Free streaming service with 20,000 movies and TV episodes to rival Netflix as it launches in UK today

A rival to Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ has launched in the UK today (2 July), and offers thousands of movies and TV shows you can watch for free.

With millions of Brits spending their hard-earned cash on multiple services every month, this new platform could certainly stir things up in the world of streaming.

The biggest selling point of the platform is that it’s totally free to use, and has content from Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as its own original movies.

It is an ad-supported streaming service, offering a similar service to that of ITVX and Channel 4 online.

Netflix has a new rival - and it's totally free. (Getty Stock Image)

Tubi, as the service is called, has been launched in the UK by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation.

And that name might be familiar to you, as Murdoch is famous for owning The Sun and The Times newspapers.

State side, the platform performs very well.

Tubi claims to have almost 80 million active users every month in the US, and given the country's population is 333 million, that's almost one quarter of all residents.

It has launched for Brits today, with more than 20,000 movies and TV episodes to watch at your fingertips.

The library will include Hollywood films and UK TV series, as well as content from India’s Bollywood and Nigeria’s Nollywood.

Tubi launched in the UK today (2 July). (Tubi)

Movie-boffs will be glad to hear that the Twilight films, starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, horror film Candyman and Tubi original reality series House of Heat are among the current content available to watch.

Hollywood films currently available include Gerard Butler blockbuster Olympus Has Fallen, Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore and The Help.

You can also feast your eyes on popular UK TV shows such as Great British Menu, The Secret History of the British Garden, Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds and Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking.

Anjali Sud, chief executive officer of the streaming service, said: “Tubi has spent the last decade honing our approach to vast, free and fun streaming in North America, and we feel that now is the perfect time to bring that recipe to UK audiences.

“We are launching with one of the largest and most diverse content libraries in the UK, designed to indulge viewers in everything from blockbusters to original stories to hidden gems.

“Most importantly, we’re committed to listening to what resonates with UK fans, and bringing them more and more of what they love.”