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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 12/22/2025 14:30

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.

  1. TV (91%)

    TV (91%)

  2. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  5. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Smethwick, Sandwell, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
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United KingdomRedditch 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.

  • 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😁💩💩💩

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • KarolKeenan Karol Keenan 💙 (@KarolKeenan) reported

    @EE We were told we could continue to use it as a freeview box and would be able to watch all the recordings. Thanks for your empty words but it remains that your customer service is dreadful. There is no need to disable them so they don’t work. #scammers #ShameOnYou

  • petrolheadtoo Not Gary (@petrolheadtoo) reported

    The first 12 minutes of Sky (freeview) news at 1pm today in the UK was about a trial in the USA. I am so glad i do not pay for this rubbish. I know they are owned by the same company (Comcast) as a major USA woke network

  • JontoKaye1 Jonto Kaye1 (@JontoKaye1) reported

    @shannadelicacy @juliegrizzy I have freeview which has lots of never watch channels but it's free and meets our requirements. I do miss almost all sports/new films but I'm not paying £80 odd per month for them. Prime, Netflix and the rest are a waste of money. They can all get stuffed....

  • Sean7032efc seanefc (@Sean7032efc) reported

    @Tigga1878 @captainfriendz1 @vintage1878 Freeview they said **** all free about it

  • beylul15 bey (@beylul15) reported

    damn i haven’t watched freeview tv in a while & I don’t know how to feel about that 😭

  • FloraJinora 🌺 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙖 🌺 (@FloraJinora) reported

    It makes me frustrated cause i see so many hard workers out here busting their asses off, underselling themselves, posting freeview content almost every day and yall would jump in their dms begging for free ****. People barely sub to them, let alone tip.

  • Bill_FJ_Quinn Bill Quinn (@Bill_FJ_Quinn) reported

    @FreeviewAU I'm sure you mean well, but if you're not on the east coast, it is ****ing impossible to safely predict when a show might start on any given network on #Freeview. ****ing impossible. #TV #FTA

  • JenniferChelley Jennifer Quinton Chelley (@JenniferChelley) reported

    @ukfreetv Hi @BBC_HaveYourSay since yesterday 2021-04-24 usually excellent transmitter signal Crystal Palace for TV same address last 21-years SE15 presently Freeview only Now no programmes as all 'poor/no signal'! Help please as watch news 24/7 plus BBC1, 4, Ch4, SkyNews, ITV, Chn10+20

  • Ianhirst666 Mr Wazzock (@Ianhirst666) reported

    Just tuned into freeview channel 719 to listen to #bcafc only to find that it's Ogturd covering the ******* dog shaggers instead! Wtf?

  • LadyHobton Lucie Ferris (@LadyHobton) reported

    @Helga_Otto_ @David_Suchet Helga, I don't know if this will help....I don't have Sky either, but, Sky Arts has a (free) channel on Freeview here, so I wonder if it does in Germany too. It is Channel No. 11 on the Freeview listing here in the UK.