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The symbol shows the location of the Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 6,200 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 Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Ivybridge 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
C33 (570.0MHz)192mDTG-50W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C36 (594.0MHz)192mDTG-50W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 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, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C48- (689.8MHz)192mDTG-50W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 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
the effected channels

The Ivybridge (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Ivybridge transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 14km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 7km west-northwest (291°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

How will the Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1310 Apr 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E TK T
C33BBCA
C34ArqB
C35ArqA
C36D3+4
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesSDN
C40 
C42ITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C48-BBCBBBCB
C49tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesD3+4
C52tv_offBBCA

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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.

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

Analogue 1-4 250W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
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. Ivybridge 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
Saturday, 8 April 2017
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peter duthie
8:16 PM

Saturday 08/04/17 BBCB & D3+4 muxes missing from mid afternoon - still missing 20:00

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peter duthie
8:43 PM

Correction: 8/4/17 only BBCB (HD) mux is missing

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MikeB
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9:23 PM

peter duthie: we need signal levels and location, but look at your cables - if your losing a mux or two, then its likely there is a loose connection etc.

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Monday, 5 June 2017
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Rik Knight
11:49 PM

Transmitter engineering:
Is Ivybridge transmitter down?
If so any ideas when it will be transmitting again?

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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
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StevensOnln1
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10:37 AM

Rik Knight: Going by the transmitter engineering posts above and below yours, there does appear to be a fault with the transmitter. It will be back on as soon as it has been fixed, probably within a few hours although bad weather could delay things. Do not attempt to retune your TV when it has no signal as this will delete all of your channels.

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Friday, 2 March 2018
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Roger joesbury
3:32 PM

Are there plans to give us the same choice of programs as most other people seem to receive

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Saturday, 3 March 2018
MikeP
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11:44 AM

Roger joesbury:

If you are on a Freeview Light transmitter, then the answer is no. The commercial broadcasters consider transmitters covering smaller populations to not be economically viable for their services as they would not get sufficient return on investment.



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StevensOnln1
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6:28 PM

Roger joesbury: Actually, according to Digital UK Ivybridge is due to have the COM4/5/6 multiplexes added some time in Spring 2019 although this is primarily to replace coverage that will be lost from Caradon Hill in some areas due to interference when frequency changes take place. I couldn't see any info on whether COM4/5/6 will use the same broadcast radiation pattern as PSB1/2/3 of if it will be directional towards one or more areas.

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Sunday, 12 March 2023
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Ritsaert
1:37 PM

Transmitter engineering: All 586MHz (CH35) channels on Ivybridge transmitter have gone down. Sunday 12 March, 13:35)

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StevensOnln1
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2:57 PM

Ritsaert: The post you replied to from 2 days ago is warning of loss of signal on some channels, so it is likely that whatever engineering work or weather conditions have triggered the warning are currently taking place. Do not attempt to retune.

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