Castle Grove Goes Digital
Headline – Castle Grove residents enjoy the benefits of digital TV.
Castle Grove residents certainly weren’t left in the dark when the first phase of the digital switch over took place in Bampton on 6th May. At 06.00 the analogue signal for BBC2 was switched off, to make way for the new BBC digital services. Here are the new channels that the residents could recieve :-
1 BBC One South West
2 BBC Two England
7 BBC Three
9 BBC Four
70 CBBC Channel
71 CBeebies
80 BBC News
105 BBC Interactive text
301 BBCi 301
To make sure the residents’ television viewing was not interrupted, a team of engineers visited each and every room, installing “freeview” boxes where necessary. This meant that they could still watch all of their favourite channels.
On May 20th, engineers went back to Castle Grove again when all of the analogue channels were switched off. Here is a complete list of what the residents are now able to watch. The added benefit is that residents are able to listen to the BBC network radio stations through their television. Below is a list of everything available to them :-
1 BBC One South West
2 BBC Two England
7 BBC Three
9 BBC Four
70 CBBC Channel
71 CBeebies
80 BBC News
105 BBC Interactive text
301 BBCi 301 3 ITV1 Westcountry
4 Channel 4
5 FIVE
6 ITV2
10 ITV3
13 Channel 4+1
14 More4
24 ITV4
28 E4
85 BBC Parliament
87 Community
100 Teletext
101 Teletext Holidays
104 Teletext on 4
105 BBC Interactive text
302 BBCi
303 BBC News Interactive
700 BBC Radio 1
701 BBC 1Xtra
702 BBC Radio 2
703 BBC Radio 3
704 BBC Radio 4
705 BBC Radio 5 Live
706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
707 BBC Radio 6 Music
708 BBC Radio 7
709 BBC Asian Network
710 BBC World Service
728 Heart
