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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 01/26/2026 18:35

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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: Dudley, Birmingham, Oldbury, Solihull, Bromsgrove, Smethwick, Wolverhampton and Redditch.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomDudley TV
United KingdomBirmingham E-mail
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomOldbury Total Blackout
United KingdomSolihull TV
United KingdomBromsgrove 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 🥴

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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😁💩💩💩

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • HooliganFlaz Christian ❄ (@HooliganFlaz) reported

    @georgegalloway Not working on Freeview...was couple of hours ago.

  • alistaircoleman Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) reported

    Here's the situation: RT is OFF on Sky RT is ON Freeview in HD only (ch113) but off on SD (ch 234) Your mileage may vary depending on your service provider.

  • Dav_Khobiar Dav.Khobiar (@Dav_Khobiar) reported

    The RT chanell just became unavailable on my freeview set. If it didn't come back on air I'll cancel my TV license.

  • alistaircoleman Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) reported

    RT is still on Freeview as its signal comes from elsewhere, but I really wouldn't bother. (thanks @tweetSP0RT)

  • joe90kane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿j_kane🇵🇸 #pwME (@joe90kane) reported

    @Peasweat2 My bad. RT not available on Freeview 234 but still broadcasting on Freeview 113.

  • Cameron_Pirie Cameron Pirie (@Cameron_Pirie) reported

    @georgegalloway Yep, just disappeared from Freeview with the message ‘This service is not available’. Temporary blip or state shenanigans??

  • MediaBoyUK Media Boy UK (@MediaBoyUK) reported

    LIVE UPDATES: *RT (SD channel) was removed by Sky EPG before 12:45pm on March 2nd. Media Boy HQ will update this post when we get more information on Sky HD. Freeview, Freeview HD and Freesat removing RT from their network.

  • gercastle Gerry Mc Namara (@gercastle) reported

    @oconnellhugh Even for @oconnellhugh this is low. Jaysus wept talk about scrapping the barrel. You would fit well into #PutinsPuppets in the #Kremlin writing for #pravda youre a ***££££ disease. The channel is RT, it's on freeview mind you they wouldn't give you a job because you're a retard.

  • MediaBoyUK Media Boy UK (@MediaBoyUK) reported

    If anyone is reply to me CAN you tell me what network you are on? Freeview (only got RT in SD), Sky HD, Freeview HD or Freesat. Thank you

  • ShemlockJ David (@ShemlockJ) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice Can you do the right thing and ban RT from your service? #FreeView #Ukraine @YouViewSupport