Digital UK-owned Freeview has announced the launch of new content discovery tools on streaming platform Freeview Play. Via a new update to the Explore Freeview Play TV app, users will now be presented with new recommendation genres, and a new dedicated Box Sets area. New recommendation genres including Food, Music and Arts, Science & Nature, […]
UK free-to-view broadcast platform Freeview’s connected TV division Freeview Play has strengthened its relationship with TV manufacturer LG with a new five-year agreement. The deal means that all new LG TVs will come with Freeview Play built in as standard. Freeview and LG will also work together on future product updates to continue to innovate […]
Freeview’s on-demand platform Freeview Play has reached a milestone of 10 million homes using the streamer. Freeview Play offers access to 80 live TV channels alongside 10 on demand players; BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, UKTV Play, CBS Catchup Channels UK, Horror Bites, POP Player, STV Player and BBC Sounds. Overall, the platform […]
Android TV’s recently announced UX refresh has now integrated Freeview Play in the UK. Announced earlier this year, the update makes the smart TV OS look and feel almost identical to that of the Google TV software introduced with 2020’s Chromecast streaming stick. The biggest introduction is a Discover tab for finding personalised recommendations based […]
Technology outfit Access Europe has signed a licensing agreement with Eurofins Digital Testing for its Ligada iSuite enhance conformance testing for HbbTV and Freeview Play. The deal enables Access to ensure that its NetFront Browser BE provides a commercially supported and regularly updated Chromium-based platform to consumer electronics manufacturers for next-generation Android and Linux based HbbTV Smart TVs and […]
Freeview has begun rolling out its ‘truly innovative’ Accessible TV Guide in the UK. Accessible on channel 555 on Freeview Play devices, the guide is designed to be easily accessible to people with visual or hearing impairments, with the Digital UK-owned company saying that this is the first time that such a solution has been […]
Humax has announced the launch of what it claims to be the first Android TV-powered 4K Freeview Play recorder. Dubbed Aura, the new set-top-box will launch in November with an SRP of £249 for the 1TB model and £279 for the 2TB version. The STB is powered by Android TV with Freeview Play built-in. This […]
Digital UK and Amazon have announced a partnership that will see Freeview Play, the online service of the UK free-to-view digital-terrestrial platform, launch on Fire TV Edition TVs sets. The player brings together 85 freeview channels, and free access to nine on-demand players including BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, UKTV Play, CBS Catchup […]
Scottish broadcaster STV’s free VOD service STV Player has launched UK-wide on TV platform Freeview Play. This expansion will see the player automatically installed on the platform and available to an additional nine million devices across the UK. It is part of STV’s strategy to significantly increase the market for its streaming platform. Freeview Play […]
Communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has built a cloud-based metadata management system for Digital UK, the outfit that leads the development of UK digital-terrestrial platform Freeview. According to Arqivia, the system supports the migration of the Freeview Play service information platform to a public cloud infrastructure, and aggregates, manages and delivers service and […]
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