Some of you may not have even heard of this. I thought that a thread might be useful to post about any updates and news on the service which is meant to be coming "Q2 2024". Or general discussion on it.
You can read more about it for example HERE.
So briefly explained, this will be a modern (free) streaming version of what you get via Freeview / Freesat. This will be good for people that can't/won't have an arial/dish and/or associated cabling and routing around the home. It could also simplify home setups where you have different freeview/freesat boxes. All you need is an internet connection, which most TVs can get easily with wifi, so it makes setup easier. The beauty of Freely is that you won't have to go into a dedicated app for each channel like now with iPlayer, ITVX etc, nor have to watch ads during live broadcasts. New build houses are also not being supplied with arials now I don't think?
The info currently at the time of writing this is a little patchy, but if you know more please list it. It seems like it will initially be marketed towards "New TVs" as a sort of extra feature. Perhaps we will start to see "Freely compatible/ready" TVs so they can rake in the coin for a while. In time though, it will surely just become either an android app (perhaps with limited features) or part of a small USB style stick like a firestick perhaps even with built in storage for buffer/recording duties?
What will happen to Freeview and Freesat? I think I read basically not a lot. At least not for a while?
You can read more about it for example HERE.
So briefly explained, this will be a modern (free) streaming version of what you get via Freeview / Freesat. This will be good for people that can't/won't have an arial/dish and/or associated cabling and routing around the home. It could also simplify home setups where you have different freeview/freesat boxes. All you need is an internet connection, which most TVs can get easily with wifi, so it makes setup easier. The beauty of Freely is that you won't have to go into a dedicated app for each channel like now with iPlayer, ITVX etc, nor have to watch ads during live broadcasts. New build houses are also not being supplied with arials now I don't think?
The info currently at the time of writing this is a little patchy, but if you know more please list it. It seems like it will initially be marketed towards "New TVs" as a sort of extra feature. Perhaps we will start to see "Freely compatible/ready" TVs so they can rake in the coin for a while. In time though, it will surely just become either an android app (perhaps with limited features) or part of a small USB style stick like a firestick perhaps even with built in storage for buffer/recording duties?
What will happen to Freeview and Freesat? I think I read basically not a lot. At least not for a while?
