From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

On 13/06/2025 13:14, MikeS wrote:

Freely presently relies on using an HbbTV OpApp which Roku have agreed
to incorporate into their TV OS. I doubt Feely [sic] will appear on Roku sticks in the near future.

The RokuOS for the TVs and the sticks, soundbars, etc. is all the same underneath. There are different versions for different ones, but it's
just a port of the same code onto a different platform.

Andy
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From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

On 20/06/2025 20:55, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 13/06/2025 13:14, MikeS wrote:

Freely presently relies on using an HbbTV OpApp which Roku have agreed
to incorporate into their TV OS. I doubt Feely [sic] will appear on
Roku sticks in the near future.

The RokuOS for the TVs and the sticks, soundbars, etc. is all the same underneath. There are different versions for different ones, but it's
just a port of the same code onto a different platform.

So you are saying that existing Roku sticks support HbbTV which is the
basis of the current Freely app?

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From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

On 22/06/2025 11:54, MikeS wrote:

On 20/06/2025 20:55, Vir Campestris wrote:

On 13/06/2025 13:14, MikeS wrote:

Freely presently relies on using an HbbTV OpApp which Roku have
agreed to incorporate into their TV OS. I doubt Feely [sic] will
appear on Roku sticks in the near future.

The RokuOS for the TVs and the sticks, soundbars, etc. is all the same
underneath. There are different versions for different ones, but it's
just a port of the same code onto a different platform.

So you are saying that existing Roku sticks support HbbTV which is the
basis of the current Freely app?

I'm saying that they have pretty much the same software on the sticks as
the TVs - and they are forever shipping updates.

Though when I look at

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV>

it says inter alia

"To watch hybrid digital TV, consumers will need a hybrid IPTV set-top
box or Smart TV with a range of input connectors, including Ethernet as
well as at least one tuner for receiving broadcast TV signals."

And it looks as though non of the sticks available in the UK have tuners.

<https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/players>

Andy
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