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The symbol shows the location of the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 7,600 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 Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Bretch Hill 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
C29 (538.0MHz)196mDTG-87W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C31 (554.0MHz)196mDTG-87W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C37 (602.0MHz)196mDTG-87W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands 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
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the effected channels

The Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, 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! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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 TV 2, 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 Bretch Hill transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 60km northwest (322°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 60km northwest (322°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)

How will the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Mar 2018
C/D EC/D EC/D EC/D E TA K T
C29BBCA
C31D3+4
C37BBCB
C48BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4
C52tv_offBBCB
C55tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C56tv_offBBCA
C65BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C67C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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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 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.

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

Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB 87W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent 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. Bretch Hill 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
Monday, 10 January 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

4:43 PM

BRETCH HILL transmitter - 13 January 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV & Channel 4. Digital services - N/A [DUK]

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Friday, 21 January 2011
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Mark
8:52 AM
Banbury

Since last Thursday 13th Jan 2011 we have not been able to get BBC 2 in Banbury . Everything was ok before the work was done on the Bretch Hill Transmitter on that date when we lost all channels for several hours. We are just on analogue service. I have retuned the TV but it does not find BBC 2. Apparently there was a power failure on Wed Night (19th Jan) in Bretch Hill and for that hour we had a clear picture on BBC 2. Any help would be appreciated

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Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:01 AM

Mark: I'm a bit confused. How did your TV manage to scan for analogue channels and not find BBC TWO, and then show BBC TWO?

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Mark
9:09 AM

Sorry, my fault. When i say we didn't have BBC2 I mean we had sound but the picture had lines/snowy on it so was impossible to really see what was happening. Then when power went in bretch hill on Wed night we had a clear picture. Later that evening when power was restored in Bretch Hill area the picture was unviewable again. So yesterday i tried to retune but now it doesn't find BBc 2 at all. Hope that is clearer now. Thanks

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Mark's 5 posts GB flag
Saturday, 22 January 2011
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Tara
11:44 PM

I have had the same problem since the 13th BBC2 picture really fuzzy but does not seem to be weak signal. Am running of an amplified set top ariel as I can't get a signal on my freeview box since moving to Banbury. Like many posters have said previously need massive rooftop Arials and in a rented listed building that is probably not feasible. All other channels apart from bbc2 are crystal clear.

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Tara's 2 posts GB flag
Sunday, 23 January 2011
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M
11:20 AM

So does anyone know if we will ever get a clear picture back on BBC 2 again if we are just an analogue TV user? What hope have I got if the auto tuner on the TV can't even find BBC 2 any more? Any help appreciated

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Mark
11:22 AM

Above comment still concerning Banbury. Thanks

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V Hampson
12:39 PM

Same here very fuzzy unwatchable signal BBC2 from Bretch Hill. Other channels fine.

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Monday, 24 January 2011
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Mike Dimmick
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:36 PM

All Banbury residents having problems with Bretch Hill: go to BBC - Help receiving TV and radio and enter your postcode under 'Diagnose your problem'. Follow the wizard through, selecting the appropriate options: I picked 'Lost BBC Channels', 'Television', 'Analogue'. Once it lists the transmitters (and tells you there are no problems), select 'No' next to 'Did this answer your question', and it will take you to another page, where you can report the problem.

It could be that they've made a mistake in setting up the new equipment. This site and some others say that all channels are 87W but Ofcom's analogue transmitter page says it's supposed to be 348W for BBC Two, four times stronger (or 6dB). This could be to allow for the fact that channel 48 is used for a digital multiplex at the Oxford transmitter.

I don't know why a power cut would have corrected the problem temporarily, though, unless it cut off some other source of interference. (RG47SH)

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Friday, 28 January 2011
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