Freeview

Freeview Outage Report in Merton, Greater London, 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 Merton, England

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

Freeview Outage Chart in Merton, Greater London, England 03/18/2026 16:10

March 18: Problems at Freeview

Freeview is having issues since 05:40 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 (6%)

    Total Blackout (6%)

  3. Internet (2%)

    Internet (2%)

  4. Wi-fi (1%)

    Wi-fi (1%)

  5. E-mail (1%)

    E-mail (1%)

  6. Phone (%)

    Phone (%)

Live Outage Map Near Merton, Greater London, England

The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: London, Hackney, Hammersmith, Waltham Forest, Wembley, Harlesden, Harringay, Hanwell, City of London, Ealing, Leatherhead, Croydon, Stratford, City of Westminster and Wandsworth.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomLondon TV
United KingdomHackney TV
United KingdomHammersmith TV
United KingdomWaltham Forest Total Blackout
United KingdomHackney Total Blackout
United KingdomWembley TV

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Freeview Issues Reports Near Merton, England

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

  • budgie Lee 'Budgie' Barnett (@budgie) reported from Richmond, England

    @DrRacheal @FreeviewTV When I had problems with Freeview, I found their helpline - when I eventually managed to get through to someone - very helpful. Took me step-by-step through the stuff I could check and solved it for me.

  • Scare158Steve Scarebear (@Scare158Steve) reported from Wandsworth, England

    @bt_uk Thanks for the help. I spoke to freeview, tried a few things which didn't work but i contacted your TV help and after doing a few basic things somehow it appears to be working now! Very Strange. Tks

  • fishinthedark1 fishinthedark (@fishinthedark1) reported from Hammersmith, England

    @PayneB44 @tomhfh @BBC Your point was you want a break from it. There’s 1000s of channels, Freeview, YouTube, Sky, NOWTV, Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, BRITBOX DVDs, Blu-rays. Boxsets. There’s never been so much content to take your mind off it. Or just turn the telly off.

  • nessymon Nessy 😷 (@nessymon) reported from London, England

    @MarketaDee @CNN Freeview has never worked for us for some reason.. will try again. Thanks.

  • PlexNetflix Martin Phillp 🔶 (@PlexNetflix) reported from Camberwell, England

    My broadband has gone down, so stuck watching QVC on Freeview.

  • omotforest david sinfield #pssc (@omotforest) reported from West Molesey, England

    To be honest, when you've removed the dependency of other real time tv, i cant see many people chipping in. Many will be paying just to watch their subscription service or Freeview.

  • Tommy_M_E_J Tom Jordan (@Tommy_M_E_J) reported from Hammersmith, England

    @njvns That’s so shit. It’s literally called freeview and yet it’s not free

  • daguvernor tommy harper (@daguvernor) reported from Wandsworth, England

    @virginmedia once again trying to contact virgin media is a no go a proper waste of time contract has run out trying to cancel they have put the money up to £60 a month for basically 2 freeview boxes I have cancelled my direct debit which is due on the 7 april what a scam😡

  • JensFallesen Jens Fallesen (@JensFallesen) reported from Hounslow, England

    @leksi_p Correct. If you do not have Freeview, Sky or Virgin (or any other cable service), you should not need to pay if you never watch it.

  • RegenerateAndy Andy Smith (@RegenerateAndy) reported from Wandsworth, England

    Channel ‘Pick’ on freeview. Never heard of it before but grateful for it tonight #chelsea

  • vjlorenzato Victoria Lorenzato (@vjlorenzato) reported from Brentford, England

    Catholic Twitter UK- help please! Anyone know of a Mass being broadcast on TV tomorrow ( not via internet) Lovely elderly lady has Freeview but no internet.... TIA!

  • Marmalord Marmalord (the) (@Marmalord) reported from Epsom and Ewell District, England

    @itvhub Humax FVP-4000T 1TB Freeview Set Top Box Recorder, and having to sign in more or less every time is making us all dislike Martin Freeman

  • EranE1980 Eran Edry (@EranE1980) reported from Camden Town, England

    @FreeviewAdvice hi there. Please see DMs sent to Freeview account asking for support with channels that don't show (weird D sign with \ on it next to them) including Sky News, Pick and others. Many thanks

  • themib Martin Bentley, AKA Martin Bentley (@themib) reported from London, England

    Also, NXT UK will air on a weeks delay on the Paramount Network, which puts them on Freeview.

  • Beige29 DarkBeige (@Beige29) reported from Merton, England

    Now I have the truly truly shit @EE freeview package (literally the worst selection of channels on earth but boy is it cheap broadband) I only watch the main 5 channels or SVOD. W, Dave, ITV2 etc are dead to me

  • Putneyman Dave M (@Putneyman) reported from Wandsworth, England

    @LushJEL I'm not much of a TV person as I don't really like it, but I found channel 83 on Freeview TV which is NOW The 80s, so some nights I just have it on in the background, lots of crap but also some good old ones 👍

  • niklasRen Nik Rahmel (@niklasRen) reported from Wandsworth, England

    @Stephen_Neal Good shout! If we just take the Freeview/Freesat ones, we get to ten, excluding the National ones: 1) BBC One 2) BBC Two 3) BBC Four 4) CBBC 5) CBeebies 6) BBC News 7) BBC Parliament 8) Dave 9) Drama 10) Yesterday But they aren’t licence fee funded, so don’t help the argument.

  • Beige29 Beige (@Beige29) reported from Merton, England

    @loudouglas75 I have such shit freeview I only have itv2+1

  • crazycol Colin Wiseman (@crazycol) reported from Ealing, England

    @stevieboywise If that’s Freeview maybe due to high pressure issue again.

  • Beige29 Dark_Beige (@Beige29) reported from Merton, England

    @Disco_Squirrel I’ve got the shitty EE freeview box and it’s one of the apps on there, but never used

Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • PattyMinty Patty (@PattyMinty) reported

    @FreeviewTV No TV signal on my freeview no channels here in Liverpool, this is happening all over country, what is going on?

  • feckingpsycho Ted with TM (that's Transverse Myelitis) (@feckingpsycho) reported

    @WasDaveOnce @SeasideChris It went straight off! Never seen Bad Neighbours but it was a limited choice on Freeview! Quite funny in a couple of places but still better than the usual dross they kick out on Saturdays and, like you, what's the f'ing point...🤬

  • PlexNetflix Martin Phillp 🔶 (@PlexNetflix) reported

    @boodleoodlesjw Oh right, it's the same thing but through a tv. I thought if you connect an aerial to it that the Freeview tuner kicks in when the net is down?

  • RudolphUcker 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚒  (@RudolphUcker) reported

    If you bought your smart tv or Freeview/freesat receiver more than 4 or 5 years ago, and haven’t tried ITV Hub recently, check you can still get into it. If you can’t, chances are you won’t be able to get the new ITVX service.

  • grundyonasunda1 Julie Grundy (@grundyonasunda1) reported

    @SonyUK Hi I have a SONY RDR HXD995 Freeview 250GB HDD DVD Recorder but it's stopped working. Can you help please?

  • Page_888 Matthew H (@Page_888) reported

    @UKChristmasTV Schedules suddenly appeared on Freeview guide this morning. Probably an issue for them given it was a weekend. Although, who knows? Have a week filled with happiness - Matthew.

  • fitzylyn Lyn Fitzgerald (@fitzylyn) reported

    @FreeviewTV Hi I'm having trouble trying to connect to freeview here in the South East..is there a problem?

  • kkl033 Scooter (@kkl033) reported

    @AmazonFreevee please find a way to pay to watch commercial-free. Infuriating to watch a series with same 5 commercials 1000's of times. When this series is over, so is my relationship with Freevee. Freeview sucks! #freeveesux

  • ReverendCPC Chris Parker (@ReverendCPC) reported

    @lq2709 Hahaha I **** you not man. Musn't have been able to find QVC on their Freeview or summit

  • JoeBloggs400 Joe Bloggs (@JoeBloggs400) reported

    .so theres no tom cruise on film4 and obviously freeview tv til after midnight?!yeh,thats basically it.yeh well tough,right.too bad and too late the hero.******* tough,ok?!