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The symbol shows the location of the Matlock (Derbyshire, England) transmitter which serves 5,400 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 Matlock (Derbyshire, England) transmitter.

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Which Freeview channels does the Matlock 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.

MuxH/VFrequencyHeightModeWatts
PSB1
BBCA
 V max
C24 (498.0MHz)229mDTG-3W
Channel icons
1 BBC One (SD) East Midlands, 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
C27 (522.0MHz)229mDTG-3W
Channel icons
3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (East 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, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west),

PSB3
BBCB
 V max
C21+ (474.2MHz)229mDTG-3W
Channel icons
46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD East Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others

H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)

Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?

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The Matlock (Derbyshire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! romance, 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, TCC, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, 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 Matlock transmitter?

regional news image
BBC East Midlands Today 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Nottingham NG2 4UU, 34km southeast (124°)
to BBC East Midlands region - 17 masts.
regional news image
ITV Central News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 76km south-southwest (198°)
to ITV Central (East) region - 17 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (West)

How will the Matlock (Derbyshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?

1984-971997-981998-20112011-134 Mar 2020
A K TA K TA K TA K TA K T
C21BBC1wavesBBC1wavesBBC1waves+BBCBBBCB
C24ITVwavesITVwavesITVwavesBBCABBCA
C27BBC2wavesBBC2wavesBBC2wavesD3+4D3+4
C31C4wavesC4wavesC4waves

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 17 Aug 11 and 31 Aug 11.

How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?

Analogue 1-4 17W
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB(-7dB) 3.4W

Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Waltham transmitter area

Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated TeleVision†
Feb 1956-Jul 1968Associated British Corporation◊
Jul 1968-Dec 1981Associated TeleVision
Jan 1982-Feb 2004Central Independent Television
Feb 2004-Dec 2014ITV plc
Feb 1983-Dec 1992TV-am•
Jan 1993-Sep 2010GMTV•
Sep 2010-Dec 2014ITV Daybreak•
• Breakfast ◊ Weekends ♦ Friday night and weekends † Weekdays only. Matlock was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3.

Comments
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
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rose mchale
3:15 PM

nicky freeling: hey we live on dimple road just down from you really, yes you should be able to , we have brought the freesat box which is about £20 and that works perfectly on digital we just have to reboot the box again.. if you need any help if u pop down to 36 dimple road and ask for rose then i would be happy to help for free. i have done a few already

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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Monday, 30 July 2012
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Pauline Carabine
10:07 AM

I am extremely disappointed with the lack of freeview channels available through the Matlock Transmitter (which unfortunately we are forced to use !!) I was told recently that it is most unlikely that this transmitter will be upgraded to receive the full package of digital channels. Is this so? and if indeed it is so, WHY? I find it most frustrating that if we wish to watch more channels we have to rely on SKY.
I await your reply with interest.

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Dave Lindsay
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10:51 AM

Pauline Carabine: There are free-to-air satellite channels available via "Freesat".

For a comparison of full Freeview vs Freesat, see: Compare TV Freeview/Freesat | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice

Contrary to its logo appearing on that page, ITV3 is available on Freesat.


The Commercial (COM) multiplexes (signals that carry multiple services/channels) do not have as wide a reach as the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) ones.

The Commercial broadcasters achieve coverage of 90% of the population from 81 of the largest transmitter sites (largest by viewer population). There are over 1,000 small "filler-in" relay transmitters like Matlock which are PSB-only. For the Commercials to broadcast from these would roughly double their cost of transmission whilst only adding 8.5% of the population to their potential viewer bases. As they operate only to make profit by showing advertising to as many viewers as possible which they aquire at lowest possible cost, then it's not surprising that they declined the offer to increase their coverage.

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Sunday, 12 January 2014
Transmitter engineering
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10:23 AM

MATLOCK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:35 today. [BBC]

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7:23 PM

MATLOCK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:35 today to 12:31 today. [BBC]

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Monday, 13 January 2014
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4:23 AM

MATLOCK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:35 yesterday to 12:31 yesterday. [BBC]

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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
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4:23 AM

MATLOCK transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:35 on 12 Jan to 12:31 on 12 Jan. [BBC]

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Monday, 5 May 2014
Transmitter engineering
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10:02 AM

MATLOCK transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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Friday, 16 May 2014
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12:50 AM

MATLOCK transmitter - RelayPossible service interruptions [DUK]

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