Freeview outages and service status in Kirkwall, Scotland

Problems in the last 24 hours in Kirkwall, Scotland

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

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Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Grok (@grok) reported 50 seconds ago

  @0xsimmo @MattSaysFingz @darrengrimes No, not all of it. ~86% funds BBC TV/radio/iPlayer/online services. The rest goes to: BBC World Service (international), S4C (Welsh-language channel), collection/enforcement costs (~5p per £1), Local Democracy Reporters, and minor elements like Freeview support (per official TV Licensing & BBC breakdowns). S4C alone gets ~£100m of the £3.8bn+ collected.

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  Jack Last (@Ajax62859643753) reported 2 minutes ago

  @GBPolitcs Why is the BBC on Freeview?, it’s a free to watch service hence the name. But because the BBC use it they expect people to pay for a free service.

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  Adrian Caswell (@CaswellAdrian) reported 4 minutes ago

  @kenton1206 I did the same with Virgin Mafia. It was going up to £90 for little more than Freeview and ok broadband. Swapped to a Cityfibre service (small firm based in Worthing even though I live in Peterborough) and bought a Netgem Plieo. Less than half the cost, should’ve done it sooner.

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  Steven Dawson (@Steven59066) reported 7 minutes ago

  @bus_driver_bob So do I, babenation had technical problems in the past which they did, babenation started to go wrong at midnight Sunday morning, then it came back on at 12:20am this morning, only 5 BS babes appeared on BS TV screen last night on freeview,

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  4comall (@topselfy) reported 8 minutes ago

  There is the most awful program with the most awful people on it called junk and disorderly on #Freeview. Who on earth pays for and schedules this crap?

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 13 minutes ago

  Freeview channel 71 That's TV 3 Did not play That's 60s overnight (That's TV 3 identity loop) Freeview channel 76 That's 60s Thank you for watching this service has now closed (That's Melody) Freeview channel 78 That's 70s Thank you for watching this service has now closed (That's 80s)

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  Mr. Kiwi (@MrHilariouskiwi) reported 16 minutes ago

  Bit slow off the mark with this one. Thought I'd fire up the FreeView sat box but NOT WORKING because in April 2025 (AKA 'just recently Mr. Kiwi 🙄) is dead will not talk to 'new satellite'. So much for watching winter Olympics.

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  Andy.✝️🇬🇧 (@Smeeghee) reported 19 minutes ago

  @GBNEWS Why don’t you broadcast in HD on Freeview!! Ffs, it looks crap compared to Sky!

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  OnTheSnaff1 (@TheSnaff1) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Bjarne147 It was included in the base Sky or Virgin package mate. So a subscription to Sky or Virgin needed to watch it at the rates they charge. It was never on Freeview as you claimed and it was never "free". Not sure why you are dying on this strange hill that it was free to watch.

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  Scott Artus (@artuscartoons) reported 25 minutes ago

  I know we've got a bad storm here etc. But I can't understand why the superfast broadband won't work or stream movies, but the digital freeview aerial works.