Freeview outages and service status in Manchester, England
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- Freeview generated 0 outage signals in the last 24 hours around Manchester, including 0 direct reports.
- The most common problems reported in this area mention TV and Total Blackout.
- TV (89%)
- Total Blackout (11%)
The latest reports from users having issues in Manchester come from postal codes M40 , M61 , M11 , M19 and M44 .
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 Manchester, England
The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Manchester, 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 Manchester, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Salford, Manchester, Bolton, and Oldham.
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 Salford
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TV | 16 days ago |
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Manchester
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TV | 16 days ago |
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Manchester
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TV | 19 days ago |
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Manchester
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TV | 20 days ago |
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Manchester
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TV | 20 days ago |
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Manchester
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Total Blackout | 20 days ago |
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Freeview Issues Reports Near Manchester, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Manchester and nearby locations:
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Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported from Sale, England@nowtvhelp Hi I'm Steve Quinn WA15 9HN Can I ask u it's not fair where yr channels are on other services like sky arts sky news on Freeview where everyone has it and so much comedy even on movies MTV pure crap fox all usa can't u add CHS like W history Ch animal planet CI more tx
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Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported from Bury, EnglandIf anyone needs a football fix Copenhagen are playing some other Danish club behind closed doors on Freeview 64...... is this what it’s come to😂
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mary whitfield (@MaryMares81) reported from Salford, England@FreeviewAdvice we have lost the majority of freeview channels having retuned a few times. Used the availability checker which says channels should be available, can you help? Thanks
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pepper brierley (@pepperpotdog) reported from Oldham, EnglandJust watching @JohnNicholRAF on #smithsonianchannel on freeview ch 57 d-day and the dambusters! Damn good watch!
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patrick efc mc (@chef247patrick) reported from Bolton, England@steviemac2010 @LFC_NewStories Watch them cancel the freeview now
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Sean Vickers (@collegeflunky) reported from Radcliffe, England@FreeviewAdvice any advice?Unable to watch terrestrial tv properly since Winter Hill update in August. Retuned Humax box and Hisense tv numerous times but still an issue #winterhill #freeview #
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will I am (@lyond88) reported from Ashton-under-Lyne, EnglandSo he did not take any notice of the customer just to get me of the phone I want a new TV box sent out ASAP please I have paid now for two months with no TV I am on freeview that's working fine I had new airel and that fine And looking for Creadit on my account for this time
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Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported from Sale, EnglandIs anything on TV tonight I'm bit bored today skts engineer came to mine to install but I was out so I called them tonight there installing it tenth Jan at least it's on my mobil until then I just got Freeview never mind I'll just chill out and watch Corrie ha
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Steve, just Steve (@Northern_Steve) reported from Manchester, England@mickmcfc1 I'll never know. I've pulled the cable out. BBC Parliament on freeview only from now on. They talk absolute bollocks but rarely about football. I'm in!
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Simon Catterall (@catterall_simon) reported from Ashton-under-Lyne, England@Prof_Quiteamess Oo that’s clever. My Freeview recorder has broken :(
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Les Dawson and me #JC4PM2019 #LabourActivist (@Like47) reported from Manchester, England@gary_worden @cjssydney @cptcapitalg @FrogAlaPeche Poor people either don't have a TV or watch freeview.
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Mike 🇬🇧 #Britishindependent (@MikeBates04) reported from Manchester, England@NetflixUK as gone shit pay to see old flims that you get free on Freeview so what's the point 👊👊👊👊👊
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Paul Smith (@thelobsterboy) reported from Manchester, EnglandI love these Freeview updates. Each time I rescan the television I seem to lose additional channels! I'm down to QVC, Free Sports and That's 70s and it's only 3pm!
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Honey Elusive & Exclusive (@Braziliandoll2) reported from Salford, EnglandVideochat love? Please note I don't offer freeview verification but I can send my Twitter link my chat service is performed on Whastsapp, viber or Skype only Working till 10pm
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Paul Williams✈️ (@PaulW_1) reported from Sale, England@BigJetTVLIVE I named 3 airlines on the above. Why say 10mins if you knew it wouldn’t be. You still don’t get the hang of it. Most of the times when I watch the freeview there are so many errors in it it’s unreal. If you didn’t have enough time then that’s bad planning on your side
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Harvey Wood (@HarveyWoodphoto) reported@LGUKCare Hi. You need to address why the FreeSat guide on your TV's takes up to 30sec to load and populate. Doesn't happen on Freeview which I have upstairs. Your (all too frequent) updates could fix this easily but you dont. 10K of TV RAM mem could sort this annoying nonsense.
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Gillian Jamieson (@GillRaeWalker) reportedSupport @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.
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Matt Quinn - The Caledonian Television Company. (@Matt_Q_OnX) reported@sparry951 @diablik_uk @BENEFITS_NEWS It'll be a slow creep; for many years now some channels on the Freeview EPG have in fact been streamed. Freeview recorders are still readily available for those that want them; if you're using Sky/Virgin etc. you're already NOT using the Freeview service that is 'under threat'.
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George Phillips (@gphillips1945) reported@HughEdw31897368 A problem for many older people like us whose only programme source is freeview. No internet subscription, mobile network only.
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da (@aviashea) reportedAt the moment both Killer In My Village and Britain's Countryside Killers are showing the same case. I hope the poor girl's family aren't checking the freeview channels.
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Presley Turberville (@T21949Presley) reported@tvukzone ******* **** off, you unfunny Freeview *****.
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Breaking News (@MattMoore2025) reported@MetroUK Close down loads of channels that isn't important and keep the ones going why have we got loads of pointless channels on freeview Freesat Virgin and sky
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Myles Fitzpatrick (@mylesfitz) reported@readysetdrone I was really intrigued by the stitching issue you found closer to objects too. How possible is it to create a 360 video to YouTube with this drone? Where you can freeview rather than export a perspective.
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Matt Quinn - The Caledonian Television Company. (@Matt_Q_OnX) reported@iggy1966 @BENEFITS_NEWS They don't really, Chris... However the 'Freely' service currently being touted to replace Freeview in about 15 years time IS a streamed service which WILL be available via set top boxes/inbuilt IP provision in TV sets and probably an 'App'.
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Gary Phillips (@gazpunch) reported@Hadders41183 @Lost_In_Films_ I’ve still got that’s Tv 2 on Freeview, (65) watching Never mind your language now, well just this minute finished. Gutted if that’s going now 😢