Freeview Outage Report
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Freeview is the United Kingdom's digital terrestrial television platform. It is operated by DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva.
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The graph below depicts the number of Freeview reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
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Freeview outages have been causing frustration for many of the company's customers. These outages, which have been reported in various parts of the country, have resulted in a loss of service access for many users.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.
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TV (88%)
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Total Blackout (9%)
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Phone (1%)
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Internet (1%)
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Wi-fi (1%)
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E-mail (1%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Henfield, Chertsey, Maidstone, Daventry, Leighton Buzzard, London, Hackney, Aberdeen, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, Birmingham, Banbury, Gloucester, Milton Keynes, Glasgow and Great Yarmouth.
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Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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HJHeadingFarAway
(@HJMovingFarAway) reported
@Jack09056 Hello, hope you feel ok - life sucks at the moment. Put a good film on, if you have one. There are still some fab ones till Sun on Freeview.
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fmacskasy
(@fmacskasy) reported
While @radionz is on news & current affairs blackout during "summer break", there's Al Jazeera on Freeview. This is what a commercialised RNZ would look like. One word: irrelevant.
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Nicholas
(@NickHackett2) reported
@salbags60 I'm sure there used to be channel like that called teachers tv but changed to together tv now and I've never watch together tv so can't tell you unfortunately. But it is on freeview
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mary whitfield
(@MaryMares81) reported
from
Salford, England
@FreeviewAdvice we have lost the majority of freeview channels having retuned a few times. Used the availability checker which says channels should be available, can you help? Thanks
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Ozychlyrus
(@Ozychlyrus84) reported
I bought a hdd for my TV because I thought it'd be cool to record stuff but then I remembered that freeview is garbage and I basically wasted 60 quid
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Eric SMITH
(@EricSMI47481041) reported
@bartollengua @salbags60 ??BBC 4 is a terrestrial channel and on Freeview. No cable service needed for either of above
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News_Camera
(@CameraTruth) reported
@bobbt2417 @NaomiLWood @Digbylj The BBC doesn't receive EU subsidy. It has made use of grants to help set up DAB radio and Digital Freeview switchover but this money (around £4m) wasn't used for programming or content. This info is quite widely available.
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Tinsel Tits
(@funusual) reported
@NoWireHangers Ah, damn. It tends to only appear on Drama channel on Freeview I've noticed.
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SkyCards.EU
(@Skycardseu) reported
The service issue with some channels on our Freeview IPTV service has now been resolved. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Please reboot your Mag box to ensure the service is reactivated.
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Owain Roderick
(@owainroderick1) reported
For me, the festive TV schedule on the Freeview channels has been pretty dire. I think only the soaps and Doctor Who saved the schedule. I like Mrs Brown's Boys was poor. Normally. I love it! Against the opinion of Twitter. Don't have Sky or the like.
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Crackerman
(@mostlyceltic81) reported
@1MarkAllison I bought a Samsung at £700 odd quid and last year spend £800 on a Samsung. Neither have freeview yet cheap as **** shite tvs seem to
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itma
(@jjone125_j) reported
@salbags60 Good idea, one of the extra BBC channels that are viewable on Freeview but then we have the problem of age related lessons
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Cameron Steel
(@Tugzrida) reported
@o0dIpw @_marty_k I’m not sure if you’ll be able to pick up NZ fta here though. From Wikipedia: “Due to restrictions on broadcast rights, the unencrypted Freeview service...was set up as a horizontally-aligned service on the New Zealand spot beam.”
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Crackerman
(@mostlyceltic81) reported
Managed to download freeview onto my amazon firestick so, took it down, plugged it into my new TV. Hdmi port doesn't work. Brilliant. Just doomed to never get freeview. Never buying @SamsungTV ever again. No freeview. Hdmi port doesn't work
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Ninji 🇪🇺🏴🇬🇮 B L M / 1312
(@_Ninji) reported
from
Glasgow, Scotland
@ali_king Now I feel like I should check the 365 Travel channel on Freeview again to see if they’re still advertising cruises that never happened
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Mark Allison
(@1MarkAllison) reported
@mostlyceltic81 Why did you not buy one with Freeview built in then?? Seems like poor research before a major purchase to me.
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Jason Prickett
(@JasonPrickett) reported
@LGUK @LGUKCare Just bought a brand new 2020 model smart TV. Outrageous that it doesn’t support Freeview play. Can’t get ITV player or All4. Thought that’d be standard. Knew I should have went for the Samsung. Looks like a trip back to the shop to return it #LG #Wasteofmoney
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emily
(@xemilywalker) reported
from
Solihull, England
The worrrrrst thing is, I’ve never had a telly in my room, never wanted one but that means tomorrow my mom and dad will be watching something awful in the back living room so ill be in the front living room with just freeview channels hahahaha **** off
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Kez #freedom #KBF
(@boatratbown) reported
@LeeHurstComic The problem is that you have to never watch live TV, and I do via freeview, I don't watch BBC but apparently that doesn't make you exempt
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Humol
(@humol62) reported
@mikebhoy @bobby__peru CIAM. Why is that never repeated on high number freeview channels? I loved it.
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Robin Breeds
(@RedRobinUK) reported
@TalkTalk About a year ago you sign me up for talk talk TV package, i never asked for this & kept on asking it canceled time & time again you ignore me, but if you are not going to cancel it then sent me the T Freeview BOX ? at lest as i am being charged for some thing i go not use
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Jason Prickett
(@JasonPrickett) reported
@LGUK Just bought a brand new 2020 model smart TV. Outrageous that it doesn’t support Freeview play. Can’t get ITV player or All4. Thought that’d be standard. Knew I should have went for the Samsung. Looks like a trip back to the shop to return it #LG #Wasteofmoney
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Daniel Cremin
(@DanielCreminUK) reported
@oflynnsocial GB News will be with us in March 2021. I’m hoping for my birthday on 1st March. News UK TV has had its license approved by Ofcom and is said to be targeting a “spring 2021” launch. It will be an evening-only news and current affairs service, and should be on Freeview.
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News_Camera
(@CameraTruth) reported
@NaomiLWood @Digbylj Common misconception. BBC doesn't receive EU subsidy. It has made use of grants to help set up DAB radio and Digital Freeview switchover but this money (around £4m) wasn't used for programming or content. This info is quite widely available.
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Richard Brecker
(@RichardBrecker) reported
All this conspiracy nonsense about a "Great Reset". Never mind that bollocks, can you send one of the complicit world leaders or one of the shadowy global elite to help re-set my Freeview and Sky Digital please.
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Ruth2E 😇
(@Ruth2E) reported
@randomgirl1984 I’m lucky enough to have Prime, Netflix & Freeview plus territorial tv and I’m sure this has been the worst. Roll on 12/1/21!!
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Paullaw1882
(@paullaw1882) reported
@SkyNews Ooooioohhh, sounds bad , I hope this doesn't affect Babestion freeview
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Callum Badcock
(@GolfNovCallum) reported
@FreeviewAdvice hi - Freeview has been down for nearly two days in Swindon, is there anything being done to fix this?
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Phaedrus Rusuk
(@PhaedrusUK) reported
@a1tam0nt_ do you have the same EPG 2021 problem with a #Sony #Bravia on #Freeview ?
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DG Photography
(@DGPhotography9) reported
from
Donegal, Ulster
@pinkygeorgina91 Damn!! Wish I had freeview!