Freeview Outage Report in Smethwick, Sandwell, England
No problems detected
If you are having issues, please submit a report below.
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.
Full Outage Map
E-mailProblems 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.
At the moment, we haven't detected any problems at Freeview. Are you experiencing issues or an outage? Leave a message in the comments section!
Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.
-
TV (91%)
-
Total Blackout (5%)
-
Internet (1%)
-
Wi-fi (1%)
-
E-mail (1%)
-
Phone (1%)
Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Solihull, Bromsgrove, Smethwick, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Redditch and Dudley.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Solihull |
TV | |
| Bromsgrove |
TV | |
| Smethwick |
Total Blackout | |
| Birmingham |
TV | |
| Birmingham |
TV | |
| Birmingham |
Internet |
Community Discussion
Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.
Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.
Freeview Issues Reports Near Smethwick, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Smethwick and nearby locations:
-
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😁💩💩💩
-
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 🥴
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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!
-
🐺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…
-
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.
-
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.
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
-
Stan Smith
(@stansmith1970) reported
@CAA_Official Most of the defund the BBC tossers would happily cite "Only fools & horses" as their favourite comedy. They also seem to fail to recognise the Freeview channels they watch and it's infrastructure are provided in part by the BBC whilst they are sat watching BBC repeats on 'Dave'
-
Michael Lewis
(@lewismj_waioeka) reported
@EdwardJDavey @Aiannucci If the BBC is great, it will have no trouble getting subscribers, what are you afraid of? Why force say pensioners or the poor to pay a regressive tax? They may be happy with FreeView, why should they be forced into paying for the BBC if they don't want it?
-
Vinnie Von Starr
(@VinnieVonStarr1) reported
@1neilhallam @RussInCheshire They are prevented from watching them if they can't pay. What if all she has is a freeview TV with no facilities to play on-demand? Noone should be denied access to such a basic thing in the 21st century. Why do you support an extra tax that can easily be abolished?
-
🅲🅷🆁🅸🆂
(@ChrisLew300) reported
@jamiebglover When ITV had the DVB franchise, OnDigital they charged a subscription fee to use it. When it failed the BBC took it over and GAVE us Freeview and they continue to maintain the transmitter network. This also allowed the government to sell off the analog frequencues for mobiles.
-
Andrew
(@spurlswood) reported
@Paul_Briley @jongreydavies @LDNCalling How do you make radio and freeview TV a subscription service?
-
BillboBillericay
(@BillboBilleric1) reported
@JuliaHB1 The BBC is not a public service and therefore should not be funded through a form of taxation. 80 plus channels available on Freeview that are not funded by the taxpayer, but I am not allowed to watch them unless I pay the BBC tax.
-
Douglas Mcfarlane
(@dougmcfarlane41) reported
@JuliaHB1 So often disagree with you but not on this one, from August 10th 2021 til Jan 5th 2022 we had no FREEVIEW services due to transmitter fire so had ZERO channels of any network for over 4 months, imagine such a third world country we are for infrastructure. Obviously sensible 1/2
-
Paul Hughes
(@Paulmh5) reported
@RussInCheshire These set of stats don't even cover that the licence fee pays in to support the infrastructure to deliver the "other channels" including broadband roll-outs as well as being a founding force behind Freeview. #SaveOurBBC
-
Michael Lewis
(@lewismj_waioeka) reported
@GaryLineker @Aiannucci If the BBC is great, it will have no trouble getting subscribers, what are you afraid of? Why force say pensioners or the poor to pay a regressive tax? They may be happy with FreeView, why should they be forced into paying for the BBC if they don't want it?
-
Robb
(@BunniesBum) reported
@JuliaHB1 I'm down to the weather at 5 to the hour, @RealKenBruce, odd Rugby match live, the rest on Freeview. No BT Sky etc