FREELY UI REVEALED! | How Does It Look?
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- čas přidán 6. 02. 2024
- BRAND NEW INFO ON FREELY HAS BEEN REVEALED!
The U.I. for the service has been showcased, and new details of how the interface will work! But on the flip-side, some information regarding some potential early issues of the system have also been discussed...
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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.
They must be Simpsons fans. I P Freely
God my favourite part of the Simpsons is the prank calld
Butts, first name leaky.
Wonder if they'll create an app for it on the fire stick, not many want to buy another costly TV
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
Yeah, I'd love UHD channels, but I know it will be a very long time until Channel providers actually want to go through with it.
Also I do argee with your idea with HD channels. It's incredibly rare to buy a Brand New TV these days that isn't HD. So I definitely think they should be the Default Channels. Especially as I'm pretty sure this new service will only be on Brand New TVs. Which unless you are getting a TV that is smaller than 40" it's UHD. So you'll have a HD TV either way.
Why say...Right off the bat? 🤔 Such a stupid saying!! 🙄👎
The IP version should just reflect the users bandwidth / TV capability. There's no need to have separate EPG numbers for the different resolutions. It would probably help if the user could manually set a maximum resolution to have a bit of control over data usage.
Will Freely be rolled out to digital devices like the firestick or Onn boxes?
Very informative thanks Adam
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.
This is really exciting! 😄
The UI looks like a mix of Sky & YouView ngl, i like it
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.👍👍
A Freely stick would be handy like a fire stick. Freeview boxes used to be a thing. Perhaps they still are.
You can still buy a freeview box with freeview play, sadly they stopped certifying freeview+ HD
UKTV is fully streaming already and has its own apps too
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 :)
Will there be a freely box rather than replace my TVs?
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!!
the interface reminds me of Shaw, another cable provider in Canada
Surely they'll sell sticks to plug straight into your HDMI port as a another option like Sky Stream or a fire stick?
Probably after all the early adopters have stumped up for new televisions and everyone else has grumbled loudly enough. If they did the plug-in option right away they wouldn't be able to maximize those sales of new hardware, after all.
Sky doesn't have a HDMI post well it do but you need a Sky satellite to be installed, and it needs to connected the Internet Ect, I know this because I got a skybox myself you have to pay bills for it but you get pretty decent channels and movies, that's on the cinemas so you can watch it at home it's called sky Cinemas.
Fire stick isn't a live TV service it's basically a rip off version of Sky go but with apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime,ect you need to connect that to the Internet as well. I don't know if you pay bills on it, I can't remember.
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
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.
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.
Good video Adam! BTW Have you heard the news that the BBC is going to launch 3 new radio stations on DAB+?
I have indeed, very exciting news!
Going to be very interesting hearing your take on it@@AdamMartyn
I think I know what your next video is (THINK is the key word there.) 👍👍👍
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)
I don't believe that older tvs will although it would be interesting given that you can get ota updates through linear broadcasts
@@joel11469 I think it’s all just dependant on if the tv manufacturers care enough to add features, or if they want to save them for the new models. I have a Hisense tv and they’re an official partner, and it’s a high end tv (albeit 2 years old now) so I will be interested to see what they decide to do (if anything)
Existing equipment will not get it, it will be new devices only.
There would be no benefit bringing it to existing equipment that already has Freeview etc built in, nor possible in most cases.
@@ILoveWomen i think i have a similar tv (Hisense, 2 Years Old) and freeview doesnt really look like freeview its more futuristic design than regular epg
I doubt that existing TVs will have the power to run the new interfaces, they rarely have the power to nicely run the interfaces they come with let alone anything that gets updated. How else will they sell new TVs.
Just give me a TV with many HDMI slots and let me plug boxes into it that I want.
Will this be available on Apple TV box ?
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.
Wonder if it will be an app on android TV down the line
Will Freely be available as an App from the App Stores so it can watched from moblie devices.
Freely looks like Pluto TV.
So what about people with older TVs with Freeview on? Are they gonna stop working?
Just wish it was backward compatible. Sucks that you need a new TV just to enjoy this new service.
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
The only reason streaming has become popular is that the monthly fee is cheaper. Once it hits £15 see the numbers drop.
How will that work on freesat 4k if it comes to the box, hope you can record aswell
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.
i don't think it would benefit someone like you, but for example in my home we cannnot get an aerial or cable into any other rooms in our house without extra costs so this would be a better option in my home to watch tv outside of the living room.
@@StephenUnderwood2004 The only benefit I can see for us is for a smaller tv to put into our camper and then we don't have to worry about tuning and just stream the tv service we need, but we do like to record tv and keep the shows we enjoy and not be reliant on the streaming services not to remove them at will
It benefits them, you have to buy a new box, and throw all freeview boxes freesat boxes on to the rubbish tip. You of course be watching recycled tv programs and need a tv livence, plus a logged in to a freely account with your paid tv licence account number. Hence not free but a forced subsciption.
If you have to buy a new TV to get it, you might as well get Sky or Freesat and keep your existing TV
Freesat needs the installation of a dish, which isn’t an option for many. I live in a rented flat and don’t have a dish
Freely will be ex Freesat as well as ex Freeview
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.
Hope they release an TVos app
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.
Learn switches and network cabling. Instead of running aerial cabling around houses to each TV location, people will want ethernet instead.
WiFi is great and has come on a long way but hard wired is always the best and most reliable for streaming.
@@ollielewis8374 yeah I do that too. Maybe that will be a natural increase in volume. I don't actually do a lot of coax runs, unless it is to replace or for an addition.
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.
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.
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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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..
You don’t.
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.
Streaming channels isn't free for the providers - I'd have thought it's quite expensive when it reaches high volumes
I assume they're going to have an android/iOS app
Can you scroll back 7 days in the guide like Freeview Play?
All the 'Great TV' channels had disappeared from Freesat this morning.
is still MTV on freeview channel 30 and MTV +1 on freeview 3am until 5am
How much is freely vs vurgin and is it app or TV service
Freely is free
How do yet get freely?
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.
I already Got New Tv Hope freely
Freely sounds like a app for any smart TV, but who would use it over BBC iPlayer, ITVX etc?
Live tv in one place no switching apps and you get more than just that it will eventually have ALL or pretty much all freeview channels.
@@StephenUnderwood2004 Hmmm most of them channels show repeats of repeats so probably not worth browsing, needs less of them
I can see your point, just depends what people want to watch or are looking for.@@philipmurphy2
There are many things I use over BBC iPlayer and ITVX (even more so for the latter which I have never even used at all!)!
@@DrWhoFanJ ITVX is useful if you want sport seeing that ITV3 and ITV4 has poor picture quality on Freeview
Shame we have to buy a new TV we need a Freely TV Stick.
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.
Surely they will bring out a digital box or usb stick type thing. I’m sure that’s what they launched free view with and that worked with even the oldest style tvs.
It would really hurt them if they didn’t make it as cheap and as easy for people to switch over.
Having to buy a new tv seem ridiculous to me.
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?
Should be a live guide there somewhere. Is it definitely a Freely telly you have, not Freeview?
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.
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I have just purchased a new LG oled tv but there is no freely app on it. Why??
Because there isn't an app for Freely.
does any one know . if this will be in other counties besides the uk?
No, Freeview is only available in the UK, so I wouldn’t expect Freely to be available outside of the UK
The UK is not a county, so…
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.
So it's just Youview with some IP channels?
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?
The UI kinda reminds me of the current Xbox interface.
This is going to fail just because it’s not backwards compatible
They switched analogue off okay, hopefully users will switch over okay, with copper phasing out people will need to switch over.
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
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.
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.
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
Pity they don’t have a app you could use. Bit costly having to buy a new tv
Will Freely beat its rival Sky?
ehhhh for now, nah
Who wants Sky, when it’s a ripoff??? No one should pay for Sky when they advertise. That’s what advertising does, it pays so that you don’t pay for it and yet Sky wants your money. What a CON!!
Linear TV channels are declining, in 10 years will there be many Linear channels left?
I want tv licence free no dodgy Rambo. 😅
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.
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.
This is for people without cable/satellite
@@sie4431 Freeview is also available with more channels, if you have an aerial. I cannot believe that most people purely get television services from the Internet.
Free if you pay for a TV licence to watch live broadcast TV channels lol
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.
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.
Need to pay tv tax or free ?
There is no "tv [sic] tax".
I'd rather record programmes so I can skip through the adverts..streaming is painful.
CZcams is free unless u h9 premium
looks good will we be watching the same old crap over and over again
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.
You have to pay the TV license regardless. You don't get Sky because your have a TV license
People won't be cancelling their licenses because nothing will change
Did you make yourself look like noel edmond's lovechild on purpose?
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.
But soon, DVB-T will switch to DVB-T2
@@julianhanc8272Hopefully, ITV will retain the 2006 branding across all channels next month.
@@julianhanc8272already has tbh
Noel Edmonds has let himself go...
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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.
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!!
My thoughts exactly. I ain’t forking out hundreds of ££s I ain’t got on a whole new TV when I am already satisfied with the one I’ve got now. If they don’t bring out a box or make this downloadable on current smart TVs then i think Freely will be dead on arrival.
"As viewers replace their freeview & freesat devices"...yeah,we're being forced to replace them because of streaming nonsense.
"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 !
You expect new TV's, and broadband to be provided free? You need a licence to watch or record live TV. This is not a Freely charge.
Freely is basically a rip-off of Pluto TV.
Pluto TV is actually free, though.
IPTV technically existed before pluto TV they were not the first
@@OM19_MO79 But the UI looks very similar to Pluto TV.
You know where the EU can go...for starters, stop dictating to Britain!
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