Freeview outages and service status in Darlington, 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 Darlington, England
The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Darlington, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Live Outage Map Near Darlington, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Newton Aycliffe.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Newton Aycliffe
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TV | 19 days ago |
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Stockton-on-Tees
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TV | 3 months ago |
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Newton Aycliffe
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TV | 3 months ago |
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Freeview Issues Reports Near Darlington, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Darlington and nearby locations:
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@dannysavage Not everywhere. Parts of Ripon, Thirsk and Harrogate still have very little or no signal. Freeview and Arqiva are on the case. Temporary relay being planned in next 14 days.
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@danmooreradio @a516digital On Freeview bandwidth is an issue. But also still a fair number of SD only boxes out there.
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@PCarmichaelVO @NadineDorries BBC does NOT maintain Freeview network. That is Arqiva. BBC in partnership with other PSB broadcasters own Freeview. They, like other broadcaster pay carriage charges to Arqiva.
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Darren Clark (@DarrenClark1971) reported from Stainton and Thornton, EnglandCan’t believe how truly terrible EETV is. Tuning freeview channels is atrocious. Currently get 43, no BBC, ITV or any basic ones using new aerial. If it does find them they just disappear. Bedroom TV gets all the freeview ones and that’s on an old aerial in the same spot. #EETV
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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.
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@Jan_208 It is a minor problem that occurs once in a while when Freeview change the channel map too frequently. Part of it is broadcasters who fail to update their channel tags.
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@NYorksPolice This is obviously a hang over from the Bilsdale transmitter problems. As far as I am aware, Harrogate has good Freeview coverage now. If not from Bilsdale, then from one of two temporary relays set up by Arqiva.
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Jim Gardner 🇺🇦 (@Jim_Gardner_) reported from Stockton-on-Tees, England@mrjamesob If the Gammon aren't careful, the only British values we'll have left will be brown sauce, calling Freeview "Normal Telly" and wrought iron silhouettes of a WW2 solider we're told to never forget, even though he died defending Europe, The Rule of Law, and Refugees.
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Joe (@Joe__Monty) reported from Stockton-on-Tees, EnglandLooks like freeview is down across Teesside. No TV or radio signal..
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@Stuart_Linnell @BBCOne @bbcmtd Only on Sky and Freesat. Freeview to follow, by end of April, but not down to each region. Only same as ITV. The HD multiplex cannot be fully regionslised
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@dannysavage @yorkshireladtv It's channels that are text services, teletext holidays is one, or use the Internet to show programmes that are not transmitted over the Freeview UHF network.
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, EnglandThe 80m temporary mast at Bilsdale has blown down. So no @Freeview. We did tell them it gets windy up there.
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Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England@scottygb Shouldn't be any shunt on Freeview either as 7 was never reallocated.
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Chrissy Gunnell (@Khrissy6unnell) reported from Darlington, EnglandWhat a really cheeky naughty way 2get numbers onto this @ITVX putting top flight footy onto either itv4,which doesnt have HD on normal freeview never mind UHD or ITVx which we can't record & haV 2 sit & put up with all the adverts which make U a fortune yet no investment into 4k!
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reportedWorst 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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GSG2590 (@gsg2590) reported@JoshCF_ They're a joke now, two years ago the deal was £45 with basic freeview and Sky Q and now it's £63. They've also ended customer support on here and UK based customer calls. The app regularly messes up now, doesn't recognise you've paid and you end up getting charged again 😑
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Fred Says (@FreddSays) reportedThat's a clip from "Benidorm" That's TV, Freeview Ch 56: 9:00 pm every night. Never knowingly 'woke'. Good, clean fun!
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Susie Burton 🇬🇧🏴 (@SusieWBmeme) reportedMy elderly, widowed neighbour struggles to navigate Freeview. Her smart TV supports Netflix, Prime, Sky, but even if she could afford those platforms, she would be terrified of touching a different button on the remote. She sleeps very little and the TV is her only companion. If she can’t return to her familiar menu, she panics. I’ve had desperate calls from her in the evening, petrified that she’s ‘broken’ her TV. She never has, but her swollen arthritic fingers struggle with the tiny, spongy remote buttons. It’s heartbreaking 🥹. The @LabourParty DO NOT GIVE A **** about the vulnerable and elderly. I honestly believe they’re building to a ‘Logan’s Run’ style of totalitarian State 🤬
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anton Simpson (@anton_simp66) reported@JENBROOK8 @CounsellingSam I don't have WiFi at my home only use phone don't use any streaming service only Freeview TV and don't have a mobility car only a disabled bus pass
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Gotta Have Faith (@Suzghf) reported@RITB_ All part of their plan to dump freeview and make us all need ID to go online. The BBC is a trustworthy news service? Don't make me laugh.
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Winston Marshall (@MrWinMarshall) reportedDystopian. The UK gov paper for alternative and social media censorship in the name of protecting “trustworthy” news platforms makes for chilling reading. Lisa Nandy’s Dep for culture, media and sport’s censorial propositions are yet another attempt to protect the establishment from the people. Read it for yourself - “People are increasingly accessing news online, rather than through more regulated spaces like Freeview on their TV sets. This is weakening the ability of trustworthy news providers to reach audiences and shape informed public debate.” The word “trustworthy” here is Orwellian. They mean by it news acceptable to the regime. Mainstream media is not trustworthy in the eyes of the public, for good reason. “Overall trust in UK news has dropped, and only 45% of adults feel confident judging whether a source is truthful. This rise in untrustworthy news and corresponding decline in trust in news pose a risk to the public’s ability to access accurate information.” This is the fault of mainstream media. They have been blatantly biased for decades. The response to the rise in alternative media is for MSM to try and become more truthful, less biased, and honest to the public AND THEMSELVES about their bias. And certainly NOT to censor or throttle alternative media. “[Social media] makes it more difficult for trustworthy news providers to find, maintain and monetise an audience, with repercussions for the commercial viability of public interest journalism.” I.e. regime interest journalism If mainstream media is to be saved it needs to drastically improve its product, and focus on youtube and social media as outlets, it needs to adapt to the media market not try and make the media market adapt to them. How is it that they are so lacking in self-awareness? Ultimately this is a war they can’t win. The question is - how long will it go on. And what damage will be done along the way.
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HMRC APN Victim (@SM00055) reportedFreeview is so **** ATM, I'm actually watching Jamie's 15 minute meals ... !
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jason_mi7 (@Mi7Jason) reported@WhichUK For live events, internet speed isn’t everything. For reliability and lowest delay, broadcast TV still wins: Freeview, satellite or cable. Fibre streaming is great but usually behind “live”. 5G/4G/Starlink can work well, but depend more on signal, congestion and load.
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Jane Fleming (@fleming77) reportedThe government is considering the future of television distribution, which could affect the prospects of the digital terrestrial platform that is marketed at Freeview. and the public service broadcasters that fund it, wants to switch if off by 2034.