Free to Air Streaming Apps

The benefits of streaming apps

The primary benefit is, of course, the ability to tune in to what you want, where you want. Gone are the days of needing to be at home on your couch for the solitary time that your favourite show would air. Find yourself sitting on the train on the way home from work when something you want to watch is on? No problem. Simply tune in on your eligible device and watch it on the go. Prefer to watch it on your big screen? Again, not an issue. With the ability to delve into a huge library of catch-up television – it varies from show to show and network to network, but you can generally find anything from the last couple of episodes to entire series’ of TVs biggest hits – you can simply wait until a time that suits you.

And of course, this flexibility is par for the course in the era of streaming television. With the advent of Netflix and the various other streaming platforms that have popped up in recent years like Amazon Prime Video and BINGE, more and more people are opting to watch their favourite shows on devices other than their television, and the ability to tune in on your own terms, rather than when the TV guide tells you to, is standard fare.

VOD (Video On Demand) has rapidly become a necessity rather than a luxury, and free-to-air streaming apps have had no choice but to keep up. Contributing significantly to this is the demand for sport when and where we want it – Foxtel Now and Kayo Sports have made it possible to stream your favourite sports both live and on demand, meaning if you miss the first bounce of the big game you can simply start from the beginning when you’re ready. With the huge amount of sport available on free-to-air television, this is a major reason why these networks have needed to create apps which enable viewers to do just that, though depending on the broadcast deals there can at times be limited VOD availability for certain sports on free-to-air apps.