5 Launches 11 Free Streaming Channels On Freely

5 has rolled out 11 new free streaming channels on Freely, Everyone TV’s live and on-demand platform.

The additions sit alongside 5's existing live channels on the service and underline the broadcaster’s strategy to reach viewers as more audiences shift to streaming.

Curated from popular 5 content, the channels are free to watch via the Freely TV guide on supported smart TVs and devices. Freely-enabled sets are available from Hisense, Bush, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sharp, TCL, Amazon Fire TVs and METZ, with streaming boxes from Manhattan and Netgem also supported.

The line-up spans true crime, policing, medical and emergency strands, plus movies, alongside dedicated channels for flagship series such as Police Interceptors, Bargain-Loving Brits and The Yorkshire Vet. Five of the services – 5Movies, 5Medical, 5Yorkshire Vet, 5History and Milkshake! – are exclusive to Freely at launch, and all the new channels are also available on the 5 Streaming platform.

5's VP, Distribution & Business Development, Kiaran Saunders said: “Launching these channels on Freely will help us expand their reach beyond the 5 streaming platform and directly into the homes of our audiences. As more and more people stream TV live, we want to meet audiences where they are with content they care about. These new channels showcase the range and breadth of genres that 5 excels at.

Jonathan Thompson, Everyone TV's CEO, said: "5 is home to a wide range of programmes that audiences love, and these new channels bring even more of that content to Freely, from true crime and films to children’s favourites, with the new Milkshake! channel giving families even more choice to watch over the summer holidays. As more households choose to stream live TV, we're continuing to work with our partners to bring the best of free TV together all in one place, making it easier than ever for audiences to discover and enjoy the programmes they love."

Channel details are as follows: 5Cops (channel 69) features Traffic Cops, Motorway Cops, Police Night Shift 999 and Police Code Zero; 5Police Interceptors (70) runs 24/7 episodes of the hit policing series; 5Movies (77) – exclusive to Freely and 5 Streaming – is the new home of made-for-TV thrillers including Danger Rocks The Cradle, You’ll Never Leave Me, Deadly Surrogacy and A Killer Behind Closed Doors; 5A&E (84) includes 999 Critical Condition, A&E After Dark and Casualty 24/7; 5Crime (85) showcases Rogue Claimers, Call the Bailiffs, Killer at the Crime Scene, 999 Killer on the Line and Making a Serial Killer; 5Medical (107), exclusive to Freely and 5 Streaming, offers GPs Behind Closed Doors, Autopsy, Don’t Tell the Doctor, Plastic Surgery Nightmares and Maternity Ward; 5Yorkshire Vet (108), also exclusive, streams The Yorkshire Vet around the clock; 5Bargain-Loving Brits (118) runs the franchise’s In the Sun, By the Sea and In Blackpool editions 24/7; 5Trucking Hell (119) features Trucking Hell, Outback Truckers and Trucking Heavy; 5History (128), exclusive to Freely and 5 Streaming, includes Inside the Tower of London, Secrets of the Royal Palaces and Walking Wartime Britain; and Milkshake! (360), exclusive with a different schedule from the 6–9am slot on 5, features Fireman Sam, Thomas & Friends, Mimi’s World, Stan and Gran, and The World According to Grandpa.