| Freeview Multiplexes in Scotland |
| Last updated: December 28, 2011 |
| If you have any corrections or information about the Freeview Multiplexes, please contact the Astra 2D website. |
| A Multiplex is a method of digital broadcasting in which the a single transmission can be used to combine and transmit television and radio services. The use of sophisticated digital compression techniques, such as MPEG2 and in the future MPEG4, enables many television and radio services to be accomodated on a single multiplex. Several multiplexes will be used from each television transmitter to bring a multitude of channels to the viewer/listener. A multiplex is broadcast on a single UHF channel, using digital technology. |
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| Bitrates in Scotland |
There are no fixed bitrates, as they are stat-muxed, at any instant each service is whatever the encoder assigns the various channels, depending on the content of all the services, using whatever rules it has to fill the available bandwidth.
Ten of the thirteen radio services disappear for a few hours each day while BBC Alba is on air, the remaining three radio services and some audio on TV channels probably have their bitrates reduced. If you have any up to date information or corrections, please mail this site to have them included. |
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| Freeview Lite |
Freeview Lite refers to those areas only served by the public service multiplexes. These areas are served by relays and not by the main transmitters. Commercial multiplexe opperators have decided that in certain areas (due to their small populations), that it is not ecconomically viable to broadcast their services to certain (mainly rural) areas. Most affected are northern and central Wales, the Scottish Highland and islands, parts of England, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Viewers with limited or poor Freeview reception, can receive most Freeview channels on satellite, either through Freesat or Freesat from Sky. |
| For detailed information about Freeview Lite, click HERE. |
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| 64 QAM (2/3) |
| In 64 QAM, the digital TV signal is transmitted in groups of 64 symbols. The "forward error correction" is 2/3, and this results in a bitrate of 24Mb/s (megabits per second). This can be used to carry up to eight simultaneous television channels. |
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| 16 QAM (3/4) |
| In 16 QAM mode, the digital TV signal is transmitted in groups of 16 symbols. The "forward error correction" is 3/4, and this results in a bitrate of 18Mb/s. This can be used to carry four or five simultaneous television channels. |
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| kBit/s |
| kBit/s (kilobytes per second) |
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| Service Information (SI) Explaind |
| EIT (Event Information Table) |
| Th Event Information Table, contains information about present, following and future events. |
| PAT (Programme Association Table) |
| Provides the link between the transport stream id, the programme number and the proramme map id (PMT). |
| PMT (Programme Map Table) |
| When pointed to by the PAT, the PMT provides the associated group of elements (video, audio etc.), with the progamme number. |
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| Digital Terrestrial Links |
| Freeview |
| Top Up TV |
| UK DTT Regional Channel List |
| DTG - DTT Services by Multiplex |
| DTT Muxes |
| DMOL - DTT Multiplex Operators Limited |
| Freeview Multiplexes (UK Free TV) |
| Simple units converter |
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PSB 1 (MUX 1) |
Channel |
EPG |
Encryption |
Information |
Video |
Audio |
BBC One Scotland |
1 |
Clear |
National & Regional variation. |
10356 kBit/s |
256 kBit/s |
BBC Two Scotland |
2 |
Clear |
National |
10356 kBit/s |
256 kBit/s |
BBC Three |
7 |
Clear |
19:00 - 05:00. |
10356 kBit/s |
256 kBit/s |
BBC Alba |
8 |
Clear |
Evenings |
10356 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
BBC FOUR |
9 |
Clear |
19:00 - 05;30. |
10356 kBit/s |
256 kBit/s |
CBBC |
70 |
Clear |
07:00 - 19:00. |
10356 kBit/s |
256 kBit/s |
CBeebies |
71 |
Clear |
05:30 - 19:00. |
10356 kBit/s |
256 kBit/s |
BBC News |
80 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
10356 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s & 128 kBit/s* |
BBCi Red Button |
301 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
1200 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
BBC Radio 1 |
700 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
192 kBit/s |
BBC 1Xtra |
701 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
160 kBit/s & 128 kBit/s* |
BBC Radio 2 |
702 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
192 kBit/s |
BBC Radio 3 |
703 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
192 kBit/s |
BBC Radio 4 |
704 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
192 kBit/s |
BBC Radio 5 Live |
705 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
96 kBit/s & 80 kBit/s* |
BBC Radio 5 Live Sp. Extra |
706 |
Clear |
Various broadcasting hours. |
N/A |
96 kBit/s |
BBC 6 Music |
707 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
160 kBit/s & 128 kBit/s* |
BBC Radio 4 Extra |
708 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
160 kBit/s |
BBC Asian Network |
709 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
96 kBit/s |
BBC World Service |
710 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
96 kBit/s |
BBC Radio Scotland |
719 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
96 kBit/s |
BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal |
720 |
Clear |
See below. |
N/A |
96 kBit/s |
EIT, PAT, PMT |
N/A |
N/A |
Service Information |
300 kBit/s |
N/A |
| Technical Information |
| Operated by: The BBC |
| Transmission Standard: DVB-T (MPEG-2) |
| Guard: 24000 |
| FEC: 3/4 |
| Modulation: 16 QAM (18,000 kbps) |
| Carrier type: 2k |
| Operational band: UHF |
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| BBC Alba & BBC Radio on Freeview in Scotland |
The launch of BBC Alba on Freeview, has led to the loss of 10 of the 13 radio stations on the platform. these are switched off when BBC Alba is on air during the evening.
Between 17:00 - 00:00 on weekdays, 16:00pm - 01:00 on Saturdays, and 16:00 - 00:00 on Sundays, Freeview viewers in Scotland now no longer can listen the following stations, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC World Service, BBC Asian Network and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.
Six of the other radio stations are still available to listeners on FM radio. The other four remain available on DAB digital radio, free-to-air digital satellite on both the Sky and Freesat platforms, and at www.bbc.co.uk/radio. |
| *BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio 1Xtra & 6Music reduce bitrates on Freeview in Scotland, when BBC ALBA is on the air. BBC News reduces its bitrate from 192 kBit/s to 128 kBit/s when BBC Alba is on air. |
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PSB 2 (MUX 2) |
Channel |
EPG |
Encryption |
Information |
Video |
Audio |
STV |
3 |
Clear |
Regional variations. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
ITV2 |
6 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
Channel 4 |
4 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
Channel 5 |
5 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
ITV2 |
27 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
Channel 4+1 |
13 |
Clear |
Timeshift version of Channel 4. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
More4 |
14 |
Clear |
Entertainment. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
E4 |
29 |
Clear |
Entertainment. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
STV+1 |
33 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
10432 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
ITV Interactive |
N/A |
Clear |
Interactive |
200 kBit/s |
N/A |
Rabbit |
102 |
Clear |
Text/Interactive. |
1200 kBit/s |
N/A |
EIT, PAT, PMT |
N/A |
N/A |
Service Information |
500 kBit/s |
N/A |
Technical Information |
Operated by: ITV/Channel 5 |
Transmission Standard: DVB-T (MPEG-2) |
Guard: 37000 |
FEC: 2/3 |
Modulation: 64 QAM (24,100 kbps) |
Carrier type: Not known |
Operational band: UHF |
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PSB 3 (DVB-T2/MPEG-4) |
Channel |
EPG |
Encryption |
Information |
Video |
Audio |
BBC One HD |
50 |
Clear |
HD simulcast of BBC One. |
3 Mb/s to 17 Mb/s |
128 kBit/s or 320 kBit/s |
BBC HD |
54 |
Clear |
BBC HD channel, to become BBC Two HD. |
3 Mb/s to 17 Mb/s |
128 kBit/s or 320 kBit/s |
STV HD |
51 |
Clear |
HD simulcast of ITV1. |
3 Mb/s to 17 Mb/s |
128 kBit/s or 320 kBit/s |
Channel 4HD |
52 |
Clear |
HD simulcast of Channel 4. |
3 Mb/s to 17 Mb/s |
128 kBit/s or 320 kBit/s |
EIT, PAT, PMT |
N/A |
N/A |
Service Information |
Not known |
N/A |
Technical Information |
Operated by: The BBC |
Transmission Standard: DVB-T2 (MPEG-4) |
Guard: 1/128 |
FEC: 3/5LDPC + BCH (0.3%) |
Modulation: 256 QAM |
Carrier type: 32k |
Operational band: UHF |
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Note on Video & Audio bitrates |
Video for each channel can range between 3 Mb/s and 17 Mb/s. AAC or Dolby Digital Plus audio is transmitted at 320 kb/s for 5.1 surround sound, with stereo audio at 128 kb/s; audio description takes up 64 kb/s, subtitles 200 kb/s and the data stream, for interactive applications, just 50 kb/s. |
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COM 4 (MUX A) |
Channel |
EPG |
Encryption |
Information |
Video Bitrate |
Audio Bitrate |
ITV 3 |
10 |
Clear |
Entertainment. |
10846 kBit/s |
192 kBit/s |
QVC |
16 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
9366 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Bid TV |
23 |
Clear |
08:00 - 01:30. |
9366 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Home |
26 |
Clear |
01:30 - 08:00. |
9366 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
ITV2+1 |
27 |
Clear |
07:00 - 18:00. |
9366 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Channel 5+1 |
44 |
Clear |
05:30 - 02.30. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
5* |
30 |
Clear |
06:00 - 23:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
5USA |
31 |
Clear |
12:00-01:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
ESPN |
36 |
Mediaguard |
Sports. |
10396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
QUEST |
38 |
Clear |
11:00 - 01:00. |
9366 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
The Zone |
39 |
Clear |
18:00 - 06:00. |
9366 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
The Jewellery Channel |
60 |
Clear |
12:00 - 00:00. |
8844 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
CITV |
72 |
Clear |
06:00 - 18:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Television X |
93 |
Mediaguard |
23:00 - 05:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Redhot TV |
191 |
Mediaguard |
00:00 - 05:30. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Filth |
192 |
Mediaguard |
01:00 - 05:30. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Playboy |
194 |
Mediaguard |
00:00 - 12:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Top Up Anytime 1 |
307 |
Mediaguard |
13:00 - 16:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Top Up Anytime 3 |
309 |
Mediaguard |
23:30 - 16:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Top Up Anytime 5 |
310 |
Mediaguard |
04:00 - 06:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Top Up Anytime 6 |
311 |
Mediaguard |
04:00 - 06:00. |
10846 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Teletext Hols |
101 |
Clear |
Text Service |
500 kBit/s |
32 kBit/s |
1-2-1 Dating |
104 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
500 kBit/s |
32 kBit/s |
Connect 1 |
113 |
Clear |
IPTV, 24 hours. |
500 kBit/s |
32 kBit/s |
Connect 2 |
114 |
Clear |
IPTV, 24 hours. |
200 kBit/s |
N/A |
Connect 3 |
115 |
Clear |
IPTV, 24 hours. |
200 kBit/s |
N/A |
Channel 5 Interactive |
N/A |
Clear |
Interactive, 24 hours. |
200 kBit/s |
N/A |
Capital FM |
724 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
128 kBit/s |
Absolute Radio |
727 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
128 kBit/s |
Heart |
728 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
128 kBit/s |
EIT, PAT, PMT |
N/A |
N/A |
Service Information |
600 kBit/s |
N/A |
| Technical Information |
| Operated by: SDN |
| Transmission Standard: DVB-T (MPEG-2) |
| Guard: 37000 |
| FEC: 3/4 |
| Modulation: 64 QAM (24,100 kbps) |
| Carrier type: |
| Operational band: UHF |
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COM 5 (MUX C) |
Channel |
EPG |
Encryption |
Information |
Video |
Audio |
Pick TV |
11 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Dave |
19 |
Clear |
07:00 - 03:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Really |
20 |
Clear |
08:00 - 04:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Dave Ja Vu |
25 |
Clear |
02:00 - 04:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
E4+1 |
29 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Big Deal |
32 |
Clear |
05:00 - 06:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Create & Craft |
36 |
Clear |
06:00 - 18:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
price-drop tv |
37 |
Clear |
08:00 - 00:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Gems TV |
43 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Challenge |
46 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Food Network |
49 |
Clear |
18:00 - 22:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Sky News |
82 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Community Channel |
87 |
Clear |
05:00 - 08:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
smileTV3 |
95 |
Clear |
22:00 - 05:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
PARTY |
97 |
Clear |
00:00 - 07:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Blue |
98 |
Clear |
04:00 - 05:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Babestation 2 |
193 |
Clear |
05:00 - 06:00. |
22284 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
SkyText |
108 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
200 kBit/s |
N/A |
talkSPORT |
723 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
64 kBit/s |
EIT, PAT, PMT |
N/A |
N/A |
Service Information |
400 kBit/s |
N/A |
| Technical Information |
| Operated by: Arqiva |
| Transmission Standard: DVB-T (MPEG-2) |
| Guard: 24000 |
| FEC: 3/4 |
| Modulation: 16 QAM (18,100 kbps) |
| Carrier type: 2k |
| Operational band: UHF |
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COM6 (MUX D) |
Channel |
EPG |
Encryption |
Information |
Video |
Audio |
Yesterday |
12 |
Clear |
06:00 - 18:00. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Film 4 |
15 |
Clear |
11:00 - 04:00 |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
4Music |
18 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
VIVA |
21 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Ideal World |
22 |
Clear |
05:00 - 00:00 |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
ITV 4 |
24 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Big Deal |
32 |
Clear |
23:00 - 18:00. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Rocks & Co 1 |
40 |
Clear |
13:00 - 18:00. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Sky Sports 1 |
41 |
Mediaguard |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Sky Sports 2 |
42 |
Mediaguard |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
QVC Beauty |
48 |
Clear |
08:00 - 13:00. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Russia Today |
85 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Al Jazeera English |
89 |
Clear |
18:00 - 23:00 |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
smileTV2 |
94 |
Clear |
00:00 - 05:00 |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Babestation |
96 |
Clear |
23:00 - 04:45. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Adult Section Caption |
99 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Vision (IPTV) |
110 |
Mediaguard |
21396 kBit/s |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
CCTV (IPTV) |
111 |
Mediaguard |
Chinese news. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Sports (IPTV) |
112 |
Mediaguard |
Sports Tonight Live. |
21396 kBit/s |
128 kBit/s |
Channel Zero |
306 |
Clear |
Data, 24 hours. |
64 kBit/s |
N/A |
The Hits |
711 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
80 kBit/s |
Smash Hits! |
712 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
80 kBit/s |
Kiss |
713 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
128 kBit/s |
Heat |
714 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
80 kBit/s |
Magic |
715 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
128 kBit/s |
Q |
716 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
128 kBit/s |
Smooth FM |
718 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
64 kBit/s |
Kerrang |
720 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
80 kBit/s |
Premier Radio |
725 |
Clear |
24 hours. |
N/A |
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EIT, PAT, PMT |
N/A |
N/A |
Service Information |
400 kBit/s |
N/A |
| Technical Information |
| Operated by: Arqiva |
| Transmission Standard: DVB-T (MPEG-2) |
| Guard: 24000 |
| FEC: 3/4 |
| Modulation: 16 QAM (18,100 kbps) |
| Carrier type: 2k |
| Operational band: UHF |
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