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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 03/31/2026 08:35

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (90%)

    TV (90%)

  2. Total Blackout (7%)

    Total Blackout (7%)

  3. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  4. Internet (1%)

    Internet (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: Southport.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomSouthport Internet
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn Phone
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPoulton-le-Fylde 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:

  • johnkcrouch John Crouch - Pro EU (@johnkcrouch) reported

    @virginmedia I distanced myself from your so-called service years ago, @virginmedia Sick of constant loss of broadband, unexplained loss of TV signal and dreadful customer support I switched to Freeview and Vodafone. I save enough each month to pay for a good night out and I am stress free.

  • iTransmitTweet iTransmitTweet (@iTransmitTweet) reported

    @TVNZ @1NewsNZ can you please fix your live streaming for TV1.. it's been glitchy for the last few days. Only happens on TV1 and none of the other channels. Noticed it on freeview streaming and the TVNZ app, and the glitches happen at the same timecode on different connections.

  • NigelRollings Nigel Rollings (@NigelRollings) reported

    @LesleyB58051421 It's been fine the last two days. This morning, when I switched it on at 10:27, it defaulted to Absolute Radio. I've given up and switched to Freeview for today but it's a dodgy signal!

  • chris_sucksmith 🇬🇧 Chris 🇬🇧 (@chris_sucksmith) reported

    @smileamilewide @petemorristwit I just have a freeview tv. Which is fine, sort of, if you nit interested in top quality TV. A lot of repeating which is inevitable. All comes down to money and what you are willing to pay.

  • juedan3 Stelson (@juedan3) reported

    @AmazonHelp Yes it's a known fault. I've spoken to the Toshiba UK support team a month ago and they told me there is an issue with your software causing issues with Freeview HD channels. They told me Amazon need to update the software. The TV has the latest software and has been returned.

  • cbrown0601 Christopher Brown (@cbrown0601) reported

    @virginmedia no broadband since 0730 on Tuesday - no engineer until Tuesday 11 April. Tv playing up too. What a Happy Easter treat. I am about to plug in my old rooftop aerial on Freeview for the weekend 😫

  • SebbieJ Seb (@SebbieJ) reported

    How is it in 2023 @BBCNews still can't show local news in HD on @FreeviewTV. What exactly are we paying for again? Every other paid TV service (netflix, prime, etc) is delivering in 4k and we're still getting most Freeview channels in 480p it's 1992.

  • TVNZ TVNZ+ (@TVNZ) reported

    @sillymidoff Kia ora Ruth! Sorry to hear about this. We're checking in with the team now to check on this! What were you watching on the TVNZ+ app (was it live or a show streaming via TVNZ+?) and did you have the same issues via Freeview or Sky?

  • EmmaLovelace Emma Lovelace (@EmmaLovelace) reported

    BBC channels are breaking up on Freeview, it really is a poop service. Really not worth the money paying the licence fee for.

  • DJGaryBaldy DJGaryBaldy (@DJGaryBaldy) reported

    This is getting tedious now went to open an app on my @HumaxUK box and yet again it powered down Will you please acknowledge that there are flaws with your Aura Freeview recorder? I'm sorely disappointed and this is a replacement box