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gulf4uk 19-06-2017 13:19

Wrong regional channel
 
old old thread so Started new one

We are ITV Regional Meridean South well we were and now we
are on ITV LONDON . CHANNEL 103 . london regional news no use to me
Our Roof ANT Has failed for Freview so now cable only .
Virgin Fault and tech department do not have a clue how to sort this
and i am totally sick of the new idea give this letter in password on and on . can anyone Help . option now is plug back in the SKY BOX Where the Region is Correct and save to get Roof Ant Fixed

postcode here is GU14 8-- TV Region meridean South.


TONY

bolgerp 19-06-2017 13:53

Re: wrong regional channel /
 
https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/our-regions

if you click on each region, it'll bring up a slightly more detailed map. Looks like Farnham, Aldershot are part of the London region. I can't quite tell where your postcode lies within that map, though.

DJSADERS 19-06-2017 14:01

Re: wrong regional channel /
 
It's because it's fed from the Guildford headend and the local channel for there is London (Crystal Palace area)

Im not sure about ITV south but BBC south is in the 800 channels

spiderplant 19-06-2017 15:45

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
You get ITV Meridian on channel 870, and BBC1 South on 858.

gulf4uk 19-06-2017 20:40

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
thanks but CH103 is listed as our local Regional channel Its london and we are not
Fixed it now plugged back Freesat from Sky and we get meridean fine.
yes we can get 870 858 will sort out FAV Channels when i get time.
Farnborough is GU14 But sometime ago they planned to give us London
postcode LONDON SOUTHWEST 88\89 Got dropped

Raider999 20-06-2017 11:51

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
We live in Crawley and should be South East for regional - since we changed from sky to virgin we are now London!

Really annoying my wife especially, wouldn't be so bad if I got the London Weighting allowance;)

gulf4uk 20-06-2017 12:26

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
sky can change your ITV Channel to your Local Virgin it seems cannot anyone
have any information on this

spiderplant 20-06-2017 13:39

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35904042)
We live in Crawley and should be South East for regional

Not according to ITV. Crawley is well inside the London region. See https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/our-regions/london

OLD BOY 20-06-2017 16:33

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35904042)
We live in Crawley and should be South East for regional - since we changed from sky to virgin we are now London!

Really annoying my wife especially, wouldn't be so bad if I got the London Weighting allowance;)

As per spiderplant's advice above (#4), can you not access the ITV region you want from any channels in the 800s series?

DJSADERS 20-06-2017 16:42

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 35904042)
We live in Crawley and should be South East for regional - since we changed from sky to virgin we are now London!

Really annoying my wife especially, wouldn't be so bad if I got the London Weighting allowance;)

Doesn't this come under crystal palace as well?

Raider999 20-06-2017 17:38

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35904051)
Not according to ITV. Crawley is well inside the London region. See https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/our-regions/london

On sky we got south east (Sussex/Kent) regional news. Seem to recall Crawley is in Sussex!

jj20x 21-06-2017 03:03

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by gulf4uk (Post 35903975)
thanks but CH103 is listed as our local Regional channel Its london and we are not

103 is the local version of ITV for the majority of users on whatever headend happens to serve a specific Virgin Media area. Virgin Media areas are based on legacy cable franchises and don't necessarily match BBC One or ITV editorial regions.

There is a map available showing which TV regions are available on 101/103 across the VM national network.

http://store.virginmedia.com/content...erecording.pdf

Where there is a significant overlap between VM areas and TV regions, VM makes any additional BBC One regional channels available on EPG channel 858 and makes any additional ITV regional channels available on EPG channels 870 and 871.

Quote:

Fixed it now plugged back Freesat from Sky and we get meridean fine.
yes we can get 870 858 will sort out FAV Channels when i get time.
Farnborough is GU14 But sometime ago they planned to give us London
postcode LONDON SOUTHWEST 88\89 Got dropped
I'm not really sure why you find switching to Freesat from Sky, or getting the roof aerial fixed and using DTT, to be easier than selecting 858 or 870 on your VM equipment...

---------- Post added at 01:47 ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by gulf4uk (Post 35904045)
sky can change your ITV Channel to your Local Virgin it seems cannot anyone
have any information on this

Not strictly true, Sky has a fixed number of sub-regions, tied to postcodes, and the version of ITV you receive on Sky should be fixed at whatever ITV allows them to provide for your post code.

---------- Post added at 02:03 ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35904051)
Not according to ITV. Crawley is well inside the London region. See https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/our-regions/london

It is, but Crawley is an oddity.

As far as I know, Crawley has BBC One London as the main BBC channel with BBC One South East as an alternative. The main ITV channel being ITV London, with no alternative provided on channel 870.

Crawley, however, gets the Meridian version of ITV +1 even though, as you say, it is well inside the London region.

That should make VM's regional policy much clearer. ;)

spiderplant 21-06-2017 10:39

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35904167)
As far as I know, Crawley has BBC One London as the main BBC channel with BBC One South East as an alternative.

There are no alternatives in Crawley.

Of the top of my head, the other regions that do have alternatives are Basildon (London/Anglia/Meridian), Luton (London/Anglia) and Nottingham (East Mids/East Yorks).

jj20x 21-06-2017 12:34

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35904181)
There are no alternatives in Crawley.

Of the top of my head, the other regions that do have alternatives are Basildon (London/Anglia/Meridian), Luton (London/Anglia) and Nottingham (East Mids/East Yorks).

Sheffield???

The NIT for Crawley includes SID 10101 BBC ONE London (101) and SID 10126 BBC ONE South East (858) but only the London version of ITV.

spiderplant 21-06-2017 13:17

Re: Wrong regional channel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35904196)
Sheffield???

No, no overlaps there

Quote:

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35904196)
The NIT for Crawley includes SID 10101 BBC ONE London (101) and SID 10126 BBC ONE South East (858) but only the London version of ITV.

You are right. I blame Specsavers!


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