With digital television, each frequency carries a group of services (that’s television channels, text services and radio stations) rather than just one single television channel: these are known as multiplexes. The grids below show you which channels are broadcast on each multiplex in the UK:

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Multiplex 1 Licensed to the BBC; replaced by PSB1 at switchover

 

 

Broadcast at 16 QAM (18,000 kbps)

Video

Audio

BBC One

720 x 576

256 stereo

BBC Two

720 x 576

256 stereo

BBC Three + CBBC

720 x 576

256 stereo

BBC News

720 x 576

192 stereo

Scotland: BBC Radio Scotland / Wales: BBC Radio Wales / NI: BBC Radio Ulster

 

96 stereo

Scotland: BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal / Wales: BBC Radio Cymru / NI: BBC Radio Foyle

 

96 stereo

BBCi

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplex 2 Licensed to Digital 3&4; replaced by PSB2 at switchover

 

 

Broadcast at 64 QAM (24,000 kbps)

Video

Audio

ITV1 or STV or UTV

704 x 576

192 stereo

ITV2

544 x 576

192 stereo

ITV3

544 x 576

192 stereo

ITV4

544 x 576

192 stereo

Channel 4

704 x 576

192 stereo

Channel 4+1

544 x 576

192 stereo

More4

544 x 576

192 stereo

E4

544 x 576

192 stereo

England & Wales: Heart

 

128 stereo

Northern Ireland: U105

 

160 stereo

Teletext

 

 

Wales: Teletext Holidays

 

32 mono

Rabbit

 

32 mono

Teletext on 4

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplex A Licensed to SDN (owned by ITV); replaced by COM4 at switchover

 

 

Broadcast at 64 QAM (24,000 kbps)

Video

Audio

Five

720 x 576

192 stereo

Five US

544 x 576

192 stereo

Fiver + Television X

544 x 576

128 stereo

Anytime 1 + Setanta Sports

544 x 576

192 stereo

Eng, Scot and NI: Anytime 2 + CITV + Tele G (in Scotland) + Nuts TV / Wales: S4C

544 x 576

192 stereo

Anytime 3 + British Eurosport + Teachers TV + UKTV Style + UKTV Gold

544 x 576

192 stereo

England, Scotland & NI: QVC / Wales: QVC + S4C Two

544 x 576

192 stereo

England, Scotland & NI: Bid TV / Wales: Anytime 2 + Bid TV + Nuts TV

544 x 576

192 stereo

Price Drop TV

544 x 576

192 stereo

England, Scotland & Northern Ireland: Smash Hits! Radio

 

128 stereo

England, Scotland & Northern Ireland: Mojo

 

128 stereo

Teletext Games

 

32 mono

England, Scotland & Northern Ireland: Teletext Holidays

 

32 mono

 

 

 

Multiplex B Licensed to the BBC; replaced by PSB3 at switchover

 

 

Broadcast at 16 QAM (18,000 kbps)

Video

Audio

BBC Four + CBeebies

720 x 576

256 stereo

BBC Parliament

544 x 576

128 stereo

301

544 x 576

128 stereo

302 + Community Channel

544 x 576

192 stereo

305

544 x 576

128 stereo

BBC Radio 1

 

192 stereo

BBC 1Xtra

 

160 stereo

BBC Radio 2

 

192 stereo

BBC Radio 3

 

192 stereo

BBC Radio 4

 

192 stereo

BBC Radio 5 Live

 

96 mono

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

 

96 mono

BBC 6 Music

 

160 stereo

BBC 7

 

160 stereo

BBC Asian Network

 

128 stereo

303

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplex C Licensed to Crown Castle; replaced by COM5 at switchover

 

 

Broadcast at 16 QAM (18,000 kbps)

Video

Audio

Sky News

720 x 576

192 stereo

Sky Sports News

720 x 576

192 stereo

Sky Three

720 x 576

192 stereo

Dave + Smile TV

720 x 576

192 stereo

E4+1

720 x 576

192 stereo

talkSPORT

 

64 mono

Clyde 1

 

64 mono

Premier Radio

 

64 mono

Virgin Radio

 

64 mono/
128 stereo

Sky Text

 

 

TVTV Digital

 

 

 

 

 

Multiplex D Licensed to Crown Castle; replaced by COM6 at switchover

 

 

Broadcast at 16 QAM (18,000 kbps)

Video

Audio

The Hits

720 x 576

192 stereo

TMF

720 x 576

192 stereo

UKTV History + Virgin 1

720 x 576

192 stereo

Ideal World

720 x 576

192 stereo

ITV2+1

720 x 576

192 stereo

Film4 + Gems TV + National Lottery Xtra

720 x 576

192 stereo

BBC World Service

 

64 mono

The Hits Radio

 

128 stereo

Heat

 

128 stereo

Kiss