Arqiva have given a brief update on the way forward following the fire at the Bilsdale Transmitter near Northallerton.
The transmitter transmits ITV Tyne Tees and BBC North East and Cumbria to parts of the North East. It was build in 1969 and provides Freeview TV and radio to around 1million people.
See Further update from Arqiva on Bilsdale transmitter, some TV and Radio now restored
A spokesperson for Arqiva said:
Following the incident at Bilsdale yesterday (10/08/21) our teams continue to work with the emergency services to ensure the safety of the site.
We have started the process to gradually restore services using a combination of temporary structures and existing infrastructure elsewhere in the region, and will be moving through this process as quickly and safely as possible.
We will continue to share updates as we have them.
Thank you for your big effort and the extra time that workers must be putting in
Am missing freeview so much as it’s my only source of entertainment.
Well said, these lads must be really busy.
Clearly not the case with their public relations department.
Why was there not a mirror control/electrical room??
Yes and a ‘mirror’ 900ft Antenna! you clearly have no idea what happened
wish they would hurry up dont forget compo for lack of viewing and liecense fee
Freeview/Arqiva aren’t responsible for the TV license, that’s a separate thing and you would have to contact them about that.
Well done lads you are doing a good job.
There is no excuse for the lack of updates. This is a lesson that needs to be learned from network rail. Keeping your customers informed should be a priority-and yes when can we expect a refund of our television licences?
Freeview/Arqiva aren’t responsible for the TV license, that’s a separate thing and you would have to contact them about that.
I think they might be responsible for a lack of updates though. It should be possible to type in a postcode to find out if an area is likely to be fixed soon, or at least if it has been fixed and tv needs retuning.
These people are working there hardest to get things back to normal thank you
This is one reason why sitesike this should have 24/7 staffing and not just 1 person but a crew this sort of thing could have been prevented then .
We still haven’t got the telly back on its be four days now don’t when going be back cause there is no up date to let people know what going on it 1 day or 2 day so pig sick .
Hartlepool is still receiving no signal fo tv
surly the building should be fire proof in this day and age even though its and old building—-fire proofing would have caused all this unnessary hassle
Hindsight is a wonderful thing!
Can only get ten channels in Selby, I’m sure the engineers are working flat out.
Still suffering inconvenience of no TV. Very little information received. Rumours are it was a fire in a building but how did that manage to destroy a 900 ft mast. Is the transmitter at pontop the same design. A fire in an unattended building should have had automatic fire suppression. Clearly the building didn’t or it didn’t work. The whole thing has shoestring written all over it. We need some serious updates through local media.
County Durham is as usual left out in the cold for anything being done.we are now a whole month without tv while all the stops are being pulled for North Yorkshire and Teeside. Aqiva sound to me like a very tin pot firm who need to be sacked and replaced by someone who could do better.