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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 M16, M61, M27, M1, M40, M15 and M26.

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 12/13/2025 14:40

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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 (6%)

    Total Blackout (6%)

  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, Rochdale, Bury, Salford, Atherton and Stalybridge.

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Manchester, England

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

  • collegeflunky 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 #

  • garethrichmond5 Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported from Bury, England

    If 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😂

  • MaryMares81 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

  • 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

  • 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

    @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

  • 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

  • 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!

  • 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 👊👊👊👊👊

  • chef247patrick patrick efc mc (@chef247patrick) reported from Bolton, England

    @steviemac2010 @LFC_NewStories Watch them cancel the freeview now

  • 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.

  • thelobsterboy Paul Smith (@thelobsterboy) reported from Manchester, England

    I 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!

  • lyond88 will I am (@lyond88) reported from Ashton-under-Lyne, England

    So 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

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Cyanosis1966 Cyanosis (@Cyanosis1966) reported

    @jonwensley @BATC_London @DPJHodges All the other programming on Freeview is free! If the BBC want to use advertising or subscription that’s up to them, they could install a box as part of the service. Why not have a public vote on this matter?

  • keeperofstone Stone Keeper (@keeperofstone) reported

    @FABSITEUK Do you watch any TV? If you watch or record TV on any channel via any TV service (e.g. Sky, Virgin, Freeview, Freesat), you need to be covered by a TV Licence.

  • WeHo_1985 Dennis (@WeHo_1985) reported

    @B2theRich It was dreadful. Three out of five is extremely generous. It's the type of terrible b-movie you see on a random Freeview channel at 2pm in the afternoon.

  • JCKB4_ JCKB$ (@JCKB4_) reported

    @acrobat1977 @SkyArts Does it work for you? Sky Arts on Freeview is not working for me!

  • ameena_q90 Ameena 🇺🇦 (@ameena_q90) reported

    @CallumKeith1999 live? Ah **** what if you have freeview?

  • pontius_is_goat Pontius Pilate (@pontius_is_goat) reported

    @markaizatt Sadly if you are a freeview user and not a customer of the likes of BT/SKY/Virgin et al, Al Jazeera is the only channel with a global perspective for the lazy of seeking

  • skyblue_England skyblue_england ⬅︎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 (@skyblue_England) reported

    @mrdanwalker @GaryLineker It’s time to end the license fee and allow viewers freedom of choice. With the plethora of subscription and Freeview program providers, it’s no longer necessary to have a government sponsored public service provider, with all the inherent issues about partiality that it brings.

  • jonwensley Jon Wensley (@jonwensley) reported

    @Cyanosis1966 @BATC_London @DPJHodges 1) How do you (technically) have a subscription service that doesn’t require a set top box/internet connectivity? 18m people use Freeview, & 1.8m households have no internet access 3) If you need to pay £20/month to Sky/Virgin to access it, it is more expensive than a licence fee

  • Dave0932705 Dave (@Dave0932705) reported

    @Larterlia @GBNEWS Couldn’t get signal on my freeview

  • larissaweems lettie (@larissaweems) reported

    when i was young we couldn’t afford anything like sky and freeview wasn’t really a thing, and then when it was introduced we still couldn’t have it because we didn’t get a signal. citv and bbc was the only way i could watch children’s tv after school/sick days and i feel like