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Freeview Outage Report in Maidstone, Kent, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: tv and total blackout.

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 Maidstone, England

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Maidstone, Kent, England 03/21/2026 19:25

March 21: Problems at Freeview

Freeview is having issues since 07:40 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

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. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Maidstone, Kent, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: West Malling, Gillingham, Maidstone, Chatham, Sittingbourne and Rochester.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomWest Malling TV
United KingdomGillingham TV
United KingdomMaidstone TV
United KingdomChatham TV
United KingdomChatham TV
United KingdomGillingham Total Blackout

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Maidstone, England

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

  • englishbobsnr NM (@englishbobsnr) reported from Maidstone, England

    Please please please please please please please please PLEASE STOP CHANGING THE FREEVIEW CHANNEL NUMBERS AROUND FOR **** SAKE #Freeview @FreeviewTV

  • Davidp1103 David-19 (@Davidp1103) reported from Gravesend, England

    @TalkTalk It would be nice if you could reduce or remove a £40 charge for an engineer who called but made no inspection of equipment, explained that Freeview channels had been altered; a fact that your customer services were not aware of, but should have known.

  • Davidp1103 Davidp (@Davidp1103) reported from Gravesend, England

    @Complyorcry @Back_Two_Mee To @TalkTalk they are okay but the broadband is not a good as VM but it's okay; it cut the monthly bill in half. I have since dropped their tv service and bought a freeview recorder. Monthly bill for broadband/phone £38

  • LexFuturus LexFuturus (@LexFuturus) reported from Longfield, England

    Terrible streaming quality via YouTube! @btsport should have made it freeview #UCLfinal

  • Davidp1103 Davidp (@Davidp1103) reported from Snodland, England

    Continually frustrated by @TalkTalk and its inconsistent service and performance. Have today purchased a freeview recorder to replace their box and will be actively looking for new broadband provider.

  • DJSimonUK DJSimonUK (@DJSimonUK) reported from Gillingham, England

    @ITV @skytv is there a problem with channel 103 itv1 on sky tv and also on freeview .,., sounds been cutting out all day ,, not just with me ??? Gillingham Kent ME7 AND Also CT5 Whistable Kent,,

  • robinjuste Robin Juste Emery (@robinjuste) reported from Gillingham, England

    Fog risk and disruption to TV and radio transmissions. Expect some lost Freeview or low signal channels on some mornings next week! #KentWeather @AffinityDJ @AffinityKent

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • adamwhumphreys Adam neu Adda (@adamwhumphreys) reported

    **** sake man, hate having to use BBC iPlayer to was the game because there's a bit of a delay on it. Found out about the goal on Twitter 20 seconds before it happened. (Also, I am watching it on S4C, but I gotta go through BBC iPlayer to get it cos I can't pick up Freeview).

  • fhv554 FHV554 (@fhv554) reported

    Bit of Queen on Freeview 11 if you’re interested. Public service announcement on behalf of decent music fans everywhere. 🤘🏻👍🏻

  • Michael80789776 Michael CLARK (@Michael80789776) reported

    @ShiregreenOwl @teresadg0 The online services are definitely a big contributor, I agree. But a dedicated 24 hr news service on Freeview is far more accessible for many, and that will have an impact

  • AJFeneley James Fen (@AJFeneley) reported

    Anybody else lost the vast majority of their Freeview TV channels in the past week? Used to have basically everything but had to rescan and now down to 16 channels.... no ITV, no C4, nothing at all in HD any more. Had 100+ last week.... #rdguk

  • DiGada1 Ali (@DiGada1) reported

    @TRACEYBRO @GBNEWS Unfortunately there's always been a load of freeview channels that have never been available where I live.

  • Doctor_of_Music Mike Coe (@Doctor_of_Music) reported

    Living in a remote location, we only have a 'public service' Freeview transmitter, with restricted channels. Dense woodland to the east means no satellite TV reception, & there is no 'cable'. Therefore I have discovered with some pleasure that I will be unable to receive @GBNews

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @KimWebb44671708 @PJDarran200 @ivorsawbottom Hi, I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Freeview reception. So we can look into this can you please DM us your postcode and house name or number? Thanks, Dylan

  • iannock Ian Nock (@iannock) reported

    @matthewcarter7 Freeview Play 4K TVs ... they have good support. TiVo v6 did at WC but have not confirmed this time around. Still need to check my SkyQ, but Android TV devices almost universally don't...

  • NickJStilwell1 Nick J Stilwell🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇿🇦🐾 (@NickJStilwell1) reported

    @GBNEWS SKY 515 (also FREEVIEW) starts THIS SUNDAY 8PM. Chaired by Andrew Neil. Aims to be non-woke, non pc. Never have to watch BBC NEWS, Laura Kuntsberg et al again @defundbbc Give it a go guys.

  • kennyhegney Kenny, so called, Hegney (@kennyhegney) reported

    Because my phone is a Universal Credit special I've never downloaded BBC Sounds. Recently( in an attempt to get work) I went without food so I could get Internet plumbed in. Yesterday I found Sounds on Freeview Player so listened to final episode of #BatterseaPoltergeist