Freeview Outage Report in St Helens, St. Helens, 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.
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The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in St Helens and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.
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TV (92%)
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Total Blackout (4%)
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Internet (1%)
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Wi-fi (1%)
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Phone (1%)
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E-mail (1%)
Live Outage Map Near St Helens, St. Helens, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Runcorn, Liverpool, Newton-le-Willows, Wigan and Prescot.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Runcorn |
TV | |
| Liverpool |
TV | |
| Newton-le-Willows |
TV | |
| Wigan |
TV | |
| Liverpool |
TV | |
| Newton-le-Willows |
TV |
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Freeview Issues Reports Near St Helens, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in St Helens and nearby locations:
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Myles Winstone
(@quodignoratum) reported
from
Warrington, England
@TalkingPicsTV Definitely. We struggle getting Freeview and as you’re not on BT TV I’m missing my fix!
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Andy Roberts
(@Robbo72uk) reported
from
Southport, England
Virgin tv and broadband gone down yet again. Resorting to Freeview right now. The picture quality is actually much better than Virgin...AND no glitches and constant picture breakup!!
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Andy McKeown
(@AndyMcK1982) reported
from
Liverpool, England
@jaxlfc_jj @YaTerrynorris70 It’s not restricted to the BBC. If you watch or record live TV on any channel - either through your TV or through a website - then you need a TV licence. This applies whether you receive Freesat, Freeview or a pay-TV service in your home, & whether or not you watch BBC channels.
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Tim Binsley #JohnsonOut
(@barongreenbacks) reported
@jamiebglover It’s not just about all the BBC channels though, wonderful as they are. The licence fee also maintains the Freeview and radio network on which commercial TV and radio stations depend. The argument to defund the BBC will hurt far more than the BBC.
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TomStockport
(@TomStockport) reported
@LewisJamesBrown I'd agree with that - keep more radio (hard to outreach places and one which really add value - R3) Gap with freeview used by people lower down the income scale needs addressing. Get the commercial arm to subsidise Radio and the TV channel (s).
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🅲🅷🆁🅸🆂
(@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.
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Sammy James
(@MrSammyJames) reported
@BerishaShow But if it's a subscription service there would be no reason to keep those prohibitively expensive stations going. They would chase profits like any other business. Also, please tell me how subscription freeview TV / FM radio could work from a technical point of view?
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Dawn Spinks
(@DawnSpinks2) reported
@catherinerusse2 @Public_Campaign @NadineDorries Signed & RT'd! ✅ I only have Freeview channels so if we lost the BBC further down the the line I would lose a big chunk of my best viewing! Admittedly I could maybe use the licence money to buy something else...but is the quality of new content as good as the BBC?!🙄
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Wayne Marriott
(@WayneMarriott8) reported
@theninetyninep1 @cononeilluk @luckyma_man Only problem with that argument is you assume elderly people ONLY watch bbc, itv, ch4, ch5.. I know many where I live in the peak park (where terrestrial reception is poor , even freeview is difficult ) who already subscribe to sky some even have Netflix ..so it’s nothing new
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Michael Lewis
(@lewismj_waioeka) reported
@Fles__ @partnumber2 They wouldn't be destroying it. What are you afraid of? If the BBC is as good as you say it is, they'll have lots of subscribers, go global. For those that would prefer to save money and just use FreeView, why would you force them to pay for a service you want but they don't?
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Colin Elves
(@colinelves) reported
@Glostermeteor @stephenkb I’m sure their grand plan isn’t to turn off the signal, but to make it encoded and subject to subscription. But most freeview boxes that people only now have after a long and expensive campaign of digital switchover that was really only about selling bandwidth to mobile operators
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Jeff Trainer
(@JeffTrainer3) reported
@Uptotherewithit @TVSanjeev Well that stuff is paid for so just strip the woke crap & run World Service type news & all the old programs on Freeview, but not funded by a Licence Fee or the taxpayer. All other sport, comedy, films, etc can go on Advert or subscription model, and that pays for the former!
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Mark Foley
(@mecafolidas) reported
@MahyarTousi Do tell how you are going to move it to a subscription & how long that'd take? Freeview isn't compatible, broadband not in all parts of the UK etc etc. Radio? Only potential solution is advertising - huge hit to ITV etc. Note: Gov & BBC Trust blocked iPlayer expansion/sub in '09.