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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.

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 11/29/2025 12:55

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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. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  4. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  5. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (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: Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Kingswinford.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomBromsgrove Total Blackout
United KingdomKingswinford TV
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.

  • 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…

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • KelsterWelster Kelly (@KelsterWelster) reported

    @SkyHelpTeam Having trouble with my upstairs Sky box. Sounds coming on but screen is black. Nothing wrong with telly as I can get on Freeview and Netflix etc directly on the TV so it's definitely the Sky box. Any ideas?

  • feetsby Colin Troy 🇺🇦 (@feetsby) reported

    @NMBCo @hardistymark Pretty sure East Midlands Today is a standard definition signal slapped into an HD channel. Just got freeview to save money, back to the ol’ ‘High Def not available in your area’ message. If we want to see our news broadcasters in high def, we have to see them down the pub.

  • drew3107 Killyfornia (@drew3107) reported

    @adamf2384 "Alexa, Newcastle United Will Never Be defeated", "Also, what times the babestation Freeview"

  • stevend43829773 Steven43829773 (@stevend43829773) reported

    @preetiyounglove @PegguyBSTV So what did u ask then, anyway preeti_young isn't on BS TV screen tonight, tweet me back ps last night both babestation channels on freeview had a technical problem with them

  • Paulsmccann Paul (@Paulsmccann) reported

    @MoneySavingExp Went to get my daughter @SkyUK basic means tested broadband, the guy said he never heard of it tried to give us allsorts of tv/bb deals. She ended up being conned into getting sky q only with freeview and basic bb for £25 a month. Even discounted 1st bill.

  • RobSmit12639238 Tech Man (@RobSmit12639238) reported

    @ItsAndyRyan @MarinaPurkiss @JeremyVineOn5 Never mind the fact how many ppl have Landlines these days.. Thankfully I dumped freeview TV & licemce in 2015. "Wright Stuff" yrs before that. Vine got dumped in 2014 with his "Radio for Dummies" R2 show. Thankfully Ken Bruce has finally left R2..

  • GiveUsAQuid Sir Lefty Farr-Wright, Hard-Right Parody Account (@GiveUsAQuid) reported

    @rufc2022 Must admit, I've never seen Our Novara - I'd thought it was a type of lipstick. Can it be watched on the Hard-Right Freeview?

  • Bodyfirst_PT Lee Webb (@Bodyfirst_PT) reported

    @beverleyturner @virginmedia Mine is going up £15, I shall be seeking someone else to provide my internet and cutting down on my channels to just Freeview

  • Paulsmccann Paul (@Paulsmccann) reported

    @SkyHelpTeam Please tell me why, when I contacted you for social tariff BB for my daughter your sales guy never heard of it and could only do it with Sky Q and only freeview. Will be phoning you just after 12pm

  • JackieJax1826 Jackie Numan40Years (@JackieJax1826) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice @Becca5489 Its our Sky signal 2, both Sky & Freeview has no signal, im in a council flat & they r responsible for our TV signals, we think someone has cut the cables as my neighbours tv signals have gone too, ive called council & they are gona get someone out. My postcode is PO9 5HZ.