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ITV on Sky Digital
On 21 November 2001, ITV1 finally launched on Sky Digital as an FTV channel,
following a couple of weeks of tests. ITV2 is also available on EPG channel 226, but
this currently requires a Sky Subscription. All sixteen main ITV regions are
available, with EPG channel 103 being allocated to the ITV for the region your card
was issued for. In those regions where more than one ITV is normally available,
up to an extra two will be available on EPG channels 693 and 694 (personally I get
Central on 103 and Yorkshire on 693). However, all sixteen regions are available
through the 'Add Channels' facility, though this is slightly awkward to use.
To add the channels
not shown in the EPG press 'Services', '4 - System Setup', and '4 - Add
Channels'.
Then you need to input the Frequency of the transponder, Polarity, Symbol
Rate, and FEC - all the channels use the same Symbol Rate (22,000) and FEC
(5/6), and two of the transponders use the same polarity. You then scroll down
to the last entry 'Find Channels' and press the 'Select' button, as prompted on
screen, once the list of channels appears, use the 'Yellow' button to select the
ones you want - again, it's all explained on screen. The channels are spread
over three transponders, and you need to go through this procedure for each one
to get all the channels. Be aware these are all on Astra 2D, which has a tighter
footprint, some viewers outside the UK may not get them all.
| Channel | Frequency | Polarity | Symbol Rate | FEC |
| ITV1 London | 10.832 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Central | 10.832 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 HTV Wales | 10.832 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 HTV West | 10.832 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 W Country | 10.832 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Anglia | 10.891 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Border | 10.891 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 BorderSco | 10.891 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Granada | 10.891GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Meridian | 10.891 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Tyne Tees | 10.891 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV1 Yorkshire | 10.891 GHz | Horizontal | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV Channel Is | 10.906 GHz | Vertical | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| Grampian TV | 10.906 GHz | Vertical | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| Scottish TV | 10.906 GHz | Vertical | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| UTV | 10.906 GHz | Vertical | 22,000 | 5/6 |
| ITV2 | 10.906 GHz | Vertical | 22,000 | 5/6 |
To view the channels once stored, you press 'Services', '6 - Other Channels',
and then select the channel you want followed by 'Select'.
