FREELY UI REVEALED! | How Does It Look? 

If there was a Freely box available I’d be interested (instead of Roku that I currently use), but I wouldn’t buy a new TV for Freely.

Wonder if they'll create an app for it on the fire stick, not many want to buy another costly TV

They must be Simpsons fans. I P Freely

Very informative thanks Adam

I think HD should be the IPTV option at least for all the channels. SD should just be the backup feed only. That and I hope eventually UHD channels are offered but that can be something in like separate section for now

That's a neat little unit, that white bit of furniture, if I had it, I would have a few other bits of 'kit' grouped around the telly, a freeview or sky box with the wires going towards the back, (from the front), the left hand corner, on the other side, a BT hub, a PS2 and a Xbox 360, but I would have each item in black, not sure about the potted plant but... and next to the TV set, maybe a speaker for surround sound or a rack for DVD's one side and games on the other, might move it away from the window, unless that's where the plug sockets are or if any of the wires have to go out of the wall.

Now that it has been revealed, I think many people will have good opinions about it. Some maybe mixed but good for the most part…… I think/hope. Excellent video Adam.👍👍

Surely they'll sell sticks to plug straight into your HDMI port as a another option like Sky Stream or a fire stick?

This is really exciting! 😄

Will there be a freely box rather than replace my TVs?

I wonder what world-first features it has from 6:10. The features listed are available elsewhere in the world, even for free over the air television.

UKTV is fully streaming already and has its own apps too

The UI looks like a mix of Sky & YouView ngl, i like it

the interface reminds me of Shaw, another cable provider in Canada

Fingers crossed! “Attic dweller” here with an ugly flat Ariel taped to a Velux window, wire hanging down the eave + a Powered booster box just to get a picture, so for people in my situation this=great, just about to buy a new tv too, but won’t be shelling out again if there’s no sort of app or something!!

Hopefully older TVs get an OTA update to support it. It will be interesting to also see if Freeview will ever cease to exist - in Poland (and some other European countries), there was a mandatory switch to H.265 which meant you needed a new TV or a STB for the channels that upgraded to the better compression standard - I wonder if it will be the case that Freeview will be shut down, and we will have an IP only future (and in turn, a need to buy new TVs) But all in all, a step in the right direction, making content easier to access, instead of having to go into each channels streaming app (and then there are some channels that don’t even let you stream live tv on a television, and only let you on a phone)

Good video Adam! BTW Have you heard the news that the BBC is going to launch 3 new radio stations on DAB+?

Will this be available on Apple TV box ?

Will Freely be available as an App from the App Stores so it can watched from moblie devices.

So what about people with older TVs with Freeview on? Are they gonna stop working?

I've got both Humax Freesat and Freeview boxes in the house and don't see what extra Freely will offer as most the stuff we watch is recorded or streamed from broadcast tv or catchup tbh. I'm struggling to see an immediate benefit to what we have already if its gonna cost us a new set of tv's.

Im more concerned about the recording options.... I record all my shows so I can fast forward through the ad breaks. Having an IP based setup will be like ITV X, 4 and Channel 5.... Each break contains about 10-15 ads, and apps dont let you skip them!

Maybe to get started, it will work on a laptop or there'll be some sort of mobile phone app to get the Freely package up and running with at least some of its bells and whistles. I could then pair (or mirror?) the mobile screen over to my Roku stick and view on my non smart tv.

I think I know what your next video is (THINK is the key word there.) 👍👍👍

Wonder if it will be an app on android TV down the line

Feels just like a freeview rebrand to nudge everyone towards IP tv than a whole new concept. It doesn't look as slick/polished/moden as Sky glass - as a ex tv engineer it looks as if they have kept it as simple as possible to run on low end hardware at the expense of making it look more stylish, modern and fit for the next 10 to 20 years. Will other streaming providers have a presence? Netflix, Disney+ etc? How closed off will the software/hardware be? Can users install apps, customise things, be allowed some freedom or will it be a closed, locked down system - you get what you get and tough if you don't like it. Equally I would be interested in how the system will update and the extent at which it can update, both in terms of individual apps and the system as a whole. If at a later date new services develop, new front ends come about, will older devices be upgradable or will there just be a fragmentation of devices all capable of only doing certain things which to me goes against the whole idea of Freely being a universal, same on every device concept. I get that its free so shouldn't expect everything - but if pretty much all devices will have it installed with no other option in the distant future (except sky, virgin etc) then it needs to encompass everything, not expect users to have seperate devices such as firesticks etc to get some services, or run some apps.

How will that work on freesat 4k if it comes to the box, hope you can record aswell

A Freely stick would be handy like a fire stick. Freeview boxes used to be a thing. Perhaps they still are.

I think there's things to remember. Sky won twice. Also I'd really hope that they come up with maybe having a box rather than a new TV, because again in many households they wouldnt be able to get a new TV because that'll be another £400 or so at the start and to be honest I don't think my partner would see it as a good enough reason to get a TV :)

I think i need to start thinking about how i will be able to watch british tv here, outside the uk, when it will leave the satelite. Feeling a bit sick right now..

How much is freely vs vurgin and is it app or TV service

I am quite intrigued, but also thinking about how I would need to adjust my business over the next 10yrs. I am a TV aerial & satellite dish engineer based in Kent.

Just got this for a family member. I have the apps within freely.. bbc iplayer etc all working within their own app. But we have absolutely no live channels in the guide/ live tv view and its telling us to connect an ariel. We should be getting bbc etc as standard on IP only.. freely barely responsive in online chat.. any ideas?

I have just purchased a new LG oled tv but there is no freely app on it. Why??

Can you scroll back 7 days in the guide like Freeview Play?

How do yet get freely?

If you have to buy a new TV to get it, you might as well get Sky or Freesat and keep your existing TV

does any one know . if this will be in other counties besides the uk?

I'd use it if my tv's get a firmware update to integrate it, like it has Freeview play and Freesat, or if it gets released as a smart tv app. But definitely not replacing hardware (TV's) for it and certainly not prepared to buy a STB for it.

Freely looks like Pluto TV.

Hope they release an TVos app

Freely sounds like a app for any smart TV, but who would use it over BBC iPlayer, ITVX etc?

is still MTV on freeview channel 30 and MTV +1 on freeview 3am until 5am

Just wish it was backward compatible. Sucks that you need a new TV just to enjoy this new service.

I assume they're going to have an android/iOS app

Going to fail out of the gate then if they are not working with LG/Samsung Sony as the 3 biggest manufacturers and install base, or even an Apple TV app or Firestick/Roku, you go where the market is, nobody with an LG Oled is going to be swapping that for a Hisense, will see how it develops, I’ve recently ditched sky Q so a Freely App on Apple or LG would be ideal.

10:42 *7 Ways to improve the UI straight away* 1. they should of put it in a box making it transparent/not making it darker round the info makes it look more busy/messy due to the background video 2. removing the freely logo as it don't need to be there just put it on the guide page and actual menus. 3. unless its a laptop/desktop they can remove the browse button we have TV guide buttons on the remote. 4. restart can just be a restart icon no need for the text. 5. info & episodes and be changed to just info orshow notes. 6. put the channels logo where the freely currently is and make the show picture more square it takes up to much space most the picture can be cropped without losing context. 7 (more of a joke one) stop hiring the lowest bidding contractors to build the platform for pennys on the dollar.

I've heard Freely ain't going to work with existing kit, so that's another blow. I'll just get a 70cm dish installed and watch Eutelsat's free to air digital channels which I can do (my Sharp AQUOS 50" Smart TV comes programmed with several international and European satellites in the TV's memory that I can pick up with a suitable sized dish installed). Gonna fuck British TV off altogether when it all goes online, i'm not going to Freely because Everyone TV says I should!

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As I got an expensive Sony Bravia just over a year ago I was hoping to maybe ditch my BT/EE TV service when this came along but it appears they want people to buy new tv's, I invested in this television for the long term and am disappointed they are going to expect people to buy a Hitachi or a Bush tv just for this. As another commenter has said I hope they bring something out for other makes of TV but I doubt it if they have committed to a deal with one company.

The only reason streaming has become popular is that the monthly fee is cheaper. Once it hits £15 see the numbers drop.

So it's just Youview with some IP channels?

It looks good but if it really is TV-only I’m a bit disappointed and also a bit surprised. If one or more manufacturers sold a stand-alone Freely box along the lines of the Sky Stream puck I would go out and buy one pretty much on day 1 to have a look and might well ditch my Sky sub because I hardly watch any of the extra Sky channels but like the convenience of having everything via broadband to avoid getting dropouts in bad weather because of the crappy communal aerial in my block of flats and the bad reception area where I live.

Streaming channels isn't free for the providers - I'd have thought it's quite expensive when it reaches high volumes

I already Got New Tv Hope freely

I think it's a good idea in principle. But I'm guessing that you'll lose the ability to record programmes, which I currently do with Freesat. A lot of channels don't have catch-up services, or if they do, they're unreliable and of poor quality. Even the major channels' catch-up services don't always match the picture quality from the broadcast signal, often zooming in a bit on the picture. (And I sometimes have to switch between devices to find one that works best with a given service - my Fire stick really doesn't like ITVX! ) My other concern centres on regional variants. With Freesat, I can put in a postcode for my preferred region, rather than settling for whatever might be the default. That's a feature I wouldn't want to lose, as I'd rather have quick access to S4C in preference to Channel 4. I'm sure Freely is the way things are going but, in particular, IPTV will surely have to improve considerably for integration to be seamless.

I don’t know how elderly people like my mum who don’t know how to operate anything internet based will cope. She doesn’t understand streaming and has no broadband as she has zero computer knowledge. She also can’t afford to shell out for a new tv. I don’t think they are considering these people at all which makes me fairly angry

All the 'Great TV' channels had disappeared from Freesat this morning.

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Shame we have to buy a new TV we need a Freely TV Stick.

I don't watch TV but catch up streaming as long as it isn't live being broadcast by a terrestrial / satellite TV station or iPlayer isn't subject to TV licence. Users might find it hard to stay the if it's integrated so you just fall easily into it rather than separated as it's is now. I definitely won't be buying a TV in the future.

My issue with it is how slow it could wind up being. LG Channels are incredibly slow for example compared to Sky, so who's to say Freely would be any faster?

Well if the recent new Freesat boxes are anything to go by, this is the worst STB that I have ever had, the UI is poor and extremely clunky and has issues where starting playback will glitch and crash the playback… Considering they have reference to decent basic functions that have been available on something like Sky HD for years and even previous Humax boxes… these Freesat boxes are crap for the money they are charging

Surely they will bring out an app to install it on older smart tvs?? Dont think they are going to convert everyone over by 2030 if we all have to buy a new tv or freely box.. or am I missing something? does this mean freesat changes into a freely service? So more channels over dish? I hate having everything on internet.. if it goes down your buggered im keeping my dish as back up

The UI kinda reminds me of the current Xbox interface.

They switched analogue off okay, hopefully users will switch over okay, with copper phasing out people will need to switch over.

Will Freely beat its rival Sky?

Pity they don’t have a app you could use. Bit costly having to buy a new tv

This is going to fail just because it’s not backwards compatible

I get fedup at times especially after 9pm when I get alot of interference only on the commercial channels from something, god knows what it is. I even have two 5G filters. Using broadband is a good idea, but then again, you need the internet which you need to pay for. Is there an App for that??? Why buy this and that? COME ON Freely should just be App based.

Linear TV channels are declining, in 10 years will there be many Linear channels left?

Need to pay tv tax or free ?

I want tv licence free no dodgy Rambo. 😅

Free if you pay for a TV licence to watch live broadcast TV channels lol

I think aerials will remain with us for a quite a long time. It will be the only thing some people have got also a backup. FM radio too, practical for cars. On the other had, satellite TV is pretty ghastly and WILL be replaced by internet TV.

If there s no freely set top box it’s not going to be a successful venture because no one who has upgraded to a new smart tv is not going to invest in another tv set just to get freely

Everything is starting to rely on unstable internet and just like what happened this week the worlds banks airports etc come crashing down due to a microsoft issue. We should also not have landlines and tv relying on governments and there ability to monitor and see everything and disconnect you easily.

So its not actually free then. Your initial outlay of £300-£400+ for a new TV when most people who use tech already have a decent tv so that's a bad start, people who already have broadband won't mind so much as that's already covered in the monthly cost, but no new uptake just for this. The must offer every single channel in HD as SD is out for most and free 4k channel offerings. Its not much point giving it to people free without a good a reason to change eventually. Boxes should be offered at launch as well with 4K real AI upscaling for tech buffs and built in future proofs for at least 5 years with software upgrades like Sky. It should also include non british free channels from global broadcasters for users to choose if they wish. Opening up a new audience will give incentives to SKY to offer channels on the platform as well for ad revenue. The likes of SKY & VM are outpricing their business model and this would be a good platform for them to cut costs.

looks good will we be watching the same old crap over and over again

Did you make yourself look like noel edmond's lovechild on purpose?

I am not convinced. I use freesat which covers alot more channels. I see freely as a faff, switching between services. I really don't understand why it is called freely, it is not TV license will still need to be paid. I have decent satellite box and would not change. If I need to stream I use the services which are readily available now. One selling points from freely about EPG is honestly laughable. ATMOS, UHD content could sell it, but atmos coming from two audio channels from the TV, na I don't think so.

And it won't be free as you need a Freely TV licence, else it be a criminal offence, so Freely will be forcing subscriptions upon the public then.

RU-vid is free unless u h9 premium

Freely has to be a downloadable APP to add to any existing smart TV. Having to buy a whole new TV to have it is nonsense.

Well if it has to rely on WiFi like Sky Q then don’t bother. The home WiFi network is too crowded and unable to sustain a 100% best quality picture. Needs to be Ethernet only.

I'd rather record programmes so I can skip through the adverts..streaming is painful.

If “free” in Freeview and Freely is rather subjective, I wonder how much “independence” is there in the “I” of ITV. If this is what comes with DVB-T, I take back everything I’ve thought about ATSC.

Noel Edmonds has let himself go...

"Freely" so i have to purchase a new TV, get a TV licence and get an Internet subscription? That doesn't sound free to me should change its name to "costly " epic fail !

Will I replace my expensive Sony TV for a cheap shit Hisense TV. No way!. Unless they bring out a box or apps for Apple, Android etc, this will fail!!

Anything for a TV platform that uses the word FREE in it should be banned because it's not free you have to pay the BBC to watch the live as shown content from any station that broadcasts on the platform. If people need to buy new equipment like a TV then I can see, IMHO, that there will be hundreds of thousands if not millions of TV licence cancellations.

Why default to IP when aerial is also available? It should be a choice by the user, if I use IPTV it will use up bandwidth into my house, but if I use aerial or dish then there are no bandwidth restrictions. But of course with IP TV you are going to be tracked totally and it is likely that trying to block trackers will be impossible, you won't be able to use a PiHole etc to bury the data as the data is being used to provide you with TV. This is going to be a privacy nightmare, look forward to having your searches for your wifes birthday to pop-up in adverts between your shows when you sit down together to watch TV. But they will probably allow you to indicate who is watch so that this doesn't happen. so instead of trackers just following the household, they will follow each individual member of the household.

"As viewers replace their freeview & freesat devices"...yeah,we're being forced to replace them because of streaming nonsense.

Freely is basically a rip-off of Pluto TV.

You know where the EU can go...for starters, stop dictating to Britain!