Freeview Light on the Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
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The symbol shows the location of the Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 6,200 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 Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Ivybridge (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Ivybridge 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.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 192m | DTG- | 50W |
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 | C36 (594.0MHz) | 192m | DTG- | 50W |
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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48- (689.8MHz) | 192m | DTG- | 50W |
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 |
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Ivybridge (Devon, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, 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, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
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 Ivybridge transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 14km west (280°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 7km west-northwest (291°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Ivybridge (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 10 Apr 2019 | |||||
B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | K T | |||||
C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
C34 | ArqB | ||||||||
C35 | ArqA | ||||||||
C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | SDN | |||||
C40 | |||||||||
C42 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C48 | -BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
C49tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | D3+4 | |||||
C52tv_off | BBCA |
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 12 Aug 09 and 9 Sep 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 250W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 50W |
Local transmitter maps
Ivybridge Freeview Ivybridge DAB Caradon Hill TV region BBC South West West CountryWhich companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Caradon Hill transmitter area
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Saturday, 8 April 2017
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peter duthie8:16 PM
Saturday 08/04/17 BBCB & D3+4 muxes missing from mid afternoon - still missing 20:00
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peter duthie8:43 PM
Correction: 8/4/17 only BBCB (HD) mux is missing
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peter duthie: we need signal levels and location, but look at your cables - if your losing a mux or two, then its likely there is a loose connection etc.
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Monday, 5 June 2017
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Rik Knight11:49 PM
Transmitter engineering:
Is Ivybridge transmitter down?
If so any ideas when it will be transmitting again?
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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
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StevensOnln110:37 AM
Rik Knight: Going by the transmitter engineering posts above and below yours, there does appear to be a fault with the transmitter. It will be back on as soon as it has been fixed, probably within a few hours although bad weather could delay things. Do not attempt to retune your TV when it has no signal as this will delete all of your channels.
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Friday, 2 March 2018
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Roger joesbury3:32 PM
Are there plans to give us the same choice of programs as most other people seem to receive
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Saturday, 3 March 2018
MikeP
11:44 AM
11:44 AM
Roger joesbury:
If you are on a Freeview Light transmitter, then the answer is no. The commercial broadcasters consider transmitters covering smaller populations to not be economically viable for their services as they would not get sufficient return on investment.
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StevensOnln16:28 PM
Roger joesbury: Actually, according to Digital UK Ivybridge is due to have the COM4/5/6 multiplexes added some time in Spring 2019 although this is primarily to replace coverage that will be lost from Caradon Hill in some areas due to interference when frequency changes take place. I couldn't see any info on whether COM4/5/6 will use the same broadcast radiation pattern as PSB1/2/3 of if it will be directional towards one or more areas.
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Sunday, 12 March 2023
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Ritsaert1:37 PM
Transmitter engineering: All 586MHz (CH35) channels on Ivybridge transmitter have gone down. Sunday 12 March, 13:35)
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StevensOnln12:57 PM
Ritsaert: The post you replied to from 2 days ago is warning of loss of signal on some channels, so it is likely that whatever engineering work or weather conditions have triggered the warning are currently taking place. Do not attempt to retune.
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