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Freeview Outage Report in South Shields, South Tyneside, England

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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.

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 and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Freeview Outage Chart in South Shields, South Tyneside, England 01/08/2026 11:50

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.

  1. TV (91%)

    TV (91%)

  2. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  3. Internet (2%)

    Internet (2%)

  4. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  5. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near South Shields, South Tyneside, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Chester-le-Street, Blyth, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomChester-le-Street TV
United KingdomBlyth TV
United KingdomBlaydon-on-Tyne TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomGateshead TV
United KingdomBlyth TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near South Shields, England

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

  • JonnyRoLi JR (@JonnyRoLi) reported 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.

  • AddingRandomWit Adam Widdrington (@AddingRandomWit) reported 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

  • aquablu Nicola (@aquablu) reported 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🎅🤶🌲

  • GerryCarpenter3 Gerry Carpenter (@GerryCarpenter3) reported 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!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Phoebslyle Phoebs Lyle (Breathe On UK) (@Phoebslyle) reported

    Anyone in NI who has Freeview having problems seeing Ghosts on BBC1 TV guide?

  • A_MrBenMitchell Ben Mitchell  (@A_MrBenMitchell) reported

    Any good freeview IPTV providers in the UK? My grandparents TV is really slow loading the guide, it takes 10 seconds. Also apps like Netflix and Prime never went above 1080p. Constantly had wifi issues. So we got a firestick …

  • CamillaWestUK MILLIE → UK ******* | ADMIREME ♡ (@CamillaWestUK) reported

    @BendyCuteness I tried freeview on AW once for about 2 minutes. Never again!! I take my hat off to those who have it on all the time.

  • JamiePickles14 Jamie Pickles (@JamiePickles14) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice The problem I am having Is that my New Television Is a Hisense Model which won’t let receive the Freeview even though a new Mast has been put up In Thirsk

  • DempseyEN 𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙋𝙎𝙀𝙔 (@DempseyEN) reported

    @tamago2474 Freeview folks be like... Wtf are they talking about

  • stephen_j_moran Stephen Moran (@stephen_j_moran) reported

    Virgin Media broadband is brilliant, phone line and mobile sims good, but their TV offering is poor. Alas, they package them all together. Their basic TV offering is no better than Freeview. The rest are exorbitant Sky packages etc. Apps dead slow through TiVo. Firestick v fast.

  • worraII AitchW (@worraII) reported

    i remember watching this on freeview in my room on school nights and i've never seen anything like it

  • JennyCo26009017 Jenny Cooper (@JennyCo26009017) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice No freeview signals in Swindon SN3 area, Is the signal down?

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @Ashcroft46 Hi, Rick. If you're still not getting Freeview channels, try an automatic retune on your TV, if you haven't done so yet. If that doesn't work, please DM us your postcode and house name/house number so we can check your predicted coverage.

  • ParmaleeWes WesParmalee (@ParmaleeWes) reported

    @arqiva To anyone commenting here. To date, I have not seen Arqiva reply here. It may be that they reply by DM, but I'm really not convinced. The Freeview answers read like 'how long is a piece of string'. A few MPs are pushing the issue.