Freeview Light on the Matlock (Derbyshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Matlock (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 5,400 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 Matlock (Derbyshire, 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 Matlock (Derbyshire, 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 Matlock 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 | C24 (498.0MHz) | 229m | DTG- | 3W |
 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 | C27 (522.0MHz) | 229m | DTG- | 3W |
 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), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C21+ (474.2MHz) | 229m | DTG- | 3W |
 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 | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Matlock (Derbyshire, 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 Matlock transmitter?
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 34km southeast (124°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 76km south-southwest (198°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)
How will the Matlock (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 4 Mar 2020 | |||||
| A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | A K T | |||||
| C21 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | +BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C24 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C27 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | ||||
| C31 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
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 | 17W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 3.4W |
Local transmitter maps
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
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Malcolm Molloy12:08 PM
Matlock
At present I (and many others in the Cromford area)cannot receive the analogue C5 signal, nor Freeview, through a standard analogue aerial. Will the Freeview signal be boosted after the analogue switch off in this area in order that Freeview can be received, in which case I only need purchase a Freeview box? Or will it be necessary to erect a satellite dish anbd get a freesat box?
Address: 45 Intake Lane Cromford Matlock DE4 3RH
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lan from notts5:31 PM
Hope Valley
Malcolm Molloy: according to the site you will get the freeview light service after aug 31, all mainstrem bbc's itv's ch4's and ch5 will be on that service. you will get more choice thru a satellite service but that depends on what you want to watch mate
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Friday, 22 July 2011
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nicky freeling4:34 PM
will we actually be able to receive digital transmission, We live on holt road upper hackney with woods to two sides of us,it depends which transmitter you are using also do we need a new aerial??
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nicky freeling: Can't really say without a full postcode...
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Saturday, 23 July 2011
nicky freeling:
Go to Teletext page 284 on BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4.
If the page displays properly, your aerial should be OK to receive digital TV.
If not there is always the option to go Freesat.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011
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rose mchale3:15 PM
nicky freeling: hey we live on dimple road just down from you really, yes you should be able to , we have brought the freesat box which is about £20 and that works perfectly on digital we just have to reboot the box again.. if you need any help if u pop down to 36 dimple road and ask for rose then i would be happy to help for free. i have done a few already
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Monday, 30 July 2012
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Pauline Carabine10:07 AM
I am extremely disappointed with the lack of freeview channels available through the Matlock Transmitter (which unfortunately we are forced to use !!) I was told recently that it is most unlikely that this transmitter will be upgraded to receive the full package of digital channels. Is this so? and if indeed it is so, WHY? I find it most frustrating that if we wish to watch more channels we have to rely on SKY.
I await your reply with interest.
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Pauline Carabine: There are free-to-air satellite channels available via "Freesat".
For a comparison of full Freeview vs Freesat, see: Compare TV Freeview/Freesat | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Contrary to its logo appearing on that page, ITV3 is available on Freesat.
The Commercial (COM) multiplexes (signals that carry multiple services/channels) do not have as wide a reach as the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) ones.
The Commercial broadcasters achieve coverage of 90% of the population from 81 of the largest transmitter sites (largest by viewer population). There are over 1,000 small "filler-in" relay transmitters like Matlock which are PSB-only. For the Commercials to broadcast from these would roughly double their cost of transmission whilst only adding 8.5% of the population to their potential viewer bases. As they operate only to make profit by showing advertising to as many viewers as possible which they aquire at lowest possible cost, then it's not surprising that they declined the offer to increase their coverage.
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