Freeview Outage Report in Cardiff, Wales
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: tv and total blackout.
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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E-mailProblems in the last 24 hours in Cardiff, Wales
The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Cardiff 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.
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TV (92%)
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Total Blackout (4%)
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Internet (1%)
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Wi-fi (1%)
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E-mail (1%)
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Phone (%)
Live Outage Map Near Cardiff, Wales
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Newport and Cardiff.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Newport |
TV | |
| Newport |
TV | |
| Cardiff |
TV | |
| Newport |
TV | |
| Barry |
TV | |
| Newport |
TV |
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Freeview Issues Reports Near Cardiff, Wales
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Cardiff and nearby locations:
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Morgan Barber-Rogers #FBPE melt and centrist dad
(@MeurigRogers) reported
from
Cardiff, Wales
@bethanjenkins Project Kangaroo became YouView. It wasn’t shut down because it was a ppv model - it was meant to be like an online Freeview. It was shut down because it was deemed unfair competition for private companies. Who are now all Americans.
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Dan Tappin
(@oitappin) reported
from
Cardiff, Wales
@DooHopper Pick will be an interesting case, no hd an awful picture on Freeview, good slot number but not much heft from Sky to push it.
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Dave Bowden
(@DaveBStDW) reported
from
Cardiff, Wales
@bt_uk Hi Aaron, I am in complete disbelief as to how long this takes to resolve. I don’t care who resolves it & not my problem he’s not in. I’m paying full price for freeview! I demand compensation and a quick resolve as this is just embarrassing for @bt_uk
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George Baldwin
(@GeorgeBaldwin14) reported
from
Cardiff, Wales
And has been mentioned before, I and I'm sure many others would never have followed rugby without the Six Nations being free to watch and having it on freeview year after year
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Simon 🤖
(@uncriticalsimon) reported
from
Newport, Wales
Why is the BBC World Service so hard to obtain EXCEPT in the one area which is explicitly not the target audience? In the UK the World Service is available 24/7 on DAB and I think Freeview and Freesat/Sky.
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Simon 🥑🚟🚅😈💉💉💉
(@uncriticalsimon) reported
from
Newport, Wales
.@Freeview question - how come the PSB muxes aren’t treated equally? The BBC one and the HD one seem to have a much better signal from Wenvoe than the “normal” ITV one. (I can get Mendip off a random bit of metal.)
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Dave Maydew MW0DCM
(@dave_maydew) reported
from
Tonyrefail, Wales
@FreeviewAdvice @arqiva More disappointed, but I suppose I've got to accept it, after totally cutting the cord. I do have a tech question though. I'm using the Plex Media Server for Freeview, but the supplied EPG by Gracenote is terrible, is there a XML file of the one you use on the Android app
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Ian Cleverly
(@IanCleverly06) reported
from
Trethomas, Wales
Just an FYI @DMAX_UK but you've just showed Series 3 Ep10 of #Archer, when the Freeview EPG (and your website) has you showing the correct in order Ep 9. It has the same down for the Sat midnight showing (ie Ep 10 is listed in you'll show Ep 9)
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Tony Jones
(@aberfoodblog) reported
from
Llanychaiarn, Wales
@RE_Neptune @Gooner725 @BBCiPlayer I'm guessing BBC aren't replying about why they use lower quality audio then Netflix, Sky and even their own Freeview. They went to the trouble of putting #InsideMan in UHD, then used a terrible stereo mix with weirdly loud music.
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Simon Hardwick
(@simonhardwick) reported
Main transmitters (FM/DAB/freeview) etc will most likely have backups but I remember in the big storm of 1987 that wasn’t a huge help, only one AM station (BBC local) managed to remain on air. Worth having some batteries for your radio next to your torch. /7
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Dave Kendall Photo
(@DaveKendallPho1) reported
Massive outage of Freeview tv across the Country. Has Putin got a hand in this ?
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Stuart Houghton but he's actually a dracula
(@stuarthoughton) reported
Just seen Neil Oliver referred to as 'Freeview Jesus' and I may never recover
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t harvey
(@tommieharve) reported
@Elemjay1 Oh that's really fantastic - now I feel confident I can go into battle with my 'freeview jesus' sword in hand. He is so ridiculous, I sometimes really want to give him a bit of a hug. And then I think, **** it, let him burn in the toxins he spews, nothing to see here etc etc.
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David
(@Dave_2603) reported
@danwootton @GBNEWS Sky is a subscription based service yoire on freeview at a time when most people are watching other channels like the BBC
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Andy 1234
(@Andy12366183386) reported
@danwootton @GBNEWS 236 on Freeview is probably a number to far for everyone’s favourite Countdown star that never was.
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Anti-Growth Coalition
(@ROfiron) reported
@dave43law @thecoastguy Freeview Jesus being one of the worst
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Andy THFC
(@andyhotspur14) reported
@MichaelBensonn Not a single boxing fan in the world would want to see this fight, especially as most people have never even heard of Charr. This would have to be shown on freeview to get people watching
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~Jimmeh~
(@KingJimmeh) reported
@jonrog1 @Blankzilla It was never the content, or really the ads that were the issue. It was the tech behind it. I don't know about cable boxes in the US, but set-top boxes for Sky and Freeview and most built-in TV guides and systems for getting to content were slow and awful.