What Is Terrestrial TV? Terrestrial TV is traditional broadcast television received through a TV aerial. Instead of relying on a satellite dish, cable connection or broadband service, terrestrial TV uses signals sent from land-based transmitters across the country. Your aerial picks up those signals and sends them to your television, Freeview box or recorder. The […]
From January 2022, owners of the very first generation of YouView-powered set-top boxes were told they would no longer be able to use the ITV Hub app. This mainly affected early retail models like the Humax T1000 and T1010, as well as ISP-supplied boxes such as BT’s first YouView boxes and the Huawei DN370T from […]
Updated 21/05/2026 – Original publish date 12/01/2022 Channel 5 becoming part of the organisation behind Freeview and Freesat was an important moment for free-to-air television in the UK, but the story has moved on quite a bit since the original announcement. What started as a news update about Channel 5 joining Digital UK now sits […]
A customer needed a TV aerial connection installed in their bedroom ahead of a hospital bed being delivered. The work had to be completed promptly, cleanly and with care, as the customer wanted to use their smaller spare TV over Christmas while recovering at home. Project Overview This project involved installing a new TV aerial […]
Updated 21/05/2026 Channel 4 HD returning to Freesat was welcome news for satellite viewers when it happened in December 2021. At the time, Freesat viewers gained access to Channel 4 in high definition again, along with several Channel 4-owned music channels including Box Hits, The Box, Kiss, Magic and Kerrang. A lot has changed since […]
Mrs Gill “I got an engineer to call out to fit me an aerial for my recording box, on arrival the aerial engineer checked my box and informed me I needed a satellite dish as it was a Freesat box. He advised me the costs and explained everything clearly. The job was carried out […]
If you noticed a small black and white square in the corner of Channel 5, you were not the only one. Viewers across the UK spotted the strange mark on screen and many wondered whether it was a TV fault, a Freeview problem, an aerial issue or something being broadcast by Channel 5 itself. The […]
Andy Knaresborough “I’d been looking at having an aerial installed and had a few companies out to give me quote, thought they were too expensive. Came across Wefitaerials online, so arranged for them to come out. The price they quoted for the same work was £150 LESS than I’d been previously quoted!! So they […]
The Bilsdale transmitter fire caused major disruption for viewers across North Yorkshire, Teesside and parts of County Durham. Many households lost Freeview channels, some experienced weak or unreliable reception, and others had to rely on temporary fixes while work was carried out to restore services. Since the original incident, a lot has changed. Arqiva constructed […]
The Bilsdale transmitter fire caused major disruption to BBC, Freeview, radio and television services across North Yorkshire, Teesside and parts of County Durham. Many households lost channels completely, while others experienced weaker reception, missing BBC services or unreliable Freeview coverage. At the time, transmitter provider Arqiva began work on temporary solutions to restore services while […]
