Freeview outages and service status in Watford, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Watford, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Watford, 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 Watford, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Beaconsfield, Harrow, Edgware, St Albans, West Drayton, and Southall.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Beaconsfield	TV	15 days ago
Harrow	TV	28 days ago
Harrow	TV	1 month ago
Edgware	TV	2 months ago
St Albans	TV	2 months ago
West Drayton	TV	2 months ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Watford, England

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

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  Peter Snow (@psnow85) reported 13 seconds ago from Arkley, England

  @Samantha_J_Rea Hmm not to sure about freeview but definitely freesat it’s been taken off for over a year. Probably the same though. Sucks big time. Anyway. Hope you are well.

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  Colin Wiseman (@crazycol) reported 3 minutes ago from Ealing, England

  @stevieboywise If that’s Freeview maybe due to high pressure issue again.

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  Dan Hollingsworth (@D_Hollingsworth) reported 14 minutes ago from Rickmansworth, England

  When did BBC4 HD. Leave Freeview? What a load of ****, missed a chunk of #TOTP and joining it late with Michael ruddy Jackson.

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  Simon Bye 🐟🔶 (@UB5simon) reported 18 minutes ago from Southall, England

  All those **** channels on Freeview and it's BBC News HD that gets the chop 🤔

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  JEFFREY PHILLIPS (@JEFFREY03296741) reported 45 minutes ago from Brentford, England

  @TalkingPicsTV Hello. Watching at about 4.35 pm on Monday 24th the Sky TV picture was completely lost from your channel and went off air. All other channels were fine. Also okay on Freeview but I missed the end of the film. At 4.48 pm it is still without a, signal. What's up?

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  Philip McHale (@PhilMcBoobs) reported 54 minutes ago from Barnet, England

  @jonnyt78 Not at all. Was supposed to be awful except from some certain sections of the media. Some of the games were of freeview over here as well, I didn’t have a clue

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  Victoria Lorenzato (@vjlorenzato) reported 57 minutes ago from Brentford, England

  Catholic Twitter UK- help please! Anyone know of a Mass being broadcast on TV tomorrow ( not via internet) Lovely elderly lady has Freeview but no internet.... TIA!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  FreeScot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💜🤍💚 (@roorooyes4) reported 3 minutes ago

  Unsurprisingly, so many things have not been considered with the whole "shutting off terrestrial" tv thing. For instance, companies like BT/EE do NOT broadcast the Freeview channels on their online service in rural Scotland. These come in on the aeriel, the rest through your ...

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  jason_mi7 (@Mi7Jason) reported 4 minutes ago

  @WhichUK For live events,internet speed isn’t everything. For reliability/lowest delay, broadcast still wins: Freeview/satellite first,then cable/TV provider. 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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  Jonny (@MisterBeergut) reported 8 minutes ago

  @RhianReads1 @richardosman On my Freeview box it is easy. Just ignore the channel buttons and go down to categories, then click on sport. All the choices come up there.

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  Rich Knight (@bathbadger) reported 8 minutes ago

  @RugbyBath Despite Prem Rugby saying it's ITV4, The Freeview planner is saying Chiefs V Sarries - i'd ask Prem Rugby, but they never reply!

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  Brian Newcombe (@BrianBnew) reported 10 minutes ago

  @MrSugden2 I have never subscribed to any TV packages. It's all Freeview for me (though I understand they're planning to switch it off sometime...)

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  Matt Quinn - The Caledonian Television Company. (@Matt_Q_OnX) reported 11 minutes ago

  @sparry951 @diablik_uk @BENEFITS_NEWS It'll be a slow creep; for many years now some channels on the Freeview EPG have in fact been streamed. Freeview recorders are still readily available for those that want them; if you're using Sky/Virgin etc. you're already NOT using the Freeview service that is 'under threat'.

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  Matt Quinn - The Caledonian Television Company. (@Matt_Q_OnX) reported 12 minutes ago

  @BENEFITS_NEWS Well for a start the Freeview service is guaranteed until at least 2034 and likely to be phased out over a period of time; unlikely before about 2040. 'Freely' is currently being touted as the IPTV replacement - From about £70 for a set-top box; this price will drop dramatically.

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  i am a boy of the eighties (@gilililibo99902) reported 14 minutes ago

  That's 80s was a 24-hour music television channel from That's TV that played 1980s music hits. It closed its linear broadcast on Sky and Freeview on February 28, 2026, but continues as a streaming service on FAST platforms like Rakuten TV and Pluto TV

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  Breaking News (@MattMoore2025) reported 15 minutes ago

  @MetroUK Close down loads of channels that isn't important and keep the ones going why have we got loads of pointless channels on freeview Freesat Virgin and sky

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  x (@sk_tony) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Selene_Mariposa The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to: watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky or Freeview) or watch TV live on any streaming service On any device. You can opt out n if you don’t do the above. So it is not a tax for simply owning a TV