Freeview

Freeview Outage Report in Rishton, Lancashire, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: tv and total blackout.

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 Rishton, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Rishton and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Freeview Outage Chart in Rishton, Lancashire, England 09/18/2025 16:00

September 18: Problems at Freeview

Freeview is having issues since 03:40 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

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. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  5. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  6. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Rishton, Lancashire, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Colne, Preston and Blackburn.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomColne TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPreston TV
United KingdomColne TV
United KingdomRochdale TV
United KingdomBurnley TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Rishton, England

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

  • johnworthy27 john worthington (@johnworthy27) reported from Preston, England

    @chloesammike @andywigmore @KayBurley Don't worry you can still get Sky news on channel 132 on your Freeview box. Thick ****.....

  • groovicat groovicat 💚 (@groovicat) reported from Adlington, England

    @Sillyshib Heartbeat, ssshhh, it's never been off. You can watch Heartbeat every day on freeview

  • iainsykes2014 Iain Sykes (@iainsykes2014) reported from Blackburn, England

    @KarmaUnc @GMB @joshwiddicombe Yes, but the BBC is a significant contributor to Arquiva who own the masts. They also support Freeview and Freesat.

  • markblackman Mark Blackman (@markblackman) reported from Clitheroe, England

    Anybody else had @FreeviewTV issues from Winter Hill transmitter? I rescaned my bedroom tv which wasnt receiving anything last week, and now.. Full Signal and Services! Bizarre?! #freeview #winterhill

  • garethrichmond5 Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported from Bury, England

    If anyone needs a football fix Copenhagen are playing some other Danish club behind closed doors on Freeview 64...... is this what it’s come to😂

  • mooseandme1 Moose And Me (@mooseandme1) reported from Great Harwood, England

    @Ossyref I know but it’s not on Freeview. Not everyone has YouTube for TV or ability to watch on app. We ok as have Virgin but it’s still crap they ain’t showing it for others.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • geordiemanc70 GeordieManc (@geordiemanc70) reported

    @EstibalizTerron Well done. If people could get the heads out of what Murdoch and chronies want them to believe, they might realise that the TV channels are a small part of what they get - dozens of radio stations, BBC Online, Bitesize, World Service, Freeview, FreeSat, R&D technology....

  • darrenscrimes Darren Crimes (@darrenscrimes) reported

    @Porrohman @ClaireJHartnell @jamiebglover And if you genuinely don't use the freeview TV service, never see any BBC content etc etc, then you don't have to pay. Idiot.

  • AnneFinnane Anne Finnane #ProgressiveAlliance 🇪🇺 🐝 🌳 woke (@AnneFinnane) reported

    @cononeilluk Currently impossible to put a paywall on Freeview which many people use to access BBC, ITV, Ch 4, Ch5 or any radio stations. So how exactly could BBC become a subscription service?

  • YoshiJoshi_ 🦁 👑Yoshi Joshi ⭐️⭐️ (@YoshiJoshi_) reported

    @Garysonfire BBC Licence fee also go toward support for the Freeview network infrastructure

  • lewismj_waioeka Michael Lewis (@lewismj_waioeka) reported

    @EdwardJDavey @Aiannucci If the BBC is great, it will have no trouble getting subscribers, what are you afraid of? Why force say pensioners or the poor to pay a regressive tax? They may be happy with FreeView, why should they be forced into paying for the BBC if they don't want it?

  • aw_mckinley Andrew McKinley (@aw_mckinley) reported

    Sick of morons saying "I only use 3 BBC services, licence fee is not good value". But: you can only use one service at a time-your argument is invalid. If you use ONE service, you justify the license fee. Freeview is one such service. DAB is another. Even for non-BBC content.

  • EastLight EastLight (@EastLight) reported

    @jamiebglover @CatsAreLoud You can't really defend the BBC's technical standards. They foisted Freeview upon us- the quality on SD channels has always been terrible- worse than VHS. Likewise DAB radio sounds poor, and BBC national FM radio still uses NICAM distribution- lossy compression of the 1970s kind.

  • lewismj_waioeka Michael Lewis (@lewismj_waioeka) reported

    @jonholmes1 @Aiannucci If the BBC is great, it will have no trouble getting subscribers, what are you afraid of? Why force say pensioners or the poor to pay a regressive tax? They may be happy with FreeView, why should they be forced into paying for the BBC if they don't want it?

  • dougmcfarlane41 Douglas Mcfarlane (@dougmcfarlane41) reported

    @JuliaHB1 So often disagree with you but not on this one, from August 10th 2021 til Jan 5th 2022 we had no FREEVIEW services due to transmitter fire so had ZERO channels of any network for over 4 months, imagine such a third world country we are for infrastructure. Obviously sensible 1/2

  • BillboBilleric1 BillboBillericay (@BillboBilleric1) reported

    @JuliaHB1 The BBC is not a public service and therefore should not be funded through a form of taxation. 80 plus channels available on Freeview that are not funded by the taxpayer, but I am not allowed to watch them unless I pay the BBC tax.