Freeview Light on the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter which serves 3,300 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor 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) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
 1 BBC One (SD) South, 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 | C34 (578.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Meridian (South Coast micro region)), 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 (Meridian south coast), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 271m | DTG- | 400W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD South, 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 Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, 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 Ventnor transmitter?
BBC South Today 1.3m homes 4.9%
from Southampton SO14 7PU, 37km north-northwest (337°)
to BBC South region - 39 masts.
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 31km north (354°)
to ITV Meridian (South Coast) region - 39 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Ventnor (Isle Of Wight, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | ||||
| VHF | B E T | B E T | B E T | C/D E T | A K T | ||||
| C5 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C34 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C36 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
| C48 | |||||||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C54tv_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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 2kW | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 400W |
Local transmitter maps
Ventnor Freeview Ventnor DAB Ventnor AM/FM Rowridge TV region BBC South Meridian (South Coast micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Rowridge transmitter area
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Saturday, 17 September 2011
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Philip Hawkins5:59 PM
Ventnor
Hi,
We live in what is known as "The undercliff" and can only get a poor analog signal from Ventnor. Are things likely to be better or worse after switchover?
Because of the poor off-air reception we are on Sky, so why am I worrying about Freeview? We need to replace a small tv/VHS combo, and a tv with USB record/playback would be ideal - but they only work on Freeview . . .
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Philip's: mapP's Freeview map terrainP's terrain plot wavesP's frequency data P's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
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Mike Dimmick6:03 PM
Philip Hawkins: Digital UK reckon you have a good chance of locating reliable reception, though that's based on the centre of your postcode and could be worse further down the cliff. It is your best bet, Rowridge itself is shown as a fairly low chance of even variable reception, and zero chance of reliable reception. You will only get the three Public Service multiplexes.
One advantage that digital has over analogue is that the relay can do a full decode with error correction before re-encoding and transmitting. You might have to ask around to see if other viewers have better reception to figure out if the relay is retransmitting a poor quality signal, or if your reception is problematic.
Note that the channels are changing at switchover, which may mean that the channels are also more clear of interference than at present.
Do be aware that reception deteriorates over time as the aerial and particularly the cables weather. If water has penetrated the cables they will drop a lot more signal than if they were completely dry. You should probably plan to replace cables after about 10 years, or if they've been allowed to rub over brickwork or tiles, which damages the insulation.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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Philip Hawkins2:29 PM
Thanks Mike. Will just have to wait till March and see how it pans out.
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Sunday, 1 January 2012
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Andy Seaward11:36 AM
Ventnor
PO38 1TQ - Tulse Hill in Ventnor is shown as a gap in the reception. We have excellent analogue reception at present but what is the likelyhood of a good/any digital reception?
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Andy Seaward: Yes, you will get a digital signal come switchover in March, but you will only get the Public Service Broadcaster groups of channels which are BBC, ITV1, ITV2, C4, E4, More4, C5, the four HD services and a few others.
In order to get more channels you will have to look at another platform. The non-subscription satellite service Freesat is a probable candidate.
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Andy Seaward12:25 PM
Ventnor
The switch over on the Ventnor mast went very well. Is there any chance of ITV3 and ITV4 at some time in the future?
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Andy Seaward: Not likely! See here:
Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Unfortunately due to the fact that Ventnor is at the bottom of a steep slope, there is no likelihood of being able to receive directly from another transmitter such as Rowridge that carries the Commercial services.
Also, there is no possibility of receiving them across the water from the mainland either.
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Monday, 16 April 2012
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Andy Seaward2:13 PM
Ventnor
I hope for your sake this will be my last question. I bought a Sharp LC22le320e which has a freeview tuner built in and is labeled for HD. In Ventnor we are supposed to get 4 HD channels (50, 51, 52, 54) but these do not tune in whatever I try. What am I doing wrong?
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Andy Seaward: Refer to the Sharp website: LCD TV - Sharp
The specification says that it does not have the ability to receive DVB-T2 (HD) signals. It is also described as "HD Ready" which means that it can show HD pictures, but does not have in-built means to receive them over-the-air.
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Andy Seaward4:19 PM
Ventnor
Dave Lindsay
Thank you for your help.
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