Freeview outages and service status in Heathfield, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Heathfield, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Heathfield, 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 Heathfield, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Crowborough, Royal Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, and Hailsham.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Crowborough	Total Blackout	19 days ago
Royal Tunbridge Wells	TV	1 month ago
East Grinstead	TV	1 month ago
East Grinstead	TV	1 month ago
East Grinstead	TV	1 month ago
Hailsham	TV	2 months ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Heathfield, England

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

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  About East Grinstead (@AboutEG) reported 12 minutes ago from East Grinstead, England

  There are problems with the Freeview signal in EG this evening, affected by atmospheric conditions, apparently.

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  Liz 'ready for the beach' Fielding (@lizfielding) reported 23 minutes ago from East Grinstead, England

  What on earth has happened to #Freeview? No signal.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Grifty (@TheGriftReport) reported 1 minute ago

  MILLIONS FACE LOSS OF FREEVIEW TV AFTER LOBBYING BY BBC AND ITV BACKED BODY Freeview which serves 13.6 million homes and 40 percent of UK households with more than 70 channels including BBC One ITV Channel 4 and Channel 5 could be axed after 2034 under government plans to end digital terrestrial television. Ministers are expected to publish a consultation paper within weeks setting out the path to an internet only future in the mid 2030s with the switch depending on universal affordable superfast broadband. Campaigners at Silver Voices which represents older people have launched a petition warning the move would disproportionately hit elderly low income and rural viewers who rely on aerials rather than streaming. The push is driven by The Connection Project a lobbying body funded by the BBC ITV Vodafone and BT all of whom stand to benefit commercially from moving viewers online and reducing costs of maintaining one platform. Dennis Reed of Silver Voices said the companies funding The Connection Project all have a commercial interest in moving services online and older viewers deserve better. The Connection Project responded that the transition preserves everyones right to free public service TV via broadband with subsidised costs where needed while the BBC and Department for Culture Media and Sport confirmed they are working to ensure nobody is left behind. Thoughts?

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  Anne Wells (@annewells26) reported 7 minutes ago

  @NotFarLeftAtAll All part of controlling us. I don’t have TV packages only Freeview & my internet is bad so don’t watch much anyway, barely anything in summer. Unfair for the elderly.

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  Bigwows 💚🤍💜 ✖️✖️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@bigwows) reported 7 minutes ago

  @cmairsy @virginmedia Zen for internet - rock solid and great customer service, not that you’ll need it. But after ditching Virgin we went down the freeview route, I’m afraid.

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  Crypto is the Future (@JosieGibsonBBuk) reported 7 minutes ago

  @PopeyeFreeview Freeview will close bit later then sky due to contacts ending on differnt dates The main share holder has stage four cancer and that’s the main reason for it closing down

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  Matt Quinn - The Caledonian Television Company. (@Matt_Q_OnX) reported 9 minutes ago

  @iggy1966 @BENEFITS_NEWS They don't really, Chris... However the 'Freely' service currently being touted to replace Freeview in about 15 years time IS a streamed service which WILL be available via set top boxes/inbuilt IP provision in TV sets and probably an 'App'.

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  The Wilder Way - Patrick Wymark Boardroom (@Wyfan2) reported 9 minutes ago

  So the advantage of Freely is that unlike Freeview, when my internet goes down I also lose my TV. Technology continues to improve our lives.

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  Mr Mega Dump (@ChestneyS) reported 18 minutes ago

  @darrengrimes Nothing decided yet so I’ll wait until it actually happens before deciding to cancel my subscriptions or not. Tv companies are losing customers right left and centre due to the constant inflation plus 3.9%. I’m seriously looking at just getting a freeview box and a “fire stick “

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  Selene Mariposa (@Selene_Mariposa) reported 20 minutes ago

  @LillacTyanu This is the most accurate breakdown in the thread, so thank you. You are right, the fee is for live TV, Freeview comes preloaded, and if you never connect the aerial or watch live you do not owe it. They can chase you, but the burden is on them to prove you watched. That nuance is the whole ballgame. The fee leans on people not knowing they already have the exit. You clearly do. 🦋

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  Gotta Have Faith (@Suzghf) reported 22 minutes ago

  I bet you haven't even read the info where they're thinking about scrapping all freeview channels. And so to watch TV it'll all be paid online service - that you need ID for! Join the dots.

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  Breaking News (@MattMoore2025) reported 23 minutes ago

  @MetroUK Close down loads of channels that isn't important and keep the ones going why have we got loads of pointless channels on freeview Freesat Virgin and sky