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The symbol shows the location of the Tiverton (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 6,900 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 Tiverton (Devon, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Tiverton 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C46 (674.0MHz)190mDTG-18W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South West, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 17 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C43 (650.0MHz)190mDTG-18W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (West Country), 71 That’s 60s,

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C40 (626.0MHz)190mDTG-18W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 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, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels
the effected channels

The Tiverton (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.

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 Tiverton transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 72km southwest (219°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 68km southwest (214°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

How will the Tiverton (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1327 Mar 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C40BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCB
C43ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesD3+4D3+4
C46BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCB

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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 100W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7.4dB) 18W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Tiverton was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Sunday, 25 September 2011
lesnicol
sentiment_satisfiedGold

12:44 PM

Ian Turpin - Either way you will be on safe ground as far as the survival of the platforms are concerned. You can get a modern LCD/LED TV with both tuners onboard. A "Freesat" or "Freeview" PVR will give you more flexibility.

If You are served by a "Freeview Lite" transmitter then "Freesat" is the better option.

Although "Freesat" is a relatively new platform - not a Broadcaster as such - but providing an EPG it is backed by the BBC and ITV and it's more than meeting expectations as far as take up is concerned.

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Sunday, 2 October 2011
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Ian Turpin
11:21 AM
Bridport

lesnicol: thanks very much for that information. I think the best bet is to go for a tv with both sorts of tuner which, although it might mean more initial expense, will "future-proof" me.

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Wednesday, 19 August 2015
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Auger
7:07 PM

Is it off air now?

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Wednesday, 1 November 2017
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Sanders
10:26 AM

Transmitter engineering: We are receiving problems with our BBC CHANNELS on a regular basis that it blacks out the screen and a No Signal panel comes up. Often this is in the morning and if we are waiting things like Homes Under the Hammer etc are missed out or partly missed or interrupted. Most regularly it happens on a Friday morning. We only have a roof Ariel and not a disc or Sky Digibox. Can you help with some answers for this problem. Last night we lost most of One Show and Spotlight News.

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Sunday, 10 December 2017
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Roslyn Pike
6:22 PM

We are continually plagued with poor signal or no signal from the relay transmitter in Tiverton. Please can you tell us why we have to put up with such poor service in this day and age.

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

6:41 PM

Roslyn Pike: If the problem is continual then it is most likely to be something at your end. A long running fault with the transmitter would result in many complaints, however there has only been one other post on the Tiverton transmitter page this year. Have you checked for any loose or damaged cables or connections behind your TV?

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Tuesday, 7 February 2023
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Frank Barrow
10:04 AM
Tiverton

We live in EX16 6RX. In the past few days, our terrestrial(?) TV reception has become garbled. We have pulled everything out ( power, aerial etc) and reconnected them to no avail. Any thoughts?

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Chris.SE
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

7:58 PM

Frank Barrow:

Yes, it's current weather conditions providing some Tropospheric Ducting/Temperature inversion which allows interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to be received which degrade your own signal if you are in a weaker signal area.

I'm afraid it's the last thing your should do, trying to reset everything/retune when you have pixellated pictures or no signal - whether it be due to transmitter faults/maintenance or weather conditions. In most cases it will just clear your correct tuning and as you won't know when signals become adequate/normal you may have to retune several times to restore normal tuning.

If your aerial has its rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal pointing at compass bearing 114 degrees (~ESE) for the Stockland Hill transmitter, then the commercial multiplexes may be weaker than the main BBC/ITV/C4/C5 ones, but it all depends where the interference comes from, it's usually frequency dependent and doesn't often affect all multiplexes.
if the rods are vertical pointing at compass bearing 230 degrees (~SW) at the Tiverton relay, you may not be as vulnerable but will only get the main PSB multiplexes and not the commercial ones as those aren't broadcast from this "light" relay transmitter.

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