Freeview outages and service status in South Shields, England
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Users are reporting problems related to: tv and total blackout.
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- Freeview generated 0 outage signals in the last 24 hours around South Shields, including 0 direct reports.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention TV.
- TV (100%)
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, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
April 22: Problems at Freeview
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Live Outage Map Near South Shields, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Gateshead, Washington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Jarrow, South Shields, and Whitley Bay.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Gateshead
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TV | 16 days ago |
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Washington
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TV | 16 days ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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TV | 19 days ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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TV | 1 month ago |
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Jarrow
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TV | 1 month ago |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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TV | 1 month ago |
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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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Christine Scott (@Christi34653250) reported 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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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!
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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
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Nicola (@aquablu) reported from Whitley Bay, EnglandIf 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🎅🤶🌲
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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.
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Myles Fitzpatrick (@mylesfitz) reported@readysetdrone I was really intrigued by the stitching issue you found closer to objects too. How possible is it to create a 360 video to YouTube with this drone? Where you can freeview rather than export a perspective.
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aimée 🇮🇪🇵🇸 (@sapphyreblayze) reported@trashage I used to hang out with these two girls whose grandmother lived a few doors up from me, and because they only had Freeview, I was repeatedly subjected to this because it was on one of the only two free kids channels... a special kind of torture.
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Scott Artus (@artuscartoons) reportedI know we've got a bad storm here etc. But I can't understand why the superfast broadband won't work or stream movies, but the digital freeview aerial works.
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Sallyfinance (@sally_finance) reported@KathyConWom He’s been brought in to shut down Freeview and digitalise the licence fee.
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Jack Last (@Ajax62859643753) reported@GBPolitcs Why is the BBC on Freeview?, it’s a free to watch service hence the name. But because the BBC use it they expect people to pay for a free service.
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Anniroo the Essex Gel (@MaldonGirl1966) reported@fenlandflo Yes I used to listen to Smooth on Freeview but its disappeared now down here
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Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reportedFreeview 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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Mr. Kiwi (@MrHilariouskiwi) reportedBit slow off the mark with this one. Thought I'd fire up the FreeView sat box but NOT WORKING because in April 2025 (AKA 'just recently Mr. Kiwi 🙄) is dead will not talk to 'new satellite'. So much for watching winter Olympics.
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'darnstadium' (@darnstadium) reportedUnder 'Damn right' hanging on to my old now-illegal video senders in case the manure hits the rapidly spinning devices and they turn off Freeview. Generating DIY digital TV as an act of protest with QR codes so folks can still access things.
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OnTheSnaff1 (@TheSnaff1) reported@Bjarne147 It was included in the base Sky or Virgin package mate. So a subscription to Sky or Virgin needed to watch it at the rates they charge. It was never on Freeview as you claimed and it was never "free". Not sure why you are dying on this strange hill that it was free to watch.