Freeview outages and service status in Westhoughton, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Westhoughton, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Westhoughton, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Live Outage Map Near Westhoughton, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Warrington, Manchester, Bolton, and Salford.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Warrington	TV	2 days ago
Manchester	Total Blackout	4 days ago
Bolton	TV	26 days ago
Salford	TV	1 month ago
Manchester	TV	1 month ago
Salford	TV	2 months ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Westhoughton, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Westhoughton and nearby locations:

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  Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported 47 seconds ago from Sale, England

  @nowtvhelp Hi I'm Steve Quinn WA15 9HN Can I ask u it's not fair where yr channels are on other services like sky arts sky news on Freeview where everyone has it and so much comedy even on movies MTV pure crap fox all usa can't u add CHS like W history Ch animal planet CI more tx

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  Les Dawson and me #JC4PM2019 #LabourActivist (@Like47) reported 1 minute ago from Manchester, England

  @gary_worden @cjssydney @cptcapitalg @FrogAlaPeche Poor people either don't have a TV or watch freeview.

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  Paul Williams✈️ (@PaulW_1) reported 2 minutes ago from Sale, England

  @BigJetTVLIVE I named 3 airlines on the above. Why say 10mins if you knew it wouldn’t be. You still don’t get the hang of it. Most of the times when I watch the freeview there are so many errors in it it’s unreal. If you didn’t have enough time then that’s bad planning on your side

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  julie byrne (@bulldogbyrne) reported 9 minutes ago from Hindley, England

  Why do I keep paying for TV service which is shit @BTGroup I get better service on indoor freeview aerial

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  Mike 🇬🇧 #Britishindependent (@MikeBates04) reported 13 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  @NetflixUK as gone shit pay to see old flims that you get free on Freeview so what's the point 👊👊👊👊👊

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  Sean Vickers (@collegeflunky) reported 15 minutes ago from Radcliffe, England

  @FreeviewAdvice any advice?Unable to watch terrestrial tv properly since Winter Hill update in August. Retuned Humax box and Hisense tv numerous times but still an issue #winterhill #freeview #

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  Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported 15 minutes ago from Sale, England

  Is anything on TV tonight I'm bit bored today skts engineer came to mine to install but I was out so I called them tonight there installing it tenth Jan at least it's on my mobil until then I just got Freeview never mind I'll just chill out and watch Corrie ha

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  Ronald Cross (@west9426) reported 16 minutes ago from Warrington, England

  @SkyUK I am about to cancel our Sky subscription too expensive and lots on Freeview for

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  groovicat 💚 (@groovicat) reported 17 minutes ago from Adlington, England

  @Sillyshib Heartbeat, ssshhh, it's never been off. You can watch Heartbeat every day on freeview

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  patrick efc mc (@chef247patrick) reported 18 minutes ago from Bolton, England

  @steviemac2010 @LFC_NewStories Watch them cancel the freeview now

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  Ann Murphy (@annmurphy_wigan) reported 22 minutes ago from Wigan, England

  @FreeviewAdvice Well, after waiting 2 weeks for a Freeview engineer we are told we need a new aerial. Also, they can’t help us because we have Sky! So they change Winter Hill and now we have to pay. Why didn’t they say this 3 weeks ago...😳

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  Steve, just Steve (@Northern_Steve) reported 24 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  @mickmcfc1 I'll never know. I've pulled the cable out. BBC Parliament on freeview only from now on. They talk absolute bollocks but rarely about football. I'm in!

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  mary whitfield (@MaryMares81) reported 26 minutes ago 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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  Karl McIntyre (@karlmcintyre) reported 35 minutes ago from St Helens, England

  @drewhill79 @VodafoneUK @MattJConnor @StHKHIS Same here. BT got the 150 mb and it flies. Good support and I stream everything!! Don’t even have normal freeview.

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  Myles Winstone (@quodignoratum) reported 37 minutes ago from Warrington, England

  @TalkingPicsTV Definitely. We struggle getting Freeview and as you’re not on BT TV I’m missing my fix!

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  Trains (@radio_caroline) reported 37 minutes ago from Haydock, England

  One of best films ever made is on at at 9pm on Freeview channel 33 5 Action Film Black Hawk down

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  Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported 42 minutes ago from Bury, England

  If anyone needs a football fix Copenhagen are playing some other Danish club behind closed doors on Freeview 64...... is this what it’s come to😂

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  James Pepperd (@2013jamiepep) reported 49 minutes ago from St Helens, England

  I don't have an ariel or freeview I rely on your piece of shit @virginmedia #VirginMedia

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  Paul Smith (@thelobsterboy) reported 54 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  I love these Freeview updates. Each time I rescan the television I seem to lose additional channels! I'm down to QVC, Free Sports and That's 70s and it's only 3pm!

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  Honey Elusive & Exclusive (@Braziliandoll2) reported 56 minutes ago from Salford, England

  Videochat love? Please note I don't offer freeview verification  but I can send my Twitter link my chat service is performed on Whastsapp, viber or Skype only Working till 10pm

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Martin Dalton (@martindalton5) reported 2 minutes ago

  @ABridgen This is a government tax on the people. Make the BBC pay pre view via iPlayer with a limited free service of 1 channel on Freeview/freely called BBC Mix

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  Tony Quintus 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@MisterQuintus) reported 5 minutes ago

  @DanielJHannan Now explain how you make BROADCAST TELEVISION a subscription service without a technology change on the scale of the move to freeview.

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  Douglass_McFarnham (@douglassfarnham) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Steven59066 He might mean his distant family member anne_widdecombe, which according to rumours on X u apparently killed for trying to cancel freeview itself,

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  George (The UK Action Team) (@UKAT_George) reported 7 minutes ago

  Precisely and if the BBC want to discontinue running the freeview service and save money on upkeep of the transmitters why do we have to pay the licence fee. If you decide to only watch non BBC live channels online which you pay for by having broadband then the licence is wrong.

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  Steven Dawson (@Steven59066) reported 7 minutes ago

  @bus_driver_bob So do I, babenation had technical problems in the past which they did, babenation started to go wrong at midnight Sunday morning, then it came back on at 12:20am this morning, only 5 BS babes appeared on BS TV screen last night on freeview,

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  Grifty (@TheGriftReport) reported 7 minutes ago

  MILLIONS FACE LOSS OF FREEVIEW TV AFTER LOBBYING BY BBC AND ITV BACKED BODY Freeview which serves 13.6 million homes and 40 percent of UK households with more than 70 channels including BBC One ITV Channel 4 and Channel 5 could be axed after 2034 under government plans to end digital terrestrial television. Ministers are expected to publish a consultation paper within weeks setting out the path to an internet only future in the mid 2030s with the switch depending on universal affordable superfast broadband. Campaigners at Silver Voices which represents older people have launched a petition warning the move would disproportionately hit elderly low income and rural viewers who rely on aerials rather than streaming. The push is driven by The Connection Project a lobbying body funded by the BBC ITV Vodafone and BT all of whom stand to benefit commercially from moving viewers online and reducing costs of maintaining one platform. Dennis Reed of Silver Voices said the companies funding The Connection Project all have a commercial interest in moving services online and older viewers deserve better. The Connection Project responded that the transition preserves everyones right to free public service TV via broadband with subsidised costs where needed while the BBC and Department for Culture Media and Sport confirmed they are working to ensure nobody is left behind. Thoughts?

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  da (@aviashea) reported 8 minutes ago

  At the moment both Killer In My Village and Britain's Countryside Killers are showing the same case. I hope the poor girl's family aren't checking the freeview channels.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 11 minutes ago

  Worst case scenario on That's TV channels on Freeview I'm posting this because Freeview channel 75 That's Entertainment deadline is over and nothing been broadcasting yet the deadline was on Wednesday 22nd July 2026. Freeview channel 7 & 8 That's Local channels are not affected by this. All That's channels on Freeview will be removed from the EPG without notice. The date will be on Wednesday 29th July 2026 Freeview channel 56 That's TV closed Freeview channel 65 That's TV 2 closed Freeview channel 71 That's 20th Century closed Freeview channel 76 That's 60s closed Freeview channel 77 That's 60s Manchester closed Freeview channel 78 That's 70s closed Freeview channel 79 That's Oldies closed Freeview channel 80 Manchester will close 100% on Wednesday 29th July 2026 Freeview channel 93 That's Classics closed 2 channels have already closed on Freeview Freeview channel 85 That's TV 2 closedown on 26th May 2026 Freeview channel 86 That's 20th closedown on 26th May 2026

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  jason_mi7 (@Mi7Jason) reported 11 minutes ago

  @WhichUK For live events, internet speed isn’t everything. For reliability and lowest delay, broadcast TV still wins: Freeview, satellite or cable. Fibre streaming is great but usually behind “live”. 5G/4G/Starlink can work well, but depend more on signal, congestion and load.

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  Essex Baldy (@darrensharp73) reported 14 minutes ago

  @TalkTV @cjsnowdon @iancollinsuk I don’t necessarily believe a sub model would work, but as an initial step they should require subscription-based logins at least for their TV and web-based services (radio maybe less practical). Maybe just have SD broadcasts on Freeview and require streaming for HD due to practicalities (Sky shouldn’t be an issue). This way those who don’t pay (for a license) will find it hard to view, and it would also cut off more overseas users who view without paying.