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. If you have lost any BBC channels and have a Freesat box, you may need to turn it off then on again to make it perform a retune. If that fails you may have to retune it. Please refer to your instruction manual. Because of software limitations, BBC Red Button interactive channels are currently only available with Freesat or a Sky set-top box and viewing card. Any questions about the recent changes to the BBC Red Button service please visit our FAQ's on this link.

Recent changes to BBC services on satellite

BBC One Scotland HD has launched on the DSat8 transponder and later this month BBC One Wales HD will launch as part of the programme of providing all Nations programming HD. More information is available on Alix Pryde's blog about the BBC.

Astra 2D was also retired in February 2012 and the BBC services moved to a new temporary home on Astra 1N. Astra 1N is due to take up its permanent position in 2013 (19°East), so the BBC’s services will move to their new permanent home on Astra 2E (28.2°East) when that becomes operational. It is expected that Astra 2E will launch around the middle of 2013.

On the 26 March 2013 the BBC HD channel will be replaced by BBC Two HD. Please visit this blog for further information about these changes.

Will this affect my viewing?
These moves will have no impact on UK households. Astra 2E and 2F now have slightly tighter and more powerful coverage, which means that households should get a slightly stronger signal. Therefore, if you happened to be on the edge of coverage, you should now get reception that is more reliable.

The overspill of the BBC’s services will be reduced so viewers outside the UK will find it even harder to receive them. For viewers outside the UK, BBC Worldwide offers a number of channels, which are available in various territories. These include BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies along with BBC World News throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

FEC = forward error correction
SID = service ID

DSAT 1

Astra 1N (28.2° East)
Transponder 45
Frequency: 10.77325 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Modulation: DVB-S, QPSK
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Transport Stream ID: 2045

Channel	SID
BBC One London	6301
BBC Two England	6302
BBC Four	6316
CBeebies	6318
BBC One Channel Islands	6361
BBC One West (Bristol)	6341
BBC One East (W) (Cambridge)	6351
BBC Red Button Stream	6390

DSAT 2

Astra 1N (28.2° East)
Transponder 47
Frequency: 10.80275 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Modulation: DVB-S, QPSK
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Transport Stream ID: 2047

Channel	SID
BBC One Scotland	6421
BBC Two Scotland	6422
BBC North East & Cumbria (Newcastle)	6471
BBC North West (Manchester)	6441
BBC One South East (Tunbridge Wells)	6461
BBC One Yorkshire (Leeds)	6451
BBC ALBA	6423
BBC Radio 1	6450
BBC Radio 2	6452
BBC Radio 5 Live	6401
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	6464
BBC London	6470
BBC Asian Network	6460
BBC Radio 1Xtra	6466

DSAT 4

Astra 1N (28.2° East)
Transponder 50
Frequency: 10.84700 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Modulation: DVB-S2, 8PSK
Symbol rate: 23.0 Mbaud
FEC 2/3
Transport Stream ID: 2050

Channel	SID
BBC Two HD (England)	6940
BBC One HD (England)	6941
BBC One Northern Ireland HD	6943

DSAT 5

Astra 1N (28.2° East)
Transponder 46
Frequency: 10.78800 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Modulation: DVB-S, QPSK
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Transport Stream ID: 2046

Channel	SID
BBC One Wales	10311
BBC Two Wales	10312
BBC One West Midlands (Birmingham)	10301
BBC One Yorks & Lincs (Hull)	10303
BBC One East Midlands (Nottingham)	10305
BBC One East (E) (Norwich)	10306
BBC Parliament	10307
BBC Radio 3	10380
BBC Radio 4	10381
BBC Radio 4 LW	10382
BBC Radio 6 Music	10383
BBC Radio 4 Extra	10384
BBC World Service	10385
BBC Radio Scotland	10386
BBC Radio nan-Gaidheal	10387
BBC Radio Wales	10388
BBC Radio Cymru	10389
BBC Radio Ulster	10390

DSAT 6

Astra 1N (28.2° East)
Transponder 48
Frequency: 10.81750 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Modulation: DVB-S, QPSK
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6
Transport Stream ID: 2048

Channel	SID
BBC One Northern Ireland	10361
BBC Two Northern Ireland	10362
BBC One South (Southampton)	10353
BBC One South West (Plymouth)	10354
BBC One Oxfordshire	10356
BBC Three	10351
CBBC	10352
BBC News	10358

DSAT 8

Astra 2F (28.2° East)
Transponder 61
Frequency: 11 .02325 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Modulation: DVB-S2, 8PSK
Symbol rate: 23.0 Mbaud
FEC 2/3
Transport Stream ID: 2061

Channel	SID
BBC One Scotland HD	8901
BBC One Wales HD	8911