Freeview Light on the Culm Valley (Devon, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Culm Valley (Devon, England) transmitter which serves 2,600 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 Culm Valley (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 Culm Valley (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 Culm Valley 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 | C45 (666.0MHz) | 221m | DTG- | 12W |
 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 | C39 (618.0MHz) | 221m | DTG- | 12W |
 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 | C42 (642.0MHz) | 221m | DTG- | 12W |
 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 Culm Valley (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 Culm Valley transmitter?
BBC Spotlight 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL3 5BD, 85km southwest (227°)
to BBC South West region - 107 masts.
ITV West Country News (West) 0.8m homes 2.9%
from Plymouth PL7 5BQ, 80km southwest (223°)
to ITV West Country region - 107 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with West Country (East)
How will the Culm Valley (Devon, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2009 | 2009-13 | 31 Mar 2019- | |||||
| B E T | B E T | B E T | B E T | B E K T | |||||
| C39 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C42 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C45 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C49tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | D3+4 |
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 6 May 09 and 20 May 09.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 58W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-6.8dB) 12W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Stockland Hill transmitter area
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
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Simon bramley9:35 PM
I receive the Culm Valley trainsmitter which has limited channels.
Who would I contact to find out if myself and the rest of the valley could change the channels we receive?
Thanks
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Friday, 18 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick3:13 PM
Simon Bramley: You can really only contact the channels that you want to watch and ask if they can get the commercial multiplex operators to serve your transmitter. The commercial multiplex operators are SDN Limited and Arqiva Services Limited. SDN is a subsidiary of ITV plc, and they don't have a website or other contact details that I can find. Arqiva Services is a subsidiary of Arqiva: their contact details are at 404 may be difficult to find free frequencies to broadcast from, as the plans were made on the basis that the commercial multiplexes would only broadcast from the 81 sites they did before switchover. When they were asked if they wanted to broadcast from any more sites, they said no. The channels will probably tell you to get Sky. Satellite transmission is much cheaper for them, and they can get some of the subscription revenue. Of the three multiplexes you do get, the BBC are only allowed to carry BBC channels on PSB1 (BBC A), and ITV and Channel 4 only allowed to transmit their own channels on theirs (PSB2/D3+4), plus they have to carry Channel 5's main channel. The HD multiplex is run by the BBC, but they're required to carry any HD channels that Ofcom specify. Currently it's ITV1 HD and 4hd as Channel 5 turned down the offer. (RG47SH)
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Monday, 21 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
10:47 AM
10:47 AM
Culm Valley transmitter - Culm Valley transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 21/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 28 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
CULM VALLEY transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 24 Oct 15:50 until 24 Oct 15:53. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Culm Valley transmitter - Culm Valley transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 28/10/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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Monday, 4 November 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
Culm Valley transmitter - Culm Valley transmitter: Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 04/11/2024 Screen may go black on some or all channels [DUK]
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