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Freeview Outage Report in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

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.

Problems in the last 24 hours in East Cowes, England

The chart below shows the number of Freeview reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in East 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 East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England 03/21/2026 19:15

March 21: Problems at Freeview

Freeview is having issues since 07:40 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  1. TV (90%)

    TV (90%)

  2. Total Blackout (7%)

    Total Blackout (7%)

  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 East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
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United KingdomSouthampton TV
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United KingdomSouthampton TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near East Cowes, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in East Cowes and nearby locations:

  • 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

    @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

  • chris_sucksmith Chris (@chris_sucksmith) reported from East Cowes, England

    One bad thing about #Freeview TV is all the begging adverts. Ignore em all, ain't contributing towards inflated staff salaries. Plenty of local little charities.

  • 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 💩

  • 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.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • lilastromech mischajaye (@lilastromech) reported

    Is Freeview down in Liverpool at the moment?

  • MisterBelly2u David Bell 🐝 🇾🇪🏍️🔭🏌️‍♂️💙 (@MisterBelly2u) reported

    @XSManchester Attempted to fix a Freeview aerial in the loft some years ago. Starting sneezing with all the dust, slipped off the joists and came crashing thru the spare bedroom ceiling. Straight out of a comedy film .... Carry On Belly. 🙄

  • Dr_Jon John Michael Leslie (@Dr_Jon) reported

    @Theking06810787 @CountBinface I don't get this, it's never gone away on Freeview, just press the Text button on your TV's remote while on BBC1, BBC2 or BBCNews and you're good to go: Page ideas: 101 = News headlines 302 = Football Headlines 360 = F1 Headlines 400 = Weather

  • JaseHeeley Jase Heeley (@JaseHeeley) reported

    @BuddClair As of this point, it looks as though there's no way we'll ever subscribe to a paid T.V. service like Sky or Virgin ever again. I'm happy to pay the licence fee as it stands, but Freeview's more than adequate, alongside Netflix and Spamazon.

  • 4Viewers 4Viewers (@4Viewers) reported

    @M1KE_HARRIS Is your TV freeview, or freesat etc? How do you receive your signal? #All4

  • cash4questions2 Mingymoo (@cash4questions2) reported

    @ukJ0N @snicklin1 @GBNEWS I read late June a while ago. The test signal is up....Channel 236 on Freeview.

  • racefaceec90 adam cunningham (@racefaceec90) reported

    @discoveryplus thank the gods this is subscription only,as i will never ever have to watch any of it on freeview. jesus christ can your bloody adverts too (every 5 mins or less it seems on just about all channels). i will never want to watch any of your programs.

  • Adjie16077 Claire Menzies (@Adjie16077) reported

    Next year I’m going to refuse to pay my TV licence until the government do something about our TV & the BBC as a corporation not as channels because they’re just as bad. I am fed up with watching the same program is repeated on different channels through Freeview & no subtitles

  • BeccaH88 Becca (@BeccaH88) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice hi Freeview, wondering if you can help. Just moved into a new build and your postcode checker says we won't get Freeview - not sure if this is true or just because we have a new postcode? Don't want to waste money on an aerial if we can't get it!

  • Nixed81 Nicholas O (@Nixed81) reported

    Freeview reception seems down again right now. The picture is all heavily pixelated. I've tried it using 2 different aerial cables and 3 different televisions. I just forked out on a new 4k tv last month. Not happpy!