Freeview outages and service status in Pontypool, Wales

Problems in the last 24 hours in Pontypool, Wales

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

Live Outage Map Near Pontypool, Wales

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Newport, Caerphilly, Hengoed, Blackwood, and Cwmbran.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Newport	TV	12 hours ago
Caerphilly	TV	4 days ago
Newport	TV	8 days ago
Hengoed	TV	16 days ago
Newport	TV	18 days ago
Blackwood	TV	22 days ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Pontypool, Wales

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

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  Simon 🤖 (@uncriticalsimon) reported 38 seconds ago from Newport, Wales

  Why is the BBC World Service so hard to obtain EXCEPT in the one area which is explicitly not the target audience? In the UK the World Service is available 24/7 on DAB and I think Freeview and Freesat/Sky.

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  Simon 🥑🚟🚅😈💉💉💉 (@uncriticalsimon) reported 23 minutes ago from Newport, Wales

  .@Freeview question - how come the PSB muxes aren’t treated equally? The BBC one and the HD one seem to have a much better signal from Wenvoe than the “normal” ITV one. (I can get Mendip off a random bit of metal.)

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  Ian Cleverly (@IanCleverly06) reported 50 minutes ago from Trethomas, Wales

  Just an FYI @DMAX_UK but you've just showed Series 3 Ep10 of #Archer, when the Freeview EPG (and your website) has you showing the correct in order Ep 9. It has the same down for the Sat midnight showing (ie Ep 10 is listed in you'll show Ep 9)

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  Jonathan (@jonnyhern) reported 56 minutes ago from Pontypool, Wales

  @Thomoli @PhilipsCare_UK I’ve been waiting 8 weeks for same issue not worked for me since I bought my TV. I dont have an aeriel tho just satellite cable connected & internet but no catch up aps work or freeview

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Dave Gunkul - founder of GobGunk (@GobGunk) reported 8 minutes ago

  The cost of cable back home is ridiculously too high. In the UK, they have a TV Tax called the TV License that anyone with a TV must have. It costs roughly $20 a month. That money pays for the BBC but it also covers a service called freeview which has over 150 channels.

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  Kerguelen (@Aramith147) reported 10 minutes ago

  @itsGower @FionaMc79461755 @bosdovja92 Yes you do!!! absolutely need a TV licence to watch or record live TV on any channel or service, including Sky TV, Virgin Media, Amazon Prime Video, ITV, Channel 4, or free-to-air channels on Freeview or Freesat.

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  🌈The Alternative💖💖 (@OksoImgay101) reported 11 minutes ago

  My TV channels have now shut down permanently. No more Freeview. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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  Jack Last (@Ajax62859643753) reported 13 minutes ago

  @GBPolitcs Why is the BBC on Freeview?, it’s a free to watch service hence the name. But because the BBC use it they expect people to pay for a free service.

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  Priyamvada Gopal © (@PriyamvadaGopal) reported 19 minutes ago

  @TimFost2561 So if you cancel the license, you also can't access other freeview stuff, or am I completely off-base there?

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  Doorbundle (@Doorbundle) reported 20 minutes ago

  @FreeviewAdvice Hi, for the last four days my Freeview TV reception has varied between NO SIGNAL and something of a picture on all channels but with massive pixelation and choppy sound, I currently have no signal. My postcode is WR8 0SJ I am on the Malvern transmitter.

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  Alec Baldwin's safe place (@AlecBaldwin999) reported 21 minutes ago

  @johnthejack Thanks. I was hoping they'd go back to it, but I figured they realised the graph was crap, and got rid of it. I used to have a box that recorded stuff, as well as a Sky dish that I just used for the equivalent of Freeview in the end, but the dish cable went iffy & by then...

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  Dr Jake Taylor (@AstroJake) reported 21 minutes ago

  Going to my friends house who had Sky and I had channels 1-5. I was like damn my friends are rich! Freeview changed my life.

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  Stephen (@stevebrown491) reported 30 minutes ago

  @BBCStokeSport @GMcGarrySport @ThePeterMorse Listening to P&G and the bloke says that no Crewe fans have phoned in! No **** Sherlock, why should we phone in when you can’t be bothered to put us on the RADIO - just in case you don’t understand, Freeview is not available to most people who are not at home! Only 2 teams played

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  Gillian Jamieson (@GillRaeWalker) reported 33 minutes ago

  Support @silvervoicesuk! "17 million people watch Freeview each week & 9 million rely solely on broadcast TV, more than half of whom are aged over 65. It would be cruel & irresponsible to force the most vulnerable households in the country to require an expensive broadband contract in order to continue watching TV." I agree. This group does great work! They also campaign to keep our fully reliable copper landlines, which will work in any electrical or internet outage unlike any other option.