The Natural Philosopher writes:

For those of you who run TV cards on Linux in the UK..and are having
trouble retuning using 'scan' because the transmitter files that come
with the standard distros of dvb utilities don't work any more, here
is the way to sort out how to patch them

[...]

Hope this helps anyone else struggling to retune - several times - in
the mass switchover being undertaken this year.

Or use `w_scan' (URL:http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index2.html),
thus avoiding the need for the initial tuning files?

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Mark