Freeview Light on the Coldean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Coldean (Brighton and Hove, 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 Coldean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Coldean (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Freeview channels does the Coldean 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 16W |
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 16W |
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C41 (634.0MHz) | 122m | DTG- | 16W |
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South East, 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 45 Freeview channels?
The Coldean (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, Great! Movies Action, GREAT! romance, HGTV, HobbyMaker, HorrorXtra, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 70s, That's TV , Together TV, 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 Coldean transmitter?

BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 40km northeast (39°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 80km west (271°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Coldean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 31 Dec 2018- | |||||
E | E | E | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C41 | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C42 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C44 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
C47 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
C65 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C68 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 40W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4dB) 16W |
Local transmitter maps
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Thursday, 3 September 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 01:04 on 01 Sep to 01:10 on 01 Sep. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 today to 04:12 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 today to 04:12 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 8 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 yesterday to 04:12 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 yesterday to 04:12 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 9 October 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:32 AM
4:32 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 on 07 Oct to 04:12 on 07 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air from 04:11 on 07 Oct to 04:12 on 07 Oct. [BBC]
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Monday, 4 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
10:09 AM
10:09 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Transmitter engineering
12:09 AM
12:09 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Possible service interruptions [DUK]
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Thursday, 29 September 2016
Transmitter engineering
5:31 AM
5:31 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:31 AM
8:31 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 today to 05:58 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
11:32 AM
11:32 AM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 today to 05:58 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:32 PM
2:32 PM
COLDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 03:43 today to 03:48 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:05 today to 04:09 today, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 04:50 today to 05:58 today. [BBC]
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