AMAZON Fire TV Stick owners can unlock 11 live channels and thousands of hours worth of telly with a UK-only app.
While the Fire Stick – and similar gadgets – are known for hosting endless options for on-demand streaming, certain apps offer live TV.
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These apps even have live TV channel guides, just like your standard aerial based telly.
One example of these apps is UKTV, a UK-only app with all the channels Brits love most, including:
- Alibi
- Dave
- Drama
- Eden
- Gold
- W
- Yesterday
- UKTV Play Heroes
- UKTV Play Laughs
- UKTV Play Full Throttle
- UKTV Play Uncovered
UKTV is available on Fire Sticks and other platforms – such as Samsung smart TVs – as a standalone app.
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But the same channels can also be found inside Amazon’s free telly app Freevee and Pluto TV.
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UKTV Play Heroes features shows on real-life frontline medics and police, with shows like Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, Inside the Ambulance, 999: Rescue Squad, Special Ops: Crime Squad, and Nurses Down Under.
Alongside Dave’s shows like Taskmaster, QI and Gavin and Stacey, UKTV Play Laughs lures in the comedy lovers with shows like Hypothetical, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Judge Romesh and Comedians Giving Lectures.
UKTV Play Full Throttle is for the thrill seekers and engineering buffs with titles like Bangers & Cash, Yianni: Supercar Customiser, Train Truckers, Impossible Railways, Secrets of the London Underground, and Modern Wheels or Classic Steals.
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The broadcasting app throws engineering buffs another bone with UKTV Play Uncovered, home to shows like Abandoned Engineering, Forbidden History, World War 2 From Above and Secret Nazi Bases.
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But remember, you will need a TV licence when watching live TV or if you’re accessing BBC iPlayer.
The TV licence currently costs £159 for a year but very soon it’s going up.
From April, it’ll go up to £169.50, which is an increase of £10.50.
What will happen if I’m caught without a TV licence?
TV Licencing warns you could be prosecuted if they find that you’ve been watching, recording or downloading programmes illegally.
The maximum penalty is a £1,000 fine plus any legal costs and/or compensation you may be ordered to pay.
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