We’re looking at all of these on iOS, but they’re available for Android as well also for platforms like Apple TV, Xbox One, Playstation 4, numerous brands of smart TV, and many more. Let’s take a quick tour of the five networks’ streaming apps. Thanks, technology! Also, you can check what’s on free to air using this handy free to air TV guide. But other than that, you can grab apps for all five networks, lie back on a comfy pillow in bed with your phone or tablet and binge on TV without ever having to turn the actual television on. You’ll have to watch some ads during the shows on most of the services – that’s what helps pay for running them. Lately, we’re seeing free-to-air networks use their streaming services for more than just mere “catch-up.” There’s first-run shows available on some of them, and libraries of stuff that you can’t access anywhere else, along with behind-the-scenes mini-documentaries about your favourite shows and stars, interviews and more.Īnd the cost? Absolutely free across the board. All five networks have their own catch-up services, which most people access via apps for their TV, streaming device, smartphone or tablet, or directly via the networks’ websites.īut how many programs can you really watch with catch up? Is everything available, or just certain programs? How long are shows available for? Which devices can I watch on? And which apps come out on top? We’ve had a deep dive into the top five best free-to-air streaming apps to give you the answers to all your questions. That’s where “catch-up” streaming comes into the picture. There are so many options it’s impossible to watch them all at once. You’re watching the semi-final of MasterChef but flick over during an ad break to find one of the new extra channels is running The Big Bang Theory marathon or the latest episode of Hard Quiz. That can make it a little daunting to try to keep up with what’s on. But thanks to the opportunity for multiple channels that digital TV brought, a session of channel-surfing these days will have you travelling through a whole bunch of new offerings. Three commercial and two government-funded.
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