Thread: Freeview-style service via broadband Freely launching 2024
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Old 18-09-2023, 08:44   #1
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Freeview-style service via broadband Freely launching 2024
Great to see this missing piece of the broadcast jigsaw being launched. Surprised that it won't be available for pre-2024 sets.
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Britain’s public sector broadcasters will launch a digital service that will end the need for an aerial to access all freely available channels allowing them to more directly compete against large streaming platforms.

The new service — called Freely — will be built into the next generation of smart TVs, in effect taking the Freeview TV platform on to the internet.

The service is expected to be introduced in new TVs from next year, but will not be available in older sets. This will mean British viewers will be able to watch live TV channels alongside on-demand content streamed to smart TVs via the internet.

Freely is being developed by Everyone TV, the organisation that runs free TV in the UK and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
https://www.ft.com/content/d187aad9-...a-083b22bd706e

Daily Mail article: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainm...2ce69f431&ei=7
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