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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 02/24/2026 02:55

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (92%)

    TV (92%)

  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%)

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

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Hartlepool, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Crook, Durham and Chester-le-Street.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomHartlepool TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomSunderland TV
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne TV
United KingdomCrook 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:

  • 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

  • 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

  • GerryCarpenter3 Gerry Carpenter (@GerryCarpenter3) reported 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!

  • 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.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • brianwinteruk Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England

    @BuddyGB Will watch that on IPlayer. Technical issues with Bilsdale mast means signal is not strong enough for my Freeview PVR to use its two tuners to record more than one programme at a time. Frustrating.

  • joebloggz6 Terrorist Tea Pot (@joebloggz6) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice Hi ,We have no Freeview in L24 no signal .

  • philcowley2 Phil Cowley #YJB4LIFE (@philcowley2) reported from Swansea, Wales

    @BeOdd2 What service. Sky Virgin Freeview?

  • AnthonyEC1 Anthony Davis (@AnthonyEC1) reported

    @DJack_Journo It wasn't just action & adventure films made during the 1950s & '60s that were set during the second world war, but countless comedies too. Dora Bryan & Irene Handl were in many of them as canteen tea ladies or similar. I believe they're still shown on Freeview. Awful tripe.

  • Sonic_Sinclair ⚽️Disco-Stu🎩 (@Sonic_Sinclair) reported

    @DVB_Project I have a digital service idea, that could help the older generation about receiving digital information, quick and easy to use without internet, The technology is out there to do this, If you guys have free to air tv like the uk we have Freeview!!!! £££€€€$$$

  • Stephen_Writer Stephen Blake (@Stephen_Writer) reported

    @gareth0108 We don't even get 4G or any mobile signal, so not an issue. (Or Freeview, DAB etc.)

  • a516digital Mike (ex-a516digital) (@a516digital) reported

    Wales: Preparations for changes to Freeview HD services in Wales: New - Service ID (SID) 17792 and SID 18174 on PSB3/BBC-B. S4C HD is coming.

  • AgentSchmith Agent Smith (@AgentSchmith) reported

    @jasonpwalk @Talesofanalfa I would expect you'll need a freesat decoder / set top box at each TV to interpret the signal. It's slightly different from FreeView which the TV may well have a built in digital tuner for, but will expect a tuning signal from on the RF port.

  • CaelKatzi Katzi 🏳️‍🌈🦄 (@CaelKatzi) reported

    @arjoll @paulbrislen Too much distance and crap in the way, LoS is really bad due to terrain and trees. Can't even get Freeview HD - have to use the crap satellite version lol. Literally in my IT nightmare hellscape geographically. Gaming on ADSL2+ is painful, gaming + streaming = nogo.

  • recovringlawyer Matt (@recovringlawyer) reported

    @LGUKCare Hello, I need some help tuning my TV for Freeview etc. I've tried a few times (and I have a digital aerial) without success. Also trying to update the various apps and that's not working either (the TV is connected to my WiFi).