Thousands Of Jersey Households Left Without TV

Thursday, 27 October 2022 14:43

Thousands of viewers in the south Jersey have been left without some TV channels due to a transmitter fault.

The antenna at La Collette chimney provides around 20,000 people with ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 Freeview services.

The channels went off air on Freeview in the early hours of Thursday 27th October.

Engineers are working to fix the problem at the La Collette relay transmitter, but no timescale has been given for when the channels will be back on air.

Viewers in the north of Jersey, as well as viewers using Sky, Freesat are unaffected as are radio services.

The area in yellow below shows the coverage of the La Collette transmitter (pictures courtesy mb21.co.uk)

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