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Freeview Outage Map

The map below depicts the most recent cities in the United Kingdom where Freeview users have reported problems and outages. If you are experiencing problems with Freeview, please submit a report below.

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The heatmap above shows where the most recent user-submitted and social media reports are geographically clustered. The density of these reports is depicted by the color scale as shown below.

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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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Most Affected Locations

Outage reports and issues in the past 15 days originated from:

Location Reports
London, England 105
Swindon, England 44
Bristol, England 42
Glasgow, Scotland 33
Birmingham, England 23
Tower Hamlets, England 19
Exeter, England 16
Ventnor, England 15
Chippenham, England 15
Clacton-on-Sea, England 14
Milton Keynes, England 14
Nottingham, England 13
Manchester, England 12
Leicester, England 11
Maidstone, England 11
Brighton, England 11
Leeds, England 11
Hackney, England 10
Crawley, England 10
Newcastle under Lyme, England 10
Reading, England 10
City of Westminster, England 9
Edinburgh, Scotland 9
Colchester, England 8
Croydon, England 8
Liverpool, England 8
Cardiff, Wales 8
Truro, England 8
Haywards Heath, England 7
Northampton, England 7

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Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • OllyBacon Olly Bacon (@OllyBacon) reported

    @Vitt2TsNoC Definitely refuse to pay the bill for any period you can't use the service. I know that's no help for now. Is there anyway you can still get freeview on your tv?

  • mjCurnow Martin Curnow (@mjCurnow) reported

    Dad hasn’t been able to watch @GBNEWS. Can’t watch on freeview as their TV signal is poor so they watch everything through Sky. And it’s GB News HD & screen message is to ring to upgrade. I did tell him the picture quality has been pretty dire & an embarrassment to HD TV.

  • BrexitFoxy The People's Foxy 🦊 (@BrexitFoxy) reported

    @CraggsLewis @tvlicensing @tvlicensingnews If it's the live stream, as it's also a Freeview broadcast channel then yeah you need a TV licence. If you're just watching catch-up on-demand clips, then you don't need one. The law is stupid, but that's the way it is at the moment.

  • gavros1383 gavin castleton (@gavros1383) reported

    @virginmedia £62 for freeview and internet that doesnt work a month u wanna be ashamed of yourselves stealing money from people

  • Mizzach Stu Ford 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Mizzach) reported

    @Wilson34David Any solution for freeview? It picks up my Glasgow area automatically.

  • squeezyjohn John Spiers (@squeezyjohn) reported

    @chrisbates3 @ITVSport I’m not watching it on the internet. I’m watching it on Freeview! The picture keeps on freezing with audio glitches. It’s a problem with their feed from the ground.

  • colin_gull Colin (@colin_gull) reported

    Thank goodness for Freeview as @virgin media down in my area for up to 6 hours. They've gone strangely quiet on Twitter with their self congratulatory messages

  • Skinnie_Pete New Pic (@Skinnie_Pete) reported

    @GBNEWS can't the signal on #freeview

  • brianwinteruk Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported

    @zsk Just thinking, unless you have no Freeview or Freesat signal, why would you want to watch live TV via ITV Hub.

  • ronsmonkeys Ronny Dean-Stanton (@ronsmonkeys) reported

    Hi!i!i!i! Does anyone have an old #freesat box they’re not using? I can’t afford to pay #VirginMedia for what is effectively a freeview tv package. (Has to be free-SAT as my aerial is too old a crap for free-VIEW). Thank you.

  • BillyKane0 Billy #Doom Kane (@BillyKane0) reported

    @GBNEWS You still have sound issues on Freeview, sync, echoes and low volume

  • kipper_manx Manx Kipper🇬🇧 (@kipper_manx) reported

    @ElaineKirk @another_jan @canadiancarol1 Yes, that is what I watch it on, if you have a smart TV there is possibly some way of doing it through Freeview or other catch up service? Unfortunately I don’t have a smart TV, just an old one that sat silently in a corner when I stopped watching tv in disgust years ago!

  • battams_luke Luke Battams (@battams_luke) reported

    Every day and night same bloody programs on tv get UK GOLD on FREEVIEW be more entertaining bring back deal or no deal or Noels House Party tv today is ****

  • robmacca1976 Rob Mac (@robmacca1976) reported

    @GBNewsFails You’ve made my week! With Freeview not working and lack of time it’s brilliant kind people are providing me with the best of the worst!

  • BlazeHome Rich (@BlazeHome) reported

    Doesn't really matter as both are live on Freeview but I can't help thinking Austria Vs Ukraine should be the ITV1 game rather than Netherlands Vs North Macedonia as that actually has something riding on it. #Euro2020

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