Freeview Light on the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 3,300 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Ventnor 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 | C33 (570.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Ventnor transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 37km north-northwest (337°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 31km north (354°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | A K T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C48 | |||||||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C54tv_off | BBCA |
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 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 12 October 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
VENTNOR transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:10 on 10 Oct to 15:52 on 10 Oct, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 09:15 on 10 Oct to 16:04 on 10 Oct. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 October 2019
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Philip Hawkins4:02 PM
As now revealed, Ventnor transmitter went off on 10th October - help, panic, who can tell me what's happening? Was it doing the re-tune a few days early?
It appears to have been a "normal" fault - nothing to do with the re-tuning, but it was very difficult to find out ANYTHING!
Just hope all goes ok on 16th . . .
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MikeP
7:52 PM
7:52 PM
Philip Hawkins:
It could well have been for some engineering work or checking the navigation lights as all of those mean an engineer climbing the mast and they have to turn the transmitter off for health and safety reasons.
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Monday, 24 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 24 Aug 09:43 until 24 Aug 09:45. . [BBC]
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Friday, 28 August 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:29 PM
1:29 PM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. Off the air due to a fault from 24 Aug 09:43 until 24 Aug 09:45. . [BBC]
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Tuesday, 1 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
4:28 PM
4:28 PM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Thursday, 3 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
1:28 PM
1:28 PM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Sep 10:34 until 3 Sep 11:41. Off the air due to a fault from 27 Aug 17:01 until 27 Aug 17:08. . [BBC]
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Saturday, 5 September 2020
Transmitter engineering
10:28 AM
10:28 AM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to essential engineering from 3 Sep 10:34 until 3 Sep 11:41. Reduced quality due to a fault from 13 Aug 23:42 until 13 Aug 23:52. . [BBC]
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Monday, 7 December 2020
Transmitter engineering
11:33 AM
11:33 AM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Dec 10:36. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:35 PM
5:35 PM
VENTNOR transmitter - DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 7 Dec 10:36 until 7 Dec 14:46. . [BBC]
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