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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 02/03/2026 03:50

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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. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

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Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomHalesowen TV
United KingdomOldbury TV
United KingdomDudley TV
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomDudley TV
United KingdomBirmingham E-mail

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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…

  • 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😁💩💩💩

  • 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

  • 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 🥴

  • 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.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • MissCarrieW Carrie (@MissCarrieW) reported

    I've had Sky News on in the background today because my freeview seems to be broken. But I now really want the familiar voice of Huw Edwards. Don't think I am alone as iPlayer seems to have crashed too. #RIPQueenElizabeth

  • mackin_john John Mackin (@mackin_john) reported

    @Murphthered1 I've not been paying attention - whats been cancelled? I never watch terrestrial telly anyway. And don't have Sky or Freeview etc.

  • Ale_n_Metal j t (@Ale_n_Metal) reported

    @NateDawg27 @shedden Yep. A lot of older/isolated people will only have freeview/radio so putting it just on bbc news 24/world service for rolling reporting with any new news on standard news bulletin programmes would be better

  • agameganon King of Megcenae (@agameganon) reported

    QEII dying means there is nothing on regular freeview television so I’m exploring channels I never frequent and I’ve just landed on The Osbournes Want To Believe which might be my new favourite program

  • RobSmit12639238 Tech Man (@RobSmit12639238) reported

    @ImIncorrigible Not yet. Im preparing for at least a 2 week blackout of Radio when it happens. I'll check Nick Abbot's Fri/Sat podcast. Havent watched Freeview since 2015/Sky since 2017 so avoiding News wont be a problem. YT & the New US Drama's start end Sept 2022. I'll listen 2Old Nick A shows

  • torqueback Chris Wood (@torqueback) reported

    @TalkingPicsTV Great line-up… but I can’t get ‘Red Button’ on Freeview to work. Any idea why not? Your FAQs don’t help - I’ve retuned but there’s no Encore logo under the TPTV logo…

  • OmieWyse Omie (@OmieWyse) reported

    @alltoplay4 I'm not forced to do anything. Never owt on telly at best of times. I pay my licence to watch the high numbers on Freeview !

  • sparran_d El Cucueans (@sparran_d) reported

    @EddieMakesGames I honestly find the crap TVs work best for freeview, assuming that’s what you’re on. Bluepoint is a great brand for simple freeview.

  • antonio_catta Antonio Catta (@antonio_catta) reported

    @ann958230 It's clear that you never lived abroad if not for holidays. (And I bet you're a regular Freeview Tv customer). It's useless to keep this conversation. Have a good day

  • philisared Phil Rogers 👹🐯👹🐯 (@philisared) reported

    @TrylineUK Thank god this game is on freeview, and not that garbage that’s just been dished up in Perpignan.