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Freeview Outage Report in Cowes, Isle of Wight, 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.

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Problems in the last 24 hours in Cowes, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Cowes, 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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Most Reported Problems

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

  • 90% TV (90%)
  • 7% Total Blackout (7%)
  • 1% Internet (1%)
  • 1% Wi-fi (1%)
  • 0% E-mail (0%)
  • 0% Phone (0%)

Live Outage Map Near Cowes, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Ryde, Southampton, Portsmouth, and Ventnor.

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Ryde TV 1 day ago
Southampton TV 1 day ago
Southampton TV 1 day ago
Southampton TV 2 days ago
Ryde TV 6 days ago
Portsmouth TV 16 days ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Cowes, England

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

  • MatthewKing35
    Matthew King (@MatthewKing35) reported from Southampton, England

    @jonny_b_badde @Nigel_Farage Don’t need to I haven’t watch @GBNEWS since it started I could ether watch on Freeview 236 or virgin 626 but done nether except I watch 50 seconds 25 on Freeview picture and sound was crap 💩 and virgin picture and sounds was very good but channel is bollocks all time crap 💩

  • chris_sucksmith
    Chris (@chris_sucksmith) reported from East Cowes, England

    One bad thing about #Freeview TV is all the begging adverts. Ignore em all, ain't contributing towards inflated staff salaries. Plenty of local little charities.

  • RoboJ1M
    RoboJ1M (@RoboJ1M) reported from Portsmouth, England

    @Sonic_Sinclair @bbcmicrobot Technically it is, there's support for it in DVB. There's several channels on DVB satellite that uses it, not sure there's any on freeview. Certainly all the original services shutdown or moved to MHEG. The BBC mheg service was incredible but that's shutdown now too 🙁

  • MatthewKing35
    Matthew King (@MatthewKing35) reported from Southampton, England

    @derwenttwo @MylesJohndmyles @GBNEWS Argee with totally. On matey question I flack through channels via virgin media no problem on any channel including the awful gb news however on Freeview all channels good Quality except the awful gb news which the worst of the lot a bit like the content I dot know about sky fst

  • MatthewKing35
    Matthew King (@MatthewKing35) reported from Southampton, England

    @topfotogmw @jessphillips Nice try buddy I work part time do Voluteee work as well do college and go meetings so don’t see ever-time never hard hard drive records like virgin v 6 sky q Freeview + Freesat + or bbc I player

  • Bermudgirl
    Marilyn McCubbin (@Bermudgirl) reported from Netley, England

    @FreeviewAdvice Can you help me please. I am now relying on Freeview. My tv has HD but Freeview isn’t. How do I get my Freeview into HD. It’s not a pleasure to watch. Thank you.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • guskinlan
    michael kinlan (@guskinlan) reported

    If your Freeview channels have gone off in Yorkshire/North East.....North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue along with crews from Cleveland Fire Brigade are in attendance at a fire involving Bilsdale Mast which provides the TV signal for the region

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

    Freeview and radio services in North Yorkshire and Teesside have been affected by a complete loss of service at Bilsdale transmitter. Services fell off air at 1:26pm this afternoon. Viewers are advised not to retune.

  • PCarmichaelVO
    Paul Carmichael (@PCarmichaelVO) reported

    @StuartRidley8 @GaryLineker TV licence pays for the upkeep of the Freeview transmitter network. Freeview is the way the majority of the elderly watch TV. They’re getting a very good deal. And they don’t pay if they’re receiving pension credits.

  • zawenaeb
    ZAWENA B (@zawenaeb) reported

    The fact sky broadband is down is so annoying. I have a smart TV and now can't watch anything but freeview and teleshopping until the broadband and WiFi is back on. #skydown

  • AndrewT33449512
    Andrew Travis #FBPE 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪🇬🇧 (@AndrewT33449512) reported

    Thought o would tune in to GBNews to see for myself how awful it really is. Couldn’t find the channel on Freeview. Does it exist?

  • allthisandless
    Let Love Win esq 🏳️‍🌈 (@allthisandless) reported

    @htwcentral @thisisrjg Trouble is, so few had analogue tuners 😔 (although I do have one with analogue and freeview tuners)

  • stuart1963
    Stuart Crawford (@stuart1963) reported

    @BBC i wanted to 4hank you for letting me see how channels there are on freeview. as i didn't have to watch idiot football pundits try to commentate on the Olympic gamed. i only saw a bit of the opening ceremony.

  • AllanLear6
    Allan Lear (@AllanLear6) reported

    @Dean0076103703 @GaryLineker Already told you. Your licence fee pays for little old ladies to get free radio. It also pays to maintain the freeview network which lots of advert-using channels piggyback on.

  • pikachanyan
    pikachanyan (@pikachanyan) reported

    @GeekCliche If Sky continue to advertise on GB News, why not switch to BT? I’d suggest Virgin but they’re a greedy company with bad ethics. You may also want to get a Freesat box for another room in your house for free channels not available on Freeview!

  • AllanLear6
    Allan Lear (@AllanLear6) reported

    @Dean0076103703 @GaryLineker No, sorry, you're lying. The BBC funds two of the six multiplexes that deliver Freeview and Freesat content nationally. If you scrapped the licence fee, you'd have to fund that from somewhere else. If you don't understand the issue, it's best to reserve judgement.