Freeview Outage Report in Merton, Greater London, England
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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.
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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.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Freeview users through our website.
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TV (90%)
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Total Blackout (7%)
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Internet (1%)
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Wi-fi (1%)
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E-mail (1%)
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Phone (1%)
Live Outage Map Near Merton, Greater London, England
The most recent Freeview outage reports came from the following cities: Poplar, City of London, Redhill, Hounslow, London, Harringay, Croydon, Camden Town, Hackney, Southwark, Wandsworth, Hammersmith, Waltham Forest, Wembley and Harlesden.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Poplar |
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| City of London |
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| Redhill |
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| Hounslow |
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| London |
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| Harringay |
TV |
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Freeview Issues Reports Near Merton, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Merton and nearby locations:
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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
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Nessy 😷
(@nessymon) reported
from
London, England
@MarketaDee @CNN Freeview has never worked for us for some reason.. will try again. Thanks.
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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
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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
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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😡
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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!
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Andy Smith
(@RegenerateAndy) reported
from
Wandsworth, England
Channel ‘Pick’ on freeview. Never heard of it before but grateful for it tonight #chelsea
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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
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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.
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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.
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A.j. Stranger #UTAG
(@AStrangerJ) reported
from
Bromley, England
On the Freeview “REALLY” channel at 9pm, “Who Killed Jeffery Epstein?”. I’ve never seen it before, but I bet the answers not Jeffrey Epstein.
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Beige
(@Beige29) reported
from
Merton, England
@loudouglas75 I have such shit freeview I only have itv2+1
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Colin Wiseman
(@crazycol) reported
from
Ealing, England
@stevieboywise If that’s Freeview maybe due to high pressure issue again.
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Martin Phillp 🔶
(@PlexNetflix) reported
from
Camberwell, England
My broadband has gone down, so stuck watching QVC on Freeview.
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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.
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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.
Freeview Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Jennifer Thetford-Kay
(@JenKteach) reported
Terrestrial television, received through an aerial, often known as Freeview, is under serious threat of being scrapped. Within months the Government will decide whether to turn off terrestrial signals and rely solely on internet-based TV (IPTV) in the future. This would mean that every household would be forced to take out an expensive fixed broadband contract if they wished to continue watching their favourite TV programmes. Radio reception and signals for emergency services could also be put at risk. Millions of older and disabled people, and those on low and modest incomes, would lose their essential access to TV to keep them in touch with the world and to prevent isolation and loneliness. Lynette, aged 80, who lives in Kent, says: “Free Terrestrial TV is essential for me – whether it’s for entertainment, the news or even learning new things from magazine shows. I don’t want to be choosing apps and making new accounts, I don’t want a screen that pops up with the TV trying to work out what I want to watch. I’ve tried watching television programmes online with family members, and they stop part way through with a whirling circle and then an error message appears. I tried a streaming service and didn’t like it. It is time-consuming and irritating trying to work out where I want to be, to remember the sequence of clicks, with hieroglyphics instead of words. If I make a mistake I have to start again. I have more important things to remember than clogging up my memory with unnecessary information. With my TV in my kitchen, and the normal channels through an aerial, I can leave a channel on that I know I like. I’m worried that the government will decide to take that away from me and others, who either don’t like, can’t afford or can’t use online versions”. The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are all working together to convince the Government to take the drastic step of an early transition to IPTV, without any genuine concern about the millions who would lose out from such a move. IPTV would mean the end of a near universal free to air service, currently reaching 98.5% of households, where national moments of celebration and crisis can be shared. Although the Government maintains that it has an open mind, the lobbying of the broadcasters is intense, and elements in the Government want to use an IPTV switchover as a battering ram in forcing the UK population to accept, and pay for, the digital revolution. A recent Government stakeholder consultation exercise to inform the Minister in making his decision was heavily biased in favour of a rushed move to all-IPTV. In contrast, the petitioners do not oppose IPTV in principle but would like to see the current hybrid system, where households can choose between the two systems, or continue with both as a safety net, be maintained for an extended period. This petition, published by Silver Voices with the support of the Digital Poverty Alliance and the Broadcast 2040+ Coalition, calls on the Government to decide in favour of the viewer and pledge to keep Freeview terrestrial TV until at least the mid- 2040s.
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Raymond Terrific
(@ergopropterhoc1) reported
@Dee_Cab1 They are running it in the evenings on Freeview channel 34, “Great! TV” it is called. Thank goodness they are showing the version that doesn’t have the awful added laugh track.
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Matthew
(@PaganOnTour) reported
The welsh freeview is crap, I tuned my tv in it picks up the welsh freeview only not English and I wanted to use it last night for talksport or lbc radio on freeview and its only got half, like all bbc smooth & heart
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Patrick Kirby
(@Kirby_1475) reported
@themarketsniper Hi Francis. I am sorry that you are undervalued by freeview er... investors? I do not and have never undervalued anyones efforts which I always thought took time and a great deal of effort. You withdrawing is a huge loss to the community, but I understsnd, why shouldnt you? next-
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4comall
(@topselfy) reported
I bet the advertisers on #Freeview movie channels must be making a massive loss with all really old war and western films they put on but only all the actors dead most of the people that remember these films will be dead as well. Who the hell likes these **** old movies?
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Mr Celtic | 🇪🇺🎮👽🏳️🌈 | trans ally
(@zcelticboy) reported
@jdpoc I really hope Freeview (+ Freesat) never get axed. 1) We need a backup when internet or digital providers go down 2) Freely is subscription TV via the backdoor. You need to pay for monthly internet service to receive it. 3) Internet is not geographically accessible everywhere
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Gymlife
(@Gymlife1999) reported
@_DIGB Also I don’t watch any freeview. If you’re looking to get rid of yours they’ll contact you in the post I appealed and said I don’t use aerial or freeview no bbc or even iplayer an use WiFi/5g streaming apps like prime, Netflix, paramount bla blah so happy to help on that
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LostInFilms🎬
(@Lost_In_Films_) reported
@our_ents_blog Me too, I miss Forces TV used to show Watching. I wish we could get Rewind, Great TV & Thats TV 3 here but our freeview reception is so bad we can only use Freesat.
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Bubblejet
(@Bubblejet) reported
@FreeviewTV Hi. I've just got a new @LGUK smart TV and it doesn't have the Freeview Play app. I often watch @UKTV's U catch up service via Freeview Play and I'm really upset not to find it here. Can I install the Freeview Play app or the U catch up service on my LG TV?
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pete wright
(@prwright55) reported
@ArthurSteggles @craig100 @jdpoc Neither of which many people have, I don't myself as it happens. So people who only want to watch a few "freeview" channels will have to spend loads more money than they ever have before to watch the same old ****