Last Updated on November 22, 2025 by Tim FitzGerald
The BBC’s Controller of Digital Transition, Helen Burrows, has confirmed that the corporation is “exploring the idea” of building its own UK set-top-box device to support the new broadband-based live TV streaming service, Freely, which until recently lacked any support among existing streaming boxes and sticks.
Is the Beeb fed up with the slow progress of Freely, like its viewers?