on 05-09-2024 10:01
For the last few days we have been suffering from occasional sound loss and/or picture freeze and pixilation on BBC 1. It doesn’happen at regular intervals and the rest of the time the picture/sound is perfect. This isn’t happening on other channels. Does anyone else have this issue?
I have checked all of the cables and rebooted all equipment.
The last time that this happened, about a month ago, it turned out to be an issue at Virgin Media's end.
on 14-09-2024 19:54
Posting here becuase it’s clear it is not box specific but a network error. Many of us have reported problems with BBC1 flickering every few minutes which have persisted for several days now without Virgin even acknowledging the fault on their website. When will it be resolved?
on 14-09-2024 22:39
Same thing has been happening to me for last few weeks. It's definitely a Virgin media issue as it doesn't happen on Freeview I'm in Chelmsford btw.
on 15-09-2024 08:33
Yep, I've had this issue for a couple of weeks as well. Tried all the usual fixes but no luck.
This must be a network issue as it's affecting so many customers, rather than a box 'fault.'.
I'm paying for a TV service here, so VM need to sort this out.
on 15-09-2024 20:32
Same here: stuttering or pixellation every 15-20 mins on BBC1 HD. Virgin engineer on Friday replaced the 360 box and the cabling - Beeb is still stuttering, so it can't be hardware.
on 17-09-2024 12:34
Still happening. Why is it taking so long to fix?
on 18-09-2024 23:38
Seems a bit better now. Instead of fully flickering they were brief flickers a couple of time an hour.
on 19-09-2024 08:49
Agree. Seems better at the moment, but not fully fixed as there is still the occasional sound loss/picture freeze. But nowhere near as often now.
on 22-09-2024 15:30
Hi Martin46 👋 Thank you for getting back to us and for keeping this thread updated.
Sorry to hear about all of these issues with BBC1 live broadcasting. If there's nothing showing as a known issue affecting the service via 👉 https://virg.in/service or by calling 📞 0800 561 0061 then it may be best if we ensure this is raised so the team can investigate further.
We will just need to send you a PM to confirm a few account details so we can arrange this for you.
You can find the PM in the top right corner of the page in your Inbox. 📩 We can then return to this public thread with another update when possible. Thank you for your patience in the meantime!
Wishing you all the best. 🌞
on 23-09-2024 08:59
Molly,
Have replied to your PM. For the thread - he issue appears to have changed. We are now getting very occasional “Channel Failed” messages that show very briefly. This has happened once this morning. The issue reported in the thread hasn’t appeared (yet) this morning.
Martin
on 23-09-2024 09:34
Just seen that the following issue is now showing on the Service Status page.
”Details
You might find that your Virgin Fibre, Voice and Virgin TV services are intermittent, with the picture freezing or disappearing now and then. We are sorry and our engineers are working hard to resolve this for you.”