IN a recent update by site operators of the Bilsdale TV mast Arqiva, they said that fire services have been able to access the base of the mast “for the first time” since the fire broke out.

Arqiva, an infrastructure company, issued a statement just yesterday saying that an update would be issued later that day.

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The TV mast, which caught fire early last week, has been down since August 10 and people across the North East are still without signal.

Work is set to be completed on bringing a new mast online by August 28 when signal is expected to return to the remainder of viewers.

In an update provided last night a spokesperson for Ariqva said: “Over the weekend work has continued at both our Eston Nab site and Bilsdale itself in efforts to recover services for more people.

“The Fire Service were able to access the base of the mast for the first time since the fire broke out and we are now able to begin the process of assessing the condition of the mast itself.

“There are no findings to report at this stage and we will update as soon as we are able.

“As reported last week, some television multiplexes (a multiplex is a bundle of digital channels) are now broadcasting from Eston Nab.

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“We are currently undertaking additional works at the Eston Nab site to allow us to extend the coverage area of the signal to cover parts of Darlington, Richmond and Barnard Castle among others which we expect to be complete this week.

“We are grateful to our landowners who continue to provide access to their lands to allow this critical work to take place.

“We will update further tomorrow.”

Arqiva also provided a list of services that are currently on air:

FM Radio:

  • BBC Radio Tees, TFM, Capital, Heart, Classic - Broadcasting from Eston Nab
  • BBC Radio Tees – Also broadcasting from the Whitby relay

Digital Radio

  • BC National DAB, Bauer Teeside DAB – Broadcasting from Eston Nab

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Digital Terrestrial Television:

  • PSB1 (incl. BBC1, BBC2 CBeebies and CBBC), PSB2 (incl. ITV, Channel4 and Channel 5), PSB3 (incl. BBC 1 & 2 HD, ITV1, Channel4 and Channel5 HD), COM4, COM5 and COM6 multiplexes – broadcasting from Eston Nab to a limited area
  • PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3 – Also broadcasting from the Guisborough and Whitby relays to c.35,000 homes
  • PSB1 and PSB3 – Broadcasting from the Limber Hill relay to c18,000 homes

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