Freeview outages and service status in Athlone, Leinster

Problems in the last 24 hours in Athlone, Leinster

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

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

• 
  Ali-Pan (@alison_pannell) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Jenny_1884 @whinestop I believe the BBC needs to change it's funding model - preferably to a subscription service as using advertising would have negative effects on current Freeview channels. I would like to see a system similar to Sky so you could choose your subscription level.

• 
  Kev Smith 🇮🇪 (@KevSmithTyrone) reported 10 minutes ago

  @reece_dinsdale We never missed an episode growing up and still watch it now when it's on Freeview.

• 
  Tom (@TomCushnie) reported 11 minutes ago

  @SW18_67FC @johnrobinson07 It's not more saturated too, it's shot in a Full Range and de-converted down to Limited Range to fit in our poor freeview infrastructure, it makes red and yellows considerably crushed. That's why the Holland game looked the worse so far

• 
  George (The UK Action Team) (@UKAT_George) reported 12 minutes ago

  Precisely and if the BBC want to discontinue running the freeview service and save money on upkeep of the transmitters why do we have to pay the licence fee. If you decide to only watch non BBC live channels online which you pay for by having broadband then the licence is wrong.

• 
  Tony Quintus 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@MisterQuintus) reported 18 minutes ago

  @DanielJHannan Now explain how you make BROADCAST TELEVISION a subscription service without a technology change on the scale of the move to freeview.

• 
  P Taylor (@pp_taylor) reported 20 minutes ago

  Was somebody *************** at pontop pike? Freeview signal went just as Saka was taking his penalty!!! #FRAENG

• 
  Maxine, Duchess of Survival 💪🏽🌻🌹💙 (@Maxine2xs) reported 21 minutes ago

  With Freeview, if your WiFi went down, you could still watch TV. With Freely, this isn't the case. It's horrendous. Maybe I'm imagining things? I wish I was.

• 
  Andy.✝️🇬🇧 (@Smeeghee) reported 22 minutes ago

  @GBNEWS Why don’t you broadcast in HD on Freeview!! Ffs, it looks crap compared to Sky!

• 
  Popeye (@PopeyeFreeview) reported 24 minutes ago

  Is Freeview Channel 52 Great! Romance gone 24 hours? was sharing with Great! Romance Mix. Is there anyone stupid enough to check if the channel is broadcasting 24 hours please.

• 
  Grifty (@TheGriftReport) reported 27 minutes ago

  MILLIONS FACE LOSS OF FREEVIEW TV AFTER LOBBYING BY BBC AND ITV BACKED BODY Freeview which serves 13.6 million homes and 40 percent of UK households with more than 70 channels including BBC One ITV Channel 4 and Channel 5 could be axed after 2034 under government plans to end digital terrestrial television. Ministers are expected to publish a consultation paper within weeks setting out the path to an internet only future in the mid 2030s with the switch depending on universal affordable superfast broadband. Campaigners at Silver Voices which represents older people have launched a petition warning the move would disproportionately hit elderly low income and rural viewers who rely on aerials rather than streaming. The push is driven by The Connection Project a lobbying body funded by the BBC ITV Vodafone and BT all of whom stand to benefit commercially from moving viewers online and reducing costs of maintaining one platform. Dennis Reed of Silver Voices said the companies funding The Connection Project all have a commercial interest in moving services online and older viewers deserve better. The Connection Project responded that the transition preserves everyones right to free public service TV via broadband with subsidised costs where needed while the BBC and Department for Culture Media and Sport confirmed they are working to ensure nobody is left behind. Thoughts?