Freeview Light on the Occombe Valley (Torbay, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Occombe Valley (Torbay, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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 Occombe Valley (Torbay, 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 Occombe Valley (Torbay, 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 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, 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 Occombe Valley 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 114m | DTG-3 | 20W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C27 (522.0MHz) | 114m | DTG-3 | 20W |
 3 ITV (SD) (West Country), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5 (SD), 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (West Country), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 114m | DTG-6 | 20W |
 74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South 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 52 Freeview channels?
The Occombe Valley (Torbay, 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 70s, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Pick +1, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, 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 Occombe Valley transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 40km west (261°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 33km west (260°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Occombe Valley (Torbay, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 31 Mar 2019- | |||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | +BBCB | +BBCB | BBCB | ||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 8 Apr 09 and 22 Apr 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 20W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Beacon Hill transmitter area
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Is the transmitter output the same in all directions?
Radiation patterns withheldSunday, 18 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
OCCOMBE VALLEY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:13 yesterday to 23:23 yesterday. [BBC]
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Monday, 19 August 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
OCCOMBE VALLEY transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 23:13 on 17 Aug to 23:23 on 17 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:29 PM
7:29 PM
OCCOMBE VALLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 29 Jan 15:49 until 29 Jan 16:01. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Transmitter engineering
7:28 PM
7:28 PM
OCCOMBE VALLEY transmitter - Freeview: Reduced quality due to a fault from 23 Apr 13:51 until 29 Apr 23:50. . [BBC]
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