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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 01/09/2026 02:35

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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 (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Preston, Lancashire, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Blackburn and Poulton-le-Fylde.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPoulton-le-Fylde TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPreston TV
United KingdomOrmskirk TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Preston, England

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

  • 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!!

  • 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 ****.....

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • DonPedley1 Don Pedley (@DonPedley1) reported

    @FreeviewTV I would like to make a complaint about lack of freeview tv channels in my area. Please provide an email address for my complaint.

  • DTIF__ Song Sam Si (@DTIF__) reported

    @a516digital Just to add, looking for a legit service. Just want the basic freeview channels really.

  • DonPedley1 Don Pedley (@DonPedley1) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice I would like to make a complaint about lack of freeview channels in my area & continual loss of reception. Please provide an email address for my complaint.

  • garlict Garlic Toothpaste (@garlict) reported

    @imbadatlife Crap script writing and not on Freeview but some TvBox thing that nobody is interested in.

  • moogal moogal (@moogal) reported

    @ImTommyHill Freeview TV signal still seems ok here.

  • monkeygirl_69 Hannah Johnson (@monkeygirl_69) reported

    @SkyHelpTeam my television,had no satellite signal for 24 hours, cannot even watch recordings/ downloads or Freeview 8th November is earliest appointment and I am disabled and severally vulnerable

  • a516digital Mike (@a516digital) reported

    @DTIF__ As per article, Freeview is preparing for IP fallback giving users access to Freeview channels via IP. This will be built into newer Freeview Play models as part of CLM support.

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @Alheri @Channel4 Hi, I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Freeview Reception. so, we can investigate this for you, can you please DM us your postcode and house name or number? Thanks George.

  • ukfreeviewfilms Movies today on Freeview (@ukfreeviewfilms) reported

    STARTING SOON : Incident in Shanghai (1938) | IMDB: 5.2 | Talking Pictures TV | 07:30am-8:50am Freeview:82 Sky:328 Virgin:445 BT:81 Freesat:306

  • TheAshPreston Ash Preston (@TheAshPreston) reported

    @lauralexx We were so poor, I used to watch to 10 minute Sky Box Office Freeview of J2J. I've still never actually seen it. Sorry Brendan.