Freeview outages and service status in Houghton-Le-Spring, England

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, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Live Outage Map Near Houghton-Le-Spring, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Crook, Seaham, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, and Hartlepool.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Crook	TV	12 days ago
Seaham	TV	14 days ago
Sunderland	TV	15 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne	TV	16 days ago
Gateshead	TV	27 days ago
Gateshead	TV	1 month ago

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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:

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  wok (@Oliver_Wok) reported 16 minutes ago 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

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  Adam Widdrington (@AddingRandomWit) reported 31 minutes ago 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

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  JR (@JonnyRoLi) reported 35 minutes ago 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.

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  Gerry Carpenter (@GerryCarpenter3) reported 50 minutes ago from Sunderland, England

  @Claire_Pickard @sueashton3000 Many residents in Sunderland & along the Durham Coast also receive Freeview Channels from the Bilsdale transmitter. The fire is also likely to have knocked out about 30 relay stations, which "feed" on signals from Bilsdale. I wouldn't like to climb up the transmitter to fix it!

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 7 minutes ago

  Worst case scenario on That's TV channels on Freeview I'm posting this because Freeview channel 75 That's Entertainment deadline is over and nothing been broadcasting yet the deadline was on Wednesday 22nd July 2026. Freeview channel 7 & 8 That's Local channels are not affected by this. All That's channels on Freeview will be removed from the EPG without notice. The date will be on Wednesday 29th July 2026 Freeview channel 56 That's TV closed Freeview channel 65 That's TV 2 closed Freeview channel 71 That's 20th Century closed Freeview channel 76 That's 60s closed Freeview channel 77 That's 60s Manchester closed Freeview channel 78 That's 70s closed Freeview channel 79 That's Oldies closed Freeview channel 80 Manchester will close 100% on Wednesday 29th July 2026 Freeview channel 93 That's Classics closed 2 channels have already closed on Freeview Freeview channel 85 That's TV 2 closedown on 26th May 2026 Freeview channel 86 That's 20th closedown on 26th May 2026

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  ✨🔥ℝⓊ𝔰тץкภ𝒾𝔾ħ𝔱_ / Brick Ch4pel🔥✨ (@rustyknight_) reported 8 minutes ago

  There is a weird bug where save/load files from freeview perspective (i.e. the one that isn't the isometric top down view) causes double-prompts on saving/loading existing names

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  Rosa (@Rosa60044194) reported 8 minutes ago

  @OborneTweets Is great to have this addition, I will definitely be watching it! Shane they can’t a channel on Freeview as well. We need a decent opposition to the terrible GB news

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  Judith Nicholson (@JudeNicho) reported 9 minutes ago

  @cyclingontnt When are the highlight programmes available on HBO Max? I see them on freeview on DMAX at 7pm, but never available on HBO Max other than a 10 min compilation?It's not possible to get the DMAX show on catch up so it's quite poor compared to before moving to HBO.

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  Nigel Keeling (@Traighbon08) reported 12 minutes ago

  @reformparty_uk Most working classes have a dodgy stick and pay about £100 for every channel known to man. They couldn't give a **** about Freeview. You clearly know your voters.

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  Andy The Photo Dr ♿️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@andythephotoDr) reported 16 minutes ago

  @Jcaird2 It’s basically freeview albeit a bit cut down via the internet. We have been fine without aerial anyway and missed nothing we like but it will be nice to flick through stuff again and stumbling on something to watch.

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  Leigh Rumbelow (@MeadowAFCW) reported 18 minutes ago

  @itvfootball TV constantly stuttering. Is it my Freeview TV or the signal? I may have to fire up the laptop.

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  Gran (@BlackleyGran) reported 21 minutes ago

  @HisenseUK I bought a 55inch tv I had it for 23months all of a sudden I couldn’t get all freeview stations after 4 calls I was told it was my Ariel now I’m left with a heap of crap.

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  Essex Baldy (@darrensharp73) reported 23 minutes ago

  @TalkTV @cjsnowdon @iancollinsuk I don’t necessarily believe a sub model would work, but as an initial step they should require subscription-based logins at least for their TV and web-based services (radio maybe less practical). Maybe just have SD broadcasts on Freeview and require streaming for HD due to practicalities (Sky shouldn’t be an issue). This way those who don’t pay (for a license) will find it hard to view, and it would also cut off more overseas users who view without paying.

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  HMRC APN Victim (@SM00055) reported 23 minutes ago

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