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 |
Local transmitter maps
Malvern Freeview Malvern DAB Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Thursday, 1 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 today to 01:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 today to 01:07 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 2 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
4:30 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 01:07 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 yesterday to 01:07 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 3 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 on 01 Mar to 01:07 on 01 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:05 on 01 Mar to 01:07 on 01 Mar. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
7:29 AM
7:29 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 today to 03:30 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 today to 03:30 today. [BBC]
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MichaelW10:59 PM
Curious to know if you have any update on what's happening with Malvern's SDN MUX transmission? Obviously there was a retune required last night (7th March) to receive the five MUX's that were not updated already on 1s March (i.e. Freq. 37 - 5Spike etc.). This seemed to go to plan albeit a little late returning to service. Four of the changed channels are now fine although, using the signal guide on my digibox as an indicator (which I know is aerial and box dependent), there is marginally lower and more variable signal strength than before on some channels. Signal is still good to very good though most of the time. However, new Freq. 29, which is meant to be broadcasing SDN (ITV3, Drama, Quest etc.) is completely dead. Not even a hint of a signal. Is there any reason why this one channel should not be received (e.g. different aerial required etc.)? I note on another page there are complaints that exactly the same MUX is missing from the unrelated Lark Stoke so is it a more widespead MUX problem? Alternatively I also note that Ridge Hill, in a similar directly, is also currently transmitting on Frequ. 29 until 31st March, so could that be producing interference? PS: Will you be updating the frequencies on this page to show the new/latest values?
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StevensOnln111:42 PM
MichaelW: Malvern was previously a Group C/D transmitter so you may well need a new aerial unless you previously had a wideband aerial installed for reception of Freeview prior to digital switchover. If you don't have satellite or cable you should be able to get a free replacement aerial by contacting the Freeview Advice Line. Ridge Hill will continue to use UHF C29 for the PSB2west mux until at least 2020, although this changed broadcast mode and reduced power on 1st March in order to reduce interference with other transmitters. If you provide a full postcode we will be able to see the prediction for your location and offer further advice.
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Thursday, 8 March 2018
Transmitter engineering
4:29 AM
4:29 AM
MALVERN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 yesterday to 03:30 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:11 yesterday to 03:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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MichaelW10:40 AM
Worcester
StevensOnln1: Thanks foy your reply. My main aerial is pointed at Malvern and is supposed to be a wideband aerial. The reception is good on all other MUX apart from Freq. 29. However, I have a secondary aerial pointing at Ridge Hill which is combined at the aerial mast and was put there to receive an analogue signal for Channel 5 many years ago. I also have an aerial mast amplifier which, if switched off, loses all Channels. Can the receiver sort out the combined signals on the same frequency or would this reult in total signal loss? With regards to my postcode, the prediction is that I can get a full suite of channels from Mendip but then I would only get South West editions of regional programmes and I would want to continue to receive the BBC/ITV Channels from Central, which I can still receive clearly from Malvern. Would I be able to have a dual aerial arrangement so that I can get BBC/ITV from Malvern but the missing channels from Mendip?
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