Freeview without an aerial

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Is there a way of getting Freeview without an aerial? My aerial is broken, and my landlord wont pay for repair/replace, and I don't really want to pay either, an indoor aerial is no good.. Is there any way I can use my internet? Legally I may add
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BBC iPlayer - live & catch-up.
ITV Hub - ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITVBe. Live & catch-up
All4 - C4, E4, More4, 47, Walter Presents. Catch-up only.
My5 - C5, 5Spike, 5USA, and a bundle of other channels. Catch-up only.
UKTV Player - Dave, Drama and Yesterday. Catch-up only
Food Network - clips only.
Quest OD - selected catch-up & Live.
Commercial catch-up does not require a TV Licence. iPlayer and commercial live streaming does require a TV Licence.
https://tvplayer.com
I think there are a few types depending on your location. Do a google search there is a Which how to Buy an indoor aerial.
The way I do it at home however is via DLNA streaming, that's local streaming across devices at home. i.e. I have a Smart TV with twin Freeview tuners (currently every Panasonic OLED going and some older Panasonic LED's too). I know this because I have 4 of them around the house. This enables me to watch one of the tuners on the main TV and stream the 2nd tuner to one of my other 3 TV's. Or simply share the channel I'm watching to one of the 3 other TV's which still leaves me with a spare tuner to stream another channel. Basically 3 TV watching live TV at once with only one of them connected to an aerial.
You need a amazon firestick.
Problem is the OP says an indoor ariel is no good.