{"id":304981,"date":"2025-12-08T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/304981\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:24:11","slug":"freeview-rival-offers-7-new-channels-and-simple-new-way-to-watch-tv-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/304981\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeview rival offers 7 new channels and simple new way to watch TV for free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freeview<\/a> might still rule the roost when it comes to watching TV for free, but Freely is catching up fast<\/a>. This streaming service – which is actually owned by the same team behind Freeview – arrived last year with it offering a simple way to view content via a broadband connection. At launch, things were pretty limited with Freely only featuring around 30 live channels – a very limited number of TVs were also compatible.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, that\u2019s all now changed. Over the past 18 months, more content has been added, and more manufacturers have brought Freely to their screens. In a further boost, just last month, a new PLEIO Puck was also announced<\/a>, which even brings this streaming platform to older TVs as well.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s more good news with Freely confirming that another seven channels are being added to its service, which takes the total number of live stations to over 70.<\/p>\n

The new channels include CNN headlines – which available now – along with an update from Warner Bros. Discovery UK, which will arrive early next year.<\/p>\n

Once that change arrives, Freely users will get access to Quest, Quest Red, Food Network, DMAX, Really and TLC.<\/p>\n

Content featuring in the update includes The Yorkshire Auction House, Richard Hammond\u2019s Workshop, The Big Bang Theory, Georgie & Mandy\u2019s First Marriage and the highly-anticipated return of Mock the Week.<\/p>\n

All of this will be available without the need for a subscription or paying any fees. As long as homes have an internet connection and Freely-powered TV or set-top box, they can tune in instantly.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the changes, Deep Halder, CCO, Everyone TV, said: \u201cThese additional channels have so much to offer the Freely audience, further expanding the line-up for UK homes who are increasingly choosing to stream live TV.<\/p>\n

“From global news delivered by CNN to the extensive portfolio of entertainment shows from Warner Bros. Discovery, who recently announced some exciting linear-first commissions of fan favourites including a new-look Mock the Week coming to TLC next year. Viewers will be able to easily and seamlessly access these brand-new shows, all in one place, for free, on Freely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freeview might still rule the roost when it comes to watching TV for free, but Freely is catching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,44580,1236,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-304981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-freeview","tag-tech-section","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}