List of UK digital terrestrial channels

This is a list of the channels carried by Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.

Channels

On the above diagram, each row represents a DTT multiplex, the full width representing 24Mb/s, with the 16QAM multiplexes having only 18Mb/s. The wider the box, the more bandwidth allocated.

Unless noted otherwise, channels may broadcast twenty-four hours a day (though not all use all of this available time).

Television channels

LCN1	Channel	Notes	Multiplex
1	BBC One	Includes regional variations	1
2	BBC Two	Includes regional variations; digital variations from analogue in Wales and Northern Ireland	1
3	ITV1	In England, Wales, Southern Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands2	2
	STV	In Central and Northern Scotland2
	UTV	In Northern Ireland2
4	Channel 4	Except Wales	2
	S4C Digidol	Wales only	A3
5	Five		A3
6	ITV2		2
7	BBC Three	Broadcasts 1900-0600	1
8	Channel 4	Wales only	2
	TeleG	Scotland only; broadcasts 1800-1900	A
9	BBC Four	Broadcasts 1900-0600	B
10	ITV3		2
11	Sky Three		C
12	UKTV History	Broadcasts 0500-0100	C
13	More4		2
14	E4		2
15	ABC1	Not available in Wales; broadcasts 0600-1800	A
16	QVC	Reduced hours in Wales (not broadcast 0900-1700 Tuesday-Thursday)	A
17	UKTV Gold	Top Up TV; broadcasts 1600-0100	A
18	The Hits		D
19	UKTV Bright Ideas	Broadcasts 0600-1800	D
20	Ftn	Broadcasts 1800-0600	D
21	TMF		D
22	Ideal World		D
23	bid tv	Reduced hours in Wales (only broadcasts 0600-1900)	A
24	price-drop tv		A
26	UKTV Style	Top Up TV; broadcasts 1300-1600	A
28	ITV4	Broadcasts 1800-0600	2
29	Film4		D
30	E4+1		C
31	ITV2+1		D
32	Film4+1		2
33	British Eurosport	Top Up TV; broadcasts 1300-1800	A
34	Setanta Sports 1	Subscription-only (Seca 2 encryption); broadcasts 1200-0300	2
35	Five US		A
36	Five Life	Broadcasts 0500-2300	A
37	SmileTV	Broadcasts 0100-0500	C
38	Top Up TV Anytime 1	Subscription service	A
39	Top Up TV Anytime 2	Subscription service	A
40	Top Up TV Anytime 3	Subscription service	A
41	Thomas Cook TV	Broadcasts 1900-2200	A
70	CBBC Channel	Broadcasts 0600-1900	1
71	CBeebies	Broadcasts 0600-1900	B
75	CITV Channel	Broadcasts 0600-1800	2
80	BBC News 24		1
81	BBC Parliament		B
82	Sky News		C
83	Sky Sports News		C
86	S4C2	Wales only; broadcasts 0900-1700 Tuesday-Thursday	A3
87	Community Channel	Broadcasts 0600-0900	B
88	Teachers' TV	Broadcasts 1100-1300	A
97	Television X	Top Up TV (additional subscription); broadcasts 2300-0500	A
501	BBC HD Trial	BBC High Definition Test Channel; London only	CH31
503	ITV HD Trial	ITV High Definition Test Channel; London only	CH27
504	Channel 4 HD Trial	C4 High Definition Test Channel; London only	CH27
505	Five HD Trial	Five High Definition Test Channel; London only	CH27

1. Logical Channel Number
2. ITV1 is the brand name for 12 of the 15 regional ITV Network franchises for England, Wales, southern Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Each of these 12 franchises has a separate brand name used prior to local programming, see ITV1. STV is the brand name for the franchises for central and northern Scotland. UTV operates the franchise for Northern Ireland. All 15 franchises broadcast 0925-0600; GMTV operates the franchise for national breakfast television and broadcasts 0600-0925.
3. Five, S4C and S4C2 will move to a public service multiplex at the start of digital switchover, using the bandwidth created by switching from 16QAM to 64QAM mode, so will be transmitted from all 1,154 UK transmitters. Multiplexes A, C and D will only be transmitted from the current 80 transmitters after switchover but with higher powered signals (and in 64QAM mode).

Text and interactive services

LCN	Channel	Notes	Multiplex
100	Teletext	Text service	2
101	Teletext Holidays	Text service	A; 2 in Wales
102	Teletext Cars	Text service	2
103	Teletext Games	Text service	A
104	Teletext on 4	Text service	2
105	BBCi	Text service	1
108	Sky Text	Text service; NHS Direct pages also available from split screen with Sky Text	C
300	4TVInteractive	EPG service; compatible set-top-box required for full functionality; broadcasts 0300-0400 (appears as a blank screen at other times)	D
301	BBCi	Interactive service; press red button on BBC channels for full functionality	B
302	BBCi	Interactive service; press red button on BBC channels for full functionality; broadcasts 0900-0600	B
303	BBCi	Carries data for BBC News 24, BBC Parliament and CBeebies (appears as blank screen)	B
304	tvtv digital	EPG/recording service; compatible set-top-box required for full functionality (not yet launched). Appears as a blank screen (at least for most of the time).	C
305	BBCi	Carries data for BBC News 24 (appears as a blank screen)	B

Radio stations

LCN	Channel	Notes	Multiplex
700	BBC Radio 1		A
701	BBC 1Xtra		B
702	BBC Radio 2		A
703	BBC Radio 3		A
704	BBC Radio 4	FM version	A
705	BBC Radio Five Live		B
706	BBC Five Live Sports Extra		B
707	BBC 6 Music		B
708	BBC 7		B
709	BBC Asian Network		B
710	BBC World Service	English language European version	D
711	The Hits Radio		D
712	Smash Hits		D
713	Kiss 100		D
714	Heat	Not available in Wales	A
715	Magic 105.4		D
716	Q		D
717	Oneword		D
718	102.2 Smooth FM		D
719	BBC Radio Wales	Wales only	1
	BBC Radio Scotland	Scotland only	1
	BBC Radio Ulster	Northern Ireland only	1
720	BBC Radio Cymru	Wales only	1
	BBC Radio nan Gaidheal	Scotland only	1
	BBC Radio Foyle	Northern Ireland only	1
721	Mojo	Not available in Wales	A
722	Kerrang!		D
723	talkSPORT		C
724	Clyde 1		C
725	Premier Christian Radio		C
726	U105	Northern Ireland only	2
727	Virgin Radio		C
728	Heart	Not available in Scotland	2
729	Radio Music Shop	Not available in Scotland	2

The multiplexes

Multiplex 1

Operated by the BBC; broadcasts nationwide in 16QAM mode at 18 megabits/second

• TV: BBC One (regional variation), BBC Two (national variation), BBC Three, CBBC Channel, BBC News 24
• Radio: BBC Radio Wales (Wales only), BBC Radio Scotland (Scotland only), BBC Radio Ulster (Northern Ireland only), BBC Radio Cymru (Wales only), BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (Scotland only), BBC Radio Foyle (Northern Ireland Only)
• Text/Interactive: BBCi, The Engineering Channel

Multiplex 2

Operated by Digital 3&4 (an ITV/Channel 4 consortium); broadcasts nationwide in 64QAM mode at 24 megabits/second

• TV: ITV1 (regional service), Channel 4, ITV2, ITV3, More4, E4, ITV4, Film4+1, CITV Channel
• Radio: U105 (Northern Ireland only), Heart (except Scotland), Radio Music Shop (except Scotland)
• Text/Interactive: Teletext, Teletext Holidays (Wales only), Teletext Cars, Teletext on 4, Teletext on ITV

Multiplex A

Operated by SDN (owned by ITV plc); broadcasts nationwide in 64QAM mode at 24 megabits/second

• TV: S4C Digidol (Wales only), Five, TeleG (Scotland only), ABC1 (except Wales), QVC, UKTV Gold*, bid tv, price-drop tv, Thomas Cook TV, UKTV Style*, British Eurosport*, Five US, Five Life, Top Up Anytime 1*, Top Up Anytime 2*, Top Up Anytime 3*, S4C2 (Wales only), Teachers' TV, Television X*, Setanta Sports 1*
• Radio: BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, Mojo (except Wales), Heat (except Wales)
• Text/Interactive: Teletext Holidays (except Wales), Teletext Games

Multiplex B

Operated by the BBC; broadcasts nationwide in 16QAM mode at 18 megabits/second

• TV: BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Parliament, Community Channel
• Radio: BBC 1Xtra, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC Five Live Sports Extra, BBC 6 Music, BBC 7, BBC Asian Network
• Text/Interactive: BBCi (301, 302, 303), BBC Parliament (redundant ¼ screen service), The Engineering Channel

Multiplex C

Operated by National Grid Wireless; broadcasts nationwide in 16QAM mode at 18 megabits/second

• TV: Sky Three, UKTV History, E4+1, SmileTV, Sky News, Sky Sports News
• Radio: talkSPORT, Clyde 1, Premier Christian Radio, Virgin Radio
• Text/Interactive: Sky Text, TVTV Digital

Multiplex D

Operated by National Grid Wireless; broadcasts nationwide in 16QAM mode at 18 megabits/second

• TV: The Hits, UKTV Bright Ideas, Ftn, TMF, Ideal World, Film4, ITV2+1
• Radio: BBC World Service, The Hits Radio, Smash Hits, Kiss 100, Magic 105.4, Q, Oneword, 102.2 Smooth FM, Kerrang!
• Text/Interactive: 4TVInteractive

* Pay TV service