Local TV - V Media coverage

Here are details of which of the possible Local TV areas have VMedia fibreoptic digital television coverage that would support the new local TV channel.

^{Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV 9th March 2011 at 16:56}

Now a look at the provision of digital cable TV services for each of the big population areas in the UK adds another level of possibilities for Local TV coverage.

I am unable to obtain figures for the number of homes in any particular area that have cable TV services (the so-called penetration rates).

This is a map of the "cable coverage areas".

Virgin Media Coverage Map

Finally a combined table of the Freeview Interleaved and Cable coverage areas.

Looks like very bad news for local TV for Hull, Lisburn, Worcester and Oldham - without satellite.

Interleaved	#	City	BBC region HQ	ITV region HQ	population	FV	VM
Angus	2	Dundee			154,674	good	no
Belmont	2	Hull	BBC Hull		301,416	no	no
Bilsdale	2	Middlesbrough			142,691	part	yes
Bilsdale	2	York			137,505	good	yes
Black Hill	2	Glasgow	BBC Scotland	STV Central	629,501	good	yes
..& Craigkelly	2	Edinburgh			430,082	poor	yes
Caldbeck	2	Carlisle		ITV Border	101,000	good	no
Caradon Hill	2	Plymouth	BBC South West		243,795	no	yes
Crystal Palace	2	London	BBC London	ITV London	7,172,091	good	yes
Crystal Palace	2	Southend-on-sea			160,257	no	yes
Crystal Palace	2	Slough			126,276	no	yes
Crystal Palace	2	Watford			120,960	no	yes
Crystal Palace	2	Crawley			100,547	no	yes
Divis	2	Belfast	BBC NI	UTV	276,459	good	yes
Divis	2	Lisburn			110,000	no	no
Durris	2	Aberdeen		STV North	212,125	good	no
Emley Moor	2	Leeds	BBC North	ITV Yorkshire	443,247	poor	yes
Emley Moor	2	Wakefield			316,000	good	yes
Emley Moor	2	Bradford			293,717	no	yes
Emley Moor	2	Huddersfield			146,234	good	yes
Emley Moor	2	Rotherham			117,262	no	yes
Fenton	2	Stoke-on-Trent			259,252	good	yes
Hannington	2	Reading			232,662	no	yes
Heathfield	2	Eastbourne			106,562	no	yes
Hemel Hempstead	2	St. Albans			130,000	good	yes
Kilvey Hill	2	Swansea			169,880	good	yes
Lancaster	2	Lancaster			135,000	good	no
Leicester	1	Leicester			330,574	no	yes
Londonderry	2	Londonderry			105,000	good	yes
Bristol KW & IC	2	Bristol	BBC West	ITV W Country	420,556	good	yes
Mendip	2	Bath			90,000	no	yes
Nottingham	2	Nottingham	BBC E Midlands		249,584	poor	yes
Nottingham	2	Derby			229,407	no	yes
Oxford	2	Swindon			155,432	no	yes
Oxford	2	Oxford	BBC Oxford		143,016	good	yes
Pontop Pike	2	Newcastle upon Tyne	BBC North East	ITV North East	273,600	good	yes
Pontop Pike	2	Sunderland			177,739	good	no
Ridge Hill	2	Gloucester			123,205	no	yes
Ridge Hill	2	Cheltenham			110,320	no	yes
Ridge Hill	2	Worcester			93,000	no	no
Rowridge	2	Southampton	BBC South	ITV Meridian	234,224	good	yes
Rowridge	2	Portsmouth			186,000	no	yes
Rowridge	2	Bournemouth			167,527	no	yes
Poole	*	Poole			144,800	no	yes
Rowridge	2	Chichester			108,000	no	yes
Rowridge	2	Winchester			108,000	no	yes
Salisbury	2	Salisbury			115,000	good	yes
Sandy Heath	2	Northampton			189,474	no	yes
Sandy Heath	2	Luton			185,543	no	yes
Sandy Heath	2	Milton Keynes			184,506	no	no
Sandy Heath	2	Peterborough			136,292	no	yes
Sandy Heath	2	Cambridge	BBC Cambridge		113,442	no	yes
Sheffield	2	Sheffield			439,866	good	yes
Stockland Hill	2	Exeter			106,772	no	yes
Sudbury	2	Ipswich			138,718	no	yes
Sudbury	2	Colchester			104,390	no	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	Birmingham	BBC W Midlands	ITV Central	970,892	part	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	Coventry			303,475	no	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	Wolverhampton			251,462	no	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	Dudley			184,619	no	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	Walsall			170,994	no	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	West Bromwich			136,940	no	yes
Sutton Coldfield	2	Sutton Coldfield			105,452	good	yes
Tacolneston	2	Norwich	BBC East	ITV Anglia	174,047	part	yes
The Wrekin	2	Telford			138,241	good	yes
Wenvoe	2	Cardiff	BBC Wales	ITV Wales	292,150	good	yes
Wenvoe	2	Newport			116,143	good	yes
Whitehawk Hill	2	Brighton			256,600	good	yes
Winter Hill	3	Liverpool			469,017	good	yes
Winter Hill	3	Manchester	BBC North West	ITV Granada	394,269	good	yes
Winter Hill	3	Salford			221,300	good	yes
Winter Hill	3	Preston			184,836	good	yes
Winter Hill	3	Blackpool			142,283	good	yes
Winter Hill	3	Bolton			139,403	no	yes
Winter Hill	3	Stockport			136,082	no	yes
Winter Hill	3	Blackburn			105,085	no	yes
Winter Hill	3	Oldham			103,544	no	no
Winter Hill	3	St. Helens			102,629	no	yes
Winter Hill*	5*	Chester			118,000	good	no

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Comments

Monday, 18 March 2013

KMJ,Derby

_{sentiment_satisfied}Gold

11:10 AM

mike: The had its coverage increased considerably at . Try a manual tune on for , after first checking in the 800s of the in case it is already there. Failing that you might need an additional , further advice could be given after a check using your postcode or one of a nearby public building.

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Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Arfur
1:35 AM

Scarborough is shown on the map because VM do have a VM Business Carrier route which runs through there: tlw105-VRB

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