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Freeview Outage Report in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

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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 Lichfield, England

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 12/14/2025 03:50

December 14: Problems at Freeview

Freeview is having issues since 08:20 AM 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 (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 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Rugeley.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomWolverhampton TV
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United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomBirmingham TV
United KingdomBirmingham TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Lichfield, England

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

  • genders_jason Jason Genders (@genders_jason) reported from Walsall Wood, England

    @madaboutHolly @Lee_JM75 Who's watching this bad boy on Freeview channel 70 ,Horror, right now😁💩💩💩

  • DamienAshton Damien Ashton-Wellman (@DamienAshton) reported from Birmingham, England

    Looking through the festive TV schedule and there's no Muppet Christmas Carol on any of the freeview channels this year. Never wanted @DisneyPlus to launch more than right now.

  • unit_1974 🐺Wolfish (@unit_1974) reported from Birmingham, England

    @Matey30 @virginmedia Nothing less than I’ve come to expect from them. Service has been so bad which is why we’ve left their tv service. Had to keep the broadband for now due to limitations of other local providers. Now watching freeview…

  • DamienAshton Damien Ashton-Wellman (@DamienAshton) reported from Birmingham, England

    Looking through the festive TV schedule and there's no Muppet Christmas Carol on any of the freeview channels this year. Never wanted @DisneyPlus to launch more than right now.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • CrazyHo63837338 Crazy Horse (@CrazyHo63837338) reported

    @finneyzair Couldn't care less what subsequent regime conclusions have been reached regarding advertising. If other channels can do it, so can the BBC. Also couldn't care less about freeview. Make it subscription based or shut it down. Same with Radio, advertisers fund it or shut it down.

  • CrazyHo63837338 Crazy Horse (@CrazyHo63837338) reported

    @finneyzair Couldn't care less what subsequent regime conclusions have been reached regarding advertising. If other channels can do it, so can the BBC. Also couldn't care less about freeview. Make it subscription based or shut it down. Same with Radio, advertisers fund it or shut it down.

  • UKTTVC UK Terrestrial TV Changes (@UKTTVC) reported

    Summary of changes: Service Removal: That's Rock MCR (Manchester area) New services: That's 80s (4am-6am) Freeview 78 - Freely 405 That's 80s MCR (Manchester area): Freeview 93 - Freely 406 continued...

  • Ajax62859643753 Welcome FM 101.3 (@Ajax62859643753) reported

    @BBCLondonNews If you can close down medium wave local radio station transmitters then you can get OFF Freeview

  • UKTTVC UK Terrestrial TV Changes (@UKTTVC) reported

    Summary of changes: Service Removal: That's Rock MCR (Manchester area) New services: That's 80s (4am-6am) Freeview 78 - Freely 405 That's 80s MCR (Manchester area): Freeview 93 - Freely 406 continued...

  • CrazyHo63837338 Crazy Horse (@CrazyHo63837338) reported

    @finneyzair Couldn't care less what subsequent regime conclusions have been reached regarding advertising. If other channels can do it, so can the BBC. Also couldn't care less about freeview. Make it subscription based or shut it down. Same with Radio, advertisers fund it or shut it down.

  • CrazyHo63837338 Crazy Horse (@CrazyHo63837338) reported

    @finneyzair Couldn't care less what subsequent regime conclusions have been reached regarding advertising. If other channels can do it, so can the BBC. Also couldn't care less about freeview. Make it subscription based or shut it down. Same with Radio, advertisers fund it or shut it down.

  • CrazyHo63837338 Crazy Horse (@CrazyHo63837338) reported

    @finneyzair Couldn't care less what subsequent regime conclusions have been reached regarding advertising. If other channels can do it, so can the BBC. Also couldn't care less about freeview. Make it subscription based or shut it down. Same with Radio, advertisers fund it or shut it down.

  • UKTTVC UK Terrestrial TV Changes (@UKTTVC) reported

    Summary of changes: Service Removal: That's Rock MCR (Manchester area) New services: That's 80s (4am-6am) Freeview 78 - Freely 405 That's 80s MCR (Manchester area): Freeview 93 - Freely 406 continued...

  • Ajax62859643753 Welcome FM 101.3 (@Ajax62859643753) reported

    @BBCLondonNews If you can close down medium wave local radio station transmitters then you can get OFF Freeview