News Summary:
On August 26, 2026, Everyone TV planned to discuss a new report from Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates (O&O) at the Edinburgh TV Festival, which highlighted public service broadcasters (PSBs) as responsible for 85% of UK original TV hours and 71% of investment, amidst the growth of global streamers. Earlier that day, the organization published research indicating that PSBs spend approximately £156 million annually on Freeview's terrestrial broadcasts while simultaneously delivering those channels over the internet, suggesting Freely as a solution to this duplication. Previously, on August 20, the BBC, ITV, and Everyone TV supported a new report from The Connected Project, which asserted that the UK’s digital participation is central to growth, public services, and opportunity, with digital transformation potentially saving the government £45 billion annually. On August 17, Freely, the newest free-to-air television platform overseen by Everyone TV, confirmed it now offers 70 live channels, marking a new milestone and positioning it to potentially surpass Freeview. This follows a major outage between August 15 and 16, when a fault on Everyone TV’s side disrupted most of Freely's internet-delivered channels, leaving affected viewers unable to access content beyond BBC channels.
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