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Freeview Outage Report in Preston, Lancashire, England

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The latest reports from users having issues in Preston come from postal codes PR1.

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 Preston, England

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Preston, Lancashire, England 11/19/2025 11:45

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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. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  4. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Preston, Lancashire, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Blackburn, Preston, Ormskirk, Longridge and Lytham St Annes.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPreston TV
United KingdomOrmskirk TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomLongridge TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Preston, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Preston 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 ****.....

  • Robbo72uk 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!!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Bruce43454388 Bruce (@Bruce43454388) reported

    @BBCNews BBC, I will delete all BBC channels from my channel list on my Freeview TV so then I don't have to pay the TV licence because basically BBC is just a load of crap anyway including biased news. I don't watch sport so have no interest in paying for something I don't watch.

  • YouViewSupport YouView (@YouViewSupport) reported

    @Smudge1979 Hi Mark. Any channel changes are done by Freeview rather than us. It's likely that it's been moved to a different channel group (MUX) which has a weaker signal than what it was on previously so other channels in the same group e.g BBC News HD will also have a weak signal.

  • SteffApCennydd SteffApCennydd (@SteffApCennydd) reported

    @lewysstacey A streaming vod service is relatively easy to set up. But changing Freeview's architecture isn't as simple as a block on BBC channels. It all gets switched to subs or not at all. It would mean forcing a lot of people to buy new gear to watch something they're already paying for.

  • conspiracism M R. X. Dentith (@conspiracism) reported

    Finally got to a point in the day when I could do some book writing, and Mum's Sky box started smelling of smoke. So, instead, we spent the time calling Sky to get it serviced and my teaching Mum how to access the OnDemand services (Freeview doesn't work for some reason)

  • NoSauceAtAll Ed Morris (@NoSauceAtAll) reported

    .@afneil Afternoon! On a slightly different theme.... will GB News be available on Freeview or is it on other subscription service, for example Sky? I'm prepared to give it a view before I make any judgement on it. Many thanks! #GBNews

  • a_parandroid paranoidedededed (@a_parandroid) reported

    @BBCNews the price isn't a dealbreaker, although if they stopped aggressively bullying of those who own a tv but don't watch freeview, the would bring the license fee down.

  • lewysstacey Andrew Harris (@lewysstacey) reported

    @SteffApCennydd What you talking about, freeview could still continue for all the other channels all the BBC would need to do is make a sub service for its existing service as the BBC, they already have the iPlayer set up it's relatively easy to change that to a sub service.

  • KoalaBarry Barry (the Koala). (@KoalaBarry) reported

    @FredTedHug 1) No - no post Youview box stopped working, spent all am trying to sort it including factor reset, nothing. Rung Plusnet, no longer supporting Freeview, may need a new box charge could be £160, but system would shutdown in Nov at end of contract - decided to cancel TV option

  • sharonfairhead1 Sharon Fairhead ⚽💛⚽ (@sharonfairhead1) reported

    @rgn2602 @CambridgeUtdFC We had radio Cambridge on down here, should have been available on freeview 722 also for those further away

  • storey966 Tynmar (@storey966) reported

    @DaveMcleanComms That is your choice. But many people rely on the BBC as a free to air public broadcasting service. Its a bit like paying your National Insurance & choosing to pay medical insurance to go private instead of using the NHS. Also, you get to watch all the freeview channels as well.