{"id":804802,"date":"2026-10-16T19:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804802\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:42:10","slug":"tv-channels-restored-for-largs-viewers-after-transmitter-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804802\/","title":{"rendered":"TV channels restored for Largs viewers after transmitter fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Residents had reported being unable to receive ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and associated channels including E4, Film4, ITV3 and ITV4 for several days, while BBC channels remained available.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The issue was raised at a meeting of Largs Community Council on Wednesday, October 14.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Arqiva, which provides the infrastructure used to deliver Freeview television signals, confirmed that an engineer attended the Holehouse transmitter site serving Largs and resolved a problem affecting one of the multiplexes carrying commercial television services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The loss of MUX 31 and MUX 35 from the Largs Holehouse local transmitter, leaving only the BBC multiplexes operational, was believed to be the cause.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  An Arqiva spokesperson said: &#8220;I understand that an engineer has attended the Largs Holehouse site and fixed an issue with one of the multiplexes, so your readers should have their channels returned.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He explained that Freeview television services are delivered through aerials, with Arqiva providing the infrastructure that transmits the signal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The confirmation will come as welcome news to viewers who had been left without access to a range of channels, prompting concerns and complaints from affected households.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Arqiva said anyone continuing to experience problems with their Freeview television service should contact Freeview on 03456 50 50 50 for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents had reported being unable to receive ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and associated channels including E4, Film4,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}