Freeview outages and service status in Blackburn, England

Problems in the last 24 hours in Blackburn, England

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

Live Outage Map Near Blackburn, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Preston, and Bolton.

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Preston	TV	11 hours ago
Bolton	TV	1 month ago
Blackburn	TV	2 months ago
Blackburn	TV	3 months ago
Blackburn	TV	3 months ago
Bolton	TV	3 months ago

Nearby cities with recent reports

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Blackburn, England

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

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  Mark Blackman (@markblackman) reported 2 minutes ago from Clitheroe, England

  Anybody else had @FreeviewTV issues from Winter Hill transmitter? I rescaned my bedroom tv which wasnt receiving anything last week, and now.. Full Signal and Services! Bizarre?! #freeview #winterhill

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  groovicat 💚 (@groovicat) reported 8 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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  Moose And Me (@mooseandme1) reported 29 minutes ago from Great Harwood, England

  @Ossyref I know but it’s not on Freeview. Not everyone has YouTube for TV or ability to watch on app. We ok as have Virgin but it’s still crap they ain’t showing it for others.

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  Gareth Richmond (@garethrichmond5) reported 37 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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  Iain Sykes (@iainsykes2014) reported 38 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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  patrick efc mc (@chef247patrick) reported 45 minutes ago from Bolton, England

  @steviemac2010 @LFC_NewStories Watch them cancel the freeview now

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  john worthington (@johnworthy27) reported 56 minutes ago from Preston, England

  @chloesammike @andywigmore @KayBurley Don't worry you can still get Sky news on channel 132 on your Freeview box. Thick ****.....

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  IronWorks1990 (@IronWorks1990) reported 3 minutes ago

  @dskiuk2 @Danrocsky76 @cordbusters I went Paris last year and our tv where we stayed was through through aerial, 50 odd channels and every single one of the was HD. Freeview now is terrible in 2026, full of shovelware channels and hardly any HD channels, SD channels look awful as well.

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  Stephen Meyer (@stephen_e_meyer) reported 4 minutes ago

  @MTGraveStudio our small town got cable TV, my parents were at my grandparents down the street, I was home alone, there was an HBO “freeview” showing ALIEN. I was 7. Had nightmares for months, couldn’t tell mom why bc it was rated R & I’d get in trouble Still think its the best horror film.

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  Mad as Hell 😡😡😡 (@CanDisagree) reported 8 minutes ago

  @ryantegan @skytv The majority of the hundreds of channels they offer are standard definition, rolling repeat or Freeview channels. Most movies are on Netflix a month later too. Cancel the lot and get a firestick. It's illegal, but so are Sky's rip off prices.

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  jason_mi7 (@Mi7Jason) reported 11 minutes ago

  @WhichUK For live events,internet speed isn’t everything. For reliability/lowest delay, broadcast still wins: Freeview/satellite first,then cable/TV provider. Fibre streaming is great,but usually behind “live”. 5G/4G/Starlink can work well, but depend more on signal, congestion and load.

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  Rivo (@CFCrivo) reported 12 minutes ago

  @manumally @wazzak23 Ah for me radio is actually faster that freeview lol. At the moment seems to be just a few seconds tho. Having said that I don’t think matterface is as bad as ppl make out to be fair

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  LostInFilms🎬 (@Lost_In_Films_) reported 12 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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  Jonny (@MisterBeergut) reported 13 minutes ago

  @photonvision @fwrenzo1 You will not be able to soon in the UK. That is why they are shutting down Freeview.

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  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 15 minutes ago

  Freeview channel 71 That's 20th Century Was switched off at 04:00am on Wednesday 19th August 2026. 1 Technical issue 2 could be sharing with another channel

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  Susie Burton 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@SusieWBmeme) reported 25 minutes ago

  My elderly, widowed neighbour struggles to navigate Freeview. Her smart TV supports Netflix, Prime, Sky, but even if she could afford those platforms, she would be terrified of touching a different button on the remote. She sleeps very little and the TV is her only companion. If she can’t return to her familiar menu, she panics. I’ve had desperate calls from her in the evening, petrified that she’s ‘broken’ her TV. She never has, but her swollen arthritic fingers struggle with the tiny, spongy remote buttons. It’s heartbreaking 🥹. The @LabourParty DO NOT GIVE A **** about the vulnerable and elderly. I honestly believe they’re building to a ‘Logan’s Run’ style of totalitarian State 🤬

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  Allan Foxall (@AirAcademy) reported 25 minutes ago

  BBC TV Presenter Clive Myrie stated he doesn't have a television in his house and the termination of FREEVIEW should not be a problem to him. 🌐