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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 169
Nottingham, England 75
Scarborough, England 64
Manchester, England 58
Birmingham, England 58
Glasgow, Scotland 55
Bristol, England 44
Caerphilly, Wales 41
Cardiff, Wales 40
Southampton, England 38
Leeds, England 35
Sheffield, England 31
Clacton-on-Sea, England 28
Reading, England 26
Brighton, England 25
York, England 24
Milton Keynes, England 23
Exeter, England 23
Swindon, England 23
Liverpool, England 21
Edinburgh, Scotland 21
Tower Hamlets, England 20
Stockport, England 20
Derby, England 17
Portsmouth, England 16
Croydon, England 16
Worthing, England 16
Hove, England 16
Rochdale, England 16
Ipswich, England 16

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Freeview Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • waterskim Kimberly Waters (@waterskim) reported

    @SpillerOfTea Is it going to the like the Birdsong channel on Freeview that actually got lots of viewers, but only *after* it closed down?

  • annmilne9 anna milne (@annmilne9) reported

    @itvhub Y so many adbreaks ? 10 during one adbreak, while trying to watch Ferne McCann 1st time mum. Way more than 3 mins worth. Tried resetting the app on my Panasonic 2019 freeview play app as advised. HELP !!!!!

  • alfaguru St Scandalbags (@alfaguru) reported

    @tubbsmcguire @SteveDoherty1 By "it" I meant Freeview, not an aerial. If you don't have an aerial there are indoor ones that work fine as long as you are in a good signal area.

  • FreeviewAdvice Freeview Advice (@FreeviewAdvice) reported

    @KnightonJ Hi Jake. I'd suggest speaking with the manufacturer. My TV at home (Hisense) has no problems and if it does usually unplugging it for 60 seconds does the trick. If no quick tricks make a lasting fix to Freeview Play, speak with the manufacturer of the TV. Thanks, Fin

  • brianwinteruk Brian Winter (@brianwinteruk) reported from Hipswell, England

    @scottygb Shouldn't be any shunt on Freeview either as 7 was never reallocated.

  • _superhans Hannah (@_superhans) reported

    @PaulBobbiFett Evening Paul, hope your freeview situation is sorted now? Just having a quiet weekend as I’ve got an essay due next week eek! It’s such a catchy song isn’t it. Poor Sarah 😔

  • pikminlover mellymelmelmel (@pikminlover) reported

    @TomDGreen @scottygb Actually - my bad - I read Freesat as Freeview. It's on Freeview for sure.

  • Christo20129392 Christopher Clinton (@Christo20129392) reported

    @TalkTalk Please can someone tell me why all of my Freeview channels are gone. Was on chat but then closed down before it was fixed!

  • SketchLisa Lisa Harding (@SketchLisa) reported

    @cawalton7 Problem is I didn’t know she wanted the play side of things so I got her to buy the cheapest freeview box. Bugger

  • WeAreSTV STV (@WeAreSTV) reported

    @denise_asher @STVEdinburgh Hi Denise, this programme has DRM content protection and is only available on the following platforms: Web, iOS, Android, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, Freeview Play, Virgin, Sky. If you're using one of these platforms and still having trouble watching, please let us know.

  • VelvetyMole VelvetyMole🌻🌱 (@VelvetyMole) reported

    @HighVizBoozo Oof, Craith! WTF has happened to S4C on freeview anyway? Bastards!

  • KellyEdwards85 Kelly Edwards (@KellyEdwards85) reported

    @FreeviewAdvice i've had no freeview TV in Southampton area, SO14, since Wednesday last week. There is a picture and channels but not watchable due to poor signal cutting in and out. Please advise. Ive retuned many times and not resolved. ☹

  • rathmill86 Chris Rathmill (@rathmill86) reported

    @SkyHelpTeam @emmah80 Mine is also doing this, when will this be resolved by? Freeview is actually a better service at the moment

  • BBQMeatLovers Janni A(long last name) (@BBQMeatLovers) reported

    @7AFL Dude. My Freeview TV isn’t getting a proper signal. Soo rip for me

  • Prof_Nostalgia Prof Nostalgia (@Prof_Nostalgia) reported

    @isykes79 @FreeviewAdvice Freeview can't do anything but report on Arquiva's progress, who have hit a view legal snags along the way. We, as far down as Filey, will be the last to see a good signal. This area is notoriously bad for TV reception so we've gone for Freesat.

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