Freeview changes

[Media Boy UK]

October changes on Freeview:

Following Channels no longer on Freeview SD:

Local Mux:

Channel 7/8 in

KMTV (Maidstone)
Latest TV (Brighton)

Local TV LTD in:
Birmingham
Bristol
Leeds
Liverpool
Teesside (Middlesbrough)
Tyne & Wear TV (Newcastle upon Tyne)
London
Cardiff
North Wales TV (Mold)

That's TV local in:
Sheffield
Solent & South Coast
Norfolk & East Coast
Hampshire
Humber
Lancashire
Manchester
North Yorkshire
South Midlands & Cotswolds
Cumbria
Surrey & South East
Thames Valley
Salisbury & Wessex
Cambridgeshire & West Anglia
Belfast
Glasgow
Lothian
Aberdeen
Tayside
Ayrshire
Swansea Bay & South Wales
York

071. Your TV
076. Your OLDIES (was Your TV Extra)

This month Freeview UK channels launches
your 80s on Ch 77 (Local Mux)
your ROCK on Ch 78 (Local Mux)

Channels moves:
That's Classics has moved from ch 77 to ch 93 on COM5.
5ACTION has moved from ch 33 to ch 46 on COM4
5DRAMA has moved from ch 46 to ch 33 on PSB31/

More Freeview UK changes confrimed:

your ROCK add to ch. 78 on Local Mux

Following only in Manchester

EPG > Channel name > was on chan:
79 > That's TV MCR > ch 78
80 > That's TV 2 MCR > ch 79
85 > your TV MCR > ch 80
86 > Blimey! MCR > was Your TV Extra MCR.

Channels remove
Cartoon Classic from Ch 210 Local Mux
E4 Extra from Ch 797 on COM5
Film4 +1 from Ch 796 on COM5
ITV4 +1 from Ch 799, on COM4
ITV2 +1 from Ch 798 on COM4

rebranded
Your Music > your XMAS on Ch 75 on COM4
Your TV Extra > your OLDIES on Ch 76 on Local Mux

---------- Post added at 14:41 ---------- Previous post was at 14:38 ----------

As of October 22nd 2026:

Here is the up to date list of space on Freeview being unused.

24 hours slots:
*Old ''E4 Extra'' slot on COM5
*Old ''Film4 +1'' slot on COM5
*Old ''Great TV'' slot on COM6

Part time slots:
-Together TV slot on SDN/COM4 not in Wales (6pm to Midnight only).

All information right at time of posting.

[cheekyangus]

The Local channels will likely still be DVB-T rather than DVB-T2, as the latter would likely be a much more expensive change to implement, but they have all changed to MPEG4 as part of the October Freeview changes.

I’ve got a TV that doesn’t get the HD channels or any SD channels on BBCB but does get MPEG4 SD channels on DVB-T multiplexes, i.e. the D3&4 multiplex.

[gunner45]

Originally Posted by cheekyangus

I’ve got a TV that doesn’t get the HD channels or any SD channels on BBCB but does get MPEG4 SD channels on DVB-T multiplexes, i.e. the D3&4 multiplex.

Is this a secondary TV in a bedroom or kitchen? If it's a main one you'd get a TV with a DVB-T2 tuner or a DVB-T2 STB.

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by gunner45

Is this a secondary TV in a bedroom or kitchen? If it's a main one you'd get a TV with a DVB-T2 tuner or a DVB-T2 STB.

It’s currently unused, it’s a 24” model that was HD capable in other countries at release, just not when sold in UK as there were (and still are no) HD DVB-T transmitted channels here.

I only mentioned it to highlight that some people will have old equipment (before small screen DVB-T2 TV got cheap enough) that can get these newly converted MPEG4 channels but cannot receive the HD channels, or those on their DVB-T2 multiplex.

Part of a small subset of TVs in UK that have unusual reception capabilities.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by cheekyangus

The Local channels will likely still be DVB-T rather than DVB-T2, as the latter would likely be a much more expensive change to implement, but they have all changed to MPEG4 as part of the October Freeview changes.

I’ve got a TV that doesn’t get the HD channels or any SD channels on BBCB but does get MPEG4 SD channels on DVB-T multiplexes, i.e. the D3&4 multiplex.

The following link is for London area:

NAME > Mode > Type
London TV > MPEG4 > SD
your OLDIES > MPEG4 > SD
High Street TV > MPEG2 > SD
your TV > MPEG4 > SD
U&DaveJaVu > MPEG2 > SD
TLC+1 > MPEG2 > SD
QUEST+1 > MPEG2 > SD
your ROCK
your 80s

https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.p...ive=47&lang=en

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by Media Boy UK

The following link is for London area:

NAME > Mode > Type
London TV > MPEG4 > SD
your OLDIES > MPEG4 > SD
High Street TV > MPEG2 > SD
your TV > MPEG4 > SD
U&DaveJaVu > MPEG2 > SD
TLC+1 > MPEG2 > SD
QUEST+1 > MPEG2 > SD
your ROCK
your 80s

https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.p...ive=47&lang=en

Thanks for that MB. Assumed due to a poster on another forum they had all moved from MPEG2 to 4.

[gunner45]

Aren't all these four channels carried on the Local TV multiplex (L-COM)? The problem, as I see it, is that these low-margin channels will be hit if compression is changed from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 when an old TV cannot decode MPEG-4. Another possibility is that the broadcasters are paying a fixed amount, so have no incentive to move to MPEG-4. However I don't think MPEG-2 will survive after 2030.

[Media Boy UK]

Originally Posted by gunner45

Aren't all these four channels carried on the Local TV multiplex (L-COM)? The problem, as I see it, is that these low-margin channels will be hit if compression is changed from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 when an old TV cannot decode MPEG-4. Another possibility is that the broadcasters are paying a fixed amount, so have no incentive to move to MPEG-4. However I don't think MPEG-2 will survive after 2030.

Freeview may die by then as you cant no longer get Freeview TV Set.

In my local carrys when buying a new Livingroom TV and PC you can only get Freely TV Set.