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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 12/18/2025 08:50

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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 (6%)

    Total Blackout (6%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (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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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…

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • DadaistTwit Dada Poet (@DadaistTwit) reported

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  • Peter_Mugridge Peter Mugridge (@Peter_Mugridge) reported

    @Saltbar Good God no - I watch on a proper TV with Freeview and only very, very, rarely watch something on whatever channel's iPlayer service it is - and then only if it's something I miss when it's broadcast and I didn't record it either. Is that what you're doing? Online only viewing?

  • shugiehughie Hugh (@shugiehughie) reported

    @WeaverRacing @Scotracing @pigeon_island I didn’t know Paul O’Grady was a radio DJ ! . Where I live on Freeview TV we loose our Radio 1 and 2 signal daily from 4pm . Comes on again midnight so what shows and presenters are on between these times are alien to me !!

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @eboyde Hi Eimear, I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Freeview Reception. So, we can investigate this for you, can you please DM us your postcode and house name or number? Thanks, Dylan

  • mccoll_lorraine L McColl 3.5% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 proud WASPI (@mccoll_lorraine) reported

    @stvplayeruk Have tried 2 different tvs i am on talk talk wifi watching on freeview and going online to stvplayer. No problems with anything else its just the mob doctor! Have you had no other complaints/queries??

  • Mathe_Musician MatheMusician (@Mathe_Musician) reported

    @aryomjapes @Beccabell05 @katemassey77 The beloved just records them & deletes the adverts if we might want to watch it again, or just fast forwards thro' them if not. We *never* see adverts because we never watch anything live. (Also only watch freeview 'cos there's more than enough to watch on there.)

  • BonoITFC 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝟮 🇺🇦 (@BonoITFC) reported

    @rachii1979 @FairyLucindalu Radio commentary is on Freeview, Channel 720, never remember it being available through my TV but tonight it is so huzzah, COYB

  • katiemay_taylor 🌷Lou 🌷 (@katiemay_taylor) reported

    @itvhubhelp what the hell’s going on with itv hub !!! I done everything it still not working! Done all the steps to get it all my other freeview plays okay just itv catch been off nearly a week now !!

  • DJSimonUK DJSimonUK (@DJSimonUK) reported from Gillingham, England

    @ITV @skytv is there a problem with channel 103 itv1 on sky tv and also on freeview .,., sounds been cutting out all day ,, not just with me ??? Gillingham Kent ME7 AND Also CT5 Whistable Kent,,

  • AmazzinRosey Rosey amazzin 💙nhs (@AmazzinRosey) reported

    freeview total pants crap rubbish