Overview
- The new channels—4Reality, 4Homes and 4Life—offer curated slates spanning reality, home and design, and lifestyle, with shows such as Married at First Sight, Grand Designs and The Dog House.
- These channels are exclusive to Freely and are not available on Freeview or Freesat, with availability live nationwide from launch.
- Freely, operated by Everyone TV and backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, streams more than 50 live channels and extensive on‑demand content over broadband without a subscription.
- Everyone TV chief executive Jonathan Thompson highlighted the addition of exclusive Channel 4 streams, while Channel 4’s Grace Boswood said the launch advances the broadcaster’s transformation into a streaming‑focused service.
- Broadcasters and Ofcom have pressed the Government for rules to ensure public service content is easy to find on online platforms as viewing increasingly shifts to internet services.