Millions of popular TV channels warned will disappear from their boxes TOMORROW
TV viewers have just 24 hours to prepare their children for the disappearance of a beloved children’s channel tomorrow.
However, a new channel from the same network, Narrative Entertainment, will take its place.
Children’s channel Tiny POP is no longer broadcast as a traditional TV channel on all major platforms, ranging from Sky and Virgin to Freeview and Freesat.
The channel is home to shows like Barbie, CoComelon and Sesame Street spinoffs like Elmo’s World.
But from March 20, it will only exist as an online service available on these platforms:
- LG channels
- Net avg
- Samsung TV Plus
- YouTube
- POP player
“Why on earth did you delete your channels,” one mother ranted on Facebook when the move was first announced.
“A very angry little boy who doesn’t understand that we can’t watch it on TV anymore!”
It follows the closure of CITV last year after 17 years on screen, which switched to digital-only via ITVX Kids.
Replacing Tiny POP is, unfortunately for the children, not a channel aimed at seven-year-olds and younger.
Arriving on March 20 is AMAZING! Real, the first channel in the GREAT! Network to broadcast only unscripted content.
Shows will include Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport, Paddington Station 24/7, Island Medics, Emergency Rescue: Air, Land and Sea and Coast Guard Alaska.
It comes as the makers of Freeview and Freesat recently announced plans for the next generation of TV delivered to homes over the internet.
Freely will launch sometime from April this year, built into new smart TVs.
FREE TV APPS
Last year, Narrative Entertainment entered the on-demand streaming space with the red button AWESOME! Player.
The big! Player hosts numerous free ad-supported television channels (FAST) for viewers who have left paid streaming apps.
And it’s not the only one on your television.
As streaming giants Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video raise prices and put previously free features behind paywalls, more and more people are turning to FAST apps.
FAST apps available in the UK include:
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