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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 01/19/2026 19:25

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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. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  6. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (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 Phone
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPoulton-le-Fylde TV
United KingdomBlackburn TV
United KingdomPreston TV

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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!!

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

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

  • 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:

  • roy_gill Roy Gill (@roy_gill) reported

    @fitgeek_uk Hard to say. I stream a fair amount of movies, TV and music, but I also use a lot of physical media (and have freeview) so if/when the internet goes down, I wouldn’t be *without* any of those entertainment options, I’d just have less immediate choice.

  • timrobi12026017 tim robinson (@timrobi12026017) reported

    So poor I khan only dream freeview 😳

  • hispanista Hispanista (@hispanista) reported

    @thefish64 @psychpolis Never used them in the U.K. Freeview was enough + NowTV, Netflix and Prime. My fibre broadband was BT.

  • HanMarshyVP Abby the Tank's Wife (@HanMarshyVP) reported

    @EarlFlorkin 1. I don't have a TV licence 2. I don't have HBO or Sky Atlantic 3. I only have an SD Freeview box which is super grainy 4. The only way I can watch it is it my friend illegally downloads it for me, which is obviously a bad thing

  • Ondarian_ASMR Ondarian ASMR - (He/Him) 👈🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇺🇳 (@Ondarian_ASMR) reported

    @bluebellchoppy He was on TV over Christmas, apparently he's a TV cook now on Food Network on Freeview/Sky.

  • CatIpswich Toby the Cat (Ipswich) (@CatIpswich) reported

    @last_of_england I never knew what to think of the film. It left me feeling quite depressed. If they screen it on Freeview, I'll give it a try.

  • digibell Christopher Bell (@digibell) reported from Bognor Regis, England

    @FreeviewTV Hi there, I’ve been having bad problems with Freeview reception over past few days in Bognor Regis PO21. Channels blocking and after retuning, no HD channels whatsoever

  • SimonDainty2 Simon Dainty☮️ (@SimonDainty2) reported

    The exact scale of the problem now showing on FREEVIEW 26 (this not BBC mistake).

  • MCY1X 'Michael of Sussex' 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈💙🇺🇦 (@MCY1X) reported

    Oh dear! The #Freeview signal has failed again! It happens every so often. #Newhaven

  • karkybee karkybee (@karkybee) reported

    @LeeHurstComic sick to death of turning to ch7 freeview expecting to see some true crime documentary and seeing talk @TalkTV on instead..off it goes..viewer figures so bad they have to infiltrate other channels to boost nos? . cuckoo..I don't even know where to fund talk tv otherwise 🙈