Freeview

Freeview Outage Report in Southport, Sefton, England

Problems detected

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

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 Southport, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Southport and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Freeview Outage Chart in Southport, Sefton, England 01/27/2026 11:55

January 27: Problems at Freeview

Freeview is having issues since 04:00 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (92%)

    TV (92%)

  2. Total Blackout (4%)

    Total Blackout (4%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

Community Discussion

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Southport, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Southport and nearby locations:

  • richard__webb Richard Webb (@richard__webb) reported from Saint Annes on the Sea, England

    @GBNEWS i was so looking forward to it. But… on freeview the picture quality is really poor, sound is out of sync, and just feels like the sets are dark and badly lit. Took my focus away from listening to whats being projected. #GBNews

  • Robbo72uk Andy Roberts (@Robbo72uk) reported from Southport, England

    Virgin tv and broadband gone down yet again. Resorting to Freeview right now. The picture quality is actually much better than Virgin...AND no glitches and constant picture breakup!!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • LeonSymnz Leo (@LeonSymnz) reported

    @toobbroadband All the clowns complaining they can't watch it... Either watch it on Freeview/sky/VM or on your phone/tether. Stop making such a ******* fuss you clowns That said, communication would have been nice. Any ETA? Or info on the issue?

  • thesausagekerb The Sausage Kerb (@thesausagekerb) reported

    Only 1000 spectators are allowed to be at @krcircuit for @OfficialBSB this weekend. What a shame. Please support the series and @krcircuit by watching on the 'Quest' Channel. Quest is available on Freesat 167, Sky 144, Freeview 37 and Virgin 172 #Superabikes #KnockhillBSB

  • Rich46uk Richard Chapman (@Rich46uk) reported

    @EurosportCare @OfficialBSB Hi, tx for rpy, yes still great racing. Just wish we could watch the same coverage on eurosport thats on quest. I cant get quest due to no signal for freeview in my location. Therefore missed out on all the chat from matt and the team watching it on the app.

  • dcastrogiovanni 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dan Castrogiovanni 🇮🇹 (@dcastrogiovanni) reported

    Tech folk... How can it be that Freesat is ahead of Freeview? Do I just have a really crap Freeview TV?

  • melhill_ Mel. (@melhill_) reported

    Twitter! Help! How can Nic’s grandma watch the game without any apps on a tablet? Are there any free Freeview streams she can watch via Safari? She’s in hospital and doesn’t know how to download apps 😭

  • MrEastendersFan Mr Derek SUSAN (@MrEastendersFan) reported

    @itv2 Love Island is ****. My sisters friend Sharon thinks its awful. But my mate John says he doesn't like it but has all episodes recorded on his freeview plus box...

  • russeaside1053 russell (@russeaside1053) reported

    @FreeviewTV still having problems in Hu19 area withernsea Freeview signal strength is only 33% ..lot people having trouble watching tv in area..tv pictures clear till mid afternoon then breaks up..comes back on teatime then goes off from 8pm onwards?? Must be fault somewhere?

  • TechnoDeviant TechnoDeviant (@TechnoDeviant) reported

    @appleinsider It was on freeview tv and on the free terrestrial ITV channel found on all TV’s in the UK so there was no need to watch via Apple TV or itv hub online or any other streaming service. Not sure why this is an issue just an inconvenience

  • GlobalClarity1 South East Sean (@GlobalClarity1) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice Neither. The Freeview is so bad in my area I will be watching it via other means

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @amg1968 I'm sorry you're experiencing problems with Freeview reception. I have checked the DMs and can see this has been an ongoing problem due to variable reception in your area. Thanks, C