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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  CharlesWynfordLodge (@2hrTV) reported 9 minutes ago

  @CountMoriarty @dave43law Yeah its stupid. What is the positive of switching it off? Everyone would need a fire stick type of thing and apps to watch channels. They're rubbish. There's often delay/time lag and no full access to all Freeview channels. Freeview is better

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  Squirrell13 (@GracenMagz) reported 10 minutes ago

  @OlooneyJohn Our freeview doesnt even work. Can never get all the channels, they seem to go missing and the signal often drops out.

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  Matt Quinn - The Caledonian Television Company. (@Matt_Q_OnX) reported 14 minutes ago

  @sparry951 @diablik_uk @BENEFITS_NEWS It'll be a slow creep; for many years now some channels on the Freeview EPG have in fact been streamed. Freeview recorders are still readily available for those that want them; if you're using Sky/Virgin etc. you're already NOT using the Freeview service that is 'under threat'.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 15 minutes ago

  The date of Freeview closure will be revealed in November 2026 by the government. 1 Freeview closure in 2034 more likely 2034 because 6G mobile phone signal will kill all relay Transmitters. 2 Freeview closure in 2044 Only main Transmitters can survive until 2044. Your mobile phone is sharing the same frequency as Freeview Mobile phone Frequency UHF 49 to 69 Freeview Frequency UHF 21 to 48 The future 6G mobile phone Frequency would take most of Freeview space in 2034. Freeview Frequency in 2034 would be UHF 21 to 35 that would close all relay Transmitters

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  LostInFilms🎬 (@Lost_In_Films_) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Hi_De_Helen Apparently it's going to get worse all down to Sky but how does that include Freeview losing them too 🤔 All I could find out from Google search piece about it in Sun today.

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  Allan Foxall (@AirAcademy) reported 22 minutes ago

  BBC TV Presenter Clive Myrie stated he doesn't have a television in his house and the termination of FREEVIEW should not be a problem to him. 🌐

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  𝘾lifford (@cliffordh) reported 23 minutes ago

  Why is @ThatsTVOfficial "That's TV 2" only available on #Freeview, the weather today is playing havoc, constantly "Poor signal quality", why was the channel dropped from @freesat_tv - where the picture was never affected by "atmospherics". #ThatsTV

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  Gotta Have Faith (@Suzghf) reported 25 minutes ago

  I bet you haven't even read the info where they're thinking about scrapping all freeview channels. And so to watch TV it'll all be paid online service - that you need ID for! Join the dots.

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  Efootball🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Efootballgame1) reported 26 minutes ago

  @ollocoll Bring in food stamps. No car, only able to watch freeview, no internet, family of 5 should only get a 3 bed house and use bunk beds. No holidays. No phone contracts. They get a government issue phone. We need to stop rewarding laziness. People with disabilities can have luxuries.

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  Dave (@m1ctk) reported 28 minutes ago

  @cordbusters Hoping that the video resolution will be higher than the poor 544 x 576 on freeview at 720 x 576 at least