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WarrenLM's avatar
WarrenLM
Just joined
2 days ago

Region for local news set wrong?

Hi

I’m a newly installed VM customer and have found that the local regional news is for the wrong area, how do I change this? I live in Worthing West Sussex.

Thanks

 

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  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person
    12 hours ago

    You cannot change the regions on 101 & 103, as these are set by the cable headend (Brighton) that all the boxes in that area connect too.

    There are however regional variations on other numbers, which you can set in your profile and reorder as you choose.

    The Brighton headend carries the following:

    (Region - Number)

    BBC
    South East - 101
    South - 858

    ITV
    Meridian South - 103
    Meridian South East - 871
    Meridian South East +1 - 301

  • newapollo's avatar
    newapollo
    Very Insightful Person
    2 days ago

    You will find an additional ITV region on channel 303 (although it's the +1 version)

    All customers receive the national BBC region BBC channels on 861 to 865. 

    Depening upon which headend area you are in then local variants might be found on channels 858, 870 and 871

    You should be able to find local news programs on the BBC iPlayer and  ITVX apps, however they are only available for a short time, probably less than 24 hours.

    Please see <this post> for an explanation of why you may be receiving a particular local regions news programs.