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The symbol shows the location of the Greenwich (Greater London, England) transmitter which serves 2,200 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.

This transmitter has no current reported problems

The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Greenwich (Greater London, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Greenwich 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
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)45mDTG-3W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 16 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)45mDTG-3W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (London), 4 Channel 4 (SD) London ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 London ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (London),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)45mDTG-3W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD London, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London 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?

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The Greenwich (Greater London, England) 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 Greenwich transmitter?

regional news image
BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km west-northwest (287°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.
regional news image
ITV London News 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London WC1X 8XZ, 11km west-northwest (293°)
to ITV London region - 55 masts.

How will the Greenwich (Greater London, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-1321 Mar 2018
C/D E TC/D E TC/D E TB E K TB E K T
C40BBCA
C41D3+4
C43D3+4
C44BBCA
C46BBCB
C47BBCB
C48C4wavesC4wavesC4waves
C50tv_offBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C52tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C56tv_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 4 Apr 12 and 18 Apr 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 15W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 3W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Crystal Palace transmitter area

Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated-Rediffusion†
Sep 1955-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1992Thames†
Jul 1968-Feb 2004London Weekend Television♦
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Carlton†
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc♦
Feb 2004-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. Greenwich was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Monday, 18 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:40 AM

GREENWICH transmitter - Over the next week Greenwich relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:42 PM

GREENWICH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 yesterday to 15:26 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 yesterday to 15:26 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Greenwich relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Thursday, 21 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:38 AM

GREENWICH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 19 Jul to 15:26 on 19 Jul BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 19 Jul to 15:26 on 19 Jul [BBC] Over the next week Greenwich relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Monday, 25 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

6:48 PM

GREENWICH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:30 today to 15:00 today BBC TWO Off Air from 13:30 today to 15:00 today [BBC]

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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:33 AM

GREENWICH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:30 yesterday to 15:00 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air from 13:30 yesterday to 15:00 yesterday [BBC]

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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:46 AM

GREENWICH transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air from 13:30 on 25 Jul to 15:00 on 25 Jul BBC TWO Off Air from 13:30 on 25 Jul to 15:00 on 25 Jul [BBC]

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Sunday, 16 December 2012
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brian manley
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12:31 PM
London

Any idea why this transmitter has changed channels to D41, D44 and D47 post switchover?
It used to broadcast on 48,50,52 and 56 so people now require a new aerial if they had a C/D before.
In addition, it is now co channel with Sudbury. I am new to the area but have already seen a few aerials pointing there (probably years old, put up before Greenwich opened).
The owners must of had no digital signal then suddenly it appeared last year when Sudbury powered up, then went again this year when Greenwich switched and the 2 signals knocked each other out...


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Dave Lindsay
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12:59 PM

brian manley: Some may need a different aerial but some will likely get away with the C/D one (or not notice).

In answer to your question, I should imagine it's to fit in with other transmitters.

This page might be useful:

C21 (474.0MHz) before switchover | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice


However, reception of all channels from Crystal Palace might be possible at your location as the Digital UK predictor suggests and Streetview shows aerials pointing in that direction.

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Dave Lindsay
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1:03 PM

brian manley: One thing that is probably a factor in Greenwich not being given C/D channels post switchover is the ring-fencing of 61 to 68 to be sold off to the 4G mobile operators. Thus, useable C/D is now smaller than it was, in much the same fashion as useable A is now smaller due to ring-fencing of 31 to 34 (or 31 to 37 if you count 35 and 37, previously channel 5 only and 36, previously silent).

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Dave Lindsay
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1:23 PM

brian manley: I have drawn up the following list of transmitters that probably overlap with Greenwich to some degree:

48H Kensal Town
49H Alexandra Palace
50V Lea Bridge
52H Kensal Town
53V Woolwich
54H Alexandra Palace
55V Lea Bridge
56H Kensal Town
57V Woolwich
58H Alexandra Palace
59V Lea Bridge
60V Woolwich

The others seem definately likely, but I included Lea Bridge as it was the only other one that fitted in. It is definately a "maybe" as it's only 2W and not directed towards Greenwich. The only thing we do know is that it wasn't co-channel with Greenwich pre-DSO and isn't co-channel now.

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