Full Freeview on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves 58,000 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.
Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) mast?
Malvern transmitter - Malvern transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 02/12/2024 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels 
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Malvern (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Malvern 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Malvern (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Malvern transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 49km northeast (36°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 49km northeast (35°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | |||||
| C29 | SDN | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C51tv_off | _local | _local | |||||||
| C53tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C56tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C57tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | -BBCB | ||||||||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C66 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| 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 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux 2*, Mux A*, Mux B*, Mux C*, Mux D* | (-10dB) 200W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Sunday, 16 January 2011
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Jon Segar10:59 PM
Alcester
I have just 'converted' to digital, using new digital aerial in the loft (listed building - not easy to site outside), signal split to 2 new Sony Bravia sets. During the day I am getting signal strength 80% plus, quality 80% plus. During the evening the signal strength if anything gets higher (shows 100% commonly), but quality drops to 35% on non-bbc channels (occasional pixilation), and down to 5% or less on BBC, so either massive pixillation or blank screen with 'poor signal quality' message. installer has come back and fitted masthead amp, no improvement. Postcode is B49 5LJ, pointing to Malvern. We are on the west side of the Redditch - evesham ridge, direct line of site to Malvern.
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Jon Segar11:16 PM
Alcester
Reading previous post....I meant 'line of sight' (not site). Read the comments above about too much signal, but we were having the problem prior to the installer coming back and fitting the mast-head. There are no street lights within 3 miles in line of site.
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Monday, 17 January 2011
Jon Segar: You are getting much as your would expect for a loft aerial. Either wait for switchover, or use Freesat where you can located the dish somewhere suitable - see Householder guide to satellite dishes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
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AlisonJane6:25 AM
Cheltenham
I moved to my present house last August and at same time bought my first digital TV. Reception has been poor and unpredictable, picture often freezes or there is no signal. I am in Great Rissington postcode GL54 2LJ, unsure which transmitter I am facing (Malvern?) I have an aerial in the loft.Does this need tweaking? Have power booster attached to TV which helps but v annoying when you have planned to watch a programme and then have dropped signal! BTW I can't get any mobile phone reception here either. Do you know anything about UMA technology (using mobile through wifi?)...do I just live in a black hole? What can I do about it? Many thanks
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AlisonJane: If you want reliable Freeview reception, you need to move the aerial from the loft to the roof.
If you do this you will not need to use the booster - boosters are terrible for Freeview reception, you may find removing it improves your reception.
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Monday, 7 February 2011
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Jon Segar8:06 AM
Alcester
Briantist,
Thanks for the advice, I think we will wait for switchover - the building is listed, so would need permissions to erect a dish (min 2 months), so better to wait
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Jon Segar: You don't need to mount a dish on the building - see Householder guide to satellite dishes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
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kay6:31 PM
my free view channels were working fine just within two days i have lost so many channels majorly it v channels,ESPN,channel 4 and 5 and many more. i re-tuned so many times and cant get these channels back,what do i do?
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kay: Please see Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for some suggestions.
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Saturday, 7 May 2011
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Steve Weeks8:28 AM
Droitwich
We are off of the Malvern Transmitter. Following last nights storm, we have 'No Signal' this morning, and our Bravia is unable to find any channels. Our areial is a wideband mounted on the roof. We do have a booster in the loft to amplify the signal. Is there work going on with Malvern Transmitter? Cannot understand why we have lost our signal?
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