Film4
The best of British film-making, US independents, Hollywood blockbusters, guilty pleasures, foreign films and cult cinema. Great films you know, great films you don't.Main TV standard-definiton channels
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Main TV standard-definiton channels
| Channel name arrow_drop_down | web | radio | Freeview | Sky | Freesat | ||
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| Film4 | live_tv | 14 | 300 |
Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.
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Film4 website.From Wikipedia: edit Programming Film4 did not originally focus on broadcasting blockbusters, but nowadays broadcasts many mainstream Hollywood movies. The channel frequently has themed nights or seasons in which a number of films centred around one genre, director or actor are shown. As Channel 4 also owns a film production company, Film4 Productions, it shows many of its in-house productions. - en.wikipedia.org
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Friday, 2 December 2011
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KMJ,Derby1:14 PM
JP Richardson; Belmont is similarly affected, with Mux ArqA and ArqB sharing frequencies with PSB muxes at Olivers Mount.
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JP Richardson, KMJ,Derby: The point about Belmont ArqA and ArqB using the same frequencies as PSBs from Olivers Mount (albeit different polarisations) probably explains why those two Belmont multiplexes are on lower power than its PSBs. Clearly Belmont's signal (it's former analogue and current PSB digital) can be picked up in Filey and (higher?) parts of Scarborough.
Olivers Mount's digital signal is higher than its analogue one, so will serve some that haven't been able to pick it up before now.
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Saturday, 3 December 2011
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Shopkins12:35 PM
I get Film 4 on my Pana TV on 15 tuned to CH52 but my Humax PVR8000T tuned the same has no reception but seemingly 76 per cent signal strength?? Done re tunes etc but no Joy also no othe CH52 stations??
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jb383:01 PM
Shopkins: Knowing your location (post code) would have been an advantage as it would have enabled your signal strength expectations to be checked on, however as far as that particular problem is concerned you should try carrying out a "factory re-set" followed by another auto-tune.
If a factory re-set / auto-tune still doesn't work give an update on the situation along with your post code.
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Pam Barclay6:20 PM
Crawley
Channel 15 - Film 4 is currently missing from our Freeview. We are in the Crawley, West Sussex area. Any suggestions as to how to receive it again?
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Pam's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 4 December 2011
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jb388:22 AM
KMJ,Derby: Well spotted!! re: the shared frequencies between Bilsdale / Hunmanby & Belmont / Oliver's Mount, as its an indication of the frequency planners predictions (or expectations) of only a low level of signals being received at these locations from the two more distant main stations, which having knowledge of the area, I can say that apart from a few exceptions was indeed just about the case.
My reason for suggesting JPR try for Oliver's Mount is that a while back I had a report (not on UK FREE.TV) from a person residing not too far away from Filey golf course (albeit slightly higher ground) that he was having good reception from all muxes at Oliver's Mount since switchover there.
The other point is, that although I admit that most of the aerials seen in that locality do point to Bilsdale (as mentioned by Dave Lindsay) but many of them always have been prior to Oliver's Mount being upgraded, as Bilsdale was the only semi-reliable option for reception.
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Shopkins10:16 AM
Salisbury
Thanks jb38 the reset appears to have done the trick
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Shopkins's: mapS's Freeview map terrainS's terrain plot wavesS's frequency data S's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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jb383:24 PM
Shopkins: Thanks for the update and pleased to have been of assistance.
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jb38: The other thing is that prior to DSO Hunmanby was a relay of Belmont and is now relaying Oliver's Mount's PSB muxes.
It is probably worth noting that Belmont's PSBs are 150kW, ArqA and ArqB (53 and 60 respectively) are 100kW and SDN (30) is 50kW. So the coverage area of the COMs isn't as big as that of the PSBs.
Perhaps the increase in power at Oliver's Mount was done to provide Yorkshire regional programming to those who currently get Tyne Tees/North East or Lincolnshire/East Yorkshire, as appears to be the case in some parts of Filey.
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jb387:09 PM
Dave Lindsay: Yes, I was aware of what you mention as one of the three aerials I have in operation is facing Belmont, although when referring to Belmont in relation to Scarborough its never really been a viable proposition due to its erratic reception, which being at 66 miles away isn't entirely unexpected.
Oliver's Mount serves quite a large area in and around Scarborough, and the increase in power from 100watts up to 2Kw on the main muxes was certainly welcomed by many in the more low lying parts of the town where screening from higher buildings exists, as even some who resided at only a couple of miles away (if that) from the transmitter frequently suffered from picture break up etc, this at the same time as others at about 5 miles or so away on the doorstep of Filey (or similar distances) received a reasonably viewable signal.
Of course I suspected that the bad reception suffered by many was possibly because they were suffering from the umbrella screening effect of being too close to the transmitter mast base, this whereby the main power of the signal was effectively radiating above them.
Still that's up to a point in the past!
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