When you think of EE, you probably associate it with mobile phones and Kevin Bacon ads but it’s rapidly replacing BT and now offers super-fast home broadband and TV.
Not too long ago in July, BT Sports rebranded to TNT Sports and now BT TV has become EE TV.
If you already have BT broadband and BT TV, you should have been contacted and told that your BT TV is going to change to EE TV. You may also have been offered the option to move over to EE broadband and EE TV.
But what does the change mean?
EE TV is BT TV with a new name
You don’t have to switch to EE broadband, but if you do choose to stick to BT you’ll still be swapped over to EE TV.
That’s because BT will now be taking a back seat and offering only standalone broadband and landline services.
It’s really only the name and branding that’s changing: you’ll still be able to watch everything you pay for right now and it’ll still come through your BT TV set top box. The service will simply lose the BT logos and gain EE instead.
EE TV app on Apple TV
One thing that’s new is that you’ll be able to watch everything included in your subscription on an Apple TV 4K box, thanks to the new EE TV app.
This will, according to EE offer a “proper live TV experience” with a programme guide and also include on-demand content just as you get from BT TV today, including Now, Sky Sports, Discovery+ and TNT Sports.
Through the app you can also use other Apple services such as Music, Arcade and Fitness+. Not only that: you’ll be able to control it all using an EE Bluetooth remote control (below).
If you’re an existing customer, then you’ll be able to claim three months of Apple TV+ according to the BT forums . All you need to do is head to the My BT app, select ‘My Products’, then ‘Manage TV and Sport’ and click on Apple TV+ on the ‘Your monthly extras’ section.
New customers can claim up to six months of the streaming service.
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EE TV Box Pro & Mini
If you don’t want an Apple TV, then there’s the option for EE broadband customers to get an EE set-top box instead.
The TV Box Pro is essentially the BT TV Box Pro in a new, recycled plastic shell. That means it can record four channels at once, stream 4K content where it’s available from streaming services and record up to 600 hours of TV.
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There’s also the EE TV Box Mini, which can be used standalone or as a secondary box for multi-room. This can pause, rewind and fast forward TV up to 2 hours, but can’t record. It’s 4K as well and offer the same access to live TV and streaming as the TV Box Pro.
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Both have Wi-Fi so don’t need to be connected to the EE Smart Hub router with a cable.
EE TV: Multi-room for free
Impressively, EE states that customers won’t have to pay extra to watch a service they already pay for in different rooms. That means you can get up to two TV Box Minis in addition to a TV Box Pro (or Apple TV 4K) and watch live or stream in three separate rooms for the same price as having just one box.
Of course, you will need a streaming plan that supports this. For example, Netflix Basic only offers one simultaneous stream.
New customers to EE TV can get one of these Mini Boxes thrown in for free when you take out a TV package and pick either the Apple TV 4K (with EE’s remote) or the EE TV Box Pro – both cost a £30 one-off fee.
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Author: Jim Martin, Executive Editor, Tech Advisor
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