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TV Apps on my Sony KD-49XF9005

brsteve20 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:06:02 GMT

Can someone please explain why I have to go through YouView for ITV and Channel 4 apps? I do not have an aerial attached as I used to have Virgin Media but have sent all the equipment back and now only interested in catch-up TV, so I cannot use YouView to tune in as I have seen elsewhere on here. Why can't they be downloaded from Play Store? Tried looking there and they are not available! This is ridiculous!! 😞

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Peter_S. — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:55:13 GMT

Hi Steve,

You should be able to update YouView via Google PlayStore.

However, you need to be signed-in with your Google account to do so.

Cheers

Peter

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brsteve20 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:53:14 GMT

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your reply but that is not the issue I am having. I cannot
understand why they have the ITV and Channel 4 apps but when you click on
them, it takes you into YouView and in order to use this app you need to
have cable or an aerial, and I have neither! It doesn't make sense and I am
not happy about it!

Thank you,

Bruce

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royabrown2 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:45:43 GMT

@brsteve20

Hoshsadiq is your friend....

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brsteve20 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:41:34 GMT

Sorry, please explain. Thank you.

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royabrown2 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:34:25 GMT

xxx

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royabrown2 — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:33:31 GMT

@brsteve20

We have to be elliptical here:-

https://github.com/hoshsadiq/bravia-youview-player-launchers

Nuff said?

Though you do still need to have tuned in the channels, maybe with a room aerial. But you don’t have to leave it connected after that initial tuning.

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brsteve20 — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 08:44:09 GMT

I really appreciate your help and thank you so much for the link. However, I do not have an aerial and my TV is fixed to the wall so I would need to do a lot of faffing about to try this! It would be much simpler if Sony gave us access to the apps! Channel 5 and BBC are accessible, so why not the others? It's just ridiculous! But thanks again for your help. Cheers 🙂

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pajo100 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:51:04 GMT

Sony control what you can get on play store. Get the Itv hub and 4more apps and upload to TV by USB.

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pajo100 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:54:07 GMT

Anyone with a 2015 TV get the now tv app, I see it is on the 2018 model but not on earlier models which Sony have not updated as yet.

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royabrown2 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 07:59:42 GMT

@brsteve20

I am reminded yet again why I love the One Connect box on my Samsung TV; it will be a hard choice next year between another of them and an LG OLED.

2020 Sony sets finally let you have the itv Hub and All4 without having to have YouView, but no-one will tell me if you still have to tune the sets with a terrestrial aerial to get them.

Your best bet then, is to get behind the TV one last time, and install a Roku Stick; this will augment its smarts not just with those two players and no need for an aerial, but with NowTV, if it is not yet on the set itself, Amazon Video, and all manner of other apps.

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brsteve20 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:51:19 GMT

Thank you so much for this - that sounds like a better solution than having to purchase an aerial!

Best wishes, Bruce

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brsteve20 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:52:27 GMT

Thank you for your help. Another solution worth pursuing! 🙂

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brsteve20 — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:54:04 GMT

My TV was purchased in 2018 and the software is up to date but still none of these apps available sadly. Thanks again for your reply.