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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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, England 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.
- TV (90%)
- Total Blackout (7%)
- Internet (1%)
- Wi-fi (1%)
- E-mail (0%)
- Phone (0%)
Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Oldbury, Dudley, and Bromsgrove.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Birmingham
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TV | 3 days ago |
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Birmingham
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TV | 10 days ago |
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Wolverhampton
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TV | 11 days ago |
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Wolverhampton
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TV | 12 days ago |
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Birmingham
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TV | 12 days ago |
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West Bromwich
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TV | 12 days ago |
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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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Damien Ashton-Wellman (@DamienAshton) reported from Birmingham, EnglandLooking 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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Damien Ashton-Wellman (@DamienAshton) reported from Birmingham, EnglandLooking 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, EnglandYou don’t realise how awful freeview is until your waiting for the sky man to come to your house 🥴
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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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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.
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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😁💩💩💩
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reportedFreeview changes on Tuesday 13th January 2026 Freeview channel 12 TLC Freeview channel 17 Quest Freeview channel 44 Really DMAX,QUEST RED AND FOOD NETWORK QUEST+1 are not moving TLC+1 launch on Freeview not sure yet.
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Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reportedWherever you can watch Free TV. Isn't Freely free TV 🤔 When TLC was launched on Freely channel 17 it's not really Freely it's more Freeview. Anything that comes from an aerial is Freeview and not Freely. Misleading channel like Rewind TV say we are on Freely channel 141 how many viewers watch Rewind TV on Freely maybe 1%. Most Freely viewers don't access to an aerial. Freely is really good in Freeview lite areas because Freeview lite areas have hardly any channels and the signal is very poor when high pressure comes in and relay Transmitters have hardly any power. The range of relay Transmitters is about 5 miles and the main Transmitters range is about 45 miles. The main Transmitters kills most of the relay Transmitters in high pressure conditions this is when Freely comes into action with no interference from the weather.
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Jenson and Arwen 🌈RIP (@Jensonthefloof) reported@MargeyS09 No problem Willow. So rare that the BBC or any Freeview channel shows very much that she just didnt bother looking.
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Media Boy UK on X (@MediaBoyUK) reportedThe following is set to happen on January 13th base on info: Freeview: *TLC launches *HGTV closes *some sister channels will move on Freeview freely (new launches): *TLC *Quest *Really *DMAX *Quest Red *Food Network Sky & Virgin: *Really +1 launches Freesat: *TLC will launch
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Bella Donnelly (@BellaDonnelly) reported@BLAHBLAHBL53710 @ECOWARRIORSS u are missing the point, it is swapping from the current freeview to streaming services etc tv licence is a different issue
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Nuttyphart (@Nuttypharty) reportedWhy is the government trying to get rid freeview now? The BBC, channel 4, all want the channels via streaming only. So they can clamp down on tv license via ip addresses, more like. There's a petition to block it. Google freeview petition and sign it!
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Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reportedFreeview changes on Tuesday 13th January 2026 Freeview channel 12 TLC Freeview channel 17 Quest Freeview channel 44 Really DMAX,QUEST RED AND FOOD NETWORK QUEST+1 are not moving TLC+1 launch on Freeview not sure yet.
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𝟙𝟘𝟙𝟘𝟙𝟘 Lord Of the caravan @ Fircombe Hall™ (@Dean24148909) reportedhoovered all the crap out and replaced 2 of the 4 main fuses), put back together and plugged it in ... the digi card started to load all the "freeview" TV stuff, & ended up with some radio channels and the BBC channels = just dead chuffed
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DON (@Levy_antics) reported@lyncey_gilbe @skytv I’m sorry for your loss. I don’t know what service you have, but ring them again and talk to someone different. My father in law had issues paying sky bill and they dropped tv down from £60/m to just tv essentials (freeview channels for Q) for £5/m til end of contract.
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Freddie Fotheringay (@tomb09144) reported@Dene71 The Vault Of Horror was recently on Freeview tv and curiously they cut out Terry Thomas's teeth in a jar.