All of the free TV channels on PGSTART1730 in the UK

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using one of the free services: DAB (for radio), Freeview, Sky No Card - Sky without a viewing card (Freesat from Sky (or fSfS)) and Freesat.. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

Key: _{wb_sunny} daytime; _{watch_later} nighttime; _{account_box} funded from the TV License; flags show Freeview channel limits.

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High definition channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
BBC Alba HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	108_{watch_later}
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		503	200
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101		101
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108		110
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	203_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}	601_{wb_sunny}
Channel 4 HD		104	104	104
Channel 4 HD (Wales)		110		104
Channel 5 HD		105	105	105
CNN International HD			506
ITV 1 HD		103	103	103
New Media HD			594
Quest HD			144
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
SportyStuff TV HD			437
STV HD		103	103	103
Travelxp HD			182
UTV HD		103	103	103
WION HD			523

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
— &W +1			232
4Music	_{live_tv}		354
4seven	_{live_tv}	49 (90%)	137	127
5Action		33 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		46_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
5STAR		32 (90%)	128	131
— 5STAR +1			228	140
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1			241	130
Al Jazeera English		251 (90%)	513	203
Arirang TV			522	214
Arise Play			175
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	24 _{watch_later}
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187
BBC Three_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	23_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	161
— Blaze +1		81 (90%)
Bloomberg TV			502	208
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}
CBS Reality 1			246	136
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	142
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
Channel 5		5	805
— Channel 5 +1		38 (90%)	205	128
Channel 7 (Ghana)			181
Clubland TV			364
CNBC			505	210
Court TV			179
Deen TV			783
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	147
— DMAX +1			272	153
Dunamis TV			592
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}			122
— E4 +1		30		123
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	138	126
EuroNews English			508
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Film4 +1		47 (90%)	314	301
Food Network		43 (90%)	140	148
— Food Network +1			240	154
Foodxp			712
FRANCE 24 (in English)		255 (90%)	512	205
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
GoodNews TV			591
GREAT! action		42 (90%)	323
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321
Great! Movies Action 1			324
GREAT! mystery		61 (90%)	322
GREAT! player		63 (90%)	320
GREAT! romance		52 (90%)	319
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	149
— HGTV +1			258
HGTV Ireland			162
HobbyMaker		73 (90%)		806
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	111
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	118	113
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— ITV2 +1		29 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10	119	115
— ITV3 +1		58 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26	120	117
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	118
ITVBe		28	131	119
— ITVBe +1		93 (90%)
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358
Ketchup Too		210 (90%)
Ketchup TV		209 (90%)
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
LEGEND XTRA 1			318	139
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1			236	125
Now 90s			363
NTD			185
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
Pitaara International			773
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
POP UP		207 (90%)	620
Primal Living			670
Quest		12 (90%)		150
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	151
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	146
— Quest Red +1			249	152
Really		17 (90%)	142	145
ROK		265 (90%)
RTÉ One		54
RTÉ Two		55
SBN International			593
Showcase TV			186
Sky Arts		36 (90%)		143
Sky Mix		11 (90%)	151	141
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)		202
Smithsonian Channel			171
STV (SD)		3	803
— STV+1		35	203
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
TG4		53
That's Dance		76 (90%)	362
That's Dance MCR		79	180
That's Melody		75 (90%)	361
That's Melody MCR		77
That's Oldies		78 _{wb_sunny}
That's TV (UK)		56 (90%)	183
That's TV (UK) MCR		80
That's TV 2		65 (90%)	366
That's TV 2 MCR		86
That's TV 3		71
The Box	_{live_tv}		355
— Tiny Pop +1			618
Together TV		83 (90%) _{wb_sunny}	170	164
Trace Vault			360
Trace Hits			359
TRT World			516	215
TRUE CRIME		67 (90%)	146	135
TRUE CRIME XTRA		68 (90%)	147	134
TV Warehouse		88
U&Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
U&DaveJaVu		74 (90%)	255
U&Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
U&Drama 1		60 (90%)	243
U&Eden		57	211	160
U&W		25 (90%)		156
U&Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
UTV (SD)		3	803
— UTV +1		35	203	112
WildEarth		91 (90%)
YAAAS!		211 (90%)

Local TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Bay TV Clwyd		7 (54%)
Bay TV Liverpool		7 (54%)
Bay TV Swansea		7 (54%)
Big Centre TV		7 (54%)
Cambridge Presents		7 (54%)
Estuary TV Doncaster		7 (54%)
Estuary TV York		7 (54%)
Latest TV		7 (54%)
LEGEND XTRA		69 (54%)	317	138
LONDON LIVE	_{live_tv}	8 (54%)
Made in Bristol		7 (54%)
Made in Cardiff		8 (54%)
Made in Leeds		7 (54%)
Made in Teesside		7 (54%)
Made in Tyne and Wear		7 (54%)
Mustard		7 (54%)
Notts TV	_{live_tv}	7 (54%)
NvTv		7 (54%)
Sheffield Live		7 (54%)
STV Edinburgh		8 (54%)
STV Glasgow		8 (54%)
That's Berkshire		7 (54%)
That's Lancashire		7 (54%)
That's Manchester		7 (54%)
That's Oxford		7 (54%)
That's Salisbury		7 (54%)
That's Solent		7 (54%)
That's Surrey		7 (54%)
The York Channel		7 (54%)
Tiny Pop		206 (54%)	615

Radio stations

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0107
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200
Absolute Radio 90s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0201
Absolute Radio Classic Rock	_{live_tv}	DAB		0203
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC Berkshire_{account_box}		DAB	711
BBC Bristol_{account_box}		FM/AM	711
BBC Cambridge_{account_box}		FM/AM	714
BBC Cornwall_{account_box}			713
BBC Cumbria_{account_box}			713
BBC CWR_{account_box}			711
BBC Derby_{account_box}			717
BBC Devon_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	712
BBC Essex_{account_box}			716
BBC Gloucestershire_{account_box}			716
BBC Guernsey_{account_box}			713
BBC H&W_{account_box}			712
BBC Humberside_{account_box}			713
BBC Jersey_{account_box}			711
BBC Kent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	711
BBC Lancashire_{account_box}			712
BBC Leeds_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	711
BBC Leicester_{account_box}			713
BBC Lincolnshire_{account_box}			714
BBC Manchester_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	711
BBC Merseyside_{account_box}			714
BBC Newcastle_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	711
BBC Norfolk_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	711
BBC Northampton_{account_box}			716
BBC Nottingham_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	712
BBC Oxford_{account_box}			714
BBC Radio 1_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag700	0101	700
BBC Radio 1Xtra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	701	0137	701
BBC Radio 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag702	0102	702
BBC Radio 3_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag703	0103	703
BBC Radio 4 (FM)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	704	0104	704
BBC Radio 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Radio 4 LW_{account_box}	_{live_tv}			0143	710
BBC Radio 5 Live_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	705	0105	705
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	706	0144	706
BBC Radio 6 Music_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	707	0120	707
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	712	0152	715
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	713	0219	735
BBC Radio Foyle_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	712	0220	717
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	713	0152	718
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag712	0139	713
BBC Radio Scotland_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	711	0116	712
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	711	0118	716
BBC Radio Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	711	0117	714
BBC Sheffield_{account_box}			716
BBC Shropshire_{account_box}			713
BBC Solent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	714
BBC Solent for Dorset_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	715
BBC Somerset_{account_box}			714
BBC Stoke_{account_box}			715
BBC Suffolk_{account_box}			712
BBC Surrey_{account_box}			714
BBC Sussex_{account_box}			712
BBC Tees_{account_box}			714
BBC Three Counties_{account_box}			712
BBC Wiltshire_{account_box}			713
BBC WM_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	714
BBC World Service_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag710	0115	711
BBC York_{account_box}			712
BFBS Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
Capital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
Capital Xtra	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0114	720
Classic FM	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	731 (90%)	0106	721
EWTN Radio Britain and Ireland				0147
Gold	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
Heart Dance		DAB		0146
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}			0188
Jazz FM				0202
KISS		DAB FM/AM		0178
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
LBC News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0221
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB		0180
Panjab Radio				0130
PlanetRock		DAB		0110
Premier Radio		DAB FM/AM	725 (90%)
Radio Khush Khabri				0151
Radio X	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
RNIB Connect		FM/AM	730 (90%)
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
RTÉ RnaG			729
Scala Radio				0216
Smooth Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Sukh Sagar Radio				0150
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Trans World Radio			733 (90%)
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790
V Radio				0215	736
WRN English				0122

Streamed TV and text

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	BBC RB 1_{account_box}			601		981
	On Demand 365			254 (90%)

High definition shopping

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
Daystar TV HD	583	691
Iran International HD	793
Loveworld TV HD	585

Other TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
3ABN		268 (90%)
A1 TV			759
Aaj Tak			710
Aastha			724
Ahlebait TV			745
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Akaal Channel			770
Al Arabiya		261 (90%)
Alaraby Network		264 (90%)
AlJazeera Arabic		252 (90%)
Arise News			519
ARY Digital			758
ARY World			736
Asharq News		260 (90%)
ATN Bangla			779
Best Direct			669
Brit Asia TV			767
British Muslim TV			752
Channel S			777
Channelbox		271 (90%)
Channels 24			518
CRAFT EXTRA			673
Create & Craft			683
Cruise 1st TV			688
Dunya News			754
Eman Channel			757
EWTN			586
Faith			590
Faith World TV			588
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
Geo			738
Geo News International			734
GOD Channel			580	694
God TV		267 (90%)
GREAT! romance mix		62 (90%)	257
GREAT! tv		50 (90%)	157
Hidayat TV			733
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
High Street TV 3			672
High Street TV 4			675
Hum Masala			732
Hum TV			751
Ideal World		51 (90%)	664
Ideal World Extra	_{live_tv}		671
Inspiration TV			584
Ion TV			782
Iqra Bangla			778
Iqra TV			742
Islam Channel			737
Islam Channel Urdu			755
Islam TV			744
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	72 (90%)	674	807
JML Direct			661
Kanshi TV			772
KICC TV			589
Madani Channel English			746
MATV Channel			711
MTA 1			731
NDTV 24x7			510
Newsmax		273 (90%)
NHK WORLD		272 (90%)	507	209
Noor TV			739
NTV			780
Phoenix CNE			791
Pop Player		208 (90%)
Psychic Today			680
PTC Punjabi			766
PTV Global			735
Purpose Media		279 (90%)
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}		677	803
QVC2	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
Real Crime		258 (90%)
Revelation TV		266 (90%)	581	692
Sangat TV			769
Sanskar TV			725
Shots!		262 (90%)
Sikh Channel			768
Sky News Arabia			788
SonLife		263 (90%)
Sonlife TV		96 (90%)		695
Takbeer TV			749
Talk		280 (90%)	329
TalkTV			526
TBN UK		66	582
Thane			679
That's TV 3 MCR		87	676
The Word Network			587
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
TJC Beauty			668	810
— Together TV +1		90 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TV One			781
TVC News Nigeria			524
UK 44			756
UK RADIO PORTAL		277 (90%)

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	New Media TV			269 (54%)
	Pop			205 (54%)	614

Adult channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Sky
92 News		743
ADULT Babestn	674 (90%)
ADULT Section	699 (90%)
ADULT Section (start)	670 (90%)
ADULT smileTV3	673 (90%)
ADULT Xpanded TV	671 (90%)	902

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3:20 PM

Steve Donaldson:

Hi. Yes my set does ask, but I don't think that has anything to do with per se because iPlayer and some of the other streaming ask for a postcode as well.
It also asks for a if I do an automatic full retune because of the many occasions that I pick up at least two regions. Usually, on the rare occasions that a retune is needed, I generally do manual retunes for the specific UHF .

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Chanda
4:02 PM

Hi, just wanted to know is there any way on , you can view the asian which are free to watch on without susbcription?

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12:17 AM

Chanda:

Could you please list the particular Asian that you want to watch.

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abdul
11:33 PM

does any one know if these
(Channel S - 777, Iqra Bangla - 778, ATN Bangla - 779, NTV - 780, TV One - 781, Ion TV - 782)
are available on a box if i connect it to a .

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5:56 AM

abdul:

I think you should be able to get all those by Manual tuning -
S - 11538 V 22000 5/6
Iqra Bangla - 11112 H 22000 5/6
ATN Bangla - 11082 H 22000 5/6
NTV - 11464 H 22000 5/6
TV One - 11464 H 22000 5/6
Ion TV - 11538 V 22000 5/6

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8:49 PM

/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 22-11-2023 10 01.txt and List ASTRA 22-11-2023 13 06.txt

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
21000 25 3063 21000 2066 2 11097V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1043

Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 60 ms intervals over 21 seconds for 11097.00 V 23000 3/4 DVB-S2 8PSK (22/11/2023 13:10:16)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
09.416 | 03.524 | 07.137 | ITV1 HD (21015)
07.359 | 04.318 | 05.893 | ITV1 HD (21040)
05.637 | 02.279 | 03.511 | ITV3 HD
09.169 | 03.140 | 06.833 | ITV1 HD (21070)
10.432 | 04.286 | 06.893 | ITV1 HD (21080)
09.569 | 03.811 | 06.143 | 21000
09.419 | 02.996 | 06.829 | ITV1 HD (21010)
04.161 | 01.749 | 02.803 | Null Packets
04.914 | 03.189 | 04.042 | All Other Streams
50.083 | 50.083 | 50.083 | TS Bitrate

A little later ...

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 22-11-2023 16 10.txt and List ASTRA 22-11-2023 18 03.txt

Renamed, Service ID Change
21000 25 3063 21000 2066 2 11097V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1043
21060 25 3063 21060 2066 2 11097V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1043

No one told Freesat.

Video Bitrate (Mbps) sampled at 30 <= dPCR <= 60 ms intervals over 21 seconds for 11097.00 V 23000 3/4 DVB-S2 8PSK (22/11/2023 18:20:33)
maximum | minimum | average | service_name
10.376 | 05.986 | 07.783 | ITV1 HD (21015)
09.065 | 03.929 | 06.351 | ITV1 HD (21040)
06.822 | 04.294 | 05.623 | ITV3 HD
09.706 | 04.756 | 06.446 | ITV1 HD (21070)
05.854 | 02.999 | 04.294 | ITV1 HD (21080)
06.304 | 03.645 | 04.835 | 21060
10.948 | 05.842 | 07.966 | ITV1 HD (21010)
03.975 | 01.298 | 02.610 | Null Packets
05.443 | 02.757 | 04.175 | All Other Streams
50.083 | 50.083 | 50.083 | TS Bitrate

The ASTRA EIT present event for 21060:

title ITV News Lookaround
descr A round-up of all the news in the region followed by a local weather forecast.
start Wed 22 Nov 2023 18:00
duration 00:30:00

components:
component_Type, stream_content, text_chars
1, 1, Video - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
2, 5, Dolby - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
3, 2, NAR - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
2, 3, Subtitles - ITV1 Border Scotland HD
2, 3, DVB Subtitles - ITV1 Border Scotland HD

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9:02 PM

D3&4 EIT still with errors:

present in the EITpf on D3&4 but missing in BBCA
nit version_number = 17
TSID SID LCN service_name
3006.3C48 000 no service_name - event: Wed 22 Nov 2023 12:00 - 13:00: title = News Day, descr = International and African News - social, economic, political, sports and entertainment stories.
3006.3C60 000 no service_name - event: Wed 22 Nov 2023 12:00 - 13:00: title = This is VisionTV, descr = Over 40 in Entertainment, News, International, Religion, Shopping and Sports from across the globe.
3006.3EA0 000 no service_name - event: Wed 22 Nov 2023 12:00 - 18:00: title = ..programmes no longer available, descr = Looking for CITV? All of your favourite CITV shows and so much more are available right now on ITVX.
Total = 3

services present in the EITpf on BBCA but missing in D3&4
nit version_number = 17
TSID SID LCN service_name
3006.3FE0 213 Moochi
3006.3FE6 291 TV Extra
8008.8200 206 POP
8008.8240 208 POP MAX
8008.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
8008.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
800B.8200 206 POP
800B.8240 208 POP MAX
800B.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
800B.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
Total = 10

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11:35 AM

Some D3&4 errors are now fixed.

Current status is:

present in the EITpf on BBCA but missing in D3&4
nit version_number = 17
TSID SID LCN service_name
8008.8200 206 POP
8008.8240 208 POP MAX
8008.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
8008.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
800B.8200 206 POP
800B.8240 208 POP MAX
800B.82C0 207 Tiny Pop
800B.8540 069 LEGEND XTRA
Total = 8

This is off which is rather unusual in transmitting three Local Multiplexes.

I think the above are likely missing because they each have the same SID in each .

On the Liverpool Multiplex, only TalkLiverpool is in the D3&4 EIT.

On the Manchester Multiplex, only That's TV is in the D3&4 EIT.

All services in the Multiplex are present in the D3&4 EIT.

Local Multiplex
ONID.TSID = 233A.8008
474 MHz, uhf 21, 8 MHz, QPSK, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North .Liverpool)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
007 8048 01 TalkLiverpool
069 8540 01 LEGEND XTRA
206 8200 01 POP
207 82C0 01 Tiny Pop
208 8240 01 POP MAX
)

Local Multiplex
ONID.TSID = 233A.800B
498 MHz, uhf 24, 8 MHz, QPSK, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North West.Manchester)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
007 804B 01 That's TV
069 8540 01 LEGEND XTRA
206 8200 01 POP
207 82C0 01 Tiny Pop
208 8240 01 POP MAX
)

Local Multiplex
ONID.TSID = 233A.800D
626 MHz, uhf 40, 8 MHz, QPSK, 8k, 3/4, 1/32
Target Regions = (GBR.England.North West.Preston)
(
LCN SID TYPE SERVICE NAME
007 804D 01 That's TV
069 8540 01 LEGEND XTRA
206 8200 01 POP
207 82C0 01 Tiny Pop
208 8240 01 POP MAX
)

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/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 27-11-2023 11 07.txt and List ASTRA 27-11-2023 12 38.txt

************************ NEW ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
ITVBe HD 25 0000 20835 2064 2 11068V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
20720 25 3062 20720 2063 2 11053H 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1044

a little later ...

ASTRA/BSkyB Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 27-11-2023 12 38.txt and List ASTRA 27-11-2023 12 58.txt

************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN
SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Renamed, EPGID Change, Bouquet Change, LCN Change
ITVBe HD 25 0000 20835 2064 2 11068V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000
20835 25 3026 20835 2064 2 11068V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000010 1045

ASTRA EIT present event for 20720:

title Loose Women
descr David Dickinson and singer Billy Porter join Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Olivia Attwood Dack and Brenda Edwards in the studio.
start Mon 27 Nov 2023 12:30
duration 01:00:00

components:
component_Type, stream_content, text_chars
1, 1, - ITV1 Islands HD
2, 5, Dolby - ITV1 Channel Islands HD
3, 2, NAR - ITV1 Channel Islands HD
2, 3, Subtitles - ITV1 Channel Islands HD
2, 3, DVB Subtitles - ITV1 Channel Islands HD

The Streams are not mapped to 20720 yet, unlike this:

title New: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me...
descr ...Out Of Here! The trials and challenges come thick and fast as the celebrities attempt to grab those all-important stars to avoid food being in short supply. S23 Ep8
start Sun 26 Nov 2023 21:00
duration 01:05:00

components:
component_Type, stream_content, text_chars
1, 1, Video - ITV1 Meridn S HD
2, 5, Dolby - ITV1 Meridn S HD
3, 2, NAR - ITV Meridn S HD
2, 3, Subtitles - ITV1 Meridn S HD
2, 3, DVB Subtitles - ITV1 Mrdn S HD
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled NIT
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled BAT/SDT
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled EIT
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled EIT pf
5, 15, Data-FSAT-Tunnelled TOT/TDT

The Freesat Streams are mapped to every Freesat service in the Program Map Table of the service.

The PMT is a list of the streams that comprise the program and corresponds to the components list helpfully given in the ASTRA EIT.

The streams are streams of packets with the same Packet ID or PID, each consisting of a 4 byte header that indicates the PID and a 184 byte payload.

The Freesat Streams PIDs can have any value so stream descriptors are used to indicate a stream is a Freesat Streams and the kind of stream it is.

Unfortunately, something has gone awry with the three ITV HD transport streams such that these descriptors are missing for FSAT EIT pf and FSAT NIT.

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The three ITV HD transponders that had missing descriptors for some streams are now fixed.

These are the Freesat stream PIDs as indicated by the stream descriptors:

transport_stream_id = 2063
11052.75 H
fsatPids
eit = 3842
eitpf = 3843
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3841
tdt/tot = 3844

transport_stream_id = 2064
11067.50 V
fsatPids
eit = 3842
eitpf = 3843
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3841
tdt/tot = 3844

transport_stream_id = 2066
11097.00 V
fsatPids
eit = 3842
eitpf = 3843
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3841
tdt/tot = 3844

The streams that had missing descriptors were eitpf - used for recording by running status, and the nit - which contains a descriptor pointing to FreesatHome

This evidently led to failure to record and failure to load the EPG on boot up off FreesatHome.

What is curious is that it apparently did not affect all boxes.

It could be the case that the Freesat stream PIDs are now fixed, so the descriptors are only needed by legacy Freesat devices.

It is a fact that, at this time, the only transponders with different Freesat stream PIDs are these:

transport_stream_id = 2108
11265.00 V
fsatPids
eit = 3844
eitpf = 3841
nit = 3843
sdt/bat = 3842
tdt/tot = 3840

transport_stream_id = 2024
12168.00 V
fsatPids
eit = 3841
eitpf = 3842
nit = 3840
sdt/bat = 3844
tdt/tot = 3843

The Freesat carried 12168.00 V are:

BBC ONE So HD [BBC One South HD]
CNBC
ITV1 HD [Central ]
Channel 4 HD [Midlands]
Channel 4 HD [North]

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