Freeview Light on the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 7,600 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 Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Bretch Hill 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 | C29 (538.0MHz) | 196m | DTG-3 | 87W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 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 18 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C31 (554.0MHz) | 196m | DTG-3 | 87W |
 3 ITV (SD) (Central (West 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, 25 ITV4, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C37 (602.0MHz) | 196m | DTG-6 | 87W |
 73 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others | |||||
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 52 Freeview channels?
The Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5Action, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, GB News, GREAT! movies, GREAT! movies action, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, YAAAS!, More4 +1, Now 70s, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, 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 Bretch Hill transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 60km northwest (322°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 60km northwest (322°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Bretch Hill (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 7 Mar 2018 | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | A K T | |||||
| C29 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C31 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C37 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C48 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | D3+4 | |||||
| C52tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
| C55tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C56tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
| C65 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
| C67 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - 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 Sep 11 and 21 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4, BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | 87W |
Local transmitter maps
Bretch Hill Freeview Sutton Coldfield TV region BBC West Midlands Central (West micro region)Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Sutton Coldfield transmitter area
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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Mike Dimmick4:42 PM
All: You can contact Channel 4 using the information at Broadcaster complaints details | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . (RG47SH)
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Friday, 27 May 2011
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 today to 10:56 today BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 today to 10:56 today [BBC] Over the next week Bretch Hill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Saturday, 28 May 2011
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 yesterday to 10:56 yesterday BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 yesterday to 10:56 yesterday [BBC] Over the next week Bretch Hill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 on 27 May to 10:56 on 27 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 on 27 May to 10:56 on 27 May [BBC] Over the next week Bretch Hill relay: TV (analogue) Service Shutdowns, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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Monday, 30 May 2011
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John Morgan11:13 AM
Banbury
postode OX16 5HY no digital sinal,very poor most of the time,why eastern news on BBC1?
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John Morgan: You are not predicted to have good reception from any transmitter, other than Sandy Heath until switchover.
I would think your aerial is probably pointing at the Sutton Coldfield or Oxford transmitters.
You can just wait until they switch over during September for a full service.
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011
BRETCH HILL transmitter - Analogue BBC ONE Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 on 27 May to 10:56 on 27 May BBC TWO Off Air; DSO related from 10:37 on 27 May to 10:56 on 27 May [BBC]
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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Jay Blanc12:25 PM
Looks a lot like BBC B HD from Bretch Hill is being interfered with by Mux B from Oxford for me. Bretch Hill's BBC B HD is on UHF 52, and until September 28th Oxford's Mux B is on 52 Offset. (52.06702,-1.325955)
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Jay Blanc: Seems possible, but the Oxford transmitter is at 90 degrees to your aerial. I would wait until next Wednesday when Oxford moves to new allocations.
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Ali9:17 PM
Banbury
Hay can't pick up ANY freeview channels in the ox16 0dt area. Was wondering if there is anything I can do.
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