Author: Marc Thornham

Part of the Freeview service for the Tyne Tees region has gone live on satellite to service areas cut-off by the Bilsdale transmitter fire.

A temporary 80 metre mast will be built close to the fire-damaged Bilsdale mast to provide TV and radio coverage for further households.

Operator of the fire-damaged transmitter expects to give viewers a ‘firm timeframe’ for restoration of services on Friday afternoon

Viewers in the Hartlepool and Redcar area can now receive a limited Freeview service, but will need to retune to temporary frequencies.

A temporary transmitter and mast is on its way to Bilsdale, North Yorkshire, in order to restore TV, radio and mobile services in the area.

The operator of the fire damaged transmitter mast have confirmed that a temporary solution is being prepared to restore TV and radio across North Yorkshire and Teesside.

Television and radio services in parts of North Yorkshire and Teesside have been disrupted by a fault at the local transmitter.

Freeview HD channels will be able to swap with their standard definition counterparts. You’ll need a newer Freeview Play device to benefit.

Freeview viewers outside of the range of the full set of Freeview channels will soon be able to access some of the missing channels via IP-fallback.

Satellite television in the UK and Ireland is secured after Sky signed a contract extension with satellite operator SES.