Freeview outages and service status in Smethwick, England

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.

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, Bilston, and Oldbury.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Wolverhampton	TV	17 hours ago
Dudley	TV	18 hours ago
Kidderminster	TV	19 hours ago
Birmingham	TV	20 hours ago
Kidderminster	TV	21 hours ago
West Bromwich	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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  emily (@xemilywalker) reported 3 minutes ago 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

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  Tom Poole (@TomPoole007) reported 6 minutes ago 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.

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  georgie green (@geovilla77) reported 14 minutes ago from Bromsgrove, England

  You don’t realise how awful freeview is until your waiting for the sky man to come to your house 🥴

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  Damien Ashton-Wellman (@DamienAshton) reported 18 minutes ago 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.

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  🐺Wolfish (@unit_1974) reported 40 minutes ago 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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  Grumpy Stan.🎼 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 📻 (@grumpyoldstan) reported 40 minutes ago 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!

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  Damien Ashton-Wellman (@DamienAshton) reported 46 minutes ago 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.

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  Elliott Brown (@ellrbrown) reported 49 minutes ago 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 59 minutes ago 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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  Breaking News (@MattMoore2025) reported 5 minutes ago

  @MetroUK Close down loads of channels that isn't important and keep the ones going why have we got loads of pointless channels on freeview Freesat Virgin and sky

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  Gran (@BlackleyGran) reported 5 minutes ago

  @HisenseUK I bought a 55inch tv I had it for 23months all of a sudden I couldn’t get all freeview stations after 4 calls I was told it was my Ariel now I’m left with a heap of crap.

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  Tom (@TomCushnie) reported 6 minutes ago

  @SW18_67FC @johnrobinson07 It's not more saturated too, it's shot in a Full Range and de-converted down to Limited Range to fit in our poor freeview infrastructure, it makes red and yellows considerably crushed. That's why the Holland game looked the worse so far

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  Allan Foxall (@AirAcademy) reported 6 minutes ago

  BBC TV Presenter Clive Myrie stated he doesn't have a television in his house and the termination of FREEVIEW should not be a problem to him. 🌐

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  Selene Mariposa (@Selene_Mariposa) reported 9 minutes ago

  @LillacTyanu This is the most accurate breakdown in the thread, so thank you. You are right, the fee is for live TV, Freeview comes preloaded, and if you never connect the aerial or watch live you do not owe it. They can chase you, but the burden is on them to prove you watched. That nuance is the whole ballgame. The fee leans on people not knowing they already have the exit. You clearly do. 🦋

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  Charles Stuart (@FurryfeaturesUK) reported 10 minutes ago

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

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  Jane Fleming (@fleming77) reported 13 minutes ago

  The government is considering the future of television distribution, which could affect the prospects of the digital terrestrial platform that is marketed at Freeview. and the public service broadcasters that fund it, wants to switch if off by 2034.

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  anton Simpson (@anton_simp66) reported 17 minutes ago

  @JENBROOK8 @CounsellingSam I don't have WiFi at my home only use phone don't use any streaming service only Freeview TV and don't have a mobility car only a disabled bus pass

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  Ali-Pan (@alison_pannell) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Jenny_1884 @whinestop I believe the BBC needs to change it's funding model - preferably to a subscription service as using advertising would have negative effects on current Freeview channels. I would like to see a system similar to Sky so you could choose your subscription level.

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  Enamel (@gin_vodka_fan) reported 21 minutes ago

  COMMENT: It needs an internet subscription, also an aerial for some progs, if your internet is slow you lose all progs, the manufacturers claim it's the internet problem so you cannot return the TV. It's a complete con for the companies to save supplying Freeview. 🤔🤔🤔