Freeview outages and service status in South Shields, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in South Shields, England

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

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: North Shields, Seaham, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Gateshead.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
North Shields	TV	9 hours ago
Seaham	TV	20 days ago
Sunderland	TV	22 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	TV	22 days ago
Gateshead	TV	1 month ago
Gateshead	TV	2 months ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

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Freeview Issues Reports Near South Shields, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in South Shields and nearby locations:

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  JR (@JonnyRoLi) reported 9 minutes ago from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

  @Fern_McGovern @SIofting @jckhth Nope. You can pay for a better service. Just as you can have Freeview TV, standard channels, most in standard definition but functional, or you can pay more for Netflix/Amazon/etc, Sky or BT with movies and sport in HD. Same principle applies.

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  Gerry Carpenter (@GerryCarpenter3) reported 15 minutes ago from Sunderland, England

  @Claire_Pickard @sueashton3000 Many residents in Sunderland & along the Durham Coast also receive Freeview Channels from the Bilsdale transmitter. The fire is also likely to have knocked out about 30 relay stations, which "feed" on signals from Bilsdale. I wouldn't like to climb up the transmitter to fix it!

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  Adam Widdrington (@AddingRandomWit) reported 17 minutes ago from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

  @bigpapablu @itvfootball I don’t have a sky or freeview box! I stream everything and have very good internet so it’s never an issue haha

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  Christine Scott (@Christi34653250) reported 24 minutes ago from Longbenton, England

  @ITVX I wish I could or that Freeview took on this network a lot of us on pensions can't afford satalite or cable

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  Nicola (@aquablu) reported 36 minutes ago from Whitley Bay, England

  If we're in lock down for another 3 weeks, I really feel the #sonyChristmasChannel should be put back on #freeview...Will keep people in the house ( okay, it'll easily keep me in the house🎅🤶🌲

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Paul_M_© (@Doub1eHelix) reported 8 minutes ago

  @jamzefish @BBCNews Ok, I get that you're talking about unencrypted satellite signals, but these can be controlled. Everyone will have to login to iPlayer for BBC content with some programs requiring a paid subscription. Freeview channels should remain viewable without need for a TV licence.

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  Presley Turberville (@T21949Presley) reported 12 minutes ago

  @BritishComedy One more **** feminist's comedy for the Freeview telly dustbin.

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  Sam 1997 (@SamGate360) reported 22 minutes ago

  @retrovinmania79 @NoContextBrits You don't the difference between Freeview/DVB (which is the morden digital version of what you said) and a streaming service that requires you to make a profile account to use the software/service even though you don't like on YouTube. You only pay to get rid of the adverts.

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  LostInFilms🎬 (@Lost_In_Films_) reported 23 minutes ago

  @Hi_De_Helen Apparently it's going to get worse all down to Sky but how does that include Freeview losing them too 🤔 All I could find out from Google search piece about it in Sun today.

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  Susie Burton 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@SusieWBmeme) reported 24 minutes ago

  My elderly, widowed neighbour struggles to navigate Freeview. Her smart TV supports Netflix, Prime, Sky, but even if she could afford those platforms, she would be terrified of touching a different button on the remote. She sleeps very little and the TV is her only companion. If she can’t return to her familiar menu, she panics. I’ve had desperate calls from her in the evening, petrified that she’s ‘broken’ her TV. She never has, but her swollen arthritic fingers struggle with the tiny, spongy remote buttons. It’s heartbreaking 🥹. The @LabourParty DO NOT GIVE A **** about the vulnerable and elderly. I honestly believe they’re building to a ‘Logan’s Run’ style of totalitarian State 🤬

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  Breaking News (@MattMoore2025) reported 24 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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  Andy.✝️🇬🇧 (@Smeeghee) reported 29 minutes ago

  @GBNEWS Why don’t you broadcast in HD on Freeview!! Ffs, it looks crap compared to Sky!

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  Michael Clarkson (@ria_747) reported 33 minutes ago

  @Stephencheatley @virginmedia Just get freeview or freesat, Stephen. I’ve got Virgin media broadband and to be fair I’ve never had any problems.

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  Rosa (@Rosa60044194) reported 35 minutes ago

  @OborneTweets Is great to have this addition, I will definitely be watching it! Shane they can’t a channel on Freeview as well. We need a decent opposition to the terrible GB news

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  Schemie Goblyn (@SchemieG) reported 36 minutes ago

  @_Leyanelle_ @DaveyTheTroll Stv player had a major habit of freezing randomly then utterly crashing comedically large parts of Dundee down by the Tay are served by the relay transmitter at Tay bridge on the fife side which has a significantly reduced freeview service compared to rest of Dundee