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Freeview Outage Report in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

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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 Kirkwall, Scotland

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland 03/01/2026 08:50

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.

  1. TV (91%)

    TV (91%)

  2. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  3. Internet (2%)

    Internet (2%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

Community Discussion

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Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Kolakube_5 Emma (@Kolakube_5) reported

    @UncannyVal No I think it’s just freeview being ****. Not entirely sure. Can only get bbc, itv and c4 and their digital channels for some reason and nothing else. The channels weren’t working and retuning just lost them altogether?!

  • phoebemonkey Ruth Mutch 👩🏻‍🦽 (@phoebemonkey) reported

    I have a suspicion the Freeview engineer who came to “fix” my connection a while ago is responsible for this madness. He spent hours swopping around cables. I couldn’t check what he’d done because the cables are inaccessible to me (and the Virgin Hub was out of reach!)

  • RsKelv Kelvin R. Smith P&J Project (@RsKelv) reported

    @otivar55 Most people will probably steer clear of @AJEnglish (Freeview CH 235) and never see this remarkable 4-part documentary. Hopefully, it will be allowed to be screened on UK mainstream TV.

  • DoktorFuttocks Daniel Emerson (@DoktorFuttocks) reported

    @twarrestrial @rugbyleagueontv Very true. The quality difference between Freeview SD and iPlayer on a Fire TV Stick, even with my slow connection, is stark. Plus, if you watch something as a stream, it is automatically logged in the official viewing figures, which won't happen on FreeView.

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @CoachDGibbs Hi, I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Freeview Reception. so, we can investigate this for you, can you please DM us your postcode and house name or number? Thanks George.

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @RogerCa56028932 Hi Rodger, I am sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Freeview Reception. So, we can investigate this for you, can you please DM us your postcode and house name or number? Thanks George.

  • Downbyetheriver DOWNBYTHERIVER (@Downbyetheriver) reported

    @afneil I've seen these on Freeview. Both low key, undramatic, no gimmicks and no inappropriate latter-day commentators popping up to give their spin, and yet so magnetic. Very much in the image of Thames TV's world class, The World at War. (If you've never seen, see before you die!)

  • joshua_drummond Bird Hat Grifter (@joshua_drummond) reported

    So yeah, if you have Christian family who have been rabbitholed by conspiracy nonsense, be aware that there’s a pipeline of garbage being beamed out to God knows how many people on Freeview

  • BathCityRadio Bath City Radio (@BathCityRadio) reported

    @MattyBray007 As in I thought freeview was a description for something like a streaming service. I’ll quit while I’m behind.

  • twarrestrial r (@twarrestrial) reported

    @rugbyleagueontv the SD on freeview is poor, the better quality on the laptop is good