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Freeview Outage Report in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: tv and total blackout.

The latest reports from users having issues in Hitchin come from postal codes SG5.

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 Hitchin, England

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England 01/25/2026 10:25

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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 (4%)

    Total Blackout (4%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

Live Outage Map Near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Luton, Hitchin and Welwyn Garden City.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomLuton TV
United KingdomHitchin TV
United KingdomWelwyn Garden City TV
United KingdomLuton TV
United KingdomLuton TV
United KingdomHenlow TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Hitchin, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Hitchin and nearby locations:

  • Abboscakes Tony Abbess (@Abboscakes) reported from Meppershall, England

    Im not very happy with sky , wind knocked out dish so a week with no tv! Had to buy Freeview box , not happy. Don’t even start me on price hike or mobile issues and then there’s the broadband! Grrrrr

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • IsThisRoss Rossco (@IsThisRoss) reported

    Looking back on the early part of the first lockdown I mainly remember dealing with the possible curtailment of humanity by watching Challenge on Freeview for hours. Never thought that would be my reaction.

  • back_the_BBC Back the BBC 📺📻📡📱 (@back_the_BBC) reported

    @Matt_1269501 What would you do - upgrade the UK's internet infrastructure so that everyone can get the BBC over 5G or the internet (reasonably impossible) or replace Freeview with an encrypted service? (also impossible)

  • willmill82 🍢🥙will🥙🍢(@willmill82@mastodonapp.uk) (@willmill82) reported

    @BrokenTV @UKPRES1 @TalkingPicsTV Haha, funny you should say that, I'm unfortunate enough to have terrible Freeview reception and Sky Glass, neither of which will get me Talking Pictures, sadly.

  • TalkingPicsTV Talking Pictures TV (@TalkingPicsTV) reported

    @ArtyKoala If you continually have problems, Freeview has a helpline 03456 505050.

  • jallen1947 🇬🇧 John 🇬🇧 Freedom 🇬🇧 Independence (@jallen1947) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice Hi In the Last 2 Weeks my Freeview Signal keeps Breaking down RH20 Post Code Heathfield Transmitter, Evenings are worse than daytime, is there an issue causing this, or could it be the Cold Weather affecting the Signal..Regards..

  • explodingwalrus Carl Draper (@explodingwalrus) reported

    @freesat_tv series link doesn't work for for University Challenge. Yet it can be done on Freeview. This is not good

  • stevend43829773 Stevend43829773 (@stevend43829773) reported

    @BabestationTV sort out your camera work and your technical issue that's just happened on freeview ch. 674, tweet back to me ps stop keep taking Sophie hart off screen

  • DDubya82 Daniel Whittle (@DDubya82) reported

    @davechannel @NEReviews Watching on freeview transmitting from winter hill. It’s not isolated to this one programmes it’s multiple programmes, QI, house of games, travel man, and last night, the Bad Boys II movie. This is being watched on a panasonic TV with integrated freeview.

  • FatherPeter11 Bacon Dog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@FatherPeter11) reported

    @alighirl77 Unrelated to Sky but my Talk Talk Tv box for freeview stopped working 2 months ago. I’ve tried to call them numerous times to report the problem while I’m still paying for the service. Talk Talk? You cant talk to them. 😳

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @zakir___1988 Hi, Zakir. Whether live is available on a catch-up service would be down to the service itself, though generally, the catch-up services on Freeview Play are to be used in conjunction with the standard Freeview service. Fraser