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Freeview Outage Report in Houghton-Le-Spring, County Durham, England

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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 Houghton-Le-Spring, England

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Houghton-Le-Spring, County Durham, England 01/03/2026 02:05

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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. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  5. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Houghton-Le-Spring, County Durham, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Chester-le-Street, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham and Gateshead.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomChester-le-Street TV
United KingdomBlaydon-on-Tyne TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomDurham TV
United KingdomGateshead TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Houghton-Le-Spring, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Houghton-Le-Spring and nearby locations:

  • JonnyRoLi JR (@JonnyRoLi) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @Fern_McGovern @SIofting @jckhth Nope. You can pay for a better service. Just as you can have Freeview TV, standard channels, most in standard definition but functional, or you can pay more for Netflix/Amazon/etc, Sky or BT with movies and sport in HD. Same principle applies.

  • AddingRandomWit Adam Widdrington (@AddingRandomWit) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @bigpapablu @itvfootball I don’t have a sky or freeview box! I stream everything and have very good internet so it’s never an issue haha

  • Oliver_Wok wok (@Oliver_Wok) reported from Hartlepool, England

    @edgarwright @broccantyzack @itv2 Would make for a brilliant friday/saturday/sunday triple header. Would love to break it down into how many times a year they appear on freeview TV

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ImmuneNaturally John Kelley (@ImmuneNaturally) reported

    @LozzaFox @TalkTV For us TalkTV on freeview has become unwatchable the signal strength appears to much weaker this last week just enough for it be there but blocky with constant audio interruption as such unwatchable. They did the same thing to RT before banning it outright. All other channels ok.

  • BobHampstead Robbie Hampstead (@BobHampstead) reported

    Tried watching normal #freeview #television this evening. Absolute worst ten minutes of my life. Everything is so bloody #mollycoddled to keep everyone happy. Back in my day, if you didn't like something, you changed channel. Absolutely terrible this world has become!

  • UKTVPlayHelp UKTV Play Help (@UKTVPlayHelp) reported

    @windymick Hello, are you using a freeview device to watch our content through your TV? Or the problem is on another platform?

  • wordspinster Debbie Cameron (@wordspinster) reported

    @snigskitchen These pitches are gold tbh, the main problem is that they're trying to become PM instead of finding a home on a midsize Freeview channel

  • LJconservation Linda Kemp (@LJconservation) reported

    @Charlyf_81 Loads on Freeview and try a Prime or a Disney+ membership for a month trial.. then cancel it..

  • UKTVPlayHelp UKTV Play Help (@UKTVPlayHelp) reported

    Some Freeview Play devices may be impacted by a current issue we're experiencing around playback. We are sorry for the inconvenience cause. We appreciated your feedback so far. We are working on it to fix the issue asap. Thank you for your patience,

  • UKTVPlayHelp UKTV Play Help (@UKTVPlayHelp) reported

    Thank you for your patience whilst we investigate the recent issue seen on some older freeview devices. We are continuing to work on resolving it. We will update when it will be fixed. In the meantime you can still access UKTV Play via other TVs, desktop and mobile.

  • Peter_Mugridge Peter Mugridge (@Peter_Mugridge) reported

    @Saltbar Good God no - I watch on a proper TV with Freeview and only very, very, rarely watch something on whatever channel's iPlayer service it is - and then only if it's something I miss when it's broadcast and I didn't record it either. Is that what you're doing? Online only viewing?

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @eboyde Hi Eimear, 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, Dylan

  • mccoll_lorraine L McColl 3.5% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 proud WASPI (@mccoll_lorraine) reported

    @stvplayeruk Have tried 2 different tvs i am on talk talk wifi watching on freeview and going online to stvplayer. No problems with anything else its just the mob doctor! Have you had no other complaints/queries??