Freeview Light on the Seaham (County Durham, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Seaham (County Durham, England) transmitter which serves 6,700 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 Seaham (County Durham, 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 Seaham (County Durham, 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 Seaham 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 | C41 (634.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 100W |
 1 BBC One (SD) North East and Cumbria, 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 15 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C44 (658.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 100W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Tyne Tees), 4 Channel 4 (SD) North ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 North ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Tyne Tees), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C47 (682.0MHz) | 150m | DTG- | 100W |
 56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Granada), 104 Channel 4 HD North 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 Seaham (County Durham, 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 Seaham transmitter?
BBC Look North (Newcastle) 1.6m homes 6.0%
from Newcastle NE99 2NE, 22km northwest (315°)
to BBC North East and Cumbria region - 70 masts.
ITV Tyne Tees News 1.4m homes 5.4%
from Gateshead NE11 9SZ, 24km northwest (308°)
to ITV Tyne Tees region - 47 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with Border
How will the Seaham (County Durham, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 13 Nov 2019 | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | B E K T | |||||
| C41 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCB | BBCA | ||||
| C44 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | D3+4 | ||||
| C47 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | BBCB | ||||
| C51tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves |
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 12 Sep 12 and 26 Sep 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 100W | |
| Analogue 1-4 | (-2.3dB) 59W |
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Sunday, 9 October 2011
SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 05 Oct to 09:50 on 05 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:30 on 05 Oct to 09:50 on 05 Oct [BBC] Over the next week Seaham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
SEAHAM transmitter - 20 October 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Seaham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:08 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:09 today [BBC] 20 October 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Seaham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Alan2:47 PM
Seaham
Post code SR7 8LA.
Despite having a good quality aerial installed, digital signal quality is still erratic (small burst pixelation and picture freeze). Signal strength is 75% and quality varies on digital channels from 75% to 100%.
Is this likely to improve?
Is the redcar transmitter the best option for SR7 8LA? as that seems where all the aerials in my location are pointing.
What will the Seaham relay station be transmitting at switchover?
Are portable digital receivers (pocket devices) going to receive signals, as currently they pick up very little unless you move round the house bending the antenna in multiple positions while you earth yourself to a radiator. Analogue portable devices received signals perfectly!
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Mike Dimmick5:15 PM
Alan: Digital UK reckon the best transmitter for you, both now and after switchover, is Bilsdale West Moor. It's not that near Redcar; it's actually the other side of Middlesbrough.
Bilsdale transmits currently at 1.6 kW to 6 kW depending on the multiplex, compared to analogue at 500 kW. At switchover the digital signals will be 100 kW for PSB channels, 50 kW for COM channels. These levels are intended to give equivalent coverage compared to analogue for the COMs and slightly more for the PSBs.
The commercial multiplexes will be out of group after switchover, and you will need to change to a wideband or Group K aerial to get them. If you have *already* got a wideband, that might be the cause of some problems as they don't have a lot of gain at the lower frequencies currently used.
Results are currently expected to be variable on Mux 2 - carrying ITV1, ITV1 +1, ITV2, C4, C4+1, E4, More 4 and C5 - and Mux D, which carries Yesterday, ITV4, Film4 among others.
The Seaham transmitter will be 'Freeview Light', carrying only the public-service multiplexes: the BBC's channels, the ones I listed earlier for Mux 2, and the HD services BBC One HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD and 4hd. By the time the Tyne Tees region has switched, BBC HD may have become BBC Two HD, and a fifth HD service may have joined the line-up.
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SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:08 today to 12:40 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:09 today to 12:40 today [BBC] 20 October 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Seaham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:08 today to 12:40 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:09 today to 12:40 today [BBC] Over the next week Seaham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Friday, 21 October 2011
SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:08 yesterday to 12:40 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:09 yesterday to 12:40 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Seaham relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]
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Monday, 24 October 2011
SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:08 yesterday to 12:40 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:09 yesterday to 12:40 yesterday [BBC]
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SEAHAM transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 09:08 on 20 Oct to 12:40 on 20 Oct BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 09:09 on 20 Oct to 12:40 on 20 Oct [BBC]
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