All of the free TV channels on Freeview in the UK

Showing the free channels on Freeview only

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using Freeview only. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

Key: _{wb_sunny} daytime; _{watch_later} nighttime; _{account_box} funded from the TV License; flags show Freeview channel limits.

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High definition channels

Channel name	web	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
Smithsonian Channel HD		99 (76%)	195	175
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101	115	106
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
ITV HD		103		111
STV HD		103
UTV HD		103	103
Channel 4 HD		104	104
Channel 5 HD	_{live_tv}	105	105	105
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106 (76%)_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 (76%)	503	200
Aljazeera English HD		108 (76%)	513	203
— Channel 4+1 HD		109 (76%)
4seven HD	_{live_tv}	110 (76%)
RT HD	_{live_tv}	113 (76%)	511	206
Quest HD	_{live_tv}	114 (76%)	144	167
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	115	115	108
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	613_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	205 (76%)_{wb_sunny}	614_{wb_sunny}	601_{wb_sunny}

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name	web	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1		101
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2		110
ITV (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	103
STV (SD)		3	803	103
UTV (SD)		3	803	103
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804	104
Channel 5 (SD)	_{live_tv}	5	805
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	816	113
BBC Alba_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104	104
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	876	174
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10		115
pick		11 (90%)	152	144
Quest	_{live_tv}	12 (90%)	866	172
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
Really		17 (90%)	142	160
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
ITV4	_{live_tv}	24		117
Yesterday		25 (90%)	155	159
ITVBe		26	131	118
— ITV2 +1		27 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}	28 (90%)		122
— E4 +1		28 (90%)	235	123
4Music	_{live_tv}	29 (90%)
5STAR		30 (90%)	128	131
5Spike		31 (90%)	150	141
Sony Movie Channel		32 (90%)	321	302
— ITV +1		33	203	112
— STV+1		33	203
— UTV +1		33	203	112
— ITV3 +1		34 (90%)	219	116
DMAX		37 (90%)	172	150
Quest Red	_{live_tv}	38 (90%)	149	169
CBS Justice		39 (90%)	148	137
Movies4Men		40 (90%)	323	305
Food Network		41 (90%)	140	148
Home		42 (90%)	158	166
— Channel 5 +1		44 (90%)	205	128
— Film4 +1		45	314	301
Challenge		46 (90%)	145	146
4seven	_{live_tv}	47 (90%)	137	127
TG4		51
RTÉ One		52
RTÉ Two		53
Paramount Network	_{live_tv}	54 (90%)	153	132
5SELECT		55 (90%)_{watch_later}	159_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
— 5STAR +1		56 (76%)	228
— 5USA +1		57 (76%)	241	130
— ITVBe +1		58 (90%)	231	119
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	154
Sony Crime Channel		60	157
— True Movies +1		62	320	304
Blaze		63 (90%)	187	162
Freesports		64 (76%)	422	252
CBS Reality		66 (90%)	146	135
— CBS Reality +1		67 (76%)	246	136
True Crime		68
— True Crime +1		69
Horror Channel		70 (90%)	317	138
CBS Drama		71 (90%)	147	134
YourTV		72 (90%)	168	156
Sewing Quarter		73 (90%)	687
— Quest +1	_{live_tv}	76 (90%)	244	168
TCC	_{live_tv}	77 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
— Quest Red +1	_{live_tv}	78 (76%)	249	170
Dave ja vu		79 (90%)
— Blaze +1		80 (90%)
Talking Pictures TV		81 (90%)	328	306
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	82 _{watch_later}
NOW 80s		83 (76%)	371
Now 90s		84 (76%)	368
— More4 +1		86	236	125
Clubland TV		88	372
Together TV	_{live_tv}	89 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	194	164
PBS America		91 (76%)	174	155
— Pick +1		92 (76%)	252	145
— Together TV +1	_{live_tv}	93 (76%)_{wb_sunny}	194
Forces TV		96 (76%)	181	165
CBBC SD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	646_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	647_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}
CITV	_{live_tv}	203 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	621_{wb_sunny}	602_{wb_sunny}
POP MAX		208	626	604
— Pop +1		209	625	606
Ketchup TV		211 (90%)
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231	877	212
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)	875	202
AlJazeera English (SD)		235 (90%)	880
BBC Red Button_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	250	981	981

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Local TV channels

Channel name	web	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
Bay TV Clwyd		7 (54%)
Bay TV Liverpool		7 (54%)
Bay TV Swansea		7 (54%)
Big Centre TV		7 (54%)
Cambridge Presents		7 (54%)
Estuary TV Doncaster		7 (54%)
Estuary TV York		7 (54%)
Latest TV		7 (54%)
Made in Bristol		7 (54%)
Made in Leeds		7 (54%)
Made in Teesside		7 (54%)
Made in Tyne and Wear		7 (54%)
Mustard		7 (54%)
Notts TV	_{live_tv}	7 (54%)
NvTv		7 (54%)
Sheffield Live		7 (54%)
That's Berkshire		7 (54%)
That's Lancashire		7 (54%)
That's Manchester		7 (54%)
That's Salisbury		7 (54%)
That's Solent		7 (54%)
That's Surrey		7 (54%)
Thats Oxford		7 (54%)
The York Channel		7 (54%)
LONDON LIVE	_{live_tv}	8 (54%)
Made in Cardiff		8 (54%)
STV Edinburgh		8 (54%)
STV Glasgow		8 (54%)
True Entertainment		48 (54%)	179	142
True Movies		50 (54%)	319	303
— Sony Movie Channel +1		61 (54%)	322
Tiny Pop		207 (54%)	617	605

Radio stations

Channel name	web	radio	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
BBC Radio 1_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag700	0101	700
BBC Radio 1Xtra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	701	0137	701
BBC Radio 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag702	0102	702
BBC Radio 3_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag703	0103	703
BBC Radio 4 (FM)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	704	0104	704
BBC Radio 5 Live_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	705	0105	705
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	706	0144	706
BBC Radio 6 Music_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	707	0120	707
BBC Radio 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC World Service_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag710	0115	711
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}		711 (90%)	0188
KISS FRESH	_{live_tv}		712 (90%)
Kiss FM		DAB FM/AM	713 (90%)	0178
KISSTORY	_{live_tv}	DAB	714 (90%)
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB	715 (90%)	0180
heat	_{live_tv}	DAB	716 (90%)
Kerrang!		DAB	717 (90%)	363
Smooth RadioUK	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
BBC Berkshire_{account_box}		DAB	719
BBC Bristol_{account_box}		FM/AM	719
BBC C&W_{account_box}			719
BBC Jersey_{account_box}			719
BBC Kent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Leeds_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Manchester_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Newcastle_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Norfolk_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
BBC Radio Scotland_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0116	712
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
BBC Radio Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
BBC Devon_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC H&W_{account_box}			720
BBC Lancashire_{account_box}			720
BBC Nottingham_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	715
BBC Radio Foyle_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	717
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag720	0139	713
BBC Suffolk_{account_box}			720
BBC Sussex_{account_box}			720
BBC Three Counties_{account_box}			720
BBC York_{account_box}			720
BBC Cornwall_{account_box}			721
BBC Cumbria_{account_box}			721
BBC Guernsey_{account_box}			721
BBC Humberside_{account_box}			721
BBC Leicester_{account_box}			721
BBC Shropshire_{account_box}			721
BBC Wiltshire_{account_box}			721
BBC Cambridge_{account_box}		FM/AM	722
BBC Lincolnshire_{account_box}			722
BBC Merseyside_{account_box}			722
BBC Oxford_{account_box}			722
BBC Solent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC Somerset_{account_box}			722
BBC Surrey_{account_box}			722
BBC Tees_{account_box}			722
BBC WM_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Capital FM London	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
Premier Radio		DAB FM/AM	725 (90%)
BBC Stoke_{account_box}			726
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107	724
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
RTÉ RnaG			729
RNIB Connect		FM/AM	730 (90%)
Classic FM	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	731 (90%)	0106	721
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)		734
Trans World Radio			733 (76%)
BBC Essex_{account_box}			734
BBC Northampton_{account_box}			734
BBC Sheffield_{account_box}			734
BBC Solent for Dorset_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	734
BBC Derby_{account_box}			735
BBC Gloucestershire_{account_box}			735

Streamed TV and text

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
	Kiss Chat & Date			252 (90%)
	Proud Dating			253 (90%)
	Racing UK			261 (90%)
	VisionTV			264 (90%)
	Planet Knowledge			265 (90%)

High definition shopping

	Channel name	web	radio	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
	QVC HD	_{live_tv}		111 (76%)
	QVC Beauty HD	_{live_tv}		112 (76%)

Other TV channels

Channel name	web	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
Ideal World		22 (90%)	664	812
Create & Craft		23 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
QVC Beauty	_{live_tv}	35 (90%)	677	801
QVC Style	_{live_tv}	36 (90%)	663	803
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	43 (90%)	665	805
TJC		49 (90%)	662	809
TBN UK		65 (90%)	582
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	74 (76%)	674	807
Hochanda		85 (90%)	673	817
TV Warehouse		90	676
Pop		206 (90%)	616	603
SonLife		263 (90%)
Arise News		269 (90%)	519
Loveworld		270 (90%)	585

Adult channels

Channel name	Freeview_{arrow_drop_down}	Sky
ADULT Section (start)	670 (90%)
ADULT smileTV2	672 (90%)
ADULT smileTV3	673 (90%)
ADULT Babestn	674 (90%)
ADULT PARTY	675 (90%)
ADULT Xpanded TV	678 (90%)	902
ADULT Studio 66	679 (90%)
ADULT Xpanded2	680 (90%)
ADULT Section	699 (90%)

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StevensOnln1

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5:51 PM

Barbara: GL4 covers a wide area. We need a full postcode in order to see which you're receiving, where you are in relation to it and your predicted coverage etc.

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Alastair Richardson
6:12 PM

I will not be renewing my because I don't wish to bankroll the BBC's political agenda. Without a licence I can't watch any BBC content ever and can't watch any other live broadcasts but can watch non-BBC catch-up. What I want is a non-licence option so that I can only see what is legal.
Essentially non-BBC on demand for which I expect to pay.
Can I get this somewhere?

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Chris.SE

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6:31 PM

Alastair Richardson:

Try looking at NowTV, Britbox, RakutenTV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, AppleTV to name just a few. If you have a smart TV, have a look through the Apps to see what else you may find.

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js

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3:34 PM

Diffs:

+1 has been added to the Freesat :

Comparing files List Freesat 27-11-2019 18 01.txt and List Freesat 28-11-2019 14 49.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
5Star+1 1 28006 7717 2057 2 10964H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 143

Note: 5Star+1 was taken off Freesat 132 on 04-04-2018 and deleted from Freesat on 24-10-2018.

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GeordieLad

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11:10 PM

Alastair Richardson:

I support your views wholeheartedly but, unfortunately, although the licence fee goes to the BBC it is legally enforceable on anyone who has equipment capable of receiving ANY live TV signals.

What we need is a change to the BBC charter whereby they are prohibited from levying this tax (for it is indeed a tax) and a return to Lord Reith's principles on which the BBC was founded nearly a century ago. It is high time that the BBC ceased its inane competition with commercial TV and returns to being a Public Service Broadcasting organisation, informing and educating the public rather than spending vast amounts of money on absolute drivel and overpaid staff and "celebrity" presenters. Either that or becoming an arm of Government with consequent accountability to Parliament and the electorate.

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js

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2:10 AM

Extended Event Descriptors offer an opportunity to describe a programme in greater detail.

has had these descriptors for at least eight years but I've never heard mention of them. They are probably only available on G2 devices.

Here is an example event that has an Extended Event Descriptor:

, Wed 04 Dec 00:10 - 01:05: Our Guy in Japan
Guy Martin visits a slum in Yokohama; pays his respects at Hiroshima, and takes a dip in the mildly radioactive waters; and joins in one of the country's oldest fireworks festivals. (Ep2/2) [AD,S]

<extended_event_descriptor lang = eng>
EpisodeNumber = 2
SeriesNumber = 1
AlphaSortIndexEventName = Our Guy in Japan
TEXT:
Travel series in which truck mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin goes on a 2,500-mile journey around Japan. Guy continues his journey by visiting a corner of Japan that is rarely spoken about: a slum in Yokohama where he sneaks in to love hotels, illegal gambling dens and the yakuza-organised crime gang headquarters. Unlike any other slum in the world, it is clean, orderly and equipped with free Wi-Fi. The rest of his off-beat itinerary includes working with the maintenance team on the world's longest, strongest and most expensive suspension bridge, and training under the mystical guidance of one of Japan's last remaining swordsmiths. Guy also makes a special detour to pay his respects at Hiroshima, where he finds the tram that was up and running just three days after a nuclear bomb destroyed the city in August 1945. Guy also spends leisure time in the mildly radioactive waters of a hot spring. Finally, he participates in one of the country's oldest fireworks festivals [AD]
</extended_event_descriptor>

Does anyone see this level of detail on their Freesat device?

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js

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1:14 AM

Here's another hefty tome from the EPG. The TEXT here is 1532 characters long.

Is anyone seeing this stuff on their Freesat EPG?

4seven, Thu 05 Dec 01:15 - 02:20: The Royal House of
In 1947, as Britain suffers from post-war austerity and the worst winter on record, a lovesick Princess Elizabeth and an ailing George VI visit South Africa on a fraught royal tour. (Ep2/6) [AD,S]

<extended_event_descriptor lang = eng>
EpisodeNumber = 2
SeriesNumber = 1
AlphaSortIndexEventName = Royal House of Windsor, The
TEXT:
Six-part series telling the story of one of the great dynasties of the last 100 years, with the help of family insiders, fresh research and unique access to the royal archives at Windsor Castle. The series combines never-before-seen film archive and new interviews with key members of the Queen's extended family. This second episode reveals how a lovesick Elizabeth and her ailing father, George VI, kept up appearances while crises loomed on every front. In 1947, the royal family are on a tour of South Africa. Britain is suffering from crippling post-war austerity and the worst winter on record. Behind the smiles, the King is suffering from the strains of the war, the smoking that would eventually kill him and anxiety about his eldest daughter. Elizabeth has told him that she is secretly engaged to her cousin, Prince Philip, but the King asks his daughter to wait until after South Africa before announcing her news. The royal tour is billed as a way of thanking the South Africans for their war effort, but in reality the mission is to shore up the crumbling British Empire. The king is frustrated at the attempts by the racist Afrikaners to try to stop him even shaking hands with black people, referring to his police minders as 'the Gestapo'. The fraught tour reaches its climax when Princess Elizabeth turns 21 and she famously broadcasts around the world promising to devote her whole life to 'service'. Within four years, the King is dead and a young, newly married Elizabeth is suddenly thrust onto the throne [AD]
</extended_event_descriptor>

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2:24 AM

Diffs:

Freesat4 was renamed to Freesat Info and added to the with LCN 901 on SD, HD and G2 devices.

Freesat Info is not the same as freesat info, which appears on SD and HD devices on LCN 999 but confined to the test region on G2 devices:

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
freesat info 12 07007 10530 2315 59 11427H 0 0 Freesat 111111111000 999

Comparing files List Freesat 02-12-2019 18 01.txt and List Freesat 03-12-2019 11 01.txt

************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
Freesat4 12 00105 10528 2315 59 11427H 0 0 Freesat EEEE1EEE1111 1979
Freesat Info 12 00105 10528 2315 59 11427H 0 0 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 901

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9:28 PM

/BSkyB Diffs:

An encrypted HD named 52586 was added to the BSkyB service tables:

Comparing files List ASTRA 03-12-2019 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 04-12-2019 11 01.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
52586 25 1203 52586 2116 2 11427V 1 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1031

At present, only the PMT and ECM streams belonging to 52586 are present. The and audio streams advertised in the PMT are absent.

What makes 52586 of interest is the it's on: 11427V.

11427V currently has four HD on it, all of which are on :

FRANCE 24(ENG)
HD
HD

Whilst looking at 11427V I noticed FreeSports HD had lots of missing packets.

Further investigation showed that the video and audio streams were dropping out for a few seconds every minute or so.

This is reflected in the bitrate measurement for 11427V:

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 32 <= dPCR <= 43 ms intervals over 17 seconds for 11426.50 V 29500 8/9 DVB-S2 QPSK (04/12/2019 16:46:51)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.728 | 08.609 | 09.200 | QUEST HD
09.134 | 00.000 | 08.166 | FreeSports HD
08.185 | 08.067 | 08.126 | FRANCE 24 HD
10.325 | 10.195 | 10.272 | S4C HD
21.567 | 10.954 | 12.603 | Null Packets
04.660 | 02.924 | 03.743 | All Other Streams
52.110 | 52.110 | 52.110 | TS Bitrate

That was at 16:46 and it's still dropping out now at 21:20.

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Paul.

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10:58 PM
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js:

Thanks, it's good to know it's a transmission problem and not a problem at my end.