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The symbol shows the location of the Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 3,900 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 Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Ashbourne 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
C25 (506.0MHz)208mDTG-50W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 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
C28 (530.0MHz)208mDTG-50W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East 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
C22 (482.0MHz)208mDTG-50W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East 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?

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The Ashbourne (Derbyshire, 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 Ashbourne transmitter?

regional news image
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 40km east (99°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 61km south-southwest (192°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)

How will the Ashbourne (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-137 Feb 2018-
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C22BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBCBBBCB
C25ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C28BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C32C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.

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

Analogue 1-4 250W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 50W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham 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. Ashbourne 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, 2 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:48 today to 22:52 today HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:48 today to 22:52 today [BBC]

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Transmitter engineering
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6:27 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:48 yesterday to 22:52 yesterday HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:48 yesterday to 22:52 yesterday [BBC]

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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:30 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview BBC Digital TV Off Air from 21:48 on 01 Apr to 22:52 on 01 Apr HD Digital TV Off Air from 21:48 on 01 Apr to 22:52 on 01 Apr [BBC]

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Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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10:29 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 09:15 yesterday to 09:19 today [BBC]

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12:28 PM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 today to 11:07 today [BBC]

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Thursday, 21 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 yesterday to 11:07 yesterday [BBC]

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Friday, 22 June 2012
Transmitter engineering
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4:28 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview HD Digital TV Off Air from 11:05 on 20 Jun to 11:07 on 20 Jun [BBC]

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Sunday, 29 September 2013
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John
11:03 PM

We have noticed recently that the subtitles are now not synchronising with the programmes. Why is this and what can be done to restore the situation.

Ps freesat box using a satellite disk works ok but the tv through the aerial does not.

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Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
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10:32 PM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:07 today. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Transmitter engineering
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2:28 AM

ASHBOURNE transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 21:07 yesterday to 22:30 yesterday. [BBC]

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