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.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Malvern (Worcestershire, England) transmitter._______
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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Monday, 26 September 2011
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Steve Herbert5:13 PM
Redditch
Hi I can get all channels/progs (quality 8 -10) except the HD ones - there is nothing on channel 60. I have one TV with MPEG4 tuner and one with ATSC. have tried the reset procedure. we use Malvern as there is direct unobstructed line of site to the transmitter and earth bank behind the house precudes Sutton Coldfield. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011
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gary4:14 PM
Worcester
Today i have low power on ch4 ch5 itv2 4+1 more4 e4 and itv+1
the strange thing being itv1 is fine all these are on PSB2 D3+4 C57 off the malvern transmitter they drop out on the epg all but itv1 again.
I am in WR2 4HH the malvern transmitter reports no engineering i run a wideband aerial through adistrubution amp to 6 sets and viewing has been fine since 21sep switchover till to day?
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
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Pedro B4:27 PM
I have no C60 9i.e. no HD) from Malvern.
Have retuned.
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Brian G5:51 PM
Worcester
I also have no HD channels from Malvern at 17:50 28th September 2011.
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Mike Dimmick6:26 PM
Pedro B, Brian G: Have they *ever* worked? If so, go to BBC - Help receiving TV and radio , enter your postcode under 'Diagnose your problem' and follow the wizard. If you keep saying 'no' to 'Does this answer your question?' you eventually get to a web form where you can report it.
If they have never worked, please see What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice to check whether you have compatible equipment.
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Brian G6:26 PM
Worcester
2nd retune has got them back. These constant retunes are a REAL annoyance - where can I complain about this incessant fiddling?
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Brian G6:28 PM
Worcester
Hi Mike,
They have been working perfectly ever since the switchover until earlier today (and the signal level is not marginal).
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
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Pedro B4:18 PM
Worcester
I still have intermittent problems with HD channels on Malvern Transmitter. I have tried all recommended procedures.
My Fox T2 says that on channel 60 Signal Strength 54%, Quality 100%, when I have excellent pictures, no signal when I have no reception.
That looks to me like an intermittent transmitter problem on that channel. All SD channels are working perfectly.
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Pedro B: Please see Freeview intermittent interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . The transmitter is just fine.
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Steve Herbert: MPEG4 is not good enough, you need a DVB-T2 receiver. See What does "Full HD Ready" actually mean? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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