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Freeview Outage Report in South Shields, South Tyneside, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: tv and total blackout.

The latest reports from users having issues in South Shields come from postal codes NE34.

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 03/21/2026 21:00

March 21: Problems at Freeview

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (90%)

    TV (90%)

  2. Total Blackout (7%)

    Total Blackout (7%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (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: Newcastle upon Tyne, Jarrow, South Shields, Whitley Bay, Gateshead and Sunderland.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomJarrow TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomSouth Shields Internet
United KingdomWhitley Bay TV
United KingdomWhitley Bay TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near South Shields, England

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

  • 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🎅🤶🌲

  • 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.

  • Christi34653250 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

  • 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:

  • choctopus Leah Mountford (@choctopus) reported

    Go to put the tv on for some background noise and uuuuh the whole of freeview is down apparently. The TV literally doesn't know if there are channels even

  • garethlkr Gareth Smith (@garethlkr) reported

    @darrengrimes_ Just a reminder. The License fee is a tax on watching live TV. You pay the tax is you watch most live tv on most platforms (sky, Virgin, Freeview etc.) The tax is used to help pay for the BBC tv, web, radio but it's nothing to do with specifically watching the BBC

  • CallyJones47 Carolyn Jones (@CallyJones47) reported

    @BritishTelecom - BT engineer due between 8-10 but no sign of him?? We have no access to BT Sport & quality of TV with the new freeview box is awful so we want a refund on our subscription.

  • PeterTowers1 Peter Towers (@PeterTowers1) reported

    @BBCNews Why no sign language on World Service 231 on Freeview? Very poor BBC.

  • AngusCapitan El Capitan ⚓️ (@AngusCapitan) reported from Glasgow, Scotland

    @HotsnaxMihole @BreedersCup Us poor folk only have Freeview.

  • chrishainstock media:man (@chrishainstock) reported

    @JakTrident @cavaliers_rock @bbcdoctorwho to fully understand the Dr Who sound issues it would be useful to discover who was watching on what platform. E.g. iplayer, Freeview, iplayer HD, BBC though SKy etc - Can I ask what broadcast system were you listening to?

  • tenaciousV56 tenaciousV (@tenaciousV56) reported

    @PLoyalties Look for Trans Radio on freeview. It is all religious ****!

  • SandraRankin_UK Sandra (@SandraRankin_UK) reported

    @thursdaysangelx Virgin Media and Freeview also have it but it would depend on what content they buy into. From what I have seen it tends to be older shows. You never know, it’s not a channel I watch that much.

  • m1chaelbarnes Michael B #FBPE (@m1chaelbarnes) reported

    @HammerGothic @BritBoxHelpUK P.S. Other episodes of Bergerac had it pretty bad, too. One ended with a scene of an armed siege of a house: on the Freeview channels, all real footage of this was removed and then replaced with still photographs. Censorship is bonkers.

  • Ellroy678 💀 Skellroy ☠ (@Ellroy678) reported

    @Kaimetsu_Fgc I had the freeview run off lmao so any re runs I could get through CITV etc was what I watched, Beyblade was my **** back in the day