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The symbol shows the location of the Great Torrington (Devon, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 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.

Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Great Torrington (Devon, England) mast?

Great Torrington transmitter - Great Torrington transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 18/03/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels Digital tick


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Which Freeview channels does the Great Torrington 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
C45 (666.0MHz)93mDTG-2W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) South West, 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
C40 (626.0MHz)93mDTG-2W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (West Country), 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 (West Country),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C42 (642.0MHz)93mDTG-2W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South West, 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

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 Great Torrington (Devon, 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 Great Torrington transmitter?

regional news image
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 62km south (179°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
regional news image
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 62km south (172°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)

How will the Great Torrington (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20092009-1330 Jun 2019-
B E TB E TB E TB E TB E K T
C39BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves
C40 D3+4
C42C4wavesC4wavesC4wavesBBCBBBCB
C45BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBCABBCA
C49tv_offITVwavesITVwavesITVwaves
C50tv_offD3+4

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 1 Jul 09 and 29 Jul 09.

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

Analogue 1-4 8W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-6dB) 2W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Huntshaw Cross transmitter area

Apr 1961-Dec 1981Westward Television
Jan 1982-Dec 1992Television South West (TSW)
Jan 1993-Feb 2004Westcountry 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. Great Torrington 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.

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Saturday, 18 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
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4:32 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 14:29 on 16 Mar to 15:26 on 16 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air from 14:26 on 16 Mar to 14:29 on 16 Mar. [BBC]

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Monday, 27 March 2017
Transmitter engineering
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5:33 PM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 today to 13:58 today. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 28 March 2017
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5:32 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 yesterday to 13:58 yesterday. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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5:32 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 13:56 on 27 Mar to 13:58 on 27 Mar. [BBC]

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Wednesday, 13 March 2019
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5:09 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today. [BBC]

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8:09 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today to 04:31 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 today to 04:31 today. [BBC]

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Thursday, 14 March 2019
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5:09 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 yesterday to 04:31 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 yesterday to 04:31 yesterday. [BBC]

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Friday, 15 March 2019
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5:09 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 13 Mar to 04:31 on 13 Mar, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:07 on 13 Mar to 04:31 on 13 Mar. [BBC]

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Sunday, 24 March 2019
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5:09 AM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 today. [BBC]

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2:09 PM

GREAT TORRINGTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air from 00:47 today to 11:50 today. [BBC]

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