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Freeview Outage Report in Manchester, England

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The latest reports from users having issues in Manchester come from postal codes M61, M41, M3 and M15.

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 and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Freeview Outage Chart in Manchester, England 05/07/2025 14:00

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (90%)

    TV (90%)

  2. Total Blackout (7%)

    Total Blackout (7%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Manchester, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Stockport, Leigh and Oldham.

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Manchester, England

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

  • pepperpotdog pepper brierley (@pepperpotdog) reported from Oldham, England

    Just watching @JohnNicholRAF on #smithsonianchannel on freeview ch 57 d-day and the dambusters! Damn good watch!

  • catterall_simon Simon Catterall (@catterall_simon) reported from Ashton-under-Lyne, England

    @Prof_Quiteamess Oo that’s clever. My Freeview recorder has broken :(

  • Smoothste21 Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported from Sale, England

    Is 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

  • Like47 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.

  • MikeBates04 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 👊👊👊👊👊

  • PaulW_1 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:

  • MadenRon Ron Maden (@MadenRon) reported

    Tried watching #GBNews on #freeview 236. The picture quality/resolution is shockingly bad/low-resolution.

  • Isitme19 Itsjustme-Christine🇬🇧 (@Isitme19) reported

    @Jollyanna7 @GBNEWS Thank you Johnny, I have Freeview Play, I will check it out. Its mainly live TV where the problem lies. I hope they will get them eventually I suppose it all costs money

  • Alexand85266011 Alexander (@Alexand85266011) reported

    @femme_uk @GBNEWS Yes, few teething problems but I've always found Freeview less than reliable.

  • susanstanwix sozzledsue 🇬🇧💐🍷 (@susanstanwix) reported

    @sylvesterhakin @AthenaFreedom20 Oh I’ve not had any problems at all, I’ve retuned the Freeview and it was automatically on Dky.

  • Davey56Jones David Jones (@Davey56Jones) reported

    @Jan_Leeming Have you found it yet I am on Freeview 236 no problem You might have to do an update

  • r2d248 Roger Read (@r2d248) reported

    @GBNEWS Freeview Ch 236 sound out of sync with picture, and picture quality poor?

  • jonthemusic Jon (@jonthemusic) reported

    @telday1 @Jayduck16803727 @GBNEWS I don't pay Sky a penny but previous occupant left box. It is not a subscription channel and I am watching it there now. It is only SD on Freeview and a few issues with the signal strength there.

  • katrina1_ Katrina (@katrina1_) reported

    Sort the picture out on Freeview @GBNEWS bloody awful .. also the lips are out of sync when they are speaking

  • chrislondon254 chris (@chrislondon254) reported

    @GBNEWS A few sound / voice sync issues watching on freeview.

  • MrSameer_ $ameer (@MrSameer_) reported

    Worst picture quality for new channel @GBNEWS on #Freeview it’s 2021 not 1942! #GBNews