Have you lost your freeview channels since 17th Oct? We’re still getting some calls from viewers that have lost Freeview channles after a frequency shuffle on the 17th. If your TV is tuned to one of the following relay transmitters and you haven’t tried a retune, please give it a try… Affected transmitters: Broadhaven Fishguard […]
With today’s remnants of Hurricane Ophelia as a good reminder, this weekend marks the 30th year I’ve been in the aerials business. I can’t say for sure what date I started, but know it was just a couple of months before Michael Fish’s infamous clanger, when the Oct ’87 storm made Sevenoaks into ‘One-Oak’! At […]
A new itv channel launches on Freeview from 7pm on Freeview 26, Sky 179, Virgin Media 119, Freesat 118 or on ITV Player The night will feature Welcome to ITVBe, a one off celebration of everything on the new channel; a special edition of The Only Way is Essex set in Ibiza; and TOWIE: All Back To Essex, a one off special spin-off. Presenters Peter […]
Don’t forget to retune your Freeview TV’s and Set Top Boxes from 2nd September. Here’s a quick clip to remind you how 😉
Some handy info from FreeSat for those who are enjoying the HD channels: To enhance the channels’ viewing experience a number of changes have been made to the position of BBC HD channels on Freesat. From 24 March, the channel positions will be as follows:
Freeview TV reception interuptions this week.Over the next week, the Preseli main transmitter is undergoing essential engineering work which may affect your viewing. There’s no need to adjust your TV or have anyone in to find a fault on your TV aerial this week. Preseli […]
There’s to be a bit of TV service interruption this week. The Haverfordwest relay mast near Spittle was off this morning until after lunch. This may reoccur during the week. The main Preseli mast is due for FM and DAB radio interruptions this week and this ‘may’ also affect TV services in the short term […]
From today, there are a couple of channel changes for the the BBC Red Button services. If you equipment does not automatically take the changes, you may need to retune. The Red Button channel listed as ‘301’ will now become BBC RB 301 The Red Button channel listed as ‘302’ will move to 308 A […]
Freeview is to see a change next week when the BBC-HD channel changes full time for BBC2-HD to compliment the already popular BBC1-HD. It’s a sign of things to come as channels slowly but surely start to move over to High Definition broadcasting. On the whole, you won’t need to retune your digital equipment as it is more of […]
Freesat+ users can now access Youtube via the on demand function of their freesat+ recorders. This is likely to be followed by more and more online TV channels in the near future. For more information, take a look at freesat’s website.Freesat – Youtube
Freeview could get up to ten more high-definition channels under a proposal put forward by Ofcom to reuse existing radio spectrum.[Source – Digital Spy] The regulator said that the 600 Mhz band freed up by the analogue TV switchover could be temporarily used to enable two new digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplexes. According to Ofcom, […]
Freesat has agreed a deal with Sky to add a range of channels to its subscription-free satellite platform, including Sky News, Pick TV and Challenge TV.Sky News is now available on Freesat channel 202, delivering 24-hour rolling news coverage produced by an award-winning global operation. The channel joins the already available news networks on Freesat, […]