What is all the fuss?



In the past the old television frequencies ran from channel 21,  ( or 471.25 mhz )  to channel 68,  (860.25 mhz).

Each channel,   21-68 was being used by a transmitter somewhere in the country to transmit television pictures.



The government has just sold channels 61-68 to the 4G network of mobile operators for approx 2.3 billion.



The problem is that some transmitters transmit on, or near those frequencies and it will cause interference to  the television pictures of some two million households nationally.

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£180 million has been set aside for the problem and filters will be made available to the households affected,  (but not someone to fit it! )  and the over 75s and vunerable will get extra help. For those people where filters prove ineffective , they will be offered help to fit Freesat,  ( instead of freeview ).