Freeview Light on the Portishead (North Somerset, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Portishead (North Somerset, England) transmitter which serves 2,100 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 Portishead (North Somerset, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Portishead (North Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, 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 Portishead 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 | C21 (474.0MHz) | 110m | DTG- | 7W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 16 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C24 (498.0MHz) | 110m | DTG- | 7W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (West), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 110m | DTG- | 7W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Portishead (North Somerset, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, 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 Portishead transmitter?
BBC Points West 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS8 2LR, 12km east-southeast (103°)
to BBC West region - 60 masts.
ITV West Country News (East) 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Bristol BS4 3HG, 16km east-southeast (107°)
to ITV West region - 61 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (West)
How will the Portishead (North Somerset, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 19 Jun 2019 | |||
| E | E | E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | A K T | |||
| C21 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C24 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C50tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | ||||||
| C59tv_off | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | ||||||
| C62 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C66 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| 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 24 Mar 10 and 7 Apr 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 7.4W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-0.2dB) 7W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Mendip transmitter area
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Monday, 10 June 2019
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StevensOnln19:52 AM
andrew cresswell: The main transmitter at Mendip (and some of its relays) changed frequencies on 5th June, this has nothing to do with reliability which is generally very good (major transmitter failures are rare - most of the problems that exist are often found to be at the viewer's end). Some of the frequencies now in use are outside of the band which many of the aerials previously installed were designed to receive, and therefore require replacing with wideband aerials. Most viewers who don't have satellite or cable will be eligible for this work to be carried out free of charge, which can be arranged by contacting the Freeview Advice Line (see link below).
Important changes to Freeview TV signals | Freeview
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Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Transmitter engineering
2:49 PM
2:49 PM
PORTISHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 11 Aug 12:03 until 11 Aug 12:19. . [BBC]
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Friday, 3 February 2023
Transmitter engineering
11:09 AM
11:09 AM
PORTISHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Feb 10:01. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
2:09 PM
2:09 PM
PORTISHEAD transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Feb 10:01 until 3 Feb 10:39. . [BBC]
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