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The symbol shows the location of the Fremont Point transmitter which serves 30,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Fremont Point mast?

Fremont Point transmitter - Fremont Point transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 25/03/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Fremont Point transmitter broadcast?

If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.

Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 H max
C44 (658.0MHz)245mDTG-3,200W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Channel Islands, 2 BBC Two Channel Islands, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 H max
C41+ (634.2MHz)245mDTG-3,200W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Channel), 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1,

PSB3
BBCB
 H max
C47 (682.0MHz)245mDTG-3,200W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Channel Islands, 102 BBC Two HD Channel Islands, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
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The Fremont Point mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.

If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Fremont Point transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Channel Islands News 0.0m homes 0.2%
from St Helier JE2 3PL, 1,455km west-southwest (253°)
to BBC Channel Islands region - 8 masts.
regional news image
ITV Channel News 0.0m homes 0.2%
from St Helier JE1 3ZD, 1,455km west-southwest (253°)
to ITV Channel region - 8 masts.

How will the Fremont Point transmission frequencies change over time?

1962-80s1984-971997-981998-20102010-1330 Jun 2019-
VHFB E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C9ITVwaves
C41ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves+D3+4D3+4
C44BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C47C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C51tv_offBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves

tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 17 Nov 10 and 17 Nov 10.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 20kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-8dB) 3.2kW

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Fremont Point transmitter area

Sep 1962-Feb 2004Channel
Nov 2011-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only.

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Monday, 21 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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10:11 AM

FREMONT POINT transmitter - mont Point Transmitter works 21 February 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30hrs and 17:00hrs on 21 February 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - n/a Digital services - Mux1 and Mux2 will be subject to short breaks between 09:30 and 17:00 [DUK] Over the next week Fremont Point main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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9:16 PM

FREMONT POINT transmitter - Over the next week Fremont Point main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Friday, 25 February 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:10 AM

FREMONT POINT transmitter - mont Point Transmitter works 25 February 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30hrs and 17:00hrs on 25 February 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - n/a Digital services - Mux1 and Mux2 will be subject to short breaks between 09:30 and 17:00 [DUK] Over the next week Fremont Point main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Transmitter engineering
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9:10 AM

FREMONT POINT transmitter - mont Point Transmitter works 1 March 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 17:00 on 1 March 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - n/a Digital services - BBCA, BBCB and Freeview HD will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 17:00 [DUK] Over the next week Fremont Point main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Thursday, 3 March 2011
Stuart O.
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12:23 AM

I was curious if the information on this website was correct for Freeview services in the Channel Isles: UK DTT Channel List (Freeview/Top Up TV Anytime) to the link, the Channel Islands have no ITV2, ITV2 +1 and ITV1 HD. According to your site, they do.
Who is correct? I'm presuming you are.

I don't understand though why Fremont Point, the Main transmitter for the Channel Islands does not transmit COM4, COM5 and COM6. All other Main transmitters in the UK seem to, why not this one? Is it to do with interference from France? Lack of available frequencies? Are there plans to transmit the others at a later date?

Hope you can answer my queries.
Thanks. (LL115FQ)

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Briantist
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6:27 AM

Stuart O.: You seem to be confused. ITV2 +1 is carried on COM4, so it not transmitted from here. It is impossible to remove ITV1 HD and ITV2 from multiplexes PSB3 and PSB2.

The commercial multiplex operators declined to operate from this transmitter because it would be unprofitable to do, and are not under any obligation to do so.

Due to this there are no allocated frequencies so they will not be able to add them in future.

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Stuart O.
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4:27 PM
Wrexham

Briantist,
My mistake about ITV2 +1. I meant ITV1 +1.
Think you may have misread my question though in part though I do now understand why COM4, 5 and 6 aren't transmitted to the Islands.
What I said is that the link I provided, it does not list ITV2 or ITV1 HD. It also does not list ITV1 +1 either.

So because that link does not list ITV2, ITV1 +1 or ITV1 HD, people whould look at that link and therefore think that those channels are not transmitted to the Channel Islands.

Whereas your website shows those channels are transmitted to the Channel Islands.

So I was just verifying with you as to which website is correct? The website in the link or your website?

I'm not talking about removing ITV1 HD or ITV2, I'm simply saying that there is no listing of these channels (or ITV1 +1) on the website link I provided for you and others to take a look at to ask as to why those channels are not shown whereas they are shown in the list of channels available for the Channel Islands on your website.

Hope that has explained things and you are able to give me a further explanation.
Thanks.

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Friday, 4 March 2011
Briantist
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5:54 AM

Stuart O.: Yes, my website is correct.

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Transmitter engineering
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1:19 PM

FREMONT POINT transmitter - mont Point Transmitter works 4 March 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 09:30 and 17:00 on 3 March 2011. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - Digital services - PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 will be subject to periods of shutdown between 09:30 and 17:00 [DUK] Over the next week Fremont Point main transmitter: TV (analogue) working normally, TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Mike Dimmick
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3:46 PM

Stuart O.: I believe it's up to the local Channel 3 licensee to get "Channel 3 +1" and "Channel 3 HD" going - the two larger independent Channel 3 licensees, STV and Ulster TV, insisted on having their own regional services (which is why it took so long to get going). For Ulster, the HD service is currently academic as no terrestrial transmitters have switched over and no advance service is available. Channel TV is by far the smallest licensee, so small that it doesn't do its own presentation (unlike STV and Ulster TV), and is often mistaken for being part of ITV plc. It remains independent, despite the on-screen branding.

Channel TV provided a list of channels that were available at switchover, and it does *not* include an 'ITV' HD service. channelonline.tv

plc's launch announcement for ITV1 +1 says "ITV1+1 will not be launched in the Channel TV region."
ITV1+1 - ITV Channels
(RG47SH)

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