Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK public service broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5). The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Freesat offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a broadly similar selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Freesat
- Company.logo
- File:Freesat logo.svg
- Company.type
- Joint venture
- Company.industry
- Satellite television
- Company.products
- Direct broadcast satellite, pay television, pay-per-view
- Company.location
- United Kingdom
- Company.owner
- Everyone TV
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Move to free-to-air
- Managed service
- Launch channels
- High-definition
- Regional variations
- Recent launches
- Video on demand
- Reception equipment
- Receivers
- Televisions
- Satellite dish
- Ireland
- Outside the UK and Ireland
- Technical details
- Adoption
- See also
- References
- External links
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK public service broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5). The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Freesat offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a broadly similar selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver.
The service also makes use of the additional capacity available on satellite broadcasting to offer a selection of 60 () high-definition channels from broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky Mix, Arirang TV, Bloomberg, Daystar, Discovery Networks, France 24, NHK, and TRT World.