[interestednovice]

These rollouts don't happen overnight though - it's quite common for such things to launch first on a couple of new products and then potentially be rolled out to more models and existing devices - iPlayer took years to be rolled out for example. But then you have the likes of ITVX who rolled out a new version of their player which doesn't work on even relatively new devices, which frankly is inexcusable.

That’s a good point.

They may want to test things out with partner Smart TV manufacturers first, before potentially rolling out Freely boxes and apps to existing devices later once they’ve ironed out any bugs.

It’s easier to test when you are launching new hardware & software in a new, integrated product.

Other versions may come later.