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: Barnet, Harpenden, Wembley, Harlesden, Hanwell, Ealing, and Watford.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Barnet	TV	5 days ago
Harpenden	TV	9 days ago
Barnet	TV	27 days ago
Wembley	TV	1 month ago
Harlesden	TV	1 month ago
Hanwell	TV	1 month 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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  Victoria Lorenzato (@vjlorenzato) reported 54 seconds 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!

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  Simon Bye 🐟🔶 (@UB5simon) reported 2 minutes ago from Southall, England

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

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  Philip McHale (@PhilMcBoobs) reported 19 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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  Peter Snow (@psnow85) reported 25 minutes 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 32 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 51 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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  JEFFREY PHILLIPS (@JEFFREY03296741) reported 57 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?

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Priyamvada Gopal © (@PriyamvadaGopal) reported 8 minutes ago

  @TimFost2561 So if you cancel the license, you also can't access other freeview stuff, or am I completely off-base there?

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  Chelle (@Blonde_Nutter) reported 9 minutes ago

  So when they turn off Sky satellite 2029 and freeview 2034, what are old people going to do 🤔 Also what happens for people who live in poor Internet signal areas?

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  Jennifer Thetford-Kay (@JenKteach) reported 9 minutes ago

  Terrestrial television, received through an aerial, often known as Freeview, is under serious threat of being scrapped. Within months the Government will decide whether to turn off terrestrial signals and rely solely on internet-based TV (IPTV) in the future. This would mean that every household would be forced to take out an expensive fixed broadband contract if they wished to continue watching their favourite TV programmes. Radio reception and signals for emergency services could also be put at risk. Millions of older and disabled people, and those on low and modest incomes, would lose their essential access to TV to keep them in touch with the world and to prevent isolation and loneliness. Lynette, aged 80, who lives in Kent, says: “Free Terrestrial TV is essential for me – whether it’s for entertainment, the news or even learning new things from magazine shows. I don’t want to be choosing apps and making new accounts, I don’t want a screen that pops up with the TV trying to work out what I want to watch. I’ve tried watching television programmes online with family members, and they stop part way through with a whirling circle and then an error message appears. I tried a streaming service and didn’t like it. It is time-consuming and irritating trying to work out where I want to be, to remember the sequence of clicks, with hieroglyphics instead of words. If I make a mistake I have to start again. I have more important things to remember than clogging up my memory with unnecessary information. With my TV in my kitchen, and the normal channels through an aerial, I can leave a channel on that I know I like. I’m worried that the government will decide to take that away from me and others, who either don’t like, can’t afford or can’t use online versions”. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all working together to convince the Government to take the drastic step of an early transition to IPTV, without any genuine concern about the millions who would lose out from such a move. IPTV would mean the end of a near universal free to air service, currently reaching 98.5% of households, where national moments of celebration and crisis can be shared. Although the Government maintains that it has an open mind, the lobbying of the broadcasters is intense, and elements in the Government want to use an IPTV switchover as a battering ram in forcing the UK population to accept, and pay for, the digital revolution. A recent Government stakeholder consultation exercise to inform the Minister in making his decision was heavily biased in favour of a rushed move to all-IPTV. In contrast, the petitioners do not oppose IPTV in principle but would like to see the current hybrid system, where households can choose between the two systems, or continue with both as a safety net, be maintained for an extended period. This petition, published by Silver Voices with the support of the Digital Poverty Alliance and the Broadcast 2040+ Coalition, calls on the Government to decide in favour of the viewer and pledge to keep Freeview terrestrial TV until at least the mid- 2040s.

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  casey (@tinyrowlet) reported 11 minutes ago

  @DamonJMorris yes! i'm with freeview and i had to put it on the channel 4 app on my tv via wifi and it's working fine there. must be a satellite problem on their end

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  Adrian Caswell (@CaswellAdrian) reported 11 minutes ago

  @kenton1206 I did the same with Virgin Mafia. It was going up to £90 for little more than Freeview and ok broadband. Swapped to a Cityfibre service (small firm based in Worthing even though I live in Peterborough) and bought a Netgem Plieo. Less than half the cost, should’ve done it sooner.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 12 minutes ago

  Freeview channel 71 That's TV 3 Did not play That's 60s overnight (That's TV 3 identity loop) Freeview channel 76 That's 60s Thank you for watching this service has now closed (That's Melody) Freeview channel 78 That's 70s Thank you for watching this service has now closed (That's 80s)

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  Presley Turberville (@T21949Presley) reported 13 minutes ago

  @Angelinajo4ngs I never watched your Freeview flms, you pungent frog.

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  Andy (@jump_drive_flyr) reported 16 minutes ago

  @drewwagar A show I've never seen mostly due to not being signed up with any streaming services, I'm patient it'll come onto Freeview at some point like the others in time.

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  Mr Celtic | 🇪🇺🎮👽🏳️‍🌈 | trans ally (@zcelticboy) reported 16 minutes ago

  @jdpoc I really hope Freeview (+ Freesat) never get axed. 1) We need a backup when internet or digital providers go down 2) Freely is subscription TV via the backdoor. You need to pay for monthly internet service to receive it. 3) Internet is not geographically accessible everywhere

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  Matthew (@PaganOnTour) reported 17 minutes ago

  @AndrewBrazier1 They are ending freeview signal in few years blaming it on 5G attention & focus but they then will use iplayer only and u will pay to sign in like u do with all the rest now, itv will move to pay sign in but this will change the quality and content of what tv they will make 2030