quick and easy overview of which free TV channels are on which system.
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Some UK Free upgrades

There have been some upgrades to UK Free TV to deal with new information. This includes various maps, the analogue and DAB radio pages, and fixes for the transmitter information system.
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“Wilf Fletcher: BBC1 North West is From Winter Hill on Ch62 (802.000Mhz), the ITV1 match being Granada on C59 (778.000Mhz) ” --- jb38
Changes to UK Free TV

I have been running this site in my own time since July 2002. After nine years I am considering making some changes.
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“Malcolm Franke: Agreed! Why should we have to suffer just because of strange people being akward with things on this site? I hope what Braintist is sa” --- Josh
Telling lies? Freeview HD needs no new aerial, nor does play/record/pause

I just spotted this Press Release claiming that "anyone interested in the new Freeview+ HD service that they may require an aerial upgrade to reap all of the benefits of this new system, as some of the older aerials do not have full signal support for all Freeview HD Digital channels and the Plus record, pause and rewind capabilities"
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“Josh:- CORRECT!!,but where i am,i cannot pick up emley moor analogue or digital tv,ok on radio.” --- Des Collier
Will BBC One HD have a DOG? Guess what the "other" BBC HD channel be called

The BBC is about to run two HD channels, the existing one, and BBC One HD. Please speculate about if the channel will have a DOG, and what the other one gets called.
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“Why cant we have the DOG appear as and when the user wants it and not as SKY have as burning the plasma pixels all the time.At least the BBC 1 HD is f” --- Brian Wright
New transmitter overlay maps - coming soon

I have been updating things (as you may know) to have better mapping on UK Free TV, and this brings new look transmitter coverage maps.
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“Briantist: for Hannington, Channel 4 analogue is way above all the other frequencies at C67. If it werent for this, it would be Group B. All six multi” --- Mike Dimmick
get_iplayer to return

I was about to write an article about get_iplayer when the developer withdrew from the project. However, it is due to return!
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“I see the ability for get_iplayer to download 4oD videos was removed. Has anyone done anything to resurrect this feature? Ive searched the internet b” --- Nick Pike
Freeview HD will be 1080p25 and 1080i25.

Possible good news for Freeview HD
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“Freeview broadcasting 1080p is all very well but quite useless unless one has the equipment with which to view it. I need to replace both my TVs very ” --- Charles Stuart
Freeview retune - poor public service transmitters deal

5.1 million people are about to feel they are not getting a choice from Freeview. Two time-shifts and four HD simulcasts and just one news provider when you have limited channels is a poor deal.
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“sb: I think you mean logical channel numbers in the EPG. These are not allocated as a continuous sequence, theyre allocated in groups: 1-44 are” --- Mike Dimmick
Freeview retune day - how was it for you?

How did your Freeview retune go?
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“I live in Flint. Since 2nd Dec my Durabrand DPVR801 Recorder will receive and display all channels, EPG etc as before but now the sound and picture b” --- Phil
BBC Freedom Of Information - transmitter radiation patterns

The BBC have released to me under a FoI request the transmitter radiation patterns
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“Entries for Hannington have been redacted. I would be interested to see the explanation in the BBC response letter; any news on when we might see it?” --- Andy Fraser
Digital Britain Report: radio

Let's start with DAB, digital audio broadcasting, or radio to its friends
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“Also, there is no way all cars will be fitted with DAB by 2015 and no way DAB will be available in large parts of Scotland Wales and the Peak Lake Dis” --- Nedbod
The last BBC Re-Broadcast Standby test?

Annually the BBC tests analogue transmitters will still reach all of the UK, even if there a national power failure.
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“RBS TEST 2010 - Is to happen later in the year. Between the switching over of Wenvoe Mendip. March/ April 2010.” --- Jordy
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