The new Freely service from Everyone TV in the United Kingdom has received a mixed reception following its launch. There are only a couple of Hisense televisions that support it available so far and they are far from inexpensive. Nevertheless, informitv has been testing Freely as a user to see how it rates.
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The future of digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is up for debate. The government has committed to the future of the platform until 2034, but some broadcasters foresee a time when it is no longer economically viable to support digital terrestrial television distribution in its current form. The communications regulator Ofcom says that the consensus in the broadcasting industry that digital terrestrial television should continue indefinitely has broken. It has provided the government with a report on the Future of TV Distribution, outlining some of the options, including a managed migration to online delivery.
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Sky Sports+ will offer sports fans 50% more coverage with access to up to 100 live streams available at the same time and a new dedicated channel. The additional service will launch in August, in time for the next football season, as Sky doubles down on live sport.
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With Freely due to launch soon as a new free television service from Everyone TV in the United Kingdom, we take a closer look at the service and its prospects. At first sight it looks like a laudable initiative, but market success is far from certain.
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Comcast lost 487,000 video customers in the United States in the first quarter of 2024. That follows net losses of over two million in the previous year. Charter Communications lost 405,000 in the quarter and over a million in the previous year. Between them they still have 26.73 million video customers in the United States, but that is 6.87 million fewer than they had just two years previously.
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The Federal Communications Commission has voted to restore net neutrality in the United States. It has reclassified broadband internet as a Title II telecommunications service, meaning that it is treated as an essential service, enabling the Commission to regulate it more effectively. The long-standing debate over network neutrality is unlikely to end there.
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