Freeview outages and service status in Sandbach, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Sandbach, England

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

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Crewe, and Stoke-on-Trent.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Crewe	TV	6 days ago
Stoke-on-Trent	TV	11 days ago
Stoke-on-Trent	TV	11 days ago
Crewe	TV	20 days ago
Macclesfield	Total Blackout	2 months ago
Stoke-on-Trent	TV	2 months ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Sandbach, England

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

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  kirstylouise (@kirstxxiv) reported 11 minutes ago from Stoke-on-Trent, England

  Imagine how much of a Christmas miracle it would be if BBC3 came back to freeview number 7. I can picture it now, Gavin & Stacey returns and BBC3 makes a comeback. 25/12/19 would go down in history.

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  Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported 18 minutes ago from Werrington, England

  Warning, stupid question incoming, does a Freeview tele just simply plug into an old skool aerial?? My mum wants a new TV but doesn’t have cable. I’m assuming so? I’ve had cable since the early 90s so haven’t had to faff on with aerials for 30 odd years !!!

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  David Swindells (@DavidSwindells1) reported 26 minutes ago from Macclesfield, England

  Hope we don't get this warm weather very often.#freeview doesn't work because of the high atmospheric pressure apparently. How am I going to watch #loveisland

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  helen kirk (@minxsterev) reported 33 minutes ago from Crewe, England

  @curryspcworld Just been into your Crewe store looking for a freeview box. 5 staff members fiddling with displays, me the only customer. Not one member of staff came to see if I needed help. Going elsewhere as you obvs don't need my custom.

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  Andy Barton (@m7leicauser) reported 39 minutes ago from Comberbach, England

  @FreeviewTV Thanks to Dan at Freeview, the aerial-out retune x2 seems to have cured the problem. 👍

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  Richard Seamon (@Crewedaddy) reported 39 minutes ago from Crewe, England

  @james_blue_cat Can't afford any streaming service or the hardware upgrade to accommodate one. Freeview and iPlayer is enough. Didn't switch telly on Xmas day and Bob and Paul going fishing was my highlight.

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  Joy Garner (@JoyAnneGarner) reported 42 minutes ago from Stoke-on-Trent, England

  Anyone else having issues with Freeview etc today? ST6 area ?

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Breaking News (@MattMoore2025) reported 7 minutes ago

  @MetroUK Close down loads of channels that isn't important and keep the ones going why have we got loads of pointless channels on freeview Freesat Virgin and sky

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  🌈The Alternative💖💖 (@OksoImgay101) reported 8 minutes ago

  My TV channels have now shut down permanently. No more Freeview. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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  Marina (and Buster🐾)🐈🚣‍♀️ (@mpmeg) reported 11 minutes ago

  @MajQapla The Encore app is a catch up only service, and doesn't show live TV. I expect Abigail's Party will be added after broadcast. I watch TPTV via Virgin media channel 445, I know it is on Freeview (81?)

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  nick renshaw (@nickrenshaw5) reported 12 minutes ago

  @BBC I hear that Freeview is being turned off at some point in the future. Well you will lose my payment for the TV licence as that's how I watch TV & if you get rid then I won't be able to watch & I'll cancel my licence. Not a very clever decision to make is it?

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  Steven Dawson (@Steven59066) reported 13 minutes ago

  Hi everyone, the government are making plans to shut down freeview and freesat, something needs to be done to stop this from happening to millions of people, who watch freeview, including me,

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  Chimera (@ChimeraX2021) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Oxford_Life @Watto_T @willguyatt There has never been any 4K content on Freeview.

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  Disabled Rebel (@DisabledRebel) reported 18 minutes ago

  @LeeVicarage @NewsMurray Yep from 2029 I think no more sky dish you can’t even order sky q now as a new customer it’s all gonna be sky stream , so if I can’t record anything anyway I’ll stick with Netflix and freeview

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  Gillian Jamieson (@GillRaeWalker) reported 19 minutes ago

  Support @silvervoicesuk! "17 million people watch Freeview each week & 9 million rely solely on broadcast TV, more than half of whom are aged over 65. It would be cruel & irresponsible to force the most vulnerable households in the country to require an expensive broadband contract in order to continue watching TV." I agree. This group does great work! They also campaign to keep our fully reliable copper landlines, which will work in any electrical or internet outage unlike any other option.

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  Kerguelen (@Aramith147) reported 20 minutes ago

  @itsGower @FionaMc79461755 @bosdovja92 Yes you do!!! absolutely need a TV licence to watch or record live TV on any channel or service, including Sky TV, Virgin Media, Amazon Prime Video, ITV, Channel 4, or free-to-air channels on Freeview or Freesat.

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  Voting Fodder (@VoteFodder) reported 21 minutes ago

  @JohnSimpsonNews @jjarichardson The BBC applies for grants to help fund its research into broadcasting technology that has contributed to developments such as Freeview and DAB digital radio. In 2017-18 it received a grant, external from the EU of €1,282,331 (£1,145,572).