Full Freeview on the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter which serves 83,000 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 Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Freeview channels does the Brierley 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.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: .
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 Brierley Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 15km east (86°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 15km east (86°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Brierley Hill (Dudley, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | LB | ||||||||
| C31 | ArqA | ||||||||
| C32 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C33 | _local | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C35 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C37 | ArqB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | SDN | ||||||||
| C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | |||||
| C55tv_off | ArqB | ||||||||
| C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +D3+4 | |||||
| C59tv_off | -ArqA | ||||||||
| C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -BBCA | |||||
| C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
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 7 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 10kW | |
| SDN, ARQA, ARQB, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 2kW | |
| Mux 2*, Mux B*, LB | (-17dB) 200W | |
| Mux 1*, Mux A*, Mux C* | (-20dB) 100W | |
| Mux D* | (-21dB) 80W |
Local transmitter maps
Brierley Hill Freeview Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Tuesday, 23 June 2020
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Raymond Bill8:23 PM
Problem on channels 3, 4, 5, plus E4 etc from Brierley Hill transmitter. Found HD channels working ok. Standard channels were pixelating. Went ok at nine oclock, so must have been transmitter problem. Been like this on and off for a number of weeks. Today was the worst. Suspect 5G works an issue
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Wednesday, 24 June 2020
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Chris.SE12:12 AM
Raymond Bill:
There are no 5G works that will be causing an issue. The 700Mhz frequencies haven't even been auctioned yet!
Brierley Hill is currently listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal". Not all multiplexes will necessarily be affected and not necessarily all at the same time.
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Saturday, 12 September 2020
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Paul8:05 PM
We use the Brierley Hill transmitter we receive some programmes on CH 33 e.g. Ideal Extra but this is not listed on this page - is this correct?
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Sunday, 13 September 2020
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Chris.SE4:21 AM
Paul:
I'm afraid some details on these pages aren't up-to-date. For what should be an up-to-date list of which channels are on which multiplex, see Channel listings | Freeview
Brierley Hill's UHF channels are C32, C34, C35, C29, C31, C37, C33 in the order PSBs1-3, COMs4-6, Local.
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Monday, 14 September 2020
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Paul8:00 PM
Chris.SE: Many thanks, that makes much more sense now
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Saturday, 13 February 2021
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Paul1:00 PM
I am on the Brierley Hill transmitter an have lost all HD channels is there a problem does anyone know please?
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Chris.SE5:59 PM
Paul:
Brierley Hill is a relay of Sutton Coldfield which is currently listed for Planned Engineering, so that may have something to do with it. I can't see any reports of problems otherwise, is PSB3 still off-air?
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Sunday, 14 February 2021
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Paul Robinson12:59 PM
Chris.SE: Thanks Chris, all non HD channels are absolutely fine its just the HD ones that aren't working
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Paul Robinson1:29 PM
Paul Robinson: sorry forgot to ask is there any date for completion? As I cant find any info on it?
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Chris.SE3:12 PM
Paul Robinson:
Unfortunately neither Freeview nor Arqiva provide that level of information. Sometimes trying to get any information is like getting blood from a stone!
That said, it shouldn't be off-air for this long! The Brierley Hill PSBs operate as a Single Frequency Network (SFN) with the Kidderminster Light Relay, it's possible something has gone wrong and that hasn't been spotted yet.
But first, if you retuned (or your set auto-retuned - turn hat function off, it's more trouble than it's worth) when there was no signal, it usually just clears the correct tuning. Try a manual tune on UHF Channel C35 which is the one for the BBCB HD/PSB3 multiplex at Brierley Hill.
If that hasn't restored the signal, try calling BBC Engineering 03700 100123. It may well just offer the possibility of leaving a message (it may even say only if you are in a vulnerable group, but ignore that, just leave a message). It won't get an immediate response but if that gets nowhere try the BBC general number 03700 100 222.
Let us have an update on progress.
If tomorrow, there's still nothing, try phoning Freeview on 0808-100-0288 (option 3 IIRC but it may have changed) and complain that the transmitter is faulty (not ask them if there's a fault). If they try fobbing you off as no-one else has reported anything, insist they log it and request a log reference number. Good luck!
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