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Apple TV Australia free to air (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by ZBS93@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Hey there, Wondering if anyone from Australia has used Apple TV to watch free to air. Can you comment what your experience has been like?

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[–] my-sims-are-slobs@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You can’t hook up an antenna but you can install ABC SBS 10 9 7 apps onto the apple box to watch. Has live feeds of their channel + on-demand. You might need to sign up for accounts for a few of them which is annoying.

If your television has an antenna input you could use the antenna and Apple TV in tandem so you can get your local channels w/out using any Internet data/speed on antenna, and streaming from Internet on the apple.

[–] ms_mccartey94@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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[–] SpringwoodJohnny@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

All the networks have apps that run on Apple TV.
They include live FTA streams plus on demand streams.

[–] OneSharpSuit@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It’s not a tuner, but as long as you have the bandwidth and data allowance for it, streaming through the apps works fine 95% of the time. Just be prepared for a lot of repeats of the same ads, and very occasionally a live sports event will be missing.