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BBC Alba HD
, BBC Four HD, BBC Parliament, BBC Three HD 
, CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, ITV 1 (SD) , ITV 2, ITV3, ITV4ITV is provided in the Border area of Scotland, not STV
Which TV channels are on most services?
Not on Freeview Light
4seven, E4 Extra, Gems TV, ITV4 +1, Jewellery Maker, QVC, QVC2
Can't watch online
5SELECT, BBC Two HD, Channel 4 +1, Channel 4 HD, Channel 5 HD, ITV 1 HD
, ITV1 +1 
, ITVBe, STV HD , UTV +1 , UTV HD Freeview Light, Full Freeview, Sky (no card), Watch online
BBC Four
, CBBC, CBeebies, Channel 4 (SD) Freeview Light, Full Freeview, Freesat, Watch online
BBC Scotland HD
, E4, Film4, More4E4 is not on Freeview Light in Wales
Which TV channels are on three services?
Channels on Full Freeview, Freesat, Sky (no card)
5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Create & Craft, DMAX, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GB News, HGTV, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, Legend, LEGEND XTRA, NHK WORLD, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Revelation TV, Sky Mix, Talking Pictures TV, TJC, Together TV
, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&DramaChannels on Freeview Light, Full Freeview, Watch online
BBC Four (Scotland SD)
, BBC News, BBC One (SD), BBC Three, BBC TwoChannels on Freesat, Sky (no card), Watch online
BBC News HD, QVC Style
Channels on Freeview Light, Full Freeview, Freesat
BBC One HD, Channel 4 HD (Wales)
, E4 +1Channels on Full Freeview, Sky (no card), Watch online
BBC Scotland SD
Channels on Freeview Light, Full Freeview, Sky (no card)
Channel 5, STV (SD)
, STV+1 , TBN UK, UTV (SD) Channels on Full Freeview, Freesat, Watch online
Sky News
Which TV channels are on two services?
Channels on both Full Freeview and Sky (no card)
&UYesterday +1, Channel 4 (Wales)
, EarthxTV, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, GREAT! tv, GREAT! tv +1, Ideal World, Pop, POP MAX, Rok, TalkTV, That's 90s, That's TV (UK), That's TV 2, That's TV 2 MCR, Tiny Pop, TV Warehouse , U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1Channel 4 appears at position 8 only on Freeview in Wales
Channels on both Sky (no card) and Watch online
4Music, FreeSports, Ideal World Extra, Kerrang! TV, Kiss (TV), Magic (TV), The Box
Channels on both Freesat and Sky (no card)
5STAR +1, 5USA +1, More4 +1, Quest Red +1, TJC Beauty, TRUE CRIME 1
Channels on both Freesat and Watch online
E4 (Wales)
E4 is not on Freeview Light in Wales only
Channels on both Full Freeview and Watch online
LONDON LIVE, Notts TV
Channels on both Full Freeview and Freesat
Quest, Sky Arts, Sonlife TV, U&W, U&Yesterday
Channels on both Freeview Light and Full Freeview
That’s 60s
Which TV channels are on just one service?
Channels just on Sky (no card)
&W +1, A1 TV, Aaj Tak, Aastha, Ahlebait TV, Ahlulbayt TV, Akaal Channel, Arise News, Arise Play, ARY Digital, ARY World, ATN Bangla, Brit Asia TV, British Muslim TV, Channel 7 (Ghana), Channel S, Clubland TV
, Court TV, CRAFT EXTRA , Cruise 1st TV, Deen TV, Dunamis TV, Dunya News, Eman Channel, EuroNews English, EWTN, Faith, Faith World TV, Foodxp, Geo, Geo News International, GoodNews TV, Great! Movies Action 1 , Heart 80s, Heart 90s, HGTV +1, Hidayat TV, High Street TV 1, High Street TV 2, High Street TV 3, High Street TV 4, Hum Masala, Hum TV, Ion TV, Iqra Bangla, Iqra TV, Iran International HD, Islam Channel Urdu, Islam TV, Kanshi TV, KICC TV, Loveworld TV HD, Madani Channel English, MATV Channel, MTA 1, NDTV 24x7, New Media HD, Noor TV, Now 90s , NTD, NTV, Phoenix CNE, Pitaara International, Pop +1 , POP MAX +1, Primal Living, Psychic Today, PTC Punjabi, PTV Global, Quest HD, Sangat TV, Sanskar TV, SBN International, Sikh Channel, Sky News Arabia, Smithsonian Channel, SportyStuff TV HD, Takbeer TV, The Word Network, Tiny Pop +1 , Trace Hits, Travelxp HD, TV One, TVC News Nigeria, UK 44, WION HDChannels just on Full Freeview
3ABN, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera Eng, Alaraby Network, AlJazeera Arabic, AmazingDiscoveries, Asharq News, Asharq News #2, Bay TV Clwyd, Bay TV Liverpool, Bay TV Swansea, Big Centre TV, Blaze +1, Cambridge Presents, Channelbox, Estuary TV Doncaster, Estuary TV York, FailArmy, God TV, HobbyMaker, ITVBe +1, Ketchup Too, Ketchup TV, Latest TV, Made in Bristol, Made in Cardiff, Made in Leeds, Made in Teesside, Made in Tyne and Wear, Mustard, Newsmax, NvTv, Pet Collective, Pop Player, Real Crime, Rok Sky +1, RTÉ One
, RTÉ Two , Sheffield Live, Shots!, SonLife, STV Edinburgh, STV Glasgow, TCC , TG4 , That's 60s MCR , That's 80s , That's 90s MCR , That's Berkshire, That's Lancashire, That's Manchester, That's Oxford, That's Salisbury, That's Solent, That's Surrey, The York Channel, Together TV +1, TV Warehouse+1 , UK RADIO PORTAL, WildEarth, YAAAS!RTE TV channels can be received only in Northern Ireland
Channels just on Watch online
4seven HD, Box Upfront, Capital TV
, CITV, Fitness TV, Heart TV , Irish TV, QVC +1, QVC HD, Showcase 3, Smash Hits TVSunday, 27 June 2021
The LG TV just gets text on channel 100. I haven't tried 555, as I'm currently watching the Toshiba TV in my bedroom. It gets the various links you describe on channel 100. On 555 the Toshiba gets a message that the accessible TV is starting soon.
Is Amazon Fire better than Chromecast? However, I don't know if Amazon Fire supports Britbox and Discovery+.
I'll try and find a mirroring app that works.
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Monday, 28 June 2021
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Chris.SE2:48 AM
Charles Stuart:
If you have HbbTV turned on, then Channels 100 & 555 should display correctly on the LG.
There are quite a few sets, your Toshiba is obviously one, that don't fully support Freeview Play and HbbTV and it's an oddity that such sets display 100 correctly but not 555, I have yet to discover why.
I'm afraid I can't help regarding Amazon Fire & Chromecast.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021
With Hbb turned on 555 and 100 do work on the LG. Britbox still doesn't. I downloaded a free mirroring app but I couldn't get it to work. I phoned Britbox to see what they recommended and the customer service agent who took the call gave me the personal recommendation of using an Amazon Firestick. I bought the cheapest version at John Lewis (which was even cheaper because I work for Waitrose) and it works brilliantly.
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Chris.SE6:09 PM
Charles Stuart:
Well I'm glad you've got it resolved and thanks for the update, that's useful info.
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