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I can't get Freeview yet, when will it start in my area?

I can't get Freeview yet, when will it start in my area?

I can't get Freeview yet, when will it start in my area?
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General:In the UK there are over 1,100 TV transmitters. Around 40 of these transmitters serve very large areas with a single strong signal. However the majority are smaller transmitters that "fill in" the signals where the terrain is hilly.

82 of these transmitters carry the Freeview service at the moment. From my understanding, there is still considerable discussion going on about the technical challenge and the cost of upgrading these to carry Freeview.

The reason for this is because it may be considerably cheaper for some areas that are served by a large number of low-power transmitters to switched off, and satellite reception be provided to each home in these areas.

The cost savings of removing the transmitter from service, possible resale to mobile phone companies, and the savings associated with not having to do an expensive transmitter upgrade can be used to fund the equipment and installations of the homes served.

However, this may not be practicable in some areas, because the Astra satellites appears to be lower down in the sky in Scotland than in the South of England. This makes satellite reception more problematic in the very areas it may be supposed to be "filling in".

Because the Freeview service has been developed using low-power signals of frequencies that could not have been used for new analogue services, this also makes adding in Freeview services a technical challenge.

For example, if the people living in your area were given a six-month timeframe to switch over everyone from analogue to Freeview what would happen? This may have to be done so that the frequencies used for the analogue TV could then be reallocated for Freeview services elsewhere.

If new set-top boxes were subsidized, for example, how could this be done in a fair way? There are not just the technical issues, but also general training and assistance for those who need it too.

So is not so much that some areas are "forgotten", more "not yet assessed". I suspect that we will have to await the outcome of the research in the next year from the various government departments and bodies that have been given the task of organising the switchover to digital TV.

Meanwhile, you can still get a digital satellite box from Sky for £120 without subscription, and get the £23.50 card for itv-1, Channel 4 and five.

North Cornwall: You may be well advised to consider digital satellite, because I suspect that it going to be a long time (if ever) that the areas around the north Cornwall coast get "filled in".

Eastbourne: Because of the Freeview frequency plan, the transmitters around the south coast are on very low power, because the signals cannot interfere with TV transmissions in France and Belgium. Therefore you can be quite confident that Freeview will not be available in this area for some time.



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Tuesday, 16 January 2018
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Christine Fletcher
6:34 PM

Why is Stanton moor not upgraded so we can recieve more freeview channels than just the 19 we can get. After all do not get a reduction on our tv licence. For poor service.

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StevensOnln1
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7:28 PM

Christine Fletcher: You already receive all of the channels funded by your TV Licence (it is not a subscription to receive any particular services anyway). All the other channels are broadcast by commercial companies, most of which are available from 80 transmitters which cover 90% of UK households. These broadcasters are not interested in broadcasting from another 1,000+ transmitters which would be needed to match the coverage of the main BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Channel 5 channels due to the costs involved. If you provide a full postcode we can see whether you might be able to get more channels from another transmitter, or you could look at getting Freesat.

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Monday, 9 April 2018
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Shahbaz
6:54 PM

Hi, we lost tiny pop channel and we try to find bout nothing in my tv I check all channels.
My tv is HD 2015 model. Please help us to find tiny pop
Thanks

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StevensOnln1
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11:33 PM

Shahbaz: Tiny Pop is broadcast on the local TV multiplexes and is only available in areas that have a local TV station on either channel 7 or 8. If you provide a full postcode we can check if it should be available at your location.

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Wednesday, 19 September 2018
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nadine illingworth
2:12 PM

Lost all itv channels from emley moor (Bradford area). retune TV every time i turn it on still no programs. missed lot of programs. very disappointed,

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StevensOnln1
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3:26 PM

nadine illingworth: Emley Moor serves over 1.5 million homes and you're the only person reporting a problem, which suggests that you have some sort of fault at your end. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV? Continually retuning will never fix a loss of signal and just makes things worse as you've now deleted all of your channels which were correctly tuned to begin with.

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Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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R.Medhurst
8:31 AM

i have no signal for my television at Ripon North Yorkshire.is the transmitter not working?

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Chris.SE
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7:43 PM

R.Medhurst:

Without a full postcode, we can't tell which transmitter you might be receiving. There are some retune events going on for some of the transmitters in the area.

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