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Freeview Outage Report in Preston, Lancashire, 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.

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 02/12/2026 14:25

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.

  1. TV (92%)

    TV (92%)

  2. Total Blackout (4%)

    Total Blackout (4%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

Live Outage Map Near Preston, Lancashire, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Blackburn.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn Phone
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPoulton-le-Fylde TV
United KingdomBlackburn 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 ****.....

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

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

  • 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:

  • ADewiM Alex (@ADewiM) reported

    @King_Buxton @JeffGrubb Had to look it up to see if my memory was broken and I guess they just renamed UKTV G2 then Gold stopped being freeview a few years later.

  • ChrisBrownSport Chris Brown (@ChrisBrownSport) reported

    @NorgeChester Worst timing! Can’t you just watch on Freeview?

  • mattystan1972 Matt Stanley (@mattystan1972) reported

    @amazonfiretv Just done an update. Now my tv is stuck on Home Screen. Can’t watch freeview tv, change input. Can only watch Netflix prime and Disney. No freeview no PlayStation. Help.

  • Bitch88935403 ***** (@Bitch88935403) reported

    i want to able to watch channel hopping when it comes out so bad. curse freeview

  • featuredreamer Ian S Rickard (@featuredreamer) reported

    @NLebrecht I didn't hear that problem. It sounded fine on my Freeview digital TV and combined HiFi. I will try to take ore notice of the balance of instruments, as the Proms continue.

  • jamgyal Dan (@jamgyal) reported

    @liisa_agren @bbcproms @BBC It’s closed down on Freeview. I’ve got the option to cast it from the phone instead.)

  • EnglishUDI Independent England.. England's Coming Home (@EnglishUDI) reported

    @SKAerials According to Freeview its a transmitter issue. Picking up signals from 2! Oh well. Might think about Freesat or just put up with it

  • parazoner You're Living In Thought So (@parazoner) reported

    @BaneNook The 10 minute freeview at 12am every night channel 546. Never did me any harm!

  • Jamie314159265 Jamie Buck (@Jamie314159265) reported

    Women's Prison Drama, Bad Girls S1/E2 (Freeview 20) starts in 45 minutes. (10:55PM UK). #UKTV #Drama #ITVBadGirls

  • JimGilroy Jim ⚫️🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 💙 (@JimGilroy) reported

    Wow! This thunderstorm is still doing it’s rounds. It’s even knocked our tv arial and satellite out. No signal on Freeview or Freesat. Thankfully I have a tv stick and an internet connection still.