Channelbox is coming to Freeview. I am not convinced this is likely to fly unless they put content that is worth watching on there.
Good idea, but crap implementation would be my view on this.
https://advanced-television.com/2019...s-on-freeview/
Channelbox launches on Freeview
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Channelbox – a new streaming TV service that bundles a curated selection of free-to-air TV channels of various genres and languages – is delivering them to the Freeview platform (on channel 271) via OTT.
Channelbox includes such TV channels as France24, Hellenic TV, Faith UK, Retro Movies and Law&Crime. More channels will be announced in the near future.