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Freeview Light on the Banbridge (Northern Ireland) transmitter

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The symbol shows the location of the Banbridge (Northern Ireland) transmitter which serves 3,000 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 Banbridge (Northern Ireland) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Banbridge 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
C41 (634.0MHz)133mDTG-2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) Northern Ireland, 2 BBC Two Northern Ireland, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others

PSB2
D3+4
 V max
C44 (658.0MHz)133mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 UTV (SD) (UTV), 4 Channel 4 (SD) NI ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 NI ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 UTV +1 (UTV),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C47 (682.0MHz)133mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Northern Ireland, 102 BBC Two HD Northern Ireland, 103 UTV HD (UTV), 104 Channel 4 HD NI 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 Banbridge (Northern Ireland) 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 Banbridge transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Newsline 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT2 8HQ, 1,043km northeast (50°)
to BBC Northern Ireland region - 46 masts.
regional news image
UTV Live 0.6m homes 2.5%
from Belfast BT7 1EB, 1,043km northeast (50°)
to UTV region - 46 masts.

How will the Banbridge (Northern Ireland) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20122012-134 Sep 2019
B E TB E TB E TB E K TB E K T
C40BBCA
C41BBCA
C43D3+4
C44BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1wavesD3+4
C46ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCB
C47BBCB
C48BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2waves
C50tv_offC4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 10 Oct 12 and 24 Oct 12.

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

Analogue 1-4 6W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-4.8dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Divis transmitter area

Oct 1959-May 2006Ulster Television
May 2006-Dec 2014UTV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Banbridge 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
Thursday, 27 January 2011
K
karen
7:16 PM

i live in banbridge on the castlewellan road. i get very poor reception with my ariel and no freeview digital channels at all.

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Friday, 28 January 2011
Briantist
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

7:49 AM

karen: Yes, that sounds about right for your location. I would suggest you use Freesat, see All about Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Monday, 19 September 2011
Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:27 AM

BANBRIDGE transmitter - 19 September 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
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10:32 AM

BANBRIDGE transmitter - 19 September 2011: Engineering transmitter work will take place between 08:00hrs and 18:00hrs. TV services that will be disrupted: Analogue services - BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4 Digital services - Not Applicable [DUK] Over the next week Banbridge relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Transmitter engineering
sentiment_very_satisfiedOwner

9:31 PM

BANBRIDGE transmitter - Over the next week Banbridge relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, no digital TV, Radio (analogue) working normally, no digital radio. [DUK]

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Sunday, 9 October 2011
M
Marie
11:46 PM

I live outside banbridge and always had quite a good freeview signal on my tv's but recently I haven't at the moment I am receiving bbc channels and a few others clear...does this mean I need to change my aerial or do I need to wait and see if they pick up again?

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Marie's 1 post GB flag
Friday, 14 October 2011
Saturday, 10 December 2011
C
Cate
9:58 PM

Hi
I have just analogue tvs no digital connection) at BT32 4AG and while tvs without digital if HD have a great signal, for about 3 weeks now, my tv with in built digital has been saying it has no signal, or a really poor picture. What has happened, and how can I fix it (there is nothing wrong with tv as it works with a digital input).

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Sunday, 11 December 2011
J
jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:53 AM

Cate: The post code predictor (trade view) indicates that you are not presently able to
receive Freeview properly until October next year, as you are barely within range of the only station that is presently transmitting it (Divis) with your reception limited to only the two BBC multiplexes, with this being on a "variable" status and which cannot be relied upon for continuity.

Because of this fact, the signal that you have been receiving can really be classed as pot luck, but if its now partially vanished its likely only to be because of normal atmospheric condition changes, these obviously being out with your control.

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
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