Freeview watchers warned of three day TV blackout risk starting TODAY as channels face signal chaos
BRITS have been warned that Freeview channels face disruption over the next few days.
The TV service is home to more than 100 free channels and used by millions of viewers up and down the country.
Since 2014, almost 23million Freeview-capable TVs have been sold.
But relying on an aerial means that reception can sometimes run into issues.
And weather plays a big part in that.
Freeview has warned that high pressure could disrupt TV signals from today until Friday.
High pressure is a problem because it can push the signal sent from your local transmitter higher into the sky than normal, which is a problem if your signal is weak.
And if the transmitter your TV relies on is quite distant it can play havoc with your reception too.
It can also pose problems if you’re getting signal from a distant transmitter.
Freeview has urged people not to try re-tuning their box if they’re affected.
“You are advised not to retune your TV during this time – reception will be restored once the high pressure passes,” the company says.
“If you have an internet-connected Freeview Play TV, or one that has channel players available, you will still be able to watch live and on-demand content from the likes of BBC iPlayer, ITVX, All4 or My5.”
Everyone TV – the company that runs Freeview – recently launched a successor to the service called Freely which may eventually get around this problem.
While Freely can access channels the tradition way, via aerial, it also beams channels into your living room via Wi-Fi.
The idea is that one day we could have even more free channels available at our fingertips, getting around the limited space Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) offers for Freeview.
Freely recently announced that four channels were added: U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W and U&Yesterday.
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