Help Receiving BBC TV and Radio
To receive digital TV via satellite but not through Freesat or Sky, you need to tune your equipment to the correct frequencies yourself. For help with tuning, please contact your equipment retailer, manufacturer or installer.
Listed below are the frequencies for BBC TV channels and radio stations available via satellite. Because of software limitations, BBC Red Button interactive channels are currently only available with Freesat or a Sky set-top box and viewing card.
Other free channels are also available, but some - such as Channel 4 and Five - are encrypted and require Freesat or a Sky set-top box and viewing card.
FEC=forward error correction
SID=service information descriptor
Astra 2D Satellite
(28.2° East)
Transponder 45
Frequency: 10.77325 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC5/6
Astra 2D
(28.2° East)
Transponder 47
Frequency: 10.80275 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Astra 2D
(28.2° East)
Transponder 48
Frequency: 10.81750 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Astra 2D
(28.2° East)
Transponder 46
Frequency: 10.78800 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Astra 2D
(28.2° East)
Transponder 50
Frequency: 10.84700 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
BBC HD broadcasts use the DVB-S standard as do all the other BBC satellite services. At some point in the future, the DVB-S2 standard will be used, but no date has yet been fixed for this transition.
Astra 2A
(28.2° East)
Transponder 13
Frequency: 11.95350 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Symbol rate: 27.5 Mbaud
FEC2/3
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