The symbol shows the location of the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 440,000 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 Divis (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

Choose from three options: ■ List by multiplex ■ List by channel number ■ List by channel name

Which Freeview channels does the Divis 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	H max	C27 (522.0MHz)	551m	DTG-3	100,000W
	1 BBC One Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC RB 1, plus 14 others
PSB2 D3+4	H max	C21+ (474.2MHz)	551m	DTG-3	100,000W
	3 UTV (UTV), 4 Channel 4 NI ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 13 Channel 4 +1 NI ads, 14 More4, 15 Film4, 24 ITV4, 24 ITV4 +1, 28 E4, 33 UTV+1 (UTV),
PSB3 BBCB	H max	C24 (498.0MHz)	551m	DTG-6	100,000W
	45 Film4 +1, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD,
COM4 SDN	H -3dB	C23 (490.0MHz)	551m	DTG-8	50,000W
	10 ITV3, 20 Drama, 21 5 USA, 26 ITV Be, 27 ITV 2 +1, 30 5STAR, 34 ITV3 +1, 37 Quest, 44 Channel 5 +1, 54 My5, 58 ITV Be +1, 59 ITV4 +1, 61 True Entertainment, 63 Blaze, 66 CBS Reality, 70 Horror Channel, 80 Blaze +1, 83 Quest +1, 203 CITV, 211 Ketchup TV, plus 17 others
COM5 ArqA	H -3dB	C26 (514.0MHz)	528m	DTG-8	50,000W
	11 pick, 12 Dave, 17 Really, 29 E4 +1, 32 Sony Movie Ch, 38 Quest Red, 41 Food Network, 46 Challenge, 48 Movies4Men, 68 truTV, 69 Tru TV +1, 72 YourTV, 233 Sky News, plus 9 others
COM6 ArqB	H -3dB	C29 (538.0MHz)	528m	DTG-8	50,000W
	18 4Music, 19 Yesterday, 25 Home, 31 Spike, 39 CBS Action, 42 Travel Channel, 47 4seven, 71 CBS Drama, 73 YourTV +1, 79 Dave ja vu, 84 Quest Red +1, plus 21 others
LBT	H -13dB	C30 (546.0MHz)	528m	DTG-12	5,000W
	from 29th September 2014: 7 NvTv,
com7	H -9.1dB	C33 (570.0MHz)	551m	DTG-6	12,400W
	56 5USA +1, 57 VIVA, 64 CBS Action +1, 67 CBS Reality +1, 81 Talking Pictures TV, 82 Vintage TV, 87 Keep It Country, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC News HD, 108 Al Jazeera Eng HD, 109 Channel 4+1 HD, 110 4seven HD, 113 RT HD, 205 CBeebies HD,
com8	H -9dB	C34 (578.0MHz)	551m	DTG-6	12,700W
	55 5STAR+1, 86 More4 1, 95 Freesports, 96 Forces TV, 115 BT Showcase HD (not free), plus 3 others

DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
DTG-8 64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Divis transmitter?

BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,044km northeast
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.

UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,044km northeast
to UTV region - 46 masts.

Are there any self-help relays?

Chapel Fields

Transposer

Central Belfast

61 homes

How will the Divis (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

	years	1950s~85	1984-97	1997-98	1998-2012	2012-13	2013-18	2013-17	30th Sep 2019-
	aerial group	VHF	A K	A K	K	A K	A K	A K	A K
	C1	BBCtv
	C21		C4	C4	C4	+D3+4	+D3+4	+D3+4	BBCA
	C23				-A	SDN	SDN	SDN	D3+4
	C24		ITV	ITV	ITV	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB	BBCB
	C26				-B	ArqA	ArqA	ArqA	SDN
	C27		BBC2	BBC2	BBC2	BBCA	BBCA	BBCA	ArqA
	C29				1	ArqB	ArqB	ArqB
	C30							LBT	ArqB
600	C31		BBC1	BBC1	BBC1
	C33				-2			com7
	C34				+D			com8
	C48				C

orange background for multiplexes names more
green background for transmission frequencies
lilac background for power levels in watts
800MHz band: 4G mobile started in 2013
700MHz band: 4G from 30 June 2020more
600MHz band: new or moved digital TV services more
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W
Italics for analogue, digital switchover was Wednesdays 10th October and 24th October 2012.

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

Analogue 1-4	500kW
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB	(-7dB) 100kW
SDN, ARQA, ARQB	(-10dB) 50kW
com8	(-16dB) 12.7kW
com7	(-16.1dB) 12.4kW
LBT	(-20dB) 5kW
Mux 1, Mux 2, Mux A, Mux B	(-23.4dB) 2.3kW
Mux C*	(-24dB) 2kW
Mux D*	(-24.9dB) 1.6kW

Other local maps

Divis Freeview Divis DAB Divis TV region BBC Northern Ireland UTV DAB in Northern Ireland) AM/FM in Northern Ireland)

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area

Oct 1959-May 2006	Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014	UTV plc

Feb 1983-Dec 1992	TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010	GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014	ITV Daybreak•

• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Divis 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.

Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?

Comments

Wednesday, 27 December 2017

P. Kieran Ward
11:53 PM Belfast

I have a question - I'm looking for an answer! I am receiving 'Asia TV' from and it has thrown the into EPG 809 where I have my Soarview . I can not find any reference on the internet as to where this channel should be placed in the EPG list - any suggestions?

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