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The Irish Sun
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Freeview successor makes huge TV guide change for MILLIONS of Brits with premium perk – days after adding 16 channels
FREEVIEW'S fresh successor has unveiled a number of big changes coming to screens just weeks after announcing a bunch of new channels. Freely has not long 1 Viewers can now go backward up to seven days on the TV guide Credit: Everyone TV The platform is made by the same company as Freely beams channels into the living room via For the moment, it uses hybrid tech, meaning viewers get channels via Wi-Fi first and can still plug in an aerial for any other Freeview channels not currently available to stream. The service is vying to be a free alternative to Read more about TV In the latest update to Freely, viewers will discover a number of handy new features to help them find their favourite shows even faster. The biggest of them all is the backwards TV guide. This allows people to scroll back on the TV guide screen and instantly see what's been on recently, with a quick link directly to a catch up stream if one is available. You can scroll back a full seven days. Most read in Tech Additionally, the Never Miss feature will highlight what's coming up, on now, and what's just missed, alongside the biggest and best shows available on demand. And My List will let you save up to 50 of your favourite shows from the UK's biggest free-to-air broadcasters all in one place so you can keep track of them. "We know viewers love watching live TV and catching up with their favourite programmes soon after broadcast, so we've made it even easier," said Sarah Milton, Co-Chief Product Officer at Freely. 'Our new features—Backwards TV Guide, Never Miss, and My List—make finding, saving, and jumping back into great content effortless, whether live or on demand. "Freely keeps evolving, offering premium features for free that other streaming platforms don't have. "And now with Freely becoming available on a wider range of new smart TVs, even more households will be able to enjoy this enhanced free streaming experience." The announcement comes as Freely reveals that it's signed deals with more tech giants to make the service available on more TVs. Freely is currently only available on selected new TVs you buy. The platform will now made available on 2025 Philips TVs and JVC models that run the Titan OS. FREELY LATEST CHANNEL ADDITIONS ITV The Chase Saturday Night Every Night Channel 4 4Reality 4Homes 4Life 5 5 GPs Behind Closed Doors 5 Bargain 5 The Yorkshire Vet 5 History 5 Crime Milkshake! 5 Police Interceptors 5 Cops 5 Trucking Hell 5 A&E 5 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly
Daily Mirror
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Watch out Sky - new UK rival finally lets you watch more TV channels for free
There's more content coming to Freely as it takes aim at Sky Glass and Sky Stream. Sky might be top dog when it comes to premium TV, but it is facing some stiff competition from a relative newcomer. Freely launched last year and, just like Sky's latest streaming devices, it doesn't need a dish or aerial to beam content to the big screen. All channels are whizzed into living rooms via the internet instead, making it super simple to view live and on-demand shows, sports and movies. Freely, which is owned by the same team behind Freeview and Freesat, was pretty low on channels when it first arrived in spring 2024, but things are finally getting better. It's just been confirmed that 16 bonus services will arrive this year, including content from ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. This blockbuster boost will mean users will soon have access to over 55 free channels via their Wi-Fi, along with more than 70,000 hours of things to watch on demand. Although that can't quite match the might of the Sky, Freely is completely free to watch, and there are no subscription fees to pay. All you need is a compatible telly and a broadband connection to get access. So what's new on Freely? ITV says it will launch two streaming channels, The Chase and Saturday Night Every Night in the coming months and Channel 4 will add 4Reality, 4Homes and 4Life to the Freely planner. Channel 5 is also joining the party with bonus extras such as Police Interceptors, The Yorkshire Vet and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. You'll find the full list of channels below. • The Chase • Saturday Night Every Night NEW CHANNEL 4 SHOWS ON FREELY • 4Reality • 4Homes • 4Life *(w/t) NEW CHANNEL 5 CHANNELS ON FREELY • GPs Behind Closed Doors • Bargain Loving Brits • The Yorkshire Vet • History • Crime • Milkshake! • Police Interceptors • Cops • Trucking Hell • A&E • Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Speaking about the launch Akhila Khanna, ITV Director of Distribution said: "At ITV we're proud to be part of Freely and making these channels available to the Freely TV Guide reinforces our commitment to delivering fantastic, free content through this innovative platform and showcases our continued collaboration with other leading UK broadcasters." What is Freely? As we mentioned earlier, Freely gets delivered to homes via a broadband connection, so there is no need for an aerial. It now comes included on many new TVs from manufacturers such as Hisense, Panasonic, Sharp, Bush and Toshiba. Once connected to the web, homes can watch live and on-demand television. There's also the option to pause live shows, see what's on now and next via the telly guide and get recommendations of things to watch. Of course, Sky still offers way more features and more channels but it does come at cost. Prices for Sky Stream start from £15 per month. Sky Glass will set you back around £29 per month.
Forbes
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Freely Streaming Service To Add 16 New Live Channels
The Freely live TV streaming platform is about to be bolstered by the addition of no less than 16 new channels from three of the U.K.'s biggest terrestrial broadcasters. Launched in April 2024 with the backing of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, Freely enables viewers to watch U.K. terrestrial broadcast channels live over the Internet rather than needing to have an aerial fitted to the house – and the 16 new additions will increase the number of channels Freely carries to more than 55 once they launch later in the year. Freely will be adding 16 new channels to its streamed channel list before the end of 2025. Two of the new channels are being provided by ITV, three are being provided by Channel 4, and 11 come courtesy of Channel 5, with the full breakdown as follows: * ITV will be launching a channel dedicated to popular quiz show The Chase, alongside a Saturday Night Every Night channel dedicated to a mixture of quiz, game and talent shots. * Channel 4's trio of Freely additions will be 4Reality, 4Homes and 4Life. As their names suggest, these focus respectively on: reality TV, with programmes such as Married At First Sight; home renovation, interior design and new property shows such as Grand Designs; and lifestyle programming covering travel, food and animals in shows such as The Dog House. * Channel 5's 11 additions cover a broad range of content, with five actually being exclusive to Freely. The five exclusive ones are 'GPs Behind Closed Doors', 'The Yorkshire Vet', 'History', 'Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly', and a channel dedicated to pre-school show 'Milkshake!'. The other six are "Police Interceptors'", 'Cops', 'Bargain Loving Brits', "Trucking Hell", 'Crime' and 'A&E'. The new Freely channels include a mix of lifestyle, reality and children's programming from three of ... More the U.K.'s biggest terrestrial broadcasters. That's not actually the end of the channel expansion for owners of some Freely-capable TV brands, though. Everyone TV, the company responsible for Freely, has also revealed that owners of Hisense and Toshiba TVs that carry the Freely service will be getting a further 80-plus channels courtesy of the VIDAA smart platform's Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) service. These will be added to the Freely TV guide on compatible TVs from channel number 1001, and will include such channels as Sony ONE, CNN, Sky, and Banijay. These new 'live' streamed channels are joined on the Freely platform by what's currently claimed to be more than 70,000 hours of on demand content, which the Freely interface enables users to access seamlessly alongside all the live channels. While Hisense and Toshiba Freely TVs will be the only ones to get the new FAST channels because they carry the necessary VIDAA smart system, other Freely TVs from Bush, Panasonic, Sharp, TCL, Amazon and METZ will all be able to enjoy the 16 new ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 offerings. These new channels join deals Freely has signed since it launched with content partners that include UKTV, AMC Networks International and PBS America. A full list of all the channels currently available on Freely can be found at this link. Freely can't currently put a definite date on when the new ITV, Channel 5 and Channel 5 shows will definitely be available, saying only that they are set to launch in 2025. The VIDAA FAST channels, though, are set to be integrated into the Freely TV Guide on Hisense and Toshiba TVs in the coming month. — Related Reading Free Streaming Service Freely Adds Four New Content Partners Sky Launches New Gen 2 Sky Glass TVs, With Cheaper Sky Glass Air Series To Follow Kaleidescape Launches New Entry-Level Movie Player
