Freeview Light on the Greenwich (Greater London, England) transmitter
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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._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Greenwich (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C40 (626.0MHz) | 45m | DTG-3 | 3W |
1 BBC One (SD) London, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C43 (650.0MHz) | 45m | DTG-3 | 3W |
3 ITV (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, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (London), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C46 (674.0MHz) | 45m | DTG-6 | 3W |
74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV London), 104 Channel 4 HD London ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 51 Freeview channels?
The Greenwich (Greater London, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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?

BBC London 4.9m homes 18.4%
from London W1A 1AA, 12km west-northwest (286°)
to BBC London region - 55 masts.

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?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 21 Mar 2018 | |||||
C/D E T | C/D E T | C/D E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
C40 | BBCA | ||||||||
C41 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C43 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C44 | BBCA | ||||||||
C46 | BBCB | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C48 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C50tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C52tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C56tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 |
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Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 15:32 on 06 Oct to 15:33 on 06 Oct. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:52 until 10 Mar 01:55. Off the air due to a fault from 10 Mar 01:46 until 10 Mar 01:50. . [BBC]
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Monday, 4 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 May 10:36 until 4 May 10:55. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 12 May 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 4 May 10:36 until 4 May 10:55. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:29 AM
10:29 AM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 6 Oct 15:32 until 6 Oct 15:33. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 29 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Aug 12:05 until 28 Aug 12:28. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 6 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:33 AM
4:33 AM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 28 Aug 12:05 until 28 Aug 12:28. . [BBC]
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Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:27 PM
1:27 PM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Oct 16:33 until 27 Oct 17:07. . [BBC]
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Friday, 30 October 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:27 PM
4:27 PM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Oct 17:58 until 29 Oct 17:59. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Oct 16:33 until 27 Oct 17:07. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 1 November 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:25 PM
7:25 PM
GREENWICH transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 29 Oct 17:58 until 29 Oct 17:59. . [BBC]
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