New build homes often look clean, modern and carefully designed, so it is understandable that homeowners do not always want a large TV aerial fixed in an obvious position. The challenge is that the most discreet option is not always the option that gives the best Freeview signal. Aerial placement has to balance appearance, reception […]
This case study shows a combined DAB and FM aerial installation we carried out on a property in Ilkley. The customer wanted both digital radio (DAB) and traditional FM radio on the same system, fed down a single cable, and they wanted the cabling to match the building. Reception in Ilkley can be challenging, so […]
Here are a couple of pictures of a Freeview TV aerial installation in Leeds that we had to fit plastic bird spikes to. The aerial was installed originally to the gable end wall of the house as this was the only place that a good signal could be received, but the problem was that birds […]
Updated 25 May 2026: This post was originally a short job note from 2017, written after one of our engineers fitted a Freeview aerial on a terraced house in Saltaire, West Yorkshire. The original post mentioned the view over the World Heritage site and the character of the local homes, but it needed more detail […]
Updated 25 May 2026: This post was originally a short job note from 2017, written after a customer asked us not to fit their satellite dish on the front of the property. That is still a common request today. Many homeowners want Sky, Freesat or other satellite services, but they do not want the dish […]
This case study shows the view from the roof while we were installing a new TV aerial in Dewsbury for a customer moving over to BT TV. Because BT TV still uses the Freeview signal from the aerial for the main UK channels, we needed to make sure the reception from the property was good […]
One of the biggest wins of the UK’s digital and connected TV world is that subtitles are now available on almost everything people actually watch. Whether you’re watching over Freeview, Freesat, satellite, cable, or one of the main broadcaster apps on a smart TV, you should be able to switch subtitles on in seconds. That […]
We were called out to a farmhouse just outside Halifax where the occupants – a German family – were having ongoing problems with their satellite TV. They were watching German channels from the 19.2°E satellite position, but the picture had started to break up and, at times, disappear altogether. This usually points to an obstruction […]
We were called out to a guest house in the Yorkshire Dales because the owner was having problems with Freeview in a couple of the bedrooms. Some TVs were working, but others were breaking up or losing channels altogether. With a full weekend of guests booked in, the proprietor needed the system back up and […]
Could more channels make the free-to-air switch? The recent additions of PBS America, Really, Drama and Yesterday on Freesat may just be the start of a trend of niche channels ditching encryption and going free-to-air on satellite. On Tuesday, UKTV’s Really, Yesterday and Drama joined Freesat in a move that’s been top or near the […]
