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Freeview Outage Report in Bolton, England

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The latest reports from users having issues in Bolton come from postal codes BL1.

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 Bolton, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Bolton and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Freeview Outage Chart in Bolton, England 01/09/2026 06:00

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (91%)

    TV (91%)

  2. Total Blackout (5%)

    Total Blackout (5%)

  3. Internet (1%)

    Internet (1%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (1%)

    Phone (1%)

Live Outage Map Near Bolton, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester, Bolton, Burnley, Rochdale, Blackburn, Newton-le-Willows, Wigan, Bury, Salford and Atherton.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomManchester TV
United KingdomBolton TV
United KingdomBurnley Internet
United KingdomRochdale TV
United KingdomManchester Total Blackout
United KingdomManchester TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Bolton, England

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

  • garethrichmond5 Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported 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😂

  • MaryMares81 mary whitfield (@MaryMares81) reported 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

  • PaulW_1 Paul Williams✈️ (@PaulW_1) reported 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

  • MikeBates04 Mike 🇬🇧 #Britishindependent (@MikeBates04) reported from Manchester, England

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

  • thelobsterboy Paul Smith (@thelobsterboy) reported 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!

  • Smoothste21 Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported 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

  • Smoothste21 Smoothste2 (@Smoothste21) reported 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

  • groovicat groovicat 💚 (@groovicat) reported from Adlington, England

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

  • Northern_Steve Steve, just Steve (@Northern_Steve) reported 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!

  • iainsykes2014 Iain Sykes (@iainsykes2014) reported 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.

  • chef247patrick patrick efc mc (@chef247patrick) reported from Bolton, England

    @steviemac2010 @LFC_NewStories Watch them cancel the freeview now

  • collegeflunky Sean Vickers (@collegeflunky) reported 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 #

  • bulldogbyrne julie byrne (@bulldogbyrne) reported from Hindley, England

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

  • annmurphy_wigan Ann Murphy (@annmurphy_wigan) reported 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...😳

  • Braziliandoll2 Honey Elusive & Exclusive (@Braziliandoll2) reported 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

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

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

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Bella_Ciao_Free Bella Ciao (@Bella_Ciao_Free) reported

    @skytv @TalkTV Why is the picture and sound glitchy. The picture quality is great but it's just not playing correctly. Note... Rest of my channels are fine even CNN which in bad weather disappears 1st. Also freeview is working fine... Thank you.

  • elniedunne Eleanor Greene (@elniedunne) reported

    @AnnMSinnott @Virgin We have sky phone and broadband. Freeview TV, never bothered paying for extra.

  • RarityFusion LaqdBack2 (retired acc) (@RarityFusion) reported

    more like imdabitch, because imdbtv was a streaming service and now its freevee. what, is this a freeview ripoff?

  • SueJaneUK1 Sue Jane UK (@SueJaneUK1) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice I can receive Really during the day but as soon as evening comes it either loses its signal completely or is blocky and freezes. All other Freeview channels are fine. Have checked aerial, transmitter, my electricals & retuned. TA24 6AH house number 16.

  • cotswold31415 Sir Fiftysomething Gardener 💛💙🇺🇦 (@cotswold31415) reported

    @HumaxUK Why are @BBCiPlayer programmes not loading and playing on Freeview?? Been down for a few days now…

  • barrelsuggs Ben G (@barrelsuggs) reported

    Love having no internet for the entire bank holiday weekend. No tv no video games not even freeview. No one can come fix till Tuesday. I’m already bored

  • Matiasisback 🏑 Matte 🏑 (@Matiasisback) reported

    @Rhysj37 @FGHockey Got have bad times to have the good, sadly good times of 2016/17 2017/18 seem a distance memory now! Cheers for the insight. No s4c or BBC two Wales up on Freeview in our hotel. #Gutted

  • Andrew_Willcox Andy (@Andrew_Willcox) reported

    @Richardt1850 @VodkaSrups We realised we watched one channel that wasn’t on freeview…we now pay for every streaming service there is and don’t even get close to the same price.

  • dawny_smith Dawny Smith (@dawny_smith) reported

    @Jillian22Betsy never had a subscription. Don'r have sly, virgin, netflix or anything other than freeview. Cancelling my mobile phone contract & dropping out as much as possible.

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @d754771 Hi, I am so sorry you are experiencing issues with your Freeview reception. Can you please DM Freeview advice along with your postcode and house name/number and we will look in to this further for you. Thank you, Melissa