What’s on Apple TV in the UK – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
The biggest disappointment for anyone with an Apple TV in the UK had been the sheer disregard that the UK channels had paid to it, with the exception of the BBC, which made iPlayer available as an app for the 4th generation Apple TV in December 2015. Back then no other UK channel had built an app for the Apple TV, but luckily that’s no longer the case.
[If you want to read about the shows coming with Apple TV+ read this: What’s on Apple TV+.]Most of the TV channels in the UK have an On Demand app that you can download from the Apple TV app store. Most recently, All4’s On Demand app has arrived. We look at the best entertainment apps on the Apple TV here.
In addition to the various TV-related apps you can get on the Apple TV, in January 2018 Apple launched the TV app for the Apple TV (and the iPhone and iPad – read about that here How to use the TV app on iPhone and iPad in the UK). (The app launched in the US a little earlier).
Now you can use the TV app to search Netflix, Amazon Prime, ITVHub, My5 and more. The TV app makes it easier to find where a particular show or film is being shown, and means you can choose to watch a version that is free, either because it’s in one of the services you subscribe to, or because it’s been aired on UK TV recently and is in the relevant on demand app.
Apple has announced that it will be updating the TV app in May 2019 to include Channels – which will be on demand streaming services you can register for and watch within the TV app. We’ll look at what these Channels might be in the UK below.
We also have more information about what’s available for Apple TV in the UK below. And here’s our wishlist of new features we hope will come in tvOS 13.
Which Channels do I get on Apple TV?
Not all the UK on-demand channels are available to search via the TV app on the Apple TV, and neither are all the UK content services. However, many services and on-demand channels are available as a stand-alone app on the Apple TV.
Now TV is a prime example of this – the app is available for Apple TV but you won’t see it in the TV app.
Also missing from both the Apple TV and the TV app is UKTV Play.
When the new Channels feature launches in Apple’s TV app later in 2019 we will see if any of these TV channels become Channels in the TV app – with users being able to sign up and subscribe via their Apple account, and watch the content wihtout leaving the TV app.
Below we compare what Apple TV offers compared to some of the wide range of TV set top boxes…
https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/whats-on-apple-tv-in-uk-3694248/
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