The new Manhattan Aero makes it possible to add Freely on any existing TV, with users able to connect the Aero to their home broadband network over Wi-Fi. The launch of the Aero is part of a new wave of Internet-connected devices that are leaving the days of aerial and satellite dish hook-up behind and focusing on the streaming revolution.<\/p>\n
Freely itself offers over 60 live TV channels and more than 75,000 hours of on-demand content from the likes of BBC iPlayer, ITVX<\/a>, Channel 4, Channel 5 on other channels\/apps.<\/p>\n The Aero makes use of TiVo OS<\/a> (which we heard rumours about as far back as IFA 2025), which means that it\u2019s not just the UK catch-up and on-demand apps that you\u2019ll be getting on the Aero, but global apps such as Netflix<\/a>, Disney+<\/a>, YouTube, Prime Video<\/a> and more; providing the best of UK content and films and series from across the world.<\/p>\n \n Advertisement <\/p>\n And if that\u2019s not enough, TiVo+ provides another 400+ free streaming channels and a library of free on-demand films and shows, just in case you felt you were lacking for options. TiVo Voice, which has been given a spruce up recently<\/a>, aims to make it easier to search for what you like with your own voice.<\/p>\n There\u2019s support for 4K resolution, and there\u2019s HDR support in the form of HDR10, HDR10+<\/a> and HLG HDR for broadcasts.<\/p>\n With Freely forecasted to become the UK\u2019s largest TV device platform within the next five years (fully putting Freeview Play<\/a> in the rear view mirror), research from YouGov has popped up indicating that 70% of Samsung and LG users want Freely on their next TV. We\u2019re going to pop our heads over the parapet and suggest that Samsung and LG TVs are plenty well-stocked for apps and features, but if the customer wants Freely on their TV, the Manhattan is a cheap, cost-effective way of doing that.<\/p>\n Priced at \u00a369.99, the Manhattan Aero will be available from the likes of Amazon, Currys, John Lewis and others from February 2026 onwards.<\/p>\n \n Advertisement <\/p>\n Given the fight for viewers\u2019 eyeballs, free streaming content has become something of a battleground with the likes of Roku with its Roku Channel, Samsung and its TV Plus<\/a>, LG with its LG Channels<\/a> service and Freely now increasing its device footprint after the release of Netgem\u2019s streamer in 2025<\/a>, it\u2019s starting to hot up. <\/p>\n It looks as if the revolution won\u2019t be televised but streamed instead, and we\u2019ll be watching with interest to see who sits on top of the throne when the dust settles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manhattan TV has taken the covers off its latest streamer in the Aero, which comes with support for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-113681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Manhattan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Manhattan-Aero-TiVo-power-820x461.jpg\")
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