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Freeview outages and service status in Kirkwall, 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

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Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • SM00055
    HMRC APN Victim (@SM00055) reported

    Freeview is so **** ATM, I'm actually watching Jamie's 15 minute meals ... !

  • bbpmac
    Bridie Macmahon (@bbpmac) reported

    @BBCNews Well without freeview coverage most of us will never know.

  • BlakeAntcliff
    Blake (@BlakeAntcliff) reported

    @SheLovesTweets @theipaper Freely TV's are the same as Freeview and Freesat, the problem is Internet only doesn't take into account people who live in blackspots and barely get anything much better than old school dial up. Nor does it account for anyone who doesn't want/have broadband.

  • sk_tony
    x (@sk_tony) reported

    @Selene_Mariposa The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to: watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky or Freeview) or watch TV live on any streaming service On any device. You can opt out n if you don’t do the above. So it is not a tax for simply owning a TV

  • jonsmithUC
    Jon Smith (@jonsmithUC) reported

    @RidgeandFrost @WilfredFrost Once Freeview is turned off by this Government, ITV under American ownership will be a subscription model streaming service.

  • CliveRoper
    Clive Roper (@CliveRoper) reported

    @Glynn11111 @GBNEWS How does that run then as it doesn’t use the Freeview via aerial signal…

  • roorooyes4
    FreeScot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💜🤍💚 (@roorooyes4) reported

    Unsurprisingly, so many things have not been considered with the whole "shutting off terrestrial" tv thing. For instance, companies like BT/EE do NOT broadcast the Freeview channels on their online service in rural Scotland. These come in on the aeriel, the rest through your ...

  • 4doorsmorepaws
    smoking the phonicvirus (@4doorsmorepaws) reported

    @codfish246 yuhh i think we had freesat cause of the awful freeview signal, my nan had the exact same box lol (and my grandma had the exact same telly!) upstairs we had a freeview telly and someone had to stand and wave the portable aerial around a bit to get a clear picture

  • PopeyeFreeview
    Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported

    Freeview channel 71 That's 20th Century Was switched off at 04:00am on Wednesday 19th August 2026. 1 Technical issue 2 could be sharing with another channel

  • MisterQuintus
    Tony Quintus 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@MisterQuintus) reported

    @DanielJHannan Now explain how you make BROADCAST TELEVISION a subscription service without a technology change on the scale of the move to freeview.