FREELY. Live TV over broadband 2024
Discussion
At last. A full live TV service over IP, including a full EPG.
Freely is owned and supported by BBC, ITV, C4 and C5, and they have said it will replicate a terrestial TV experience.
Can’t believe it’s taken this long, but it seems we might be able to finally cut the cord next year.
https://www.everyonetv.co.uk/news/press-release/ne...
Freely is owned and supported by BBC, ITV, C4 and C5, and they have said it will replicate a terrestial TV experience.
Can’t believe it’s taken this long, but it seems we might be able to finally cut the cord next year.
https://www.everyonetv.co.uk/news/press-release/ne...
Digger said:
How would the BBC TV Licence be affected?
Same as now I’d expect - (from Google) You need to be covered by a TV Licence to watch programmes live on any online TV service - such as BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4, Amazon Prime Video, Now or Sky Go. You don't need a TV Licence if you only ever watch on demand programmes on any TV service apart from BBC iPlayer. Bikerjon said:
Nice to have as it saves getting a dish/aerial installed and keeps everything within one app, but it might not be a huge deal for the younger generation who are now so used to streaming everything that the concept of "live TV" isn't quite the same as it once was!
I have a BT Youview Pro box. No dish/aerial and everything I watch live or otherwise is streamed, also 4K UHD, Atmos and recordable. Digger said:
I would 4K is a given?
I doubt it - the vast majority of material available is HD at best & upscaling at source to 4K would massively increase the server storage requirements.The majority of the planet still watches TV in SD & even the UK the majority of channels are SD.
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