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thenry 27-02-2026 16:34

Freely changes
 
A place for changes to the modern way of watching tele

https://www.freely.co.uk/help/updates-alerts

Taz2k 02-03-2026 15:49

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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36211401)
A place for changes to the modern way of watching tele

https://www.freely.co.uk/help/updates-alerts

Not very good, they seem to have stopped listing the changes last August.

thenry 02-03-2026 15:54

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Has there been any changes to the listing since that month?

Software releases are still being listed

https://www.freely.co.uk/products/software-updates

Taz2k 02-03-2026 16:41

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Yes, it updates every month with Freeview plus some IPTV channels added in between. I think they gave up on the channel update listings, they were never completely accurate.

thenry 02-03-2026 16:54

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That's a shame if that's the case :( I hope it's not a sign of what's to come. I done with wires.

Jaymoss 02-03-2026 18:26

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I really do not like the freely epg

Itshim 18-03-2026 13:26

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36211566)
I really do not like the freely epg

My smart TV in the kitchen is on the way out . Thinking that freely might be the way to go. What is the problem. ?

Even wondering if I will replace main ones with it and NOW app. Dropping virgin:shocked:

Jaymoss 18-03-2026 13:52

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36212645)
My smart TV in the kitchen is on the way out . Thinking that freely might be the way to go. What is the problem. ?

Even wondering if I will replace main ones with it and NOW app. Dropping virgin:shocked:

honestly it is just me being fussy. Years and years ago I used to play with guis for kodi and some of the add ons for it and one of which was a TV Guide called ivue which I modified and created a sky like guide and I just find the freely guide visually ugly and just clunky. It plays TV channels fine haha

Itshim 18-03-2026 14:59

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36212647)
honestly it is just me being fussy. Years and years ago I used to play with guis for kodi and some of the add ons for it and one of which was a TV Guide called ivue which I modified and created a sky like guide and I just find the freely guide visually ugly and just clunky. It plays TV channels fine haha

If it's correct ,that would be an improvement on virgin :cool:At the moment I guess I would only looking at news channels.

thenry 08-07-2026 16:15

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SkyNews on freely streams the non YouTube stream. Great that. Stream number 1303 currently on my Hisense tele.

The YouTube stream doesn't have ads, either they show world weather or snippets of reporting by journalists and also sport is replaced with more snippets.

Great that freely has the proper SkyNews feed.

The clock is present unlike on YouTube SkyNews.

Paul 08-07-2026 17:19

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SkyNews are completely useless anyway.
Their site blocks me completely (because I'm using firefox).

Itshim 17-09-2026 15:42

Re: Freely changes
 
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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36219259)
SkyNews on freely streams the non YouTube stream. Great that. Stream number 1303 currently on my Hisense tele.

The YouTube stream doesn't have ads, either they show world weather or snippets of reporting by journalists and also sport is replaced with more snippets.

Great that freely has the proper SkyNews feed.

The clock is present unlike on YouTube SkyNews.

Sorry not the brightest on the uptake, to me your statements do not make sense, but that's me all over. YouTube stream.... snippets of reporting etc. then has proper sky news feed . Snippets don't sound like a proper news feed . Well at least to me:dunce: so we're can I find it on freely. Will flatten remotes batteries if I keep messing around much more:D

newapollo 17-09-2026 16:13

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36222478)
Sorry not the brightest on the uptake, to me your statements do not make sense, but that's me all over. YouTube stream.... snippets of reporting etc. then has proper sky news feed . Snippets don't sound like a proper news feed . Well at least to me:dunce: so we're can I find it on freely. Will flatten remotes batteries if I keep messing around much more:D

The following contains a list of all Freely channels, although they might not all be available on all Freely devices.

https://www.tvchannellists.com/w/Lis...nited_Kingdom)
I notice you've bought a new Freely TV which is due for delivery today https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=7742 If you advise which one it is I'm pretty sure other Freely TV users can advise further.

thenry 17-09-2026 16:50

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Sky News has many feeds.

The one that is streamed on YouTube doesn't have ad breaks so is replaced with world weather and to-date reporting snippets. The YouTube feed does have the main programming. It doesn't have the timer and the sports segment.

Freely SkyNews has the clock and sports segment. Ad breaks are sometimes shown but a SkyNews back soon screen is largely shown.

On my Hisense tele SkyNews HD is on channel 1303 which is listed in the link above in newapollo post

gunner45 17-09-2026 17:05

Re: Freely changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36222478)
Sorry not the brightest on the uptake, to me your statements do not make sense, but that's me all over. YouTube stream.... snippets of reporting etc. then has proper sky news feed . Snippets don't sound like a proper news feed . Well at least to me:dunce: so we're can I find it on freely. Will flatten remotes batteries if I keep messing around much more:D

I'm not thenry but I think I can explain what he's saying which is this: on Freely he gets the same Sky News as broadcast on other platforms (like Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media) - but Sky News YouTube is different due to broadcasting rights, advertising models and international reach. The most obvious differences include some footage which explicitly covers UK television distribution only and so some sports footage might get substituted on YouTube by other Sky News snippets.


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