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BBC Satellite Television Channels Costa Blanca Spain
BBC Satellite Television Channels are transmitted from two satellites in the same "constellation". On both satellites they are available for free, with no viewing card. They are classed as free to air channels. The BBC channels are split between two satellites, one has a vey strong signal for the Costa Blanca, and the other has a weak signal.
On the weaker satellite, Astra 2D, there are two "beams", vertical and horizontal. The channels on the vertical frequencies tend to be much stronger than those on the horizontal frequencies . Most of the BBC1 regions (apart from BBC1 London) tend to be on the stronger vertical frequencies. BBC2, Cbeebies, CBBC, BBC Three and BBC Four are all on the weaker horizontal frequencies. Hence why you can get BBC1 Channel Islands for more hours during the day than BBC2!
Reception of the frequencies on Astra 2D are the ones that require a "big dish". All of the BBC TV regional variations are available for free on satellite.
These are the BBC TV (and regional variations) channel frequency settings for Sky TV and Freesat TV.
The best frequencies for the reception of BBC TV in the Costa Blanca, or in Spain, do tend to be the vertical polarisation BBC channels.
NOTE : On October 18th 2010 the BBC had a frequency and channel shuffle. You may find that some of the BBC TV regions you were getting 24/7 are no longer available 24/7. In addition, you may now find that reception of some BBC2 regions has improved.
BBC News, BBC Alba, BBC Parliament, BBC Sports Streams to change to new frequencies in September and October. This will mean the loss of BBC Sports Interactive Red Button service for F1 and football on Sky boxes and Freesat boxes on small satellite dishes in Spain. See our forum for more information
| Channel / BBC Region | Frequency | Polarisation | Symbol Rate | FEC |
| BBC One London BBC One Cambridge BBC One Channel Islands BBC One West BBC Two England CBBC (08-20) BBC Three (20-05) |
10773 | H | 22000 | 5/6 |
| BBC One West Midlands BBC One East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC One East Midlands BBC One East BBC One Wales BBC Two Wales BBC Parliament |
10778 | V | 22000 | 5/6 |
| BBC One North West BBC One Yorkshire and North Midlands BBC One South East CBeebies UK (07-20) BBC Four (20-04) BBC One Scotland BBC Two Scotland BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra BBC News |
10803 | H | 22000 | 5/6 |
| BBC One South BBC One South West BBC One North East and Cumbria BBC One Oxford BBC One Northern Ireland BBC Two Northern Ireland BBC Alba |
10818 | V | 22000 | 5/6 |
| BBC One HD (from 3rd November 2010) BBC HD UK |
10847 | V | 22000 | 5/6 |
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BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 LW BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Ulster BBC Asian Network BBC World Service UK BBC Radio Cymru BBC 1Xtra BBC 6 Music BBC Radio 7 BBC Radio nan Gaidheal BBC London 94.9 FM |
11954 | H | 27500 | 2/3 |
| BBC Interactive Streams | 12441 | V | 27500 | 2/3 |
There are no alternate or "stronger" frequencies for CBeebies, CBBC, BBC3 or BBC4, as these channels do not have regional variations, inlike BBC1 and BB2.
The regions for BBC1 and ITV1 on a Sky box channels 101 and 103 are determined by the postcode of the address that you Sky viewing card is registered at.
With no sky viewing card inserted your Sky box loads up BBC1 London and ITV1 Central as the default BBC1 and ITV1 regions for 101 and 103. With the insertion a Sky viewing card, the box then reloads up the EPG so that the 101 and 103 regions will be as per the address of the Sky card.
The only way you can change your 101 and 103 region is by getting a Sky card that is registered at an address in the desired regions of the UK.
Note that all BBC1 regional variations are available on the Sky and Freesat EPG.
Sky EPG Channel Number - BBC 1 Region
971 - BBC1 Scotland
972 - BBC1 Wales
973 - BBC1 Northern Ireland NI
974 - BBC1 London
975 - BBC1 NE
976 - BBC1 Yorkshire
977 - BBC1 Yorks
978 - BBC1 North West
979 - BBC1 West Midlands
980 - BBC1 East Midlands
981 - BBC1 East (E)
982 - BBC1 East (W)
983 - BBC1 South East
984 - BBC1 South
985 - BBC1 Oxford
986 - BBC1 West
987 - BBC1 South West
988 - BBC1 Channel Islands
990 - BBC2 Scotland
991 - BBC2 Wales
992 - BBC2 Northern Ireland (NI)
Most ITV1 regions can be manually added to the Sky and Freesat EPG.
BBC TV Channels:
BBC One (BBC1 until 1997) is the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of image resolution. It was later renamed BBC tv until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964. The channel has an annual budget of £1,200 million. It is currently the most watched television channel in the United Kingdom, ahead of its traditional rival for ratings leadership, ITV1.
BBC Two (BBC2 until 1997) is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres. It was the second British television station to be launched by the BBC (starting in 1964), and Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour, from 1967, envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming.
BBC Three (BBC 3) is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel is described by the BBC as an outlet for 'New drama, talent, comedy, films, and accessible news'. The channel is on-air from 19:00 to about 04:00 each night, in order to share terrestrial television bandwidth with the CBBC Channel. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output is from the United Kingdom and other European Union countries. 80% is original, covering all genres, from current affairs, to drama, to comedy to animation. BBC Three has a unique '60 second news' format. This was adopted so that operation of the channel could be completely automated, without the complication of dealing with variable length live news broadcasts
BBC Four (BBC 4) is a BBC television channel available to digital television (Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable) viewers in the UK. BBC Four launched on 2 March 2002 being the successor to BBC Knowledge. BBC Four transmits from 19:00 to the early hours of the morning. On Freeview it time-shares with CBeebies. It shows "a wide variety of programmes including drama, documentaries, music, international film, comedy and current affairs ... an alternative to programmes on the mainstream TV channels." BBC Four has an annual budget of £67m (£49.8m on content, £2m distribution, £15.2 infrastructure) which is only 4.7% of that of BBC One (but 1.8% of the audience) and consequently has a schedule dominated by repeats.
BBC News (also referred to as the BBC News Channel or BBC News 24) is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom. The channel launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30 as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989. Since then, with several relaunches, an increase in funding and resources from the BBC and improvements in digital television technology, the channel has been able to diversify content, with two minute looped bulletins available to view via BBC Red Button, BBC News Online and the BBC's mobile website, alongside individual weather and sport bulletins. In May 2007 the channel became available for UK viewers to view through the BBC News website through a live stream. In April 2008 the channel was renamed "BBC News" as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, complete with a new studio and presentation..
BBC Parliament is a British television channel from the BBC. Its remit is to make accessible to all the work of the parliamentary and legislative bodies of the United Kingdom and the European Parliament. It broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the House of Commons and House of Lords, Select Committees of the UK Parliament, the three devolved assemblies, being the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Welsh Assembly, and occasionally from the General Synod of the Church of England. The channel also broadcasts reports from the European Parliament and the yearly party conferences of the main UK political parties and the Trades Union Congress.
The CBBC Channel is a BBC television service aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 07:00 to 19:00 on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different channel position from BBC Three. CBeebies is its sister service for younger children.
CBeebies is a television channel produced by the BBC aimed at children 6 years and under. First launched on 11 February 2002, it is broadcast as both a free-to-air domestic British television channel, and as international variants supported by advertising, subscription or both.
BBC HD is a high-definition television channel provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007. The first HD originated programme to be shown on the channel was Planet Earth, shown on 27 May 2006. The broadcasts are generally six to nine hours per day, and include simulcasts with other BBC channels, such as Michael Palin's New Europe and Hustle, and replays of HD programmes such as Planet Earth, Bleak House, Torchwood, and Hotel Babylon. Live coverage of events such as The Proms, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the Eurovision Song Contest, the FIFA World Cup, and the Concert for Diana have already been shown, with the first live event to be broadcast being the opening World Cup game between Germany and Costa Rica on 9 June 2006. When high-definition programmes are not being shown, the channel broadcasts a looped preview containing clips from BBC HD programmes.
BBC Red Button (known as BBCi until 2008) is the brand name for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom. The services replace Ceefax, the BBC's analogue teletext service, and is only available via digital television receivers. The service can be accessed via Digital terrestrial television (DTT - Freeview), satellite television (Freesat, Sky) and cable television. BBC Sports Interactive Service Streams
To watch the BBC Sports "Red Button" Interactive service stream on Sky boxes
BBC News (Sky channel 503)
Red Button
3001
Select
or
BBC News (Sky Channel 503)
Red Button
Sports
Sports Multiscreen
To watch the BBC Sports Interactive service stream on Non Sky Boxes
Select from the channel lists
Stream-0
Stream-1
Stream-2
Stream-3
Stream-4
Stream-5
Stream-6
These streams are available on satellite frequency 12441 polarisation v symbol rate 27500
BBC News, BBC Alba, BBC Parliament, BBC Sports Streams to change to new frequencies in September and October. This will mean the loss of BBC Sports Interactive Red Button service for F1 and football on Sky boxes and Freesat boxes on small satellite dishes in Spain. See our forum for more information