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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.

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 and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Freeview Outage Chart in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England 01/18/2026 18:25

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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. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

  6. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
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United KingdomVentnor TV
United KingdomVentnor TV
United KingdomPortsmouth TV

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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

    @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.

  • 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

    @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 💩

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • timbirds1 Tim Salisbury (@timbirds1) reported

    @TalkingPicsTV Have to watch on Freeview as the Sky signal dish is effected by roof working scaffolding erected.

  • eddsirr Edd Sirr (@eddsirr) reported

    @ascottreid The way Freeview is broadcast that won’t be an issue.

  • pipbegley Philip Begley (@pipbegley) reported

    The more they charge the less service they offer. My package about to rise to £121 a month, found what I want elsewhere for £46. Just broadband and sport channels. Rest covered by freeview. Don't see reason to pay to watch Rio Bravo 3-4 times a week. So many channels dulpicate.

  • TheTalkUK The Talk (@TheTalkUK) reported

    Should the Government cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs to save money? Watch The Talk from 9pm tonight: 📺 Sky 526 | Virgin Media 627 | Freeview 237 | Freesat 217

  • sjboxofficer sjak54 (@sjboxofficer) reported

    @BBCLondonNews PS- if it says #Freeview I do not have to pay you a ****- for your rubbish

  • MarcAllen81 Marc Allen (@MarcAllen81) reported

    @vistaextra @Callumizatt @virginmedia Definitely a Virgin problem... all channels not just those. I've switched to freeview and it's fine.

  • Stephen_Neal Stephen Neal (@Stephen_Neal) reported

    @nigelwUK @MatthewMarks42 @bobdvb Odd. It must be doing a 5.1->2.0 PCM fold-down rather than a 5.1 PCM output I guess. There is no stereo on Freeview HD when 5.1 is being broadcast. (On satellite there is a parallel stereo audio description feed)

  • David__Brunt David Brunt (@David__Brunt) reported

    @pipmadeley I've got the same problem. On the backup freeview aerial so it's not urgent to fix. Local firm I queried with is callout at £50 to cover for up to an hour. Parts and repair £20 on top. If it's a long job you could be looking at £100+.

  • runilon Runilon (@runilon) reported

    Anyone having problems with broadband & TV from @virginmedia in London? Getting error codes CS3300, CS2004. TV picture starts flickering & either wifi drops or runs very slowly! Freeview is fine. Not getting the service we paid for!

  • MarymoBelfast (っ◔◡◔)っ 💙 𝑀𝒶rymo Belfast 💙🌱🍀 Ⓥ🎗️ (@MarymoBelfast) reported

    @Margare87488811 ahh ****, i've freeview lol i was looking lol xxx