Reluctant to move from Freesat

MyRealNameToo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82129256#Comment_82129256

But with deeper integration with the TV, if its built in, it can be the source for the TV guide and operate like arial/satellite TV rather than being an app you have to explicitly go into

J_B

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82129256#Comment_82129256

So, with poor rural internet it will be a worse experience?

mta999

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82126851#Comment_82126851

Broadcast TV over the air is a one-to-many i.e you have one transmitter and many receivers - you could have a million or a hundred million TVs receiving the signal

internet TV is a one to one i.e the server has to individually serve each TV connected to a network - (each extra tv requires extra bandwidth) and is more environmentally costly

This is particularly true with large events so for example if everybody watches the World Cup final, the Kings Christmas message, Coronation Street, Traitors or even the news - broadcast TV is more efficient

Less so obviously for niche programmes

wongataa

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82130066#Comment_82130066

If your internet connection is slow enough not to cope with a TV stream then yes.

PHK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82130082#Comment_82130082

This is not correct. Freely and iPlayer live TV. Broadcast over the internet (one to many using your language). They utilise regional hubs.

Andy_L

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82130689#Comment_82130689

AIUI neither freely or iPlayer use multicast streaming. They plan to but its work in progress

Oldgeek

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82126851#Comment_82126851

Freely uses more resources than terrestrial TV; google for details.

poseidon1

I hoping that the switching off of freeview will be kicked into the long grass around 2040 -

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/28/the-bbc-proposal-to-switch-off-freeview-is-a-threat-to-its-universal-service

I have a hard drive linked up to my LG TV that records the freeview channels that interest me (mostly Quest at the moment and occasionally Film 4).

Transitioning to exclusively Internet broadcasting of channels will kill my ability to record programs, especially when I am away abroad.

dnpark38

@Oldgeek

Remember the frequencies used by Freeview are wanted for other purposes such as mobile phones.