[ARCHIVE] DTT Multiplex Capacity Guide

This page shows how the digital terrestrial television service is broadcast in the UK. Channels are bundled into multiplexes and then broadcast on their allocated frequencies and transmitters. 

Some multiplexes cover almost all of the UK, while commercial and local multiplexes have lower overall coverage, thus not everyone can get the full range of the channels.

The following visualises how each multiplex is made up, and how services share bandwidth. You'll also find this information handy if you're missing certain Freeview channels, as it will reveal which multiplexes you can't receive.

Multiplexes can be set up in different ways, meaning they can have different amounts of bandwidth and can carry different numbers of channels. Sometimes there is a trade-off between bandwidth and coverage. HD channels take more bandwidth than SD channels, so fewer HD channels fit on a multiplex, even though HD multiplexes have more bandwidth.

Please note that the page is for personal reference only and is based on snapshots of the multiplexes as received via a normal TV aerial.

Last updated: 23/04/2015
key:

	DVB-T TV Service (videostream)		DVB-T Data service
	DVB-T Radio (audio)		Slate only
	DVB-T2 service (including HD channels)		Empty slot
•	Streamed Red Button service available. (Connecting to additional channel(s) streamed via internet)

PSB1 BBC-A
00:00	05:30	16:00	19:00
BBC One
BBC Two
BBC Three	CBBC		BBC Three
BBC Four	CBeebies		BBC Four
BBC News
BBC Parliament
		BBC ALBA (Scotland only *)
BBC RB1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4extra
BBC Radio 5live
BBC Radio 5live Sports Extra
BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Asian Network
BBC World Service
BBC Radio Scotland/Wales/Ulster**; BBC Local Radio ***
BBC Radio Nan Gaidhael/Cymru/Foyle, BBC Local Radio **
BBC Red Button Text / BBC Red Button 200
Notes: * In Scotland, BBC Alba shares bandwidth with some BBC Radio stations. BBC Radio 1,2,3, World Service and Nan Gaidhael give way to BBC Alba from 1700-0000 Mon-Fri and 1600-0100 Sat, 1600-0000 Sun. ** in their respective nations only *** in their respective English regions only.

PSB2 D3&4
00:00	18:00
ITV (Central/North Scotland: STV; Northern Ireland: UTV)
ITV+1 (or STV+1, UTV+1)^
ITV2
Channel 4
Channel 4+1
More 4
E4 (Wales: S4C)
Channel 5
Film4
U105 (Northern Ireland only)
^In the Channel Islands, itv3 replaces itv+1.

PSB3 BBC-B
00:00	05:30	19:00
BBC One HD^
BBC Two HD
ITV HD	(Central/North Scotland: STV HD; Northern Ireland: UTV HD) *
Channel 4 HD
BBC THREE HD	CBBC HD	BBC THREE HD
Film4+1 (SD)
^ National variants for BBC One HD in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. * There is currently no channel 3 HD service for the Channel Islands.

COM4 SDN

00:00

02

03

04

05

06:00

18:00

ITV3

C5+1

TVX

5*

5USA

C5+24

QVC

CBS Reality

Quest

ITV2+1

Be+1

The Store

ITV4+1

CITV

ITV3+1 (until 00:05)

Xpanded* ► (not Wales)

The Jewellery Channel

Drama

True Ent

◄ Xpanded*

True Entertainment

In Eng/Sco/NI

E4

In Wales

Absolute Radio

Capital FM

Heart

Holidays TV

Rabbit

Gay Rabbit

121 Dating

Connect 4

Vision TV

VuTV

TVPlayer

Motors

Vintage

kykNET

JSTV

Kingdom Europe

Adult xxx

COM5 Arqiva A

00:00

03

04

05

06

08:00

15:00

18:00

19:00

22:00

Sky News

Pick

Challenge

E4+1

Dave

◄ Adult Party*

Dave

Food Network

Movie Mix

Gems

TV

Smile

TV3

(2)

Create & Craft

Travel Channel

Smile TV3

Really

(3)

TruTV+1

Really

Party*►

Tiny POP

Movies4Men

TruTV

TBN UK

KISS FRESH

KISS

KISSTORY

Magic

Kerrang!

TalkSPORT

Insight Radio

Classic FM

LBC

Proud Dating

Kiss Me TV

(2): Babestn2 0500-0600 (3): Blue 0400-0500 *'Adult Party' mops up spare overnight bandwidth during Community and Dave downtimes to form one continuous service from 0000-0700.  ◄► symbols highlight the stream above. This table is for visualisation purposes, as streams on this multiplex are dynamic to maximise use of bandwidth.

COM6 Arqiva B
00:00	05:00	08:00			13:00		22	23
Yesterday
4Music •
SPIKE			VIVA		SPIKE
Smile TV2		Ideal World
Dave Ja Vu
ITV4
RT •
Babestn		QVC Beauty •			Rocks & Co			Bstn
QUEST+1
BT Sport 1   MPEG4
Horror Channel
4seven
Al Jazeera English
CBS Action
The Hits
Heat
Smooth Radio
Premier Radio
Connect 1
CCTV
Connect 2
Racing
Sonlife
Dating
NOTES: Data channels in bold are “streamed channels”, delivered via the internet to compatible Freeview HD certified receivers. • 4Music has a connected red button service linking to three TV channels (Kiss, Kerrang and Magic) for compatible connected Freeview HD devices. • QVC Beauty has a connected red button service linking to QVC Style and QVC Extra. • RT has a connected red button service linking to RT Documentary.

COM7
00:00	05:30	19:00
Al Jazeera HD
BBC Four HD	CBeebies HD	BBC Four HD
BBC News HD
Al Jazeera Arabic (SD)
Channel 4+1 HD
4seven HD
Motors TV (SD)
ARISE News (SD)
Daystar (SD)
Community (SD)
BT Showcase (live 0300-0400, otherwise slate)
Planet Knowledge
TWR
NOTE: Limited coverage across the UK.

COM8
01:00	13:00
QVC+1 HD	QVC Beauty HD
NOTE: Limited coverage across the UK.

LOCAL

Mux L / COMUX Local TV
00:00	06:00	22:00
Local TV channel (see local TV page for listing of station names)
POP
QVC Extra

RNI_1 / NImux Northern Ireland
00:00	12:00
TG4
RTÉ One
RTÉ Two
RTÉ RnaG

G_MAN  Manchester Television Network Manchester only
00:00	12:00
Movies4Men+1
Capital TV
Fire Hit TV
Heart TV
Chart Show TV
POP+1