Freeview

Freeview Outage Report in Preston, 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 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 03/29/2026 13:10

March 29: 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 (90%)

    TV (90%)

  2. Total Blackout (7%)

    Total Blackout (7%)

  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: 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

Community Discussion

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Preston, England

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

  • 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.

  • 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 ****.....

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

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

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • UKPRES1 UKPRES (@UKPRES1) reported

    @EndeavourMorse8 @russty_russ Trouble is itv when it started was the only game in town. Now itv isn't the only commercial broadcaster in town. Just look at Freeview. What ofcom has failed to do is keep those newcomers in check. In aussie they have a mini quoter for their digital channel.

  • Jerry83560 Jeremy Goff #RejoinEU #FBPE #PRT (@Jerry83560) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice I have the #Freeview app on my phone, but no login seems to be required. So I now have a #Freeview equipped TV. Do both instances know it is me?

  • DawsePaws dawse (@DawsePaws) reported

    Public service announcement: Am watching 'Kenny Everett New Year 1979' show on Freeview 'That's TV" chan 65. I think Bowie is on soon.

  • BlueberriesRok Léonie #GirlySwot 🔶 🇺🇦 (@BlueberriesRok) reported

    @dem_cath The TV's awful this year. We're all going through a rubbish time, TV should be a welcome distraction for a day or so, but they are just showing rubbish. I have freeview and it's all like this, sadly. I hope your book makes you smile.

  • sugarcanebook E. E. Fry (@sugarcanebook) reported

    @virginmedia Also, losing all of our recorded programmes and movies yet again, unable to pre record any Xmas TV or movies, losing all of our favourites and our series links. FreeView and catch up have rendered the Tivo service sold to us as obsolete and we've not been offered any compensation

  • hcnerwmonkey Monkey Wrench (@hcnerwmonkey) reported

    @mikeacthomas @Lnydp It’s on freeview channel “London live” but terrible presenters.

  • YangXiaoDong69 Mr ****🏳️‍⚧️ (@YangXiaoDong69) reported

    I’ve learnt two things today. 1) they remade the Blue (Da Ba Dee) song and it’s now horrible 2) AMAZON OWN FREEVIEW????

  • jakegibson466 Jake Gibson (@jakegibson466) reported

    @brendanhughes64 @RTEOne We've never had a single problem with it on Freeview.

  • Enefes3 Enefes (@Enefes3) reported

    @markthehibby I can't even see any TV, let alone weather. Flipping Freeview is down. At least I have Smart TV.

  • PhilJDore Phil Dore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 (@PhilJDore) reported

    My washing machine is now fixed, but I'm gonna nope out anyway lads, as my Freeview signal has gone rubbish in the wet weather we're having at the moment. #CovideoWed