DTT on Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories
The UK digital terrestrial TV (Freeview) network officially covers the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (the Baliwicks of Jersey and Guernsey). There is some overspill into neighbouring countries, most notably the Republic of Ireland.
The overseas territories below have services that are outside the scope of this website, but collated here due to their British links.
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands get the BFBS service. There are two slightly different setups, one from Mount Pleasant (MPA) for military users, and the other from Sapper Hill for civilian users in Stanley. As at March 2015, the channels are believed to be:
1 | BBC 1 | MPA only |
2 | BBC 2 | MPA only |
3 | ITV | MPA only |
4 | BFBS Extra | MPA only |
5 | Sky Sports 1 | MPA only |
6 | Sky Sports 2 | MPA only |
7 | BFBS Sport | MPA only |
8 | Sky News | |
11 | BBC 1 - Delayed | Delayed by four hours from UK time |
12 | BBC 2 - Delayed | Delayed by four hours from UK time |
13 | ITV - Delayed | Delayed by four hours from UK time |
14 | BFBS Extra - Delayed | Delayed by four hours from UK time |
British Forces in other areas can also receive BFBS' DTT service. Although this is a UK provided DTT service, it is not broadcast here or in any way related. We have archive snapshots prior to 27th March 2013, and 2007.
On 27th March 2013 the BFBS service changed to instead provide the following channels: BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Sky News, BFBS Extra, BFBS Sport, Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, CBBC, CBeebies. For more information see the BFBS website.
St Helena
St Helena has a subscription DVB-T2 network carrying 30 channels via Sure South Atlantic Ltd. As of March 2025, the channels are believed to be as follows: (numbers are not LCNs and the lighter background is part of the Premium package)
1 | MNET |
2 | MNET Movies 1 |
3 | MNET Movies 3 |
4 | MTV |
5 | BBC World |
6 | BBC Brit |
7 | Discovery Channel |
8 | Nickelodeon |
9 | Nick Toons |
10 | Food Network |
11 | Universal TV |
12 | SS Cricket |
13 | SS Tennis |
14 | SS Premier League |
15 | SS Golf |
16 | SS Rugby |
17 | SS Action |
18 | Curiosity |
19 | SS Motorsport |
20 | Studio Universal |
21 | E! Entertainment |
22 | Discovery Family |
23 | National Geographic Wild |
24 | MNET Movies 2 |
25 | History Channel |
26 | Sky News |
27 | Disney Junior |
28 | Nickelodeon Junior |
29 | SS Football+ |
30 | Discovery ID |
Note that these cover St Helena only, not the wider administrative area encompassing Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha (Ascension Island has a limited analogue BFBS service - see Falklands). Transmitter sites are as follows:
TX Site | Channel 1 | Channel 2 |
---|---|---|
Briars | 57 | 59 |
High Knoll (Half Tree Hollow) | 51 | 53 |
Head O Wain (Blue Hill, Barren Ground) | 42 | 44 |
The Depot (Blue Hill, Sandy Bay) | 46 | 49 |
Rosemary Plain (Guinea Grass, Trap Cott) | 57 | 59 |
Sunberry (Longwood Hangings, Levelwood) | 43 | 46 |
The Flag (Levelwood) | 51 | 53 |
Field Road (Jamestown) | 42 | 44 |
Deadwood (Deadwood, Rupert's, Coltsheds) | 40 | 35 |
Gibraltar
Gibraltar has a two mux service known as Gibraltar Freeview. This was implemented by Arqiva but otherwise has no relationship to the UK's Freeview. There is a DVB-T mux on UHF56, and DVB-T2 mux on UHF30. As at May 2015, the channels are believed to be as follows:
GBC TV | TV | UHF30 |
GBC TV HD | HDTV | UHF30 |
Al Jazeera English |
There is also a BFBS DTT service available "over cable" (see Falklands)
Other territories
The following list is based on that provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as at Jan 2013, and contains the state of digital terrestrial TV service in each territory:
Anguilla | No known service |
Bermuda | Subscription service provided by WOW |
British Antartic Territory | No known service |
British Indian Ocean Territory | No known service |
British Virgin Islands | No known service |
Cayman Islands | No known service |
Falkland Islands | See above |
Gibraltar | See above |
Montserrat | No known service |
Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands | No known service |
St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan du Cunha | See above |
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | No known service |
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | No known service |
The Turks and Caicos Islands | No known service |