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Freeview Outage Report in Pontypool, Torfaen County Borough, Wales

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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 Pontypool, Wales

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Pontypool, Torfaen County Borough, Wales 02/16/2026 22:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (91%)

    TV (91%)

  2. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

Live Outage Map Near Pontypool, Torfaen County Borough, Wales

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Newport, Cardiff, Blackwood and Pontypool.

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City Problem Type Report Time
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Freeview Issues Reports Near Pontypool, Wales

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

  • GeorgeBaldwin14 George Baldwin (@GeorgeBaldwin14) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    And has been mentioned before, I and I'm sure many others would never have followed rugby without the Six Nations being free to watch and having it on freeview year after year

  • IanCleverly06 Ian Cleverly (@IanCleverly06) reported 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)

  • uncriticalsimon Simon 🥑🚟🚅😈💉💉💉 (@uncriticalsimon) reported 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.)

  • oitappin Dan Tappin (@oitappin) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @DooHopper Pick will be an interesting case, no hd an awful picture on Freeview, good slot number but not much heft from Sky to push it.

  • uncriticalsimon Simon 🤖 (@uncriticalsimon) reported 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.

  • DaveBStDW Dave Bowden (@DaveBStDW) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @bt_uk Hi Aaron, I am in complete disbelief as to how long this takes to resolve. I don’t care who resolves it & not my problem he’s not in. I’m paying full price for freeview! I demand compensation and a quick resolve as this is just embarrassing for @bt_uk

  • MeurigRogers Morgan Barber-Rogers #FBPE melt and centrist dad (@MeurigRogers) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    @bethanjenkins Project Kangaroo became YouView. It wasn’t shut down because it was a ppv model - it was meant to be like an online Freeview. It was shut down because it was deemed unfair competition for private companies. Who are now all Americans.

  • jonnyhern Jonathan (@jonnyhern) reported 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:

  • UKRichpixie Richard Heading (@UKRichpixie) reported

    Dear stonk, GB news launches on the 13th of June, freeview channel 236. ****. Penguin.

  • FredFirst1 Fred Fukovinov (@FredFirst1) reported

    FREEVIEW 701 RAINDEER GAMES OR GROTTY SQUIRREL ****

  • egaaronp Elizabeth Macpherson (@egaaronp) reported

    @CourtTV ..the UK channel 89 on Freeview says 'This Service has now spider's - why? It was working on Monday & I've watched everyday since it was available 😥

  • ElliotTheUnread Elliot (@ElliotTheUnread) reported

    @beverleyhills8 @GBNEWS Yes this is the stupid thing. They are supporting the TV license by being on Freeview etc. Should have gone internet-only.

  • Suzanne100 Suzanne (@Suzanne100) reported

    @JulieCourtTV @CourtTVUK The channel 89 in the UK that was showing court tv is now saying This service has now closed..and I read today that court tv will no longer be showing on Freeview tv in the UK, can anyone confirm this as I’m so sad and lost without it 😪

  • ga2493 Graham Armstrong (@ga2493) reported

    @ukfreetv are there any problems with Bilsdale at the moment? Freeview website says planned maintenance on WC 24th May but no signal at all on 31st May @ DH6 2PZ.

  • LeeRaldar 🇬🇧_Lee Wardle_🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@LeeRaldar) reported

    @actiontiff I only know about the state of UK TV by hearsay, not had one for about 15 years, was spending more time jabbing the remote than actually watching anything. Seen Vikings, Peaky Blinders, Breaking bad, Walking dead series since then from various freeview sites and that's about all.

  • nashoban_info nashoban productions (@nashoban_info) reported

    @CourtTVUK have you shut down your UK Freeview service? 🙁

  • OThreens Dave is 🅱️ald (@OThreens) reported

    Got my mom a cheap Freeview HD box for her bedroom. Problem 1: as I plugged in the antenna cable the board in the Freeview box fell loose, so I had to void the warranty, open it up, and find the board was just not secured in place at all, even though there was a screw hole.

  • oldnormalstreet Old Normal Street (@oldnormalstreet) reported

    @tomhfh cool, wont have to remember how to tune / find a freeview channel 👍 protip - we want something like sky news australia not more of the same sky / bbc garbage