Freeview outages and service status in Sheffield, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Sheffield, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Sheffield, 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 Sheffield, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Sheffield, Chesterfield, Barnsley, and Mexborough.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Sheffield	TV	8 days ago
Chesterfield	TV	11 days ago
Sheffield	TV	11 days ago
Sheffield	TV	12 days ago
Barnsley	TV	12 days ago
Sheffield	TV	25 days ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Sheffield, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Sheffield and nearby locations:

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  Jason Ratcliffe (@JasonDragon1975) reported 7 minutes ago from Chesterfield, England

  @Alexand85266011 @femme_uk @GBNEWS Freeview isn't very reliable for me either. I'm only 10 miles [as the crow flies] from the South Yorkshire Transmitter, yet I can only receive 6 of the 15 HD channels available. BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5 and CBBC. The signal quality/strength is on average 80%.

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  StuN UK (@StuN_UK) reported 15 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @bowlestrek Get your facts straight. Johnson is not in favour of ditching the license fee, as he knows it’s a massive vote loser. Plus they’ve now realised, they can’t go to subscription fee system, as the freeview boxes that the majority of UK households use, don’t support it.

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  Victims Voice (@victimsvoice73) reported 18 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @reece_dinsdale @waynefoy @virginmedia Try message them on twitter they seem to get back to you quicker on social media .i stayed loyal to virgin for many years until the freeview episode when I changed to @SkyHelpTeam was so glad I did and it was cheaper by a lot virgin have no loyalty dad having same problem now x

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  Dr Ria Mitchell (@RiaLMitchell) reported 44 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  Anyone else in Sheffield having Freeview problems the past day or so?

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  martyn notman (@NFGmart) reported 50 minutes ago from Sheffield, England

  @LuckyCedarlane @BBCAMERICA @ITV @itv2 @Channel4 @channel5_tv C5 is awful. All this is freeview too!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Andy (@jump_drive_flyr) reported 5 minutes ago

  Oh look, the morning is misty (like most warm day mornings) and I have spotty at best Freeview reception on most channels, why did we ever let the analogue signal go?

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  Cristian Tiplea (@CristianTiplea1) reported 7 minutes ago

  @freesatadvice I don’t get any epg . I’m using TV’s satellite tunner directly, it’s connected to the internet but the freeview play never updates the epg. Any advice?

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  4comall (@topselfy) reported 9 minutes ago

  I bet the advertisers on #Freeview movie channels must be making a massive loss with all really old war and western films they put on but only all the actors dead most of the people that remember these films will be dead as well. Who the hell likes these **** old movies?

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  Presley Turberville (@T21949Presley) reported 11 minutes ago

  @ATRightMovies Probably some mundane **** on Freeview.

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  Sir Tom Joad 💙 (@jtw_25_51) reported 15 minutes ago

  @dyson123 @jdpoc The original meme stated “this year the government will decide whether to turn off the freeview signal”, that statement is false and misleading

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  Jennifer Thetford-Kay (@JenKteach) reported 17 minutes ago

  Terrestrial television, received through an aerial, often known as Freeview, is under serious threat of being scrapped. Within months the Government will decide whether to turn off terrestrial signals and rely solely on internet-based TV (IPTV) in the future. This would mean that every household would be forced to take out an expensive fixed broadband contract if they wished to continue watching their favourite TV programmes. Radio reception and signals for emergency services could also be put at risk. Millions of older and disabled people, and those on low and modest incomes, would lose their essential access to TV to keep them in touch with the world and to prevent isolation and loneliness. Lynette, aged 80, who lives in Kent, says: “Free Terrestrial TV is essential for me – whether it’s for entertainment, the news or even learning new things from magazine shows. I don’t want to be choosing apps and making new accounts, I don’t want a screen that pops up with the TV trying to work out what I want to watch. I’ve tried watching television programmes online with family members, and they stop part way through with a whirling circle and then an error message appears. I tried a streaming service and didn’t like it. It is time-consuming and irritating trying to work out where I want to be, to remember the sequence of clicks, with hieroglyphics instead of words. If I make a mistake I have to start again. I have more important things to remember than clogging up my memory with unnecessary information. With my TV in my kitchen, and the normal channels through an aerial, I can leave a channel on that I know I like. I’m worried that the government will decide to take that away from me and others, who either don’t like, can’t afford or can’t use online versions”. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all working together to convince the Government to take the drastic step of an early transition to IPTV, without any genuine concern about the millions who would lose out from such a move. IPTV would mean the end of a near universal free to air service, currently reaching 98.5% of households, where national moments of celebration and crisis can be shared. Although the Government maintains that it has an open mind, the lobbying of the broadcasters is intense, and elements in the Government want to use an IPTV switchover as a battering ram in forcing the UK population to accept, and pay for, the digital revolution. A recent Government stakeholder consultation exercise to inform the Minister in making his decision was heavily biased in favour of a rushed move to all-IPTV. In contrast, the petitioners do not oppose IPTV in principle but would like to see the current hybrid system, where households can choose between the two systems, or continue with both as a safety net, be maintained for an extended period. This petition, published by Silver Voices with the support of the Digital Poverty Alliance and the Broadcast 2040+ Coalition, calls on the Government to decide in favour of the viewer and pledge to keep Freeview terrestrial TV until at least the mid- 2040s.

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  Tony Carrick (@tceesanfran) reported 19 minutes ago

  @jamosameo @cordbusters I agree the interface is awful for recording It's as if they only added the Freeview recording facility at the last moment in development... Was looking forward to this device for months but returned mine to Richer Sounds within the returns period

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  lightchild (@lightchilduk) reported 20 minutes ago

  @bluealoud I've never had Sky, had Freeview for a little while.

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  Dave Gunkul - founder of GobGunk (@GobGunk) reported 26 minutes ago

  The cost of cable back home is ridiculously too high. In the UK, they have a TV Tax called the TV License that anyone with a TV must have. It costs roughly $20 a month. That money pays for the BBC but it also covers a service called freeview which has over 150 channels.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 26 minutes ago

  It looks like QVC shopping channel is in financial in trouble? It's QVC made life hard for Freeview from beginning for refusing having shopping channels in one place. If QVC goes bust Freeview will be celebrating and get back channel 16?