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Freeview Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England

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The latest reports from users having issues in Smethwick come from postal codes B67.

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 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.

Freeview Outage Chart in Smethwick, Sandwell, England 01/18/2026 13:50

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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. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  6. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Oldbury, Solihull, Bromsgrove, Smethwick, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Redditch and Dudley.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomOldbury Total Blackout
United KingdomSolihull TV
United KingdomBromsgrove TV
United KingdomSmethwick Total Blackout
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomBirmingham TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

  • DamienAshton 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.

  • geovilla77 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 🥴

  • unit_1974 🐺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…

  • DamienAshton 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.

  • genders_jason 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😁💩💩💩

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • 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.

  • dongapalouza Dongapalouza (°!°) (@dongapalouza) reported

    @syd_rochelle Ok, I see you asked this 8 years ago, and have almost certainly found out since then but I can't help responding... the answer is yes, yes they did! And it's now back on TV, on Freeview, on 'Forces TV'. Enjoy!

  • 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 …

  • garyburton45 gary burton (@garyburton45) reported

    We are on holiday in borth using freeview in our rented caravan we are having problems with the coverage a lot of what we call gremlins it has been happening a lot how do we stop it

  • oatmilkb1tch_ mrs worldwide (@oatmilkb1tch_) reported

    wtf is blues clues i grew up on freeview all i know is grown men shouting bogies in libraries

  • saintjeff52 Saintjeff "DO THE DEAL FROSTY" (@saintjeff52) reported

    @BritBox_UK 'Streaming now, only on Britbox'. You do understand that the vast majority of the British viewing population do not watch Britbox. Should stream it on a Freeview Channel. Viewing figures would quadruple. I personally have never watched this 'new' version. Ca ne fait rien

  • worraII AitchW (@worraII) reported

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

  • BendyCuteness Abby Addison (@BendyCuteness) reported

    @Ametyler1 Literally I am so used to doing it all the time but I am feeling like making the change. I will still do free sometimes but no point getting letting people get in freeview get me down x

  • LukeMcCabe16 Luke McCabe (@LukeMcCabe16) reported

    @NickFrostSays Yeah stick every game outside the blackout Freeview, I agree. But the 3pm blackout is about keeping that culture of you go to 3pm games. The Premier League is really irrelevant in the discussion, it’s about making sure people go Carlisle when it’s -2 in January

  • l999der Derek Rowley (@l999der) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice I live in Washington and received freeview reception from Bilsdale. I have a very poor signal at the moment making viewing not possible When the temp 80m mast is commissioned will I then get a viewable signal?