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LG TVs in the United kingdom are getting Freeview Play once more, bringing the total suite of UK broadcaster catch-up apps like iPlayer, BBC News, BBC Sport, ITV Hub and All iv to bear on the 2021 LG Telly range.

The update ways that every 2021 LG TV, including both OLED and LCD models, will carry the service at launch.

It's a welcome correction after LG failed to renew its license for the service in 2020, meaning a year'south worth of LG TVs – including the BX OLED, CX OLED, and LG Nano90 – were lacking Freeview Play in the UK.

There was something of a mid-year gear up in August 2020, when some select BBC apps came to LG TVs in a firmware update, but it's adept to encounter that half-measure finally brought to completion.

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A press release from LG announced that "Freeview Play gives viewers access to over 95% of the nation'south favourite TV. There's over 30,000 hours of on demand Boob tube, including over 750 box sets, all for free.

"Alongside over 85 live channels, Freeview Play on LG provides nine on demand players; BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All iv, My5, UKTV Play, CBS CatchUp Channels UK, Horror Bites, STV Player, and BBC Sounds."

A press release from the manufacturer stated that "LG Electronics U.k. is pleased to denote that all BBC streaming apps are now alive across its range of 2020 TVs. The BBC iPlayer app will automatically announced in the webOS launcher bar from this calendar week, and BBC News and Sport apps will be available for download via the LG Content Store."

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2021 looks to be a promising year for LG Electronics. There are successors to some of its most popular TVs from last year, with the LG C1 OLED, LG B1 OLED, and even a new entry-level A1 OLED to aid bring down prices farther.

While these sets are yet to release worldwide, the electric current launch price in Due south Korea suggests that the RRP for these sets could be as much equally twenty% below their predecessors too.

Information technology'southward clear that LG has been looking to tidy up some loose ends with its TV range, including fixing its Freeview Play issue, introducing more affordable OLED TVs, and updating its webOS smart platform with a 6th iteration that drastically shakes up the dwelling screen and interface on offer.

Should you buy an LG TV this year? In that location are certainly far fewer reasons not to.

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Henry is a freelance engineering science journalist. Before going freelance, he spent more three years at TechRadar reporting on TVs, projectors and smart speakers as the website's Home Cinema Editor – and has been interviewed live on both BBC World News and Channel News Asia, discussing the future of send and 4K resolution televisions respectively. As a graduate of English Literature and persistent theatre enthusiast, he'll commonly be found forcing Shakespeare puns into his technology articles, which he thinks is what the Bard would take wanted. Bylines also include Border, T3, and Picayune White Lies.

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