Satellite frequencies

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.

Listed below are the frequencies for BBC TV channels and radio stations available via satellite. Because of software limitations, BBC Red Button interactive channels are currently only available with Freesat or a Sky set-top box and viewing card.

Other free channels are also available, but some - such as Channel 4 and Five - are encrypted and require Freesat or a Sky set-top box and viewing card.

FEC = forward error correction
SID = service information descriptor

Astra 2D Satellite (28.2° East)
Transponder 45
Frequency: 10.77325 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC5/6

Channels available	SID
BBC One London	6301
BBC Two England	6302
BBC Three	6303
BBC One NI	6331
BBC Four	6316
CBBC	6317
CBeebies	6318

Astra 2D (28.2° East)
Transponder 47
Frequency: 10.80275 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6

Channels available	SID
BBC One Scotland	6421
BBC Two Scotland	6422
BBC One Wales	6411
BBC 2W	6412
BBC Two NI	6432
BBC Radio 5 Live	6401
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra	6464

Astra 2D (28.2° East)
Transponder 48
Frequency: 10.81750 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6

Channels available	SID
BBC One - West	10351
BBC One - South East	10352
BBC One - South	10353
BBC One - South West	10354
BBC One - North East & Cumbria	10355
BBC One - Oxford	10356

Astra 2D (28.2° East)
Transponder 46
Frequency: 10.78800 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6

Channels available	SID
BBC One - East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire	10303
BBC One - Yorkshire	10304
BBC One - North West	10302
BBC One - East Midlands	10305
BBC One - West Midlands	10301
BBC One - East (East)	10306

Astra 2D (28.2° East)
Transponder 50
Frequency: 10.84700 GHz
Vertical polarisation
Symbol rate: 22.0 Mbaud
FEC 5/6

Channels available	SID
BBC One - East (West)	6903
BBC One - South West (Channel Islands)	6904
BBC HD	6940

BBC HD broadcasts use the DVB-S standard as do all the other BBC satellite services. At some point in the future, the DVB-S2 standard will be used, but no date has yet been fixed for this transition.

Astra 2A (28.2° East)
Transponder 13
Frequency: 11.95350 GHz
Horizontal polarisation
Symbol rate: 27.5 Mbaud
FEC2/3

Channels available	SID
BBC Parliament	6902
BBC News	6704
BBC Alba	6736
BBC Radio 1	6751
BBC Radio 2	6752
BBC Radio 3	6753
BBC Radio 4 FM	6754
BBC Radio 4 LW	6755
BBC Radio Scotland	6757
BBC Radio Ulster	6759
BBC Radio Wales	6758
BBC World Service	6761
BBC Radio Cymru	6763
BBC Asian Network	6760
1Xtra BBC	6766
BBC 6 Music	6767
BBC Radio 7	6768
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal	6769
BBC London	6770