List of DTT channels in the United Kingdom
This is a list of the current channels available on digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, and those that have been removed.
Almost all channels broadcast on DTT are free-to-air, with a limited number of subscription channels and pay-per-view channels also available. Most free-to-air channels are promoted as part of the Freeview line-up.
All multiplexed H.222 transports for HDTV channels use DVB-T2 256-QAM modulation. Local channels on the LTVmux use DVB-T QPSK modulation. All other transports for PAL, radio and interactive channels use DVB-T 64-QAM modulation.
All HD channels are encoded in H.264 and subject to a MPEG-LA controlled transmission patent licensing tax which is included in the Freeview broadcaster cost and varies on viewership figures. This tax is currently paid via one of three registered licensees: the BBC, ITV and Sky plc. The SD channels continue to use H.262, which does not incur any additional transmission costs.
The PSB1 transport is used solely for the standard definition PSB services of the BBC. The PSB2 transport carries only standard definition versions of both the commercial broadcasters' PSB services and some of their commercial services. The PSB3 transport is used for HDTV versions of most of the BBC and commercial PSB services. The COM4, COM5 and COM6 transports, which are only transmitted from main transmission sites, carry only standard definition commercial services. The even less geographically available COM7 and COM8 transports, only broadcast from a few principal transmitting sites at significantly lower power than the other transports, carry both commercial HDTV and commercial standard definition services; SDTV channels on these multiplexes can only be received by HDTV-capable equipment.
LTVmux is a series of localised transports at certain transmitter sites carrying local and nationwide channels. Its availability is much less than that of the commercial COM transports. In addition to this, the NImux transport is only available in parts of Northern Ireland, and the GImux transport is only available in Greater Manchester.
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Channel sections
General Entertainment
General entertainment: Local TV variations
These regional channels are licensed by Ofcom under the Local Digital Television Programme.| NorDig LCN | DVB name | Notes | Licensee/ Parent Company | Broadcast hours | H.222 Transport | Format |
| 7 | Birmingham TV | Birmingham and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Bristol TV | Bristol and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Cardiff TV | Cardiff and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | KMTV | Maidstone and surrounding areas. | KMTV Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Latest TV | Brighton and surrounding areas. | Latest TV Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Leeds TV | Leeds and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Liverpool TV | Liverpool and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 8 | London Live | London and surrounding areas. | ESTV | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | North Wales TV | Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin, and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Notts TV | Nottingham and surrounding areas. | Confetti Media Group | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | NVTV | Belfast and surrounding areas. | Northern Visions Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Teesside TV | Middlesbrough, Teesside and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Cambridge | Cambridge and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Cumbria | Carlisle and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Hampshire | Basingstoke and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Humber | Grimsby, Hull and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Lancashire | Preston and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Manchester | Greater Manchester and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's North Yorkshire | Scarborough and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Oxfordshire | Oxford and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Salisbury | Salisbury and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Scarborough | Scarborough and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Scotland | Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Solent | Portsmouth, Southampton and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Surrey | Guildford and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Swansea Bay | Swansea and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's Thames Valley | Reading and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | That's York | York and surrounding areas. | That's Media Ltd | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
| 7 | Tyne & Wear TV | Tyne & Wear and surrounding areas. | Local Television Limited | 24 hours | LTVmux | 16:9 SDTV |
High-definition
Children's
News
Text services
Streamed channels
Interactive services for compatible receivers.| NorDig LCN | DVB name | Notes | Licensee/ Parent Company | Broadcast hours | H.222 Transport | Format |
| 261 | Racing UK | Subscription required. | Racing UK Ltd | 24 hours | COM4 | Text service |
| 263 | Sonlife | Jimmy Swaggart Ministries | 24 hours | COM4 | Text service | |
| 264 | Vision TV | Vision247 | 24 hours | Text service | ||
| 265 | VOD365 | Sports Channel Network & Planet Knowledge are now found under VOD365 | VOD365 | 24 hours | Text service | |
| 269 | Arise News | 24 hours | Text service | |||
| 271 | Channelbox | COM4 | Text service |
Interactive
These are services that are not designed to be channels but do show up on the EPG of the majority of Freeview boxes.| NorDig LCN | DVB name | Licensee/ Parent Company | Broadcast hours | H.222 Transport | Format |
| 601 | BBC RB 1 | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | 16:9 SDTV |
Adult
Radio stations
Radio stations: BBC Local and Nations Radio variations
In England and the Channel Islands, up to five BBC Local Radio stations are available over DTT. Availability of these stations varies, depending on how their FM and DAB broadcast areas align with locations of DTT transmitters. In Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, national radio services are broadcast in their respective nations.| NorDig LCN | DVB name | Notes | Owner/parent company | Broadcast hours | H.222 Transport |
| 719 | BBC CWR | Serves Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 719 | BBC Newcastle | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Berkshire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Bristol | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Jersey | Programmes mainly in English, but with some Jèrriais content. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 719 | BBC Radio Kent | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Leeds | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Manchester | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Norfolk | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 719 | BBC Radio Scotland | MW/Digital version. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 719 | BBC Radio Ulster | Programmes mainly in English, but also in Irish and Ulster Scots. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 719 | BBC Radio Wales | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Hereford & Worcester | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Radio Cymru | Programmes in Welsh. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 720 | BBC Radio Devon | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Radio Foyle | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Radio Lancashire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Radio nan Gàidheal | Programmes in Scottish Gaelic. Timeshares with BBC Alba. | BBC | 00:00 – 17:00 00:00 – 16:00 01:00 – 16:00 | PSB1 |
| 720 | BBC Radio Nottingham | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Radio Suffolk | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Radio York | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Sussex | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 720 | BBC Three Counties Radio | Serves Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 721 | BBC Radio Cornwall | Programmes mainly in English, but with some Cornish-language content. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 721 | BBC Radio Cumbria | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 721 | BBC Radio Cymru 2 | Programmes in Welsh. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 721 | BBC Radio Guernsey | Programmes almost entirely in English, but with some Guernésiais content. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 721 | BBC Radio Humberside | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 721 | BBC Radio Leicester | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 721 | BBC Radio London | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 721 | BBC Radio Shropshire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 721 | BBC Wiltshire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Radio Cambridgeshire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Radio Lincolnshire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Radio Merseyside | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Radio Oxford | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Radio Solent | No Dorset opt-outs. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 722 | BBC Somerset | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Surrey | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC Tees | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 722 | BBC WM | Serves the West Midlands. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 726 | BBC Radio Solent | Dorset opt-outs. | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |
| 726 | BBC Radio Stoke | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 734 | BBC Essex | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 734 | BBC Radio Northampton | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 734 | BBC Radio Sheffield | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 735 | BBC Radio Derby | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 | |
| 735 | BBC Radio Gloucestershire | BBC | 24 hours | PSB1 |