Freeview Light on the Ovingdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Ovingdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmitter which serves 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 Ovingdean (Brighton and Hove, 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 Ovingdean (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Ovingdean 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 | H max V max | C29 (538.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 10W 10W |
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 250 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | H max V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 10W 10W |
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, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | H max V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 105m | DTG- | 10W 10W |
56 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 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, 109 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others |
Are you trying to watch these 43 Freeview channels?
The Ovingdean (Brighton and Hove, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, YAAAS!, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, Film4 +1, Food Network, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, pick, Pop Player, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's TV (UK), Together TV, W, Yesterday +1.
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 Ovingdean transmitter?

BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 41km north-northeast (33°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.6%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 83km west (274°)
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 Ovingdean (Brighton and Hove, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 16 Oct 2019 | |||||
E | E | E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
C42 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | ||||||
C44 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C49tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C55tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C65 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C68 | 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 7 Mar 12 and 21 Mar 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4, PSB1≡, PSB1||, PSB2≡, PSB2||, PSB3≡, PSB3|| | 10W |
Local transmitter maps
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Saturday, 23 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:39 yesterday to 01:09 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:39 yesterday to 01:19 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:39 yesterday to 01:09 yesterday, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Sunday, 24 June 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:04 AM
6:04 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:39 on 22 Jun to 01:09 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:39 on 22 Jun to 01:19 on 22 Jun, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:39 on 22 Jun to 01:09 on 22 Jun, HD Digital TV O [BBC]
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Friday, 10 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
9:07 PM
9:07 PM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 today to 19:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 today to 19:37 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 today to 19:37 today, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 today to 19:37 today. [BBC]
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Saturday, 11 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 yesterday to 19:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 yesterday to 19:37 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 yesterday to 19:37 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 yesterday to 19:37 ye [BBC]
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Sunday, 12 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 on 10 Aug to 19:37 on 10 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 on 10 Aug to 19:37 on 10 Aug, BBC Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 on 10 Aug to 19:37 on 10 Aug, HD Digital TV Off Air from 19:36 on 10 Aug to 19:37 on [BBC]
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Thursday, 13 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 PM
5:09 PM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:02 today to 14:04 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:02 today to 14:04 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 14 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:02 yesterday to 14:04 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:02 yesterday to 14:04 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 15 June 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:09 AM
5:09 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:02 on 13 Jun to 14:04 on 13 Jun, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:02 on 13 Jun to 14:04 on 13 Jun. [BBC]
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Friday, 27 September 2019
Transmitter engineering
5:08 AM
5:08 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
8:08 AM
8:08 AM
OVINGDEAN transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 05:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 05:43 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 05:43 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from [BBC]
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