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Freeview outages and service status in Smethwick, England

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  • Freeview generated 0 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Smethwick, including 0 direct reports.
  • The most common problems reported in this area mention TV, Wi-fi, and Total Blackout.
  • The most recent signal from this area was received Aug 6, 6:23 PM GMT+1.
  • 69% TV (69%)
  • 24% Wi-fi (24%)
  • 3% Total Blackout (3%)
  • 3% Phone (3%)

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, 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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Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Wolverhampton, Dudley, Kidderminster, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall, Tipton, Wednesbury, and Bilston.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Wolverhampton TV 2 days ago
Dudley TV 2 days ago
Kidderminster TV 2 days ago
Birmingham TV 2 days ago
Kidderminster TV 2 days ago
West Bromwich TV 13 days ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

Kidderminster

2 recent signals

2 days ago
Wolverhampton

1 recent signals

2 days ago
Dudley

1 recent signals

2 days ago
Birmingham

1 recent signals

2 days ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England

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

  • 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.

  • xemilywalker
    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

  • TomPoole007
    Tom Poole (@TomPoole007) reported from Birmingham, England

    @virtualash tell your boys your TV quality is poor on Freeview. Whale's head will not look fuzzy. This can't be allowed to happen.

  • 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 🥴

  • 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.

  • grumpyoldstan
    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!

  • 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.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • KentuckyHayes
    Mr Hayes (@KentuckyHayes) reported

    @jamlad88 She used to go by that name and give **** racing tips on sky sports news when it was on freeview. Surprised you didn't know

  • StoneAgeDodger
    The Opinionater (@StoneAgeDodger) reported

    @leeburridge @panonse @premnsikka Freesat reception better than Freeview in many places all that we needs is a storm to roll over and old skool minecraft starts streaming then no signal.

  • HarvesterStallo
    HarvesterStallone (@HarvesterStallo) reported

    @internetplague It was SUCH a big issue for me. Spent a lot of time fretting about it. Joined many ‘If this page gets 1 million likes, Sky Sports must keep SSN on Freeview’ pages.

  • intars
    Intars  (@intars) reported

    Only the Brits could reach the top tier of world ice hockey and then have literally zero channels bother showing their games. Proper GB support: ‘We’ll die on the beaches… but not on Freeview, mate. Just pay €30 for the official stream like a proper mug.’

  • FurryfeaturesUK
    Charles Stuart (@FurryfeaturesUK) reported

    @lippyent Star Trek (TOS). Every weekday evening when I’m not working on Legend, Freeview channel 41.

  • Smeeghee
    Andy.✝️🇬🇧 (@Smeeghee) reported

    @GBNEWS Why don’t you broadcast in HD on Freeview!! Ffs, it looks crap compared to Sky!

  • RednalNut
    RednalNut (@RednalNut) reported

    The BBC freeview digital signal is so bad in Devon Pixilated on & off then a complete loss during the England game? All other channels bar BBC2 worked fine. Had to watch on the laggy BBCi player that was also problematic. I paid for this service. Piss poor service.

  • roorooyes4
    FreeScot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💜🤍💚 (@roorooyes4) reported

    Unsurprisingly, so many things have not been considered with the whole "shutting off terrestrial" tv thing. For instance, companies like BT/EE do NOT broadcast the Freeview channels on their online service in rural Scotland. These come in on the aeriel, the rest through your ...

  • daryl_millar
    Daryl Millar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️ (@daryl_millar) reported

    @syncronicity100 Thanks. Briefly thought it was high pressure taking down the Freeview signal in my area again, but it was just a few seconds. Dunno if it was the same on iPlayer.

  • _Leyanelle_
    Leya 🟥🟪⬜️🟩🟧 (@_Leyanelle_) reported

    Does anyone who sees this know how to watch ITV WC other than via the app when you don’t have access to freeview? The STV app is forced on us Scottish viewers by ITV & is utter CRAP quality for live footie & I don’t have access to freeview, I use a fire stick & no aerial. 😭😭😭