With Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ raising their prices, many of us are ditching our streaming subscriptions and sticking with free TV. Freeview has been around since 2002, and has many advantages over paid-for services – you don’t need an account, it has loads of channels and it’s available on any TV with an aerial and Freeview receiver. However, it’s also easy to take Freeview for granted and overlook some of its best features. Here, we explain how to make the most of the service.
Ensure you’re getting all Freeview channels
The Freeview channels you get through your TV aerial depend on where you live in the UK. Although Freeview promises “over 100 channels”, this includes ‘+1’ and HD versions of channels and radio stations, so the real figure is
