LG’s 2021 TVs will support Freeview Play

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The UK's core catch up services were frustratingly missing from last year’s LG TVs

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LG has struck a deal for its 2021 TVs to come with Freeview Play support, meaning that every model will have the full complement of catch-up apps that UK users expect, including BBC iPlayer, BBC News, BBC Sport, ITV Hub, All 4 and My5.

The news is a welcome return to normality after LG and Freeview Play took a break from one another last year, leaving LG's otherwise excellent 2020 OLEDs without any of the major catch-up apps at launch.

The South Korean company has since been playing catch up, working on a fix for disappointed customers, but the pace has been glacial with BBC iPlayer, BBC News and BBC Sport added 4 months after launch and ITV Hub coming to select models only at the end of last year. There's still no update on when (or even if) these 2020 TVs will get All 4 or My5. 

“Alongside over 85 live channels, Freeview Play on LG provides nine on-demand players; BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, UKTV Play, CBS CatchUp Channels UK, Horror Bites, STV Player, and BBC Sounds”.

With the launch of some of LG's most anticipated 2021 OLED, QNED Mini LED and NanoCell 4K TVs around the corner, the company seems keen to give users plenty of reasons to buy. 

Mary Stone

Mary is a staff writer at What Hi-Fi? and has over a decade of experience working as a sound engineer mixing live events, music and theatre. Her mixing credits include productions at The National Theatre and in the West End, as well as original musicals composed by Mark Knopfler, Tori Amos, Guy Chambers, Howard Goodall and Dan Gillespie Sells.