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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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 (90%)
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Total Blackout (7%)
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Internet (1%)
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Phone (1%)
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E-mail (1%)
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Wi-fi (1%)
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The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Peterborough, Upminster, Chorley, Bodmin, Winchester, Norwich, Dorchester, Hackney, Burnham-on-Sea, Magherafelt, Birmingham, Cambridge, Barnet, Bridport and Hailsham.
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Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Shay Corrigan
(@shaycorri) reported
@SpergenFlergen @bbcpress Doesn’t the license fee go towards maintaining the Freeview signal stream? So 5 of the things you mention there indirectly benefit from license fee payments as they couldn’t be broadcast without the digital signal.
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Mike Benjamin
(@brundellfilimou) reported
@talkRADIO The ignorance surrounding the model for the bbc is astounding. The biggest issue people have seems to be with bbc news. There is no news stations in the uk that are subscription only, even sky news is on freeview. In addition it is not technically possible for radio stations
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Anton
(@OioioiNiTwit) reported
@JordanRasko @seanforeilly @MicaKilabie Bottom line, if it's too expensive don't spend for it. Freeview still exists and paid for by ads. If it's price gouging, make a complaint with ACCC. Using 'expensive' to justify piracy is just plain wrong.
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Purple
(@Purple43213287) reported
@andrew_wauchope @guardian So you don't think disability programming is a vital service? What about the freeview network?
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northern lass
(@LinWilb) reported
@rec777777 @SusanHu25307477 @NadineDorries Unfortunately it’s not straight forward. Anyone that uses Freeview (ITV - Ch4 etc ) it’s all accessible on the free to air model. BBCs WOKEness is coming from further down the line. Indoctrination at school and through University they take this on into the workplace
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Gary #JohnsonOut
(@Gary1609) reported
@Eyeswideopen69 @carol_casey1 @caporicci_r Should that not be a choice though? You are talking about forcing everyone to have a TV License even if they do not watch BBC but watch other freeview channels. Its like saying sky has the best of movies so you must pay even if you do not use the service.
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Vince
(@VModifiedMind) reported
@iandeeley @peterson_joey @reckless Freeview is awful yes, as is DAB.
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Mark Cooke
(@MarkFCooke) reported
@FunkyA1ien @boxinglyf @GaryLineker Because you're not paying for the BBC, you're a lot of the money goes to the network and various other things, including Freeview, Freesat and the UK broadband network. You can watch ITV and Channel4 on their on Demand services without a TV licence. And it's still a choice.
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theninetyninepercent
(@theninetyninep1) reported
@Life_Disrupted + it wouldn't be free Only practical way to do subscription service is Broadband. New broadband connection for a lot of elderly £25/month Subscription min £7/month New smart TV £200 or Freeview play box £100 Helpline to help elderly navigate all those menus + new tech £1 Bn/yr
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Tech Man
(@RobSmit12639238) reported
@williamnhutton You happy for the sums the BBC is paying too its stars?? Maybe the BBC needs to cut down its Daytime offering. Just make it Subscription based.. If u want to pay U do. If u dont then U dont & have no access to BBC Content. ITV, Ch4 then all truly "Freeview"
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stuart gardner
(@gardner_sd) reported
@VirtuaMcPolygon @byford_ian @DavidLammy Doesn’t part of the license fee go towards maintaining the transmission network for freeview?
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Gus
(@Gus_preston) reported
@Michael37822549 @ChrisMousse3 @JuliaHB1 So you're happy paying a licence fee if it gets spent on other things than just the BBC? What about the support of the Freeview network that allows free-to-air TV to he broadcast. Or the broadband roll-out. Or SC4? That's not a Welsh language station.
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N B P
(@Nick2169Bruce) reported
@daraobriain £160.44 a year just so I can watch freeview channels because I will not waste my time with crap on BBC CHANNELS only ghosts is worth watching.
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James DeRoest
(@JamesDeroest) reported
@kipthebee @georgegalloway @MoatsTV What's a person to do? You'll be down to 100 odd channels. Analogue tv finished in the UK 10 years ago, it's been Freeview since.
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Douglas Mcfarlane
(@dougmcfarlane41) reported
Tweeters saying #BBCLicenceFee helping maintaining #Freeview. Well come to Teesside and we'll show you how it doesn't maintain Jack ****. Our Blisdale Transmitter burnt down August 10th 2021 & we've only this month got patchy service some still have zero. Maintained my arse
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Ian French
(@ianfrench13) reported
@ElaineMatuszew1 @NadineDorries Other TV channels do exist. Not just BBC, and also many of them can be found on Freeview ( not internet / streaming ). Besides, this issue isn't about getting rid of th BBC. It will still exist, but it will be funded differently
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Douglas Mcfarlane
(@dougmcfarlane41) reported
@PCarmichaelVO @NadineDorries In Teesside August 10th 2021 we lost our only Freeview transmitter to a fire. 1 million homes lost its Freeview. Only last week have people got a patchy service back, just BBC some areas have still no signal. 4 months no FreeviewTv. Tell me BBC r doing a good job maintaining mast
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Mac
(@mac_critical) reported
Today I learned Freeview is partially funded by the BBC. I’m sure Dorries has considered all the potential implications should that service end.
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Jack Ataska
(@JAtaska) reported
@RevRichardColes @carlistyping The BBC gets 86% of licence fee revenue. So we could drastically reduce the fee people are strong armed into paying if they were self funded. Or at least give people the option not to fund the BBC whilst keeping other Freeview Channels. Make the BBC a subscription service 👍
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Mike Benjamin
(@brundellfilimou) reported
@Garnhiem_ @talkRADIO The issue that most people have is with the news programmes. There are no subscription only news TV stations in the Uk. Even sky news is free on freeview. It is also not an option for radio stations.
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Paddy
(@pjtobin00) reported
License fee also goes into the Freeview network, free children education. Wanting to get rid of it because it reports news, that some people don’t like, is tyrannical #GMB
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richard parkes
(@ftakeith) reported
@ZoeJardiniere @FreeviewTV in the UK is saved until 2037, @NadineDorries has to scrap the freeview/BBC at the same time, this is like immigration, solution to immigration is short term visas for unfortunate refugees into the UK
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Tormented Toffee
(@TormentedToffee) reported
@JuliaHB1 You fail to mention the BBC also contribute to both Broadband and Freeview. I suppose you never use them either ? All for 43p a day 👍
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Chas Portch
(@chasportch) reported
@FhilipGreen @notwillyoung86 @krishgm So there isn't 4k output via terrestrial television in the UK. Raise that with Freeview. Which is a private company, by the way. I'm looking forward to you moaning about ITV having the same problem? Sky output in 4k is minimal also.
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Irrefutably Wright
(@kingswing72) reported
@SpergenFlergen @bbcpress BBC pays to maintain the Freeview network as part of the licence fee.
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Pablo's Vault of Horror
(@PabloBonzo) reported
The scariest thing about the BBC & Freeview trending is all the awful GBNews related tweets & clips in those topics. We need the BBC, without it or with whatever it becomes under Dorries poorly thought out "plan" we'll end up with more sensationalist tabloid nonsense like GBNEWS.
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Ditsy1/Debbie
(@missTfied66) reported
@RayVonPeeps @GaryLineker i never knew about it till jeremy corbyn became leader. i had a tv licence purely to watch PMQ we stream only..no virgin tv or sky tv or freeview. After reading what theyd said n done re trashing jeremy corbyn constantly and whitewashing farage,bannon,maybot,johnson lies &hate
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Enoch Farage
(@EnochFarage) reported
@PCarmichaelVO @NadineDorries If you want Welsh language programming pay for it yourself. The BBC's educational output is dumbed down drivel. Freeview is an obsolete technology which ties up bandwidth to show Dave Ja Vu.
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AIMEE
(@MamieTea) reported
@SLUG_MrIBlack and as public money went into it, the code was shared with ITV, Ch4, Ch5. It innovates with loads of tech which it shares. It has public services like language transmissions and there was a section to help people switch to Freeview. What the plan about removing its funding?
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theninetyninepercent
(@theninetyninep1) reported
@cononeilluk @luckyma_man .. many won't have + a subscription fee of min £7/ month. Oh + probably have to invest in smart TV or Freeview Play Box, oh + have to navigate through all those new menus. I wonder if Nadine will be providing a free helpline to help all those elderly ppl navigate the Technology