Since that main incident occurred and the mast was taken offline, non permanent gear has been used to maintain properties throughout the north east and North Yorkshire linked to Freeview's providers however that repair is about to finish with the official mast coming again on-line quickly.

During the switchover - which is being managed by a agency known as Arqiva - many properties might discover they should retune their set-top units to maintain watching channels and there could possibly be minor disruption as exams are carried out. "In the days prior to go-live the antennas will be thoroughly tested. Viewers may experience some short disruption to their TV services," Freeview stated in an up to date weblog publish.

"No action needs to be taken during testing and existing services will be returned once testing is complete."

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Although most customers will not see dramatic disruption to their nightly viewing, a small quantity may discover they lose High Definition channels altogether.

Freeview has confirmed that this can final for a number of weeks while extra gear is put in on the primary mast. "Over the next few weeks Arqiva will be finalising work on the new Bilsdale mast," Freeveiw defined.

"Over 99% of households are not expected to have to take any action beyond a retune when the new mast is switched on.

"However, a small variety of households might not robotically profit from the alerts from the brand new mast

"A small number of households may temporarily lose access to HD services for a few weeks while an additional antenna is installed on the new mast."

Freeview says that properties set to be affected will obtain a notification of the upcoming disruption and get help from TV engineers.

It's additionally value noting that though HD channels will disappear, customary definition providers shouldn't be affected.