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Freeview outages and service status in Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Portsmouth, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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Live Outage Map Near Portsmouth, England

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Eastleigh TV 19 days ago
Eastleigh TV 2 months ago
Gosport Internet 3 months ago
Waterlooville TV 3 months ago
Ryde TV 3 months ago
Waterlooville TV 3 months ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Portsmouth, England

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

  • chris_sucksmith
    Chris (@chris_sucksmith) reported from East Cowes, England

    One bad thing about #Freeview TV is all the begging adverts. Ignore em all, ain't contributing towards inflated staff salaries. Plenty of local little charities.

  • RoboJ1M
    RoboJ1M (@RoboJ1M) reported from Portsmouth, England

    @Sonic_Sinclair @bbcmicrobot Technically it is, there's support for it in DVB. There's several channels on DVB satellite that uses it, not sure there's any on freeview. Certainly all the original services shutdown or moved to MHEG. The BBC mheg service was incredible but that's shutdown now too 🙁

  • JohnJpsk
    john knights (@JohnJpsk) reported from Eastleigh, England

    Shit on TV tonight.... But this Freeview 231 takes the biscuit...

  • Bermudgirl
    Marilyn McCubbin (@Bermudgirl) reported from Netley, England

    @FreeviewAdvice Can you help me please. I am now relying on Freeview. My tv has HD but Freeview isn’t. How do I get my Freeview into HD. It’s not a pleasure to watch. Thank you.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • sk_tony
    x (@sk_tony) reported

    @Selene_Mariposa The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to: watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky or Freeview) or watch TV live on any streaming service On any device. You can opt out n if you don’t do the above. So it is not a tax for simply owning a TV

  • IronWorks1990
    IronWorks1990 (@IronWorks1990) reported

    @dskiuk2 @Danrocsky76 @cordbusters I went Paris last year and our tv where we stayed was through through aerial, 50 odd channels and every single one of the was HD. Freeview now is terrible in 2026, full of shovelware channels and hardly any HD channels, SD channels look awful as well.

  • SchemieG
    Schemie Goblyn (@SchemieG) reported

    @_Leyanelle_ @DaveyTheTroll Stv player had a major habit of freezing randomly then utterly crashing comedically large parts of Dundee down by the Tay are served by the relay transmitter at Tay bridge on the fife side which has a significantly reduced freeview service compared to rest of Dundee

  • RandomNoobYT
    Random Noob (TeK✨) (@RandomNoobYT) reported

    @KarenGr58411658 @DailyMail All paid for with the licence fee, the government does not fund TV transmission infrastructure, this is controlled and operated by the BBC. No BBC, No transmission network, no Freeview. This is why you have to pay the licence for all live TV.

  • alison_pannell
    Ali-Pan (@alison_pannell) reported

    @Jenny_1884 @whinestop I believe the BBC needs to change it's funding model - preferably to a subscription service as using advertising would have negative effects on current Freeview channels. I would like to see a system similar to Sky so you could choose your subscription level.

  • LeVoyeur72
    Voyeur (@LeVoyeur72) reported

    @the_saffman @TheDoctorMagic @AlanJLSmith Not any more. However, BBC World Service is available in the UK on Freeview, so it's not as if you're paying for something you can't listen to, unlike when it was funded through taxation. Plus cable and satellite operators abroad also pay to carry it.

  • MisterBeergut
    Jonny (@MisterBeergut) reported

    @RhianReads1 @richardosman On my Freeview box it is easy. Just ignore the channel buttons and go down to categories, then click on sport. All the choices come up there.

  • Tom_Amos
    Tom Amos (@Tom_Amos) reported

    @langerz10 @connor_naismith I’ll be honest I typed that whilst chopping some salad and I don’t think I even know what I meant by **** all happened. I think my main point is Crewe fans have rarely contributed to radio Stoke when they’ve been on other frequencies. Why is freeview so bad?

  • Wyfan2
    The Wilder Way - Patrick Wymark Boardroom (@Wyfan2) reported

    So the advantage of Freely is that unlike Freeview, when my internet goes down I also lose my TV. Technology continues to improve our lives.

  • T21949Presley
    Presley Turberville (@T21949Presley) reported

    @evenskate566 Both of us loathe Richard Curtis comedy films, essentially due to the fact they're slushy Freeview crap.