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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 01/19/2026 23:15

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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.

  • 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…

  • ellrbrown 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.

  • 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😁💩💩💩

  • 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 🥴

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Loykymar_Gaming Loy Kymar (@Loykymar_Gaming) reported

    Hi @twitch community, I was to stream some matches from the Euro 2020 on twitch (2 min time delay). I know there are problems when it comes to Sky TV and other PAY TV but this is actually BBC on freeview. Is it possible or still not allowed? Please Help

  • DiGada1 Ali (@DiGada1) reported

    @TRACEYBRO @GBNEWS Unfortunately there's always been a load of freeview channels that have never been available where I live.

  • parsonsdenis159 denis parsons (@parsonsdenis159) reported

    crap on tv so on goes a video freeview disappointing.

  • Jack_Jack_101 JackJack 3.141 🥧 (@Jack_Jack_101) reported

    @SkyUK 😱 how much? I hope that includes more than the basic sky channels. Been a while since I last checked prices had no idea they increased so much. Looks like us poor people will have to make do with just old fashioned #freeview life of a pleb I'm afraid 😔

  • Michael80789776 Michael CLARK (@Michael80789776) reported

    @ShiregreenOwl @teresadg0 The online services are definitely a big contributor, I agree. But a dedicated 24 hr news service on Freeview is far more accessible for many, and that will have an impact

  • DiGada1 Ali (@DiGada1) reported

    @WeAreYellows49 @GBNEWS Doesn't work on my TV. We've never been able to get many of the freeview channels in this part of the country

  • Fulhamatt Matt (@Fulhamatt) reported

    Would literally be better of watching a stream than trying to persevere with my freeview signal going down more often than an Amsterdam **********. Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • Gr3enFN Gr3en (@Gr3enFN) reported

    @nipsyfn yeh its freeview for the **** fights, pretty sure it will end when the good ones start

  • AndrewCLeach Andrew C Leach (@AndrewCLeach) reported

    @afneil @GBNEWS It's disappointing the Freeview signal doesn't support subtitles, but I suppose you haven't reached the relevant audience thresholds yet. That might happen quickly!

  • Fritz1875 Mikey (@Fritz1875) reported

    I`m sitting here with a huge 4k telly and watching the game with a pish poor picture because the freeview i`ve got doesnae support BBC HD ffs...