Upcoming Freeview transmitter changes 2017 to 2020

Scottish Borders: changes to Freeview, retune on March 1st 2017

at700 Freeview changes: If you live in the Scottish Borders, your Freeview box should retune itself today: however older boxes sometimes need a helping hand to retune themselves. And some people might find their aerial needs changing.

7 comments “Ogilvie Jackson: This website has nothing to do with any broadcaster or the company that runs the transmitters, so we don t any any further informatio”- StevensOnln1

BBC salami-slicing returns to overnight services?

BBC Charter 2017: Tony Hall, the BBC boss, promised first that the licence fee settlement was "cash neutral" and then that there would be no "salami-slicing" of services. So why have overnight TV and radio services been cut?

12 comments “Willie Bone: True, there is nothing quite like a live presenter, but that means a live presenter and a small technical staff, etc have to stay up all ”- MikeB

Ofcom announces 700 MHz clearance schedule 2017-20

4G and Freeview: To make way for new and better 4G data services for everyone's mobile devices, Ofcom has decided to change the Freeview system around starting in 2017.

62 comments “Charles: look at your location - your just 25km from the transmitter, with just a very small obstruction in the way very close to you. You should have”- MikeB

When will I get a new Freeview aerial because of even more mobile broadband?

4G and Freeview: What is going to happen during the 700MHz clearance? To make way for more mobile broadband in 2020, millions of Freeview viewers are going to need to act. A very few will need a new aerial. Will that be you?

17 comments “RJ: Frequency allocations are co-ordinated internationally in order to minimise interference problems. Frequencies for Whitehawk Hill have always been”- StevensOnln1

Which 45 masts transmit the 15 new national DAB radio stations?

Digital radio: Find out about the new radio station you can listen to on the Sound Digital National and trail local services in Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, London, Norwich, Portsmouth and Woking.

20 comments “Mel Pearson: The changes to Planet Rock were made over a year ago. If you have lost the station more recently then you either have a fault or are suff”- StevensOnln1

BBC Local Radio on Freeview

Freeview news: The range of BBC local radio services on Freeview has been extended to provide coverage for almost all of them.

12 comments “Briantist: Hi, Brian. I thought I would let you know that another tranche of BBC Local Radio stations on Freeview goes live this coming Tuesday, 21st ”- Richard Cooper

All five public service channels now free to air!

High definition: It nice to see that all five of the designated public service broadcasting channels can now be viewed throughout the UK on Freeview, Freesat and Sky.

23 comments “Robert Goulden: Any new relay transmitters built will only carry the public service channels, not the commercial channels which you refer to. Please p”- StevensOnln1

#GreatBBC campaign launched

BBC Charter 2017: Two top British producers, Charlie Parsons and Lord Waheed Alli have created a campaign website called “greatbbc” to help prevent the BBC from being destroyed by the current Charter Review process.

44 comments “Nick: Matey, you are completely out of touch. I get my news and informed opinions from the internet. I take active parts in forums. I watch DVD s. I w”- MikeB

Yesterday, Drama and Really joining Freesat this month

Freesat: I'm very pleased to say that three of the UKTV channels will be joining Freesat very soon.

19 comments “Neil Riley: You could if the Freesat box has a SCART output and the DVD recorder has a SCART input.”- StevensOnln1

Goodbye BBC Red Button!

BBC Charter 2017: The BBC is going to make saving this year of £150m because people are disconnecting their TV tuners and using the iPlayer online.

60 comments “GeordieLad:Totally agree.They should aim to entertain, educate and enlighten without any form of bias. They should report facts without the ”- MikeP

Want to know how much the BBC spend in England, Scotland, Wales and NI per home?

BBC Charter 2017: Interesting figures from Broadcast magazine today - from their Nation and Regions Special - shows how much money is spent in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I thought I would share...

28 comments “Neville: Its not disrepectful, but is stating the obvious with regard to ITV getting an income from advertising. And Richard is right, the BBC has BBC”- MikeB

S4C and Welsh Exceptionalism?

BBC Charter 2017: Reading the report from Institute of Welsh Affairs Media Policy Group makes me wonder about how the next decade of broadcasting should deal with the nations, regions and languages of the United Kingdom.

6 comments “Frank Woodcock: The problem isn t with broadcasters wanting to show stuff in 4K - Sky Q - Overview - Your wireless home entertainment system - they do”- MikeB

Freeview HD's VisionTV 20 channels now have Android and iOS apps

Watch TV online: If you have a Freeview HD box and are connected to the internet, you can view more than twenty specialist online channels from the VisionTV people.

4 comments “ALEX TURKELTOB:You could buy a plug-in USB receiver for your laptop. That will need to be connected to a suitable aerial, such as that you may be”- MikeP

Will the World Radiocommunication Conference be the death of Freeview?

Freeview news: In just over a week, an important conference in Geneva, Switzerland is being held. One of the many things under discussion will be the future of free-to-air television up to 2030. Will the mobile broadband operators be able to get agreement to close down the UHF television band for reuse as 4G internet connections? Digital UK and other TV bodies are very concerned.

26 comments “Chris Shaw: But they will probably get better - and sometimes it depends what network your on. Last summer, my family was on holiday in the far north ”- MikeB

Will we ever have Freeview Ultra HD or Freesat Ultra HD?

High definition: You can already buy Ultra HD television sets in the high street. If I buy one, how long will I have to wait for Freeview and Freesat to broadcast my favourite shows in the better format?

26 comments “Michael. evison: ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD ITV4 HD are subscription channels on Sky. It seems unlikely that they will join Freeview or Freesat any time soon an”- StevensOnln1

New and improved Freeview radiation patterns

Freeview news: I'm very pleased to announce that the list of the radiation patterns - the diagrams that show the power levels for each direction from a transmitter - have returned in an improved format. In addition UK Free TV now has 528 new patterns received in the last month from Ofcom under a Freedom of Information Act request.

10 comments “Joe Vitagliano : A quick look at the coverage map for Hannington would suggest that you re too far away, but if you provide a postcode we can get a mo”- StevensOnln1

Official aerial installers guide to the TV spectrum future

Got interference?: If you want to know what the - official - future holds for the UHF spectrum and how this will change the old advice on which aerial to use, you can download this book for free.

12 comments “Tim Austin: The TV is working fine - its telling you you have a problem with your aerial system, and if you look at your manual it will guide you to t”- MikeB

PBS America joins Freesat for Halloween

Freesat: PBS America, currently on Sky and Virgin Media will join Freesat on October 31st on channel 160.

13 comments “Laurel: Yes, or Virgin.”- MikeB

Freeview Play, Youview, Freesat Freetime, what's the difference?

Watch TV online: If you want free-to-air TV and Time Travel you can now pick from Freeview, Freeview Recorder, Freeview HD, Freeview HD Recorder, Freeview Play, Freeview Play Recorder, Freesat HD, YouView, Freesat+HD Freetime. Let me make this seem a little less confusing.

6 comments “Chris.SE: I ve got the older Now TV box, and you can t knock it for value (nice to know the new one does 1080), but the full Roku does give a lot more”- MikeB

Fixing the Freesat Freetime internet connection problem

Freesat: If you have a problem with your Freesat box not allowing you to get to the large selection of online TV shows, here is how to fix the problem. If you see "no internet connection" or no services listed under "On Demand", do this.

8 comments “clive john valentine: If the on demand service isn t working properly, start with your system and your download speed - if its too slow it just wont w”- MikeB

New Freeview TVs and boxes to be HD only from 2016

High definition: From the start next year, the Freeview logo will only be on new TVs if they provide Freeview HD. From the end of next year, all new Freeview equipment will be HD.

27 comments “Paul Bale:Freesat is not operated by Sky/Mr Murdock. Freesat is exactly that - free satellite broadcasting of most services that are available on”- MikeP

ITV4 now on Freeview Light transmitters: retune needed for all Freeview homes

Freeview news: We have seen very few changes to the channels that homes that only get the public-service "Freeview Light", so it pleasing to see ITV4 added to the list.

2 comments “It is long overdue that those who have to suffer freeview light have a say in what we get, ie scrap the advert channels and give us Drama and ITV 3”- nick

Time for the BBC to release the DOGs?

BBC Charter 2017: If 70 households really missed the BBC so much after 9 days, to the extent their £3.60 "refund" seemed like a bargain, shouldn't the BBC start better marking the output with "paid for out of the TV Licence" marks?

28 comments “I presume by using the DOGS you are meaning the station identification logo (SIL) often shown at various times durimng the broadcast. Some channels di”- MikeP

How would you cut £613m from the BBC budget?

BBC Charter 2017: UK Free TV is making it possible for you to decide what to cut and what to keep. Use the tick boxes to select what you would cut from the BBC budget, and see your progress in the bar below. Please share!!!

74 comments “To my way of thinking, watching any form of TV should need a licence. It always used to be called a broadcast receiving licence and was needed to watc”- MikeP

When you can't quite hear the TV, subtitles are critical

Sound: One great advantage of the digital TV services is that every TV set has access to subtitles.

22 comments “I see that subtitles are now available on BBC iPlayer - on our Smart TV (LG). Excellent as before this iPlayer was not hugely useful to me.”- Tony Hill

Nine new ways UK Free TV makes your life better

About us: Upgrade! There have been a number of fixes and upgrades to the site whilst it was in the process of being migrated from the old server. Which one is your favourite?

5 comments “The all channels page.If I click on Show everything or Just on Freeview or Just on Freesat or Just on Sky the page reloads and always shows Show”- Mark A

What would you like to see on Freeview in place of BBC three?

BBC Charter 2017: The BBC seems set to move BBC Three onto the BBC iPlayer. What should the BBC do with the channel's precious broadcast bits and top-page Freeview slot 7?

37 comments “Having only Freeview and owning a net tv, I, like many others are short on High Definition channels. As I live under the Mendip transmitter umbrella I”- Richard

New secure server for UK Free TV

About us: We have - at last - come to join in the world of HTTPS everywhere. This means UK Free TV can continue to provide location-based mapping, to be seen of kindly by Google as well as provide more security for the visitors.

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Lots of ways UK Free TV is little bit better today

About us: I am taking the opportunity of being bed-ridden for at least six weeks to sort out some upgrades, updates and bug fixes for this our 13 year old website. Here is what I have done.

23 comments “Hi Brian. I am using the latest version of Firefox, which is 46.0.1 at the time of writing, and I am very pleased to say that all of your improvements”- Richard Cooper

Go for it! What do you do on cutting the cord day?

Cord Cutting UK: So, you have your fast broadband, your wireless connections, prepared your devices and checked out what to watch online. Are you ready to take the final step?

10 comments “trevorjharris:Please check the range of people who have a legal right to gain entry to your property, there are more than you think. Many Governm”- MikeP

Which 29 stars wrote Prime Minister Cameron to ask him to protect the BBC?

BBC Charter 2017: We are writing to place on record at the very start of the process our concern that nothing should be done to diminish the BBC or turn it into a narrowly focused market-failure broadcaster....

23 comments “Nick: For someone who doesn t feel that a reply is warrented (as you ve said in at least one previous post), why do reply to me? However, lets go thro”- MikeB

Prepare yourself for Cord Cutting: Where do I watch TV now?

Cord Cutting UK: You've got yourself an uncapped high speed broadband service with a wireless router, and like the idea of saving between 150 and 780 pounds every year. What is the next step?

20 comments “G.E. Sheets:As this website is primarily aimed at TV reception problems in the UK, it is unlikely that any of the regular contributors would have”- MikeP

Chancellor George 18% BBC fee cut to lowest level of BBC TV since B&W 1978

BBC Charter 2017: Yes, it's back to when most homes had black and white televisions and there was only two TV channels on air because cutting the BBC income by 18% is what is going to be done tomorrow.

26 comments “RichardW: Both sets of reception predictors indicate your area as not being particularly good for reception, the reason for, basically being down to t”- jb38

How much money can you save by Cord Cutting?

Cord Cutting UK: If you are prepared to stop watching live TV and enjoy content only when you want to watch, how much actual money can you save?

2 comments “Dear braintest; Re are you ready to cut the cordCosts may change after goverment action re removal of TVL exemptions for watching video from broadcas”- Graham F Lewendon

Cord Cutting UK Checklist: keeping it legal

Cord Cutting UK: The starting point for us here is doing things by the book. Some of the things you need to do to be a Cord Cutter UK can result in a proper criminal conviction if not done properly.

13 comments “Sally J.: But if you can answer honestly that you don t watch or record live TV, and that the aerial is still connected because you listen to Freeview”- MikeB

New section on UK Free TV dedicated to cutting the cord

Cord Cutting UK: New section on UK Free TV dedicated to cutting the cord.

13 comments “Jamie Jones: There is nothing wrong with The Young Turks - I ve been a fan for years, when they were on the (now sadly defunct) Air America radio netw”- MikeB

BBC Trust say no to BBC One +1, yes to close BBC 3 on TV and extend CBBC to 9pm

BBC Charter 2017: The current regulatory body for the nation's premier public service broadcaster has agreed to make BBC Three and online only service, but has rejected plans for BBC One+1 to replace it.

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What is the BBC going to cut to fund free TV licences for 4m homes with over 75s

BBC Charter 2017: Just before the turn of the century, popular - with 43.2% of voters - New Labour Chancellor Gordon Brown found 300 million quid to pay the TV Licences for households with pensioners aged 75 or over. The dilemma for Tory Chancellor George Osborne, with 36.9% of the population behind him and cuts to make, is how to live up to a recent manifesto commitment to keep the pensioner benefits?

11 comments “Briantist: It would be interesting if someone like GeordieLad could actually define what they mean by non commercial , and educational and information”- MikeB

BBC Charter renewal: what of TV news for the UK?

BBC Charter 2017: Who still watches rolling news channel or half-hour news shows? Lots of people it seems!

4 comments “I watch the News Channel regularly and enjoy it. I also watch Sky News from time to time. I like current affairs programming and it features heavily i”- Charles Stuart