Freeview Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, 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.
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E-mailProblems in the last 24 hours in Smethwick, England
The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Smethwick and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.
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TV (90%)
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Total Blackout (7%)
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Phone (1%)
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Internet (1%)
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Wi-fi (1%)
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E-mail (1%)
Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Kingswinford.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Birmingham |
TV | |
| Birmingham |
TV | |
| Bromsgrove |
Total Blackout | |
| Kingswinford |
TV | |
| Birmingham |
TV | |
| Birmingham |
TV |
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Freeview Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:
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🐺Wolfish
(@unit_1974) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@Matey30 @virginmedia Nothing less than I’ve come to expect from them. Service has been so bad which is why we’ve left their tv service. Had to keep the broadband for now due to limitations of other local providers. Now watching freeview…
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Grumpy Stan.🎼 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧 📻
(@grumpyoldstan) reported
from
Tamworth District, England
@itvnews I complained about that awful erectile disfunction advert that appears on some Freeview channels, sometimes in the day & at teatimes, when kids will be watching & they didn't do anything! They said it was fine. It's not nice when young grandkids ask what erectile disfunction is!
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Jason Genders
(@genders_jason) reported
from
Walsall Wood, England
@madaboutHolly @Lee_JM75 Who's watching this bad boy on Freeview channel 70 ,Horror, right now😁💩💩💩
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Damien Ashton-Wellman
(@DamienAshton) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Looking through the festive TV schedule and there's no Muppet Christmas Carol on any of the freeview channels this year. Never wanted @DisneyPlus to launch more than right now.
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georgie green
(@geovilla77) reported
from
Bromsgrove, England
You don’t realise how awful freeview is until your waiting for the sky man to come to your house 🥴
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Damien Ashton-Wellman
(@DamienAshton) reported
from
Birmingham, England
Looking through the festive TV schedule and there's no Muppet Christmas Carol on any of the freeview channels this year. Never wanted @DisneyPlus to launch more than right now.
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emily
(@xemilywalker) reported
from
Solihull, England
The worrrrrst thing is, I’ve never had a telly in my room, never wanted one but that means tomorrow my mom and dad will be watching something awful in the back living room so ill be in the front living room with just freeview channels hahahaha **** off
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Elliott Brown
(@ellrbrown) reported
from
Birmingham, England
@mrgrahamreed @BBCiPlayer I think I only saw season 1 on Sky 3 on Freeview. Never saw the rest of it. The classic '70s Battlestar got shown on BBC 2, in the '90s.
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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IDIOSYNCRASY
(@Jim_W_YkS) reported
@FreeviewAdvice Since Sunday I've not been able to get these channels - 1,2,9,12,25,27,34,39,51,56. In this day and age I find it totally unacceptable that its still possible to get a bad signal for 1 day, never mind 3 days +. I can't afford cable or satellite tv, freeview is all I've got
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SydneyCityTV
(@SydneyCityTV) reported
Live sport is just about keeping Foxtel afloat, although you do have to wonder what would happen if the FTA networks finally decided to work together and build a "Freeview Sports" service which could potentially offset costs for some of those ever-increasing sports rights deals!
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Michelle Speller
(@Starshelly20) reported
Dear Elon Musk, Will starlink help me get good reception for Freeview? I’m fed up of having to access widgets and apps to watch live TV. I just want a regular TVguide so I can make a decision in one place like I used to have with an aerial. Thank you, Michelle Speller
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aka James Bond
(@FeelitWorking) reported
@stevencamlou @juneslater17 Agreed, use youtube, freeview, freely, nowTV, etc. Sounds like they need a reality check and debt counselling. No shame in getting help to maximise what you can have for the least money.
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LDH Marketing
(@LDHMarketing) reported
@ofcom @bbc @10DowningStreet If Freeview is switched off in favour of Freely (which is good in some contexts) on a day like today when there is a major outage you could be at home with no broadband, now no landline AND no TV. So no idea what is going on. Is that sensible? No.
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Cord Busters UK
(@cordbusters) reported
So during the big Vodafone meltdown yesterday, we had no internet at all (not on my phone either, because it uses Vodafone's network as well). So I had to... watch Freeview with an aerial, to make sure the world did not come to an end. Raising a glass to Freeview today!
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Si
(@Simon_Says_42) reported
@cordbusters @MediaBoyUK Laughable really when you cannot get ITVX to stream on the Humax FHR-5000T, I doubt the Humax FHR-6000T will have Freeview just Freely with all its buffering! I wonder if the TV guide will load on the 6000 because it never did 100% on the 5000 LOL
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PixelBeard
(@BrianWhite20872) reported
@suemonkman29 Freeview has >100 channels. Wireless radios still work. Paper books are still a thing. Popping in to see a disabled neighbour used to be the norm. I'm not convinced the underlying problem has anything to do with money.
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LDH Marketing
(@LDHMarketing) reported
@ofcom If your broadband goes down report it with your mobile. If, like Vodaphone, both go down, use your landline. No. That's on broadband too. Oh well, watch Freeview ... no that's going soon with Freely. Can you see why moving to 100% broadband delivery is not a good idea?
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IronPilgrim
(@In4ThePips) reported
@KernalKornflake @GBNEWS I use Brave on my PC but I just switched to EE at home. The app was there yesterday now it’s gone. It’s also not being broadcast on their internet TV but all the other freeview ARQB channels are like Quest etc! And YouTube sucks with ads outside of Brave!