Freeview outages and service status in Bolton, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Bolton, England

Freeview signals over the past 24 hours, with local activity from Bolton, England and nearby areas. The dashed baseline applies to service-wide activity, not to local outage confirmation.

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Live Outage Map Near Bolton, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Manchester	TV	3 days ago
Manchester	TV	27 days ago
Manchester	Total Blackout	1 month ago
Stockport	TV	2 months ago
Bolton	TV	2 months ago
Salford	TV	2 months ago

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Bolton, England

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

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  mary whitfield (@MaryMares81) reported 5 minutes ago from Salford, England

  @FreeviewAdvice we have lost the majority of freeview channels having retuned a few times. Used the availability checker which says channels should be available, can you help? Thanks

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  Paul Williams✈️ (@PaulW_1) reported 11 minutes ago from Sale, England

  @BigJetTVLIVE I named 3 airlines on the above. Why say 10mins if you knew it wouldn’t be. You still don’t get the hang of it. Most of the times when I watch the freeview there are so many errors in it it’s unreal. If you didn’t have enough time then that’s bad planning on your side

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  Paul Smith (@thelobsterboy) reported 12 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  I love these Freeview updates. Each time I rescan the television I seem to lose additional channels! I'm down to QVC, Free Sports and That's 70s and it's only 3pm!

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  patrick efc mc (@chef247patrick) reported 13 minutes ago from Bolton, England

  @steviemac2010 @LFC_NewStories Watch them cancel the freeview now

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  Steve, just Steve (@Northern_Steve) reported 17 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  @mickmcfc1 I'll never know. I've pulled the cable out. BBC Parliament on freeview only from now on. They talk absolute bollocks but rarely about football. I'm in!

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  Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported 21 minutes ago from Sale, England

  @nowtvhelp Hi I'm Steve Quinn WA15 9HN Can I ask u it's not fair where yr channels are on other services like sky arts sky news on Freeview where everyone has it and so much comedy even on movies MTV pure crap fox all usa can't u add CHS like W history Ch animal planet CI more tx

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  Iain Sykes (@iainsykes2014) reported 22 minutes ago from Blackburn, England

  @KarmaUnc @GMB @joshwiddicombe Yes, but the BBC is a significant contributor to Arquiva who own the masts. They also support Freeview and Freesat.

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  Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported 28 minutes ago from Bury, England

  If anyone needs a football fix Copenhagen are playing some other Danish club behind closed doors on Freeview 64...... is this what it’s come to😂

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  Sean Vickers (@collegeflunky) reported 30 minutes ago from Radcliffe, England

  @FreeviewAdvice any advice?Unable to watch terrestrial tv properly since Winter Hill update in August. Retuned Humax box and Hisense tv numerous times but still an issue #winterhill #freeview #

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  Ann Murphy (@annmurphy_wigan) reported 35 minutes ago from Wigan, England

  @FreeviewAdvice Well, after waiting 2 weeks for a Freeview engineer we are told we need a new aerial. Also, they can’t help us because we have Sky! So they change Winter Hill and now we have to pay. Why didn’t they say this 3 weeks ago...😳

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  groovicat 💚 (@groovicat) reported 42 minutes ago from Adlington, England

  @Sillyshib Heartbeat, ssshhh, it's never been off. You can watch Heartbeat every day on freeview

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  Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported 44 minutes ago from Sale, England

  Is anything on TV tonight I'm bit bored today skts engineer came to mine to install but I was out so I called them tonight there installing it tenth Jan at least it's on my mobil until then I just got Freeview never mind I'll just chill out and watch Corrie ha

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  Trains (@radio_caroline) reported 49 minutes ago from Haydock, England

  One of best films ever made is on at at 9pm on Freeview channel 33 5 Action Film Black Hawk down

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  Mike 🇬🇧 #Britishindependent (@MikeBates04) reported 53 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  @NetflixUK as gone shit pay to see old flims that you get free on Freeview so what's the point 👊👊👊👊👊

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  Honey Elusive & Exclusive (@Braziliandoll2) reported 55 minutes ago from Salford, England

  Videochat love? Please note I don't offer freeview verification  but I can send my Twitter link my chat service is performed on Whastsapp, viber or Skype only Working till 10pm

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  Les Dawson and me #JC4PM2019 #LabourActivist (@Like47) reported 56 minutes ago from Manchester, England

  @gary_worden @cjssydney @cptcapitalg @FrogAlaPeche Poor people either don't have a TV or watch freeview.

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  julie byrne (@bulldogbyrne) reported 57 minutes ago from Hindley, England

  Why do I keep paying for TV service which is shit @BTGroup I get better service on indoor freeview aerial

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Leya 🟥🟪⬜️🟩🟧 (@_Leyanelle_) reported 4 minutes ago

  Does anyone who sees this know how to watch ITV WC other than via the app when you don’t have access to freeview? The STV app is forced on us Scottish viewers by ITV & is utter CRAP quality for live footie & I don’t have access to freeview, I use a fire stick & no aerial. 😭😭😭

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  Tommy D (@TomDennison12) reported 5 minutes ago

  @FractalDoctor @DailyMail TV and radio is all that many elderly people have for comfort, especially living on their own with limited mobility, so yes, taking away Freeview is a bad idea. I doubt if too many 80 to 90 year olds have a fast broadband connection !

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  The Wilder Way - Patrick Wymark Boardroom (@Wyfan2) reported 10 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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  CharlesWynfordLodge (@2hrTV) reported 12 minutes ago

  @CountMoriarty @dave43law Yeah its stupid. What is the positive of switching it off? Everyone would need a fire stick type of thing and apps to watch channels. They're rubbish. There's often delay/time lag and no full access to all Freeview channels. Freeview is better

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  Julie (@Julie2424355376) reported 17 minutes ago

  @YouAreAWally @right_far_right Never bought an avocado and we only have Freeview which I'm understanding will disappear soon. One thing I am though is clean, I make my own washing up liquid and washing liquid for clothes. Shower every day with soap and home made shampoo. So off with your stupid assumptions.

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  séamussssss 🇨🇩🇮🇪 (@gunnerineirinn) reported 21 minutes ago

  @fletcher082 if you watched your dad die of the disease then why put a heart beside it? why not a heart beside your dad? i support the loi, in fact i was the only one in school who did growing up. they stopped showing it on freeview and started again recently. that’s not my fault.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 23 minutes ago

  Worst 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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  ©️Mischief & Mayhem! Hannah’s fur family 🥰 (@FurFamilyCats) reported 26 minutes ago

  @HelenFish249972 I don’t even think I pay for mine. I had Freeview for years, then Sky had a good deal as a new customer, I went to cancel this year as I’d had it two years and they basically kept it at the same price again. It was actually a few quid lower. I only pay £20 odd the internet, and

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  LostInFilms🎬 (@Lost_In_Films_) reported 27 minutes ago

  @Hi_De_Helen Apparently it's going to get worse all down to Sky but how does that include Freeview losing them too 🤔 All I could find out from Google search piece about it in Sun today.

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  x (@sk_tony) reported 28 minutes ago

  @Selene_Mariposa The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to: watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky or Freeview) or watch TV live on any streaming service On any device. You can opt out n if you don’t do the above. So it is not a tax for simply owning a TV

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