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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 03/04/2026 13:05

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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. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

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

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

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

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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:

  • Oldcynic9 Granny B.Goode #Clint Eastwood 4ever.❤ (@Oldcynic9) reported

    @Karen31332753 @benonwine Thats exactly the same as we keep saying... trouble is its almost as much money for just broadband as it is to include the tv. Plus we aint got a BT line to change broadband providers, & yeah I'd miss the recording. Even though I know freeview boxes can record now.

  • michaelaworsley Michael Worsley (@michaelaworsley) reported

    @TalkTalk I used to use #RadioTime tv guide on iMac Safari, but the format's changed & made it very scatty, so I swapped to #Freeview guide, which is refusing to load. Freeview report to me that several customers experiencing same problem via #TalkTalk.

  • uncriticalsimon Simon 🥑🚟🚅😈💉💉💉 (@uncriticalsimon) reported from Newport, Wales

    .@Freeview question - how come the PSB muxes aren’t treated equally? The BBC one and the HD one seem to have a much better signal from Wenvoe than the “normal” ITV one. (I can get Mendip off a random bit of metal.)

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @jackcox2312 Hi, Jack. The closest thing to Teletext on Freeview is the BBC Red Button service and it would be up to the TV to support it. Fraser

  • Page_888 Matthew H (@Page_888) reported

    Ideal Extra on Freeview has changed it's caption to 'Sorry, this service is no longer available'.

  • MikePop94819658 MikePop (@MikePop94819658) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice is there a problem with freeview reception in the SA14 area?

  • b33rbash_twitch b33rbash (e-beggar arc) (@b33rbash_twitch) reported

    @aliiscrying @JohnJohnNYC_ in the UK you buy a television license to access Freeview which is the terrestrial television service you can get with an antenna. The money goes to fund the BBC

  • amicabentley_ Amica Bentley 🔞 (@amicabentley_) reported

    @AdultWorkcom **** the **** out of freeview 😳

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @TenV56 Hi, Deepest apologies for the delay in response. I am so very sorry to learn you are experiencing issues with your Freeview reception. Can you please DM Freeview Advice along with your postcode and house/name number and we will look in to this for you. Melissa

  • moss_phill Phillbo (@moss_phill) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice EX349DF number 13. Has there been problems with freeview in this area recently? I seem to keep losing channels on a daily basis and having to retune everyday and not getting back channels I previously had (which isnt many compared to other freeview users)