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CBS Drama and others.
Switched to CBS Drama this evening to find a message saying it had moved to channel 71 and could now only be received by "HD equipment". We have a TV with Freeview HD receiver and did a retune which found nothing on ch 71. Same thing happened several months ago with Al-Jazeera. Similarly, when Talking Pictures launched recently it was supposed to be available to those with HD tuners but we can't get it. It is quite frustrating to have all these disappearing/missing channels and I wondered if there is anyone who could explain (in simple terms) what is happening because I can't seem to find the info elsewhere. 
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Thanks for the info kasg
Satellite (freesat) all the way.
You can be living in a city and still not be able to get COM7
I'm pretty sure they will, because it's cheaper! >:(
a)The condition and type of TV aerial used along with careful alignment to get maximum signal strength, bent knackered or heavily corroded aerials can spell mixed results or no reception to a Freeview HD unit, whereas a new (preferably high gain) aerial and nice new cabling installed ensures reception of most Freeview SD and HD services,
b)The condition of the cabling, connections and joints, (moisture, corroded wires and connectors, water ingress etc can cause anything from signal losses and mixed reception to no reception results),
and c) The sensitivity and quality of your Freeview HD stb/pvr/tv's tuner (the tuner units contained in various brand tv's stb's and pvr's can vary greatly in sensitivity;the most sensitive units will tend to resolve everything including the harder to pick up COM 7 and COM 8 multiplexes which are transmitted at much lower power than the others).
Those three factors also have a say, to a certain extent, on whether you get these mux's or not.
There are any number of local factors which could make reception very difficult if not impossible.
If you have I suggest you remove it and get a more suitable one. The only things in 600MHz are COM7/8. It's unlikely you're receiving these from multiple transmitters, and even if you are, given that they're not regionalised any half-decent receiver will store the strongest signal and ignore the other.
At the time the aerial was installed Channel 4 was also duplicated locally in the 600MHz band (just one channel away from where COM7 is today). The installer is on a fixed-price contract and the housing association is not willing to pay for an upgrade.
Like I said, any number of local factors can make reception difficult or impossible.
my samsung TV has film on so seems i can watch this way but its pretty poor on the big 48 inch screen.
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CBS Action 0.33
CBS Drama 0.16
CBS Reality 0.51
Horror Channel 0.32
It's been struggling to attract viewers since it launched and has ditched much of its drama output in favour of more reality programmes.
Funny enough, CBS Drama have today published their own page addressing the matter after lots of complaints
http://www.cbsdrama.tv/uk/articles.php?feature=650
Hmm... the wording looks familiar, don't you think...
As the saying goes: "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
Given the confusion and inconvenience that has been caused to the relatively small CBS Drama audience, it would appear the UK is not quite ready for DSO-2 just yet!
At some point soon, a lot of the more popular channels are going to be making a similar switch -- possibly all at once. Those channels that make the jump early are proving to be quite a good indication of just how many viewers have compatible equipment.
Obviously, in the case of CBS Drama it's not quite as straightforward as "just" a switch to T2 because there's a multiplex change involved, too. But when the first PSB channels start making the switch...
I'm not sure I did to be honest, although I certainly had London Live. What would be the reason for this though?
Do you get BBC1 HD on channel 101? If so you know your TV is Freeview HD compliant if not it isn't. If you get BBC1 HD but not BBC News HD it is a signal problem.