BSKYB HAD APPROX 17% STAKE IN ITV BUT HAS BEEN TOLD BY THE COMPETITION COMMISSION IT HAS TO SELL ITS STAKE AND REDUCE ITS HOLDING TO APPROX 7%.
THE COMMISSION SAYS ITS ORIGINAL 17% WAS NOT GOOD FOR GENERAL TV COMPETITION, WILL THIS HAVE A BEARING ON ITV/BBC FREESAT, ONLY TIME WILL TELL?
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
MPG WINS FREESAT CONTRACT TO PROVIDE MEDIA ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
MPG THE MEDIA GIANT WINS CONTRACT FOR FREESAT DIGITAL/HD TV TO PROVIDE MEDIA ADVERTISING.
It has been reported in the last few days the the very well known media group called MEDIA PLANNING GROUP or MPG has won the contract after stiff competition from MINDSHARE MEDIA another well known Media Company that looks after the TV interests of ITV.
MPG won the contract to inform the UK population that may have proplems receiving free-to-air Digital TV Signals, there are an estimated 27% that are outside that UK coverage area and also to provide an alternative for people who has no interest in subscribing to any form of PAY TV Contracts the BBC,ITV FREESAT TV will offer its 200+ TV and Radio FREESAT Channels free of charges for ever from the same satellite as FREESATFROMSKY Service currently uses, the service is due to start in the Spring of 2008, this FRESSAT HDTV BLOG from BLOGGER.COM will keep you fully updated of all new FREESAT TV developments now and in the years ahead.
It has been reported in the last few days the the very well known media group called MEDIA PLANNING GROUP or MPG has won the contract after stiff competition from MINDSHARE MEDIA another well known Media Company that looks after the TV interests of ITV.
MPG won the contract to inform the UK population that may have proplems receiving free-to-air Digital TV Signals, there are an estimated 27% that are outside that UK coverage area and also to provide an alternative for people who has no interest in subscribing to any form of PAY TV Contracts the BBC,ITV FREESAT TV will offer its 200+ TV and Radio FREESAT Channels free of charges for ever from the same satellite as FREESATFROMSKY Service currently uses, the service is due to start in the Spring of 2008, this FRESSAT HDTV BLOG from BLOGGER.COM will keep you fully updated of all new FREESAT TV developments now and in the years ahead.
Saturday, 26 January 2008
FREESAT TO DELIVER CLASSIC FM IN STUNNING HIGH DEFINITION.
FREESAT CHANNELS REPORTED BY BBC AND ITV ARE PLENTIFUL INCLUDING LOTS OF RADIO CHANNELS AND NOT FORGETTING BROADBAND
ABILITY FROM ASTRA ON THE SAME SATELLITE.
I THINK WE CAN CONFIDENTLY PREDICT THAT CLASSIC FM TV WILL BE ONE OF THE FLAGSHIP CHANNELS TO BE BROADCAST IN THE FREESAT
LINE UP IN VIBRANT STATE OF THE ART HIGH DEFINITION (HD). THIS CHANNEL IS ALREADY SHOWING FREE TO AIR ON SATELLITE AND SO IT COMES
AS NO SURPRISE THAT IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE LINE UP.
2007 SAW CLASSIC FM NAMED UK STATION OF THE YEAR AT THE SONY AWARDS AND WITH SO MANY EUROPEANS AND EX PATS LOVING THIS
CHANNEL IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE WITH US FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THE OLD FUDDY DUDDY IDEA OF BORING OBSCURE CLASSICAL MUSIC WHICH CAUSED MANY TO CHANGE CHANNELS HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED
WITH VISUALLY PLEASING CONCERTS AND SOLO PERFORMANCES FROM SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD WHICH AUTOMATICALLY
MAKES CLASSIC FM INTERNATIONALLY PLEASING AND SOUGHT AFTER. ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC FM NAME IS USED THE CHANNEL HAS
LEAPT STRAIGHT INTO THE PRESENT WITH ALL TYPES OF MUSIC FOR ALL AGES, BUT CLEVERLY MAINTAINING THAT CLASSIC FM AGENDA.
ABILITY FROM ASTRA ON THE SAME SATELLITE.
I THINK WE CAN CONFIDENTLY PREDICT THAT CLASSIC FM TV WILL BE ONE OF THE FLAGSHIP CHANNELS TO BE BROADCAST IN THE FREESAT
LINE UP IN VIBRANT STATE OF THE ART HIGH DEFINITION (HD). THIS CHANNEL IS ALREADY SHOWING FREE TO AIR ON SATELLITE AND SO IT COMES
AS NO SURPRISE THAT IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE LINE UP.
2007 SAW CLASSIC FM NAMED UK STATION OF THE YEAR AT THE SONY AWARDS AND WITH SO MANY EUROPEANS AND EX PATS LOVING THIS
CHANNEL IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE WITH US FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THE OLD FUDDY DUDDY IDEA OF BORING OBSCURE CLASSICAL MUSIC WHICH CAUSED MANY TO CHANGE CHANNELS HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED
WITH VISUALLY PLEASING CONCERTS AND SOLO PERFORMANCES FROM SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD WHICH AUTOMATICALLY
MAKES CLASSIC FM INTERNATIONALLY PLEASING AND SOUGHT AFTER. ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL CLASSIC FM NAME IS USED THE CHANNEL HAS
LEAPT STRAIGHT INTO THE PRESENT WITH ALL TYPES OF MUSIC FOR ALL AGES, BUT CLEVERLY MAINTAINING THAT CLASSIC FM AGENDA.
Thursday, 24 January 2008
DIGITAL TV AMERICAN STYLE.
Freesat TV enthusiasts will find it no surprise that the digital switch over is becoming Global. This report from the NEW YORK TIMES today.
WHILE people like to complain that there is nothing to watch on television, about 21 million American households may find that literally true in February 2009. On the 17th of that month, most TV stations will quit broadcasting analog TV signals over the air, and older sets will go blank.
But remarkably, half of the country does not realize a changeover is coming, according to a survey by the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing.
And despite advertising that proposes cable TV as the remedy for a dark screen, cable viewers with older sets — 40 million of them, according to the Federal Communications Commission — will be given a reprieve but not immunity. Three years after the over-the-air change, cable customers with analog sets could see the same blank screen. (By that time, most analog sets would be ancient.) The picture isn’t entirely bleak for old sets. There are simple steps consumers with old TVs can take to ensure that “American Idol” is still on their screen next February.
But consumers ready to make the transition may have a hard time learning how to prepare. After seeing ads about the conversion on television, Dale Hazelton, a former creative director at a direct response marketing firm living in New Hampton, N.Y., decided he wanted to keep watching free over-the-air TV. So he replaced his 20-year-old analog TV with a digital L.C.D. screen and bought a rooftop antenna that could receive over-the-air digital signals, all for about $700.
Mr. Hazelton’s antenna pulls in more than twice as many New York metro area stations as he used to get, all of them with a digital picture and 5.1 surround sound. The picture quality? “It’s unbelievable,” he said.
He had to do his research online, because he found a lot of misinformation in stores. “I went into RadioShack to get the UHF antenna and they said, ‘If you buy this, you know it won’t work next year.’ The guy had no clue. He said, ‘When TV goes digital, you have to have cable.’ I told them, ‘You really need to learn about the stuff you’re selling.’ ”
A RadioShack spokesman, Charles Hodges, said the salesman may have been a new hire who had not received the training on digital TV that is required for all employees.
Drawing the public’s attention to the changeover has not been easy. Although government agencies, cable providers and broadcasters have promised to contribute what they say is $900 million worth of educational advertising, many people stop listening when they hear “DTV.” They think it is a sales pitch for premium cable service or for high-definition TV, said a Best Buy spokesman, Brian Lucas. “I think it’s the kind of thing that it takes four or five times before people understand it applies to them,” he said.
To receive digital signals, a TV must have a digital tuner. Digital tuners were first required in some TVs beginning in 1998, but they weren’t required in all TVs until last year. Still, sets with analog-only receivers can still be found in stores.
The first step is figuring out whether your TV has a digital receiver. If you bought your TV before 1998, it is almost certainly not digital. For any TV after that, check the manual under specifications for the tuner. If it says “ATSC,” it is digital. If it says “NTSC,” it is analog. Some TVs have both.
If you don’t have a manual, sometimes “ATSC” or “NTSC” is marked on the back of the TV. Or if your TV has a setup mode that automatically seeks channels, switch it on and see if it asks “analog or digital.” If it does, your TV is digital.
If yours is one of the 21 million American households that the Government Accountability Office says has an analog TV, you are not forced to replace it. You could buy a converter box. The government, underwriting the cost of a converter box to let analog TVs play digital broadcasts, is giving out 33.5 million $40 coupons that would reduce the price of eligible converter boxes, expected to cost $50 to $70 after the discount. (Sorry, there are no coupons for TVs.)
The perseverant consumer can download a coupon application at www.dtv2009.gov or call 888-388-2009. The hearing impaired can call 877-530-2634 for English or 866-495-1161 for Spanish. The applications may also be found in some stores and public libraries.
In focus groups, over-the-air TV viewers showed an inclination to wait until the last minute to buy converter boxes, said Todd Sedmak, a spokesman for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is running the coupon program. “This older gent stuck in my mind,” Mr. Sedmak said, because he was going to wait until next year. “He said: ‘Feb. 16, I am going down to Wally World, I am buying a new TV and a new converter box.’ ” The converter would allow him to keep using the old TV.
But that gentleman risks a blank box on the 18th, unless he wants to pay full price for the converter. Coupons are limited in number, and they are first-come, first-served, up to two per household.
Also of note to procrastinators: once issued, the coupons expire in 90 days.
The converter boxes are just beginning to show up in stores, although they are still hard to find. The government says they should be available in about 15,000 outlets nationwide, and it has set up a Web site, www.dtv2009.gov/VendorSearch.aspx, to list those stores. But this week it was unable to find one within 50 miles of San Francisco or Manhattan. What about those 40 million cable TV viewers who have older analog sets? The cable companies have agreed to continue to broadcast the programs required by law in both analog and digital until 2012. The F.C.C. will reassess the agreement in 2011. It can drop the requirement at that time, keep the 2012 deadline or extend it.
There is no consensus on how the industry will handle the changeover, said Brian Dietz, spokesman for the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. People with analog sets will need a new set-top cable box. The question will be whether cable companies give them out, sell them, rent them to users or tell customers to go to a store and find their own. “It’s up to the individual carriers,” Mr. Dietz said.
Some cable companies are already making the leap to all digital, like Bend Broadband in Bend, Ore. It has committed itself to supply all qualifying customers with a converter, free through 2008. “With the digital conversion we will do, everyone will have a set-top box,” said Amy Tykeson, the chief executive of Bend Broadband. The change will free bandwidth for other services, like high-definition channels, phone and faster Internet, she said.
Verizon Fios, a fiber optic service offering pay TV, phone and high-speed Internet, stopped providing analog signals to new customers this month. For existing analog customers, that signal will be phased out. Customers can still use analog TVs with a converter box. Verizon may supply qualifying customers with one free converter and additional converters for $3.99 a month, although Sharon Cohen-Hagar, a Verizon spokeswoman, said terms of the offer were still being worked out.
Satellite service subscribers fare a bit better. Their systems are already all digital but work with analog TVs. “Our customers made the digital transition 13 years ago,” said Robert Mercer, director of public relations for DirecTV. “They are all set.”
WHILE people like to complain that there is nothing to watch on television, about 21 million American households may find that literally true in February 2009. On the 17th of that month, most TV stations will quit broadcasting analog TV signals over the air, and older sets will go blank.
But remarkably, half of the country does not realize a changeover is coming, according to a survey by the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing.
And despite advertising that proposes cable TV as the remedy for a dark screen, cable viewers with older sets — 40 million of them, according to the Federal Communications Commission — will be given a reprieve but not immunity. Three years after the over-the-air change, cable customers with analog sets could see the same blank screen. (By that time, most analog sets would be ancient.) The picture isn’t entirely bleak for old sets. There are simple steps consumers with old TVs can take to ensure that “American Idol” is still on their screen next February.
But consumers ready to make the transition may have a hard time learning how to prepare. After seeing ads about the conversion on television, Dale Hazelton, a former creative director at a direct response marketing firm living in New Hampton, N.Y., decided he wanted to keep watching free over-the-air TV. So he replaced his 20-year-old analog TV with a digital L.C.D. screen and bought a rooftop antenna that could receive over-the-air digital signals, all for about $700.
Mr. Hazelton’s antenna pulls in more than twice as many New York metro area stations as he used to get, all of them with a digital picture and 5.1 surround sound. The picture quality? “It’s unbelievable,” he said.
He had to do his research online, because he found a lot of misinformation in stores. “I went into RadioShack to get the UHF antenna and they said, ‘If you buy this, you know it won’t work next year.’ The guy had no clue. He said, ‘When TV goes digital, you have to have cable.’ I told them, ‘You really need to learn about the stuff you’re selling.’ ”
A RadioShack spokesman, Charles Hodges, said the salesman may have been a new hire who had not received the training on digital TV that is required for all employees.
Drawing the public’s attention to the changeover has not been easy. Although government agencies, cable providers and broadcasters have promised to contribute what they say is $900 million worth of educational advertising, many people stop listening when they hear “DTV.” They think it is a sales pitch for premium cable service or for high-definition TV, said a Best Buy spokesman, Brian Lucas. “I think it’s the kind of thing that it takes four or five times before people understand it applies to them,” he said.
To receive digital signals, a TV must have a digital tuner. Digital tuners were first required in some TVs beginning in 1998, but they weren’t required in all TVs until last year. Still, sets with analog-only receivers can still be found in stores.
The first step is figuring out whether your TV has a digital receiver. If you bought your TV before 1998, it is almost certainly not digital. For any TV after that, check the manual under specifications for the tuner. If it says “ATSC,” it is digital. If it says “NTSC,” it is analog. Some TVs have both.
If you don’t have a manual, sometimes “ATSC” or “NTSC” is marked on the back of the TV. Or if your TV has a setup mode that automatically seeks channels, switch it on and see if it asks “analog or digital.” If it does, your TV is digital.
If yours is one of the 21 million American households that the Government Accountability Office says has an analog TV, you are not forced to replace it. You could buy a converter box. The government, underwriting the cost of a converter box to let analog TVs play digital broadcasts, is giving out 33.5 million $40 coupons that would reduce the price of eligible converter boxes, expected to cost $50 to $70 after the discount. (Sorry, there are no coupons for TVs.)
The perseverant consumer can download a coupon application at www.dtv2009.gov or call 888-388-2009. The hearing impaired can call 877-530-2634 for English or 866-495-1161 for Spanish. The applications may also be found in some stores and public libraries.
In focus groups, over-the-air TV viewers showed an inclination to wait until the last minute to buy converter boxes, said Todd Sedmak, a spokesman for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is running the coupon program. “This older gent stuck in my mind,” Mr. Sedmak said, because he was going to wait until next year. “He said: ‘Feb. 16, I am going down to Wally World, I am buying a new TV and a new converter box.’ ” The converter would allow him to keep using the old TV.
But that gentleman risks a blank box on the 18th, unless he wants to pay full price for the converter. Coupons are limited in number, and they are first-come, first-served, up to two per household.
Also of note to procrastinators: once issued, the coupons expire in 90 days.
The converter boxes are just beginning to show up in stores, although they are still hard to find. The government says they should be available in about 15,000 outlets nationwide, and it has set up a Web site, www.dtv2009.gov/VendorSearch.aspx, to list those stores. But this week it was unable to find one within 50 miles of San Francisco or Manhattan. What about those 40 million cable TV viewers who have older analog sets? The cable companies have agreed to continue to broadcast the programs required by law in both analog and digital until 2012. The F.C.C. will reassess the agreement in 2011. It can drop the requirement at that time, keep the 2012 deadline or extend it.
There is no consensus on how the industry will handle the changeover, said Brian Dietz, spokesman for the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. People with analog sets will need a new set-top cable box. The question will be whether cable companies give them out, sell them, rent them to users or tell customers to go to a store and find their own. “It’s up to the individual carriers,” Mr. Dietz said.
Some cable companies are already making the leap to all digital, like Bend Broadband in Bend, Ore. It has committed itself to supply all qualifying customers with a converter, free through 2008. “With the digital conversion we will do, everyone will have a set-top box,” said Amy Tykeson, the chief executive of Bend Broadband. The change will free bandwidth for other services, like high-definition channels, phone and faster Internet, she said.
Verizon Fios, a fiber optic service offering pay TV, phone and high-speed Internet, stopped providing analog signals to new customers this month. For existing analog customers, that signal will be phased out. Customers can still use analog TVs with a converter box. Verizon may supply qualifying customers with one free converter and additional converters for $3.99 a month, although Sharon Cohen-Hagar, a Verizon spokeswoman, said terms of the offer were still being worked out.
Satellite service subscribers fare a bit better. Their systems are already all digital but work with analog TVs. “Our customers made the digital transition 13 years ago,” said Robert Mercer, director of public relations for DirecTV. “They are all set.”
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
BBC FREESAT MAKING THE NEWS WITH HOW MUCH FREESAT WILL COST FOR SET UP!
The BBC is now in the news with the PA reporting that the UK Parliament Members are very unhappy with the BBC Trust for not disclosing how much money it has set aside for the launch of its free HDTV service.
It has also opened the door as to the cost of the FREESAT, HD DIGITAL BOX and INSTALLATION is expected to be £180 fixed price which is as Cheap As Chips and possibly the best bargain of 2008 thus far!
It has also opened the door as to the cost of the FREESAT, HD DIGITAL BOX and INSTALLATION is expected to be £180 fixed price which is as Cheap As Chips and possibly the best bargain of 2008 thus far!
FREESAT FROM THE SKY TO DELIVER BEIJING OLYMPICS, EURO 2008 FOOTBALL GAMES IN HD.
Great News FREESAT viewers will have a great opportunity to see just how good the new service will be when both massive world sporting events take place this year during the Beijing Olympics and all of the Euro 2008 football matches all on the crystal clear HD quality from the BBC HD Channel, what a perfect way to begin the FREESAT HDTV Start up!
Sunday, 20 January 2008
ASTRA 3B TO FREE UP MORE SPACE FOR HD FREESAT CHANNELS!
Good news, when the ASTRA 3B Satellite Bird launches at the end of 2009 it will allow more Top quality HDTV Channels to join the BBC, ITV FREESAT Pacakage of FREE-TO-AIR TV Channels already on ASTRA 2D the FREESAT European TV Satellite of Choice, starting around April 2008.
Friday, 18 January 2008
FREESAT TV - BBC ITV FREESAT TV, WHO KNOWS ABOUT IT?
Aberdeen Website Design, yesterday carried out a little straw poll on the question of the new BBC FREE FREESAT HDTV service that has a launch date set for the Spring of 2008.
The results are quite frankly very surprising, out of the four hundred or so people we asked in and around the Aberdeen area no one knew this new service was even planned!
More surprising still was the fact no one that has a professional or potential commercial interest in this, what will be a massive UK & European project also knew nothing about this new FREESAT TV SERVICE by the ITV, BBC!
We at Domain Holdings / Aberdeen Website Design have many FREESAT Websites covering most aspects of what this new service may provide in the future and we will help to promote this project through hundreds of our other websites but the BBC / ITV must do more to publicise this project as it takes time for the Satellite Wholesalers and Satellite installers to plan for this event!
Kind Regards,
Aberdeen Website Design.
The results are quite frankly very surprising, out of the four hundred or so people we asked in and around the Aberdeen area no one knew this new service was even planned!
More surprising still was the fact no one that has a professional or potential commercial interest in this, what will be a massive UK & European project also knew nothing about this new FREESAT TV SERVICE by the ITV, BBC!
We at Domain Holdings / Aberdeen Website Design have many FREESAT Websites covering most aspects of what this new service may provide in the future and we will help to promote this project through hundreds of our other websites but the BBC / ITV must do more to publicise this project as it takes time for the Satellite Wholesalers and Satellite installers to plan for this event!
Kind Regards,
Aberdeen Website Design.
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
BBC - ITV - FREESAT DIGITAL SERVICE MAY WELL BE THE BIGGEST FREE SATELLITE TV SERVICE IN THE WORLD?
FREESAT TV could be one of the biggest Satellite Bouquets in the world before it even starts in the Spring of 2008, the possible reason for this is the fact that all Channels being Broadcast from Astra 2D commonly known as Eurobird (Astra 28.5 Degrees East) will be made up of
100% Free Channels which means all channels are free-to-air and will continue to be for ever and ever as this is the primary reason for Broadcasters who wish to join the FREESAT Digital TV line up.
100% Free Channels which means all channels are free-to-air and will continue to be for ever and ever as this is the primary reason for Broadcasters who wish to join the FREESAT Digital TV line up.
One of the main factors that one has to consider is the fact that this new Satellite Digital Service from the BBC and ITV Companies is so accessible even before they launch there own FREESAT PVR BOX. For example, FREESAT TV can be viewed by any number of Digital Satellite Recivers that are all ready out there, then you have all the HD-Ready Satellite Receivers from Top Companies like Pace, Topfield, Humax, Technomate and many more Top European makes then there is all the pci cards from ones own personal computers that can access all these TV services right now, that means millions of FREESAT enabled Set Top Boxes will have access long before the official FREESAT DIGITAL BOX launch date.
One of the last things to consider is the FREESAT European question, it has been wildly reported in the UK that the Satellite Beam (the strength of the signal and coverage) will be one of the widest in the world meaning there may be the potential for most of Europe's Countries to view FREESAT DIGITAL HDTV, SD TV Content making it an overnight success story and in a massive Commercial sense to.
Kind Regards,
Domain-Holidings.
Saturday, 12 January 2008
WILL THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MASTERPIECE OF SATELLITE ENGINEERING BE THE FLAGSHIP FOR PACE MICRO ON THE NEW FREESAT PLATFORM?
Pace TDS850 HD PVR set-top box.
WILL THIS TECHNOLOGICAL MASTERPIECE OF SATELLITE ENGINEERING BE THE FLAGSHIP FOR PACE MICRO ON THE NEW FREESAT PLATFORM?
The next stage in HD set-top box technology, the TDS850 comes with H.264 compression and triple tuners for the ultimate HD experience.
Dual DVB-S2 tuners enable the user to watch one channel while recording another or record two channels while watching stored content. The third tuner is DVB-S compliant to enable a dedicated push-VOD service and enhanced electronic programming guide (EPG).
The 250Gb hard drive allows up to 60 hours of HD – or 120 hours of standard definition – content to be stored, with optional upgrades available.
HDCP is used for secure transfer of digital signals to the display via HDMI, while the auto set-up function enables easy and quick configuration with most display types.
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* High definition H.264 personal video recorder
* Triple tuners – two DVB-S2 and one DVB-S
* Supports push-VOD
* 250Gb hard drive for 60-120 hours of stored content
* Watch one channel and record another
* Record two and watch one stored programme
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* DiSEqC 2.0 compatible
* Range of middleware, CA and customisation options available
* Picture-in-picture capabilities
* Software download via Satellite Into FLASH memory supported
Read more information;
http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/products/productDetails.asp?nav=products&productID=DSAT-TDS850
Thursday, 10 January 2008
FREESAT SATELLITE TV, RADIO CHANNELS WITH HDTV LISTINGS
Just incase our BLOGSPOT readers (Powered by Google) are not aware of what will be available on HD FREESAT TV here is a short run down from one of our very many Free FREESAT information Web Pages from the FREESAT Links on the right hand side of this page?
General FREESAT Entertainment Channels.
Overtime it has been reported by many media sources that these UK HD Channels will be on FREESAT,
BBC 1 HD, ITV HD CHANNEL, CHANNEL 4 HD, CHANNEL 5 HD.
BBC1, BBC2, BBC THREE, BBC FOUR, ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, Channel 4, Channel Five, Five Life, Five US - Sky Three.
Movie Channels.
Bad Movies, East Cinema, Film4, Horror Channel, Matinee Movies, True Movies
Sports TV Channels.
Channel 425, Golf Channel, TWC, Real Madrid TV, All in Sport
Children's TV.
CBBC Channel, CBeebie's, CITV, POP, Tiny POP
News TV Channels - Current Affairs.
Sky News, BBC NEWS 24, BBC Parliament, CCTV-9, CNN, Community Channel, Euro News.
Music TV Channels.
B4, B4U Music, Bubble Hits, Channel U, Chart show TV, Classic FM TV, Fizz, Musicians Channel, R Music TV, The Vault, Zee Music
WELL KNOWN OTHER FREE TV CHANNELS THAT WILL BE ON FREESAT TV.
2ShopTV, AAG, Al Jazeera, Apna Bazaar
ARY One World, ARY QTV, ATN Global, Baby Channel, Bangla TV, Best Direct, Best Direct+, Bid TV, Broadband UK, CFC TV, Channel 'S'
Channel S NTV, Chat Box, Choices UK TV, Christmas Shop, Create & Craft, Cyprus Direct, Dating Channel, DAYSTAR, DM digital, DM Gold
Dove Vision TV, EeZee, EWTN, Gay Date TV, Gay Network, Gems.TV, Gems.TV 2, GEO TV, GOD 2, GOD Channel, Golf Pro-Shop iBuy TV, iBuy tv 2, Ideal World, INI, Islam Channel, Look4Love TV, Love world TV, Lucky Star, Majestic TV, MATV national, Max, Max TV, Men and Motors, One TV, Passion TVPCNE Chinese, Playboy One, Pitch TV, Poker Channel, Price Crash 2, Price-Drop.TV, Quiz Call, Quiz Nation, Quiz TV, QVC. RAJ TV
Record TV, Revelation, Shop on TV, Shop Vector, Simply Ideas, Simply Shop, Speed Auction TV, Superstore TV, Star Bazaar, Stop + Shop
TBN Europe, Teachers' TV, Tel Sell, Tele-text Holidays, Thane Direct, Thomas Cook, Thomson TV, TTV, TV SHOP, TV Warehouse, TVW Select, UCB TV, Unity Muslim, Vector 24/7
Vegas 24/7,Vitality,We Deliver TV, Wonderful, YES, Your TV, Audi Channel, AVAGO, BEN, Big Game TV, Bonanza, Channel M, Five Life, Five US, FRIENDLY TV
Game Network, Get Lucky TV, Hollywood TV, Information TV, Jackpot TV, Live TV, Life Showcase, Life TV, Live 2, LONDON TV
Majestic TV, Over Seas Property Channel, OBE, Open Access, Open Access 2, Performance, Poker Channel, Rapture TV, Real Estate TV, Reality TV, Reality TV +1, S4C 2, Travel Channel, Travel Ch 2, TTV2, Turn On TV, Wine TV, You TV, You TV2, You TV2 Extra.
Most FREESAT Partners have been shooting programs for the last 18 months with HD CAMERA LENSES so there will lots of FREE HD CONTENT from FREESAT.
TOP RADIO CHANNELS AND BEST RADIO LISTINGS WITH FREESAT ON ASTRA 2.
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Sport
BBC RADIO 6 Music
BBC RADIO 7
BBC RADIO Asian
BBC RADIO Cymru
BBC RADIO n Gael
BBC RRADIO Scotland
BBC RADIO Ulster
BBC RADIO Wales
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4 FM
BBC Radio 4 Long Wave
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC RADIO World Service
BBC WS Extra
RTE
RTI Radio
Smash Hits
Capital FM
Capital Gold
Capital Disney
Century Radio
Choice FM
Classic FM
Classic Gold
Heart
Kiss
LBC 97.3
Radio London
Real Radio
RTE 2FM
RTE EUROPE
RTE Lyric fm
Smooth fm
Talk SPORT
Virgin Party
Virgin Radio
Virgin105.8
If your really into Clear Digital Dolby Radio then this is only a very small selection of what will be available as far as FREESAT TV/RADIO Channels if you need more info please drop us a line you can get in touch using our free GOOGLE or YAHOO Secure email Service, Just click on the link at the bottom of our FREESAT NEWS Website?
General FREESAT Entertainment Channels.
Overtime it has been reported by many media sources that these UK HD Channels will be on FREESAT,
BBC 1 HD, ITV HD CHANNEL, CHANNEL 4 HD, CHANNEL 5 HD.
BBC1, BBC2, BBC THREE, BBC FOUR, ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, Channel 4, Channel Five, Five Life, Five US - Sky Three.
Movie Channels.
Bad Movies, East Cinema, Film4, Horror Channel, Matinee Movies, True Movies
Sports TV Channels.
Channel 425, Golf Channel, TWC, Real Madrid TV, All in Sport
Children's TV.
CBBC Channel, CBeebie's, CITV, POP, Tiny POP
News TV Channels - Current Affairs.
Sky News, BBC NEWS 24, BBC Parliament, CCTV-9, CNN, Community Channel, Euro News.
Music TV Channels.
B4, B4U Music, Bubble Hits, Channel U, Chart show TV, Classic FM TV, Fizz, Musicians Channel, R Music TV, The Vault, Zee Music
WELL KNOWN OTHER FREE TV CHANNELS THAT WILL BE ON FREESAT TV.
2ShopTV, AAG, Al Jazeera, Apna Bazaar
ARY One World, ARY QTV, ATN Global, Baby Channel, Bangla TV, Best Direct, Best Direct+, Bid TV, Broadband UK, CFC TV, Channel 'S'
Channel S NTV, Chat Box, Choices UK TV, Christmas Shop, Create & Craft, Cyprus Direct, Dating Channel, DAYSTAR, DM digital, DM Gold
Dove Vision TV, EeZee, EWTN, Gay Date TV, Gay Network, Gems.TV, Gems.TV 2, GEO TV, GOD 2, GOD Channel, Golf Pro-Shop iBuy TV, iBuy tv 2, Ideal World, INI, Islam Channel, Look4Love TV, Love world TV, Lucky Star, Majestic TV, MATV national, Max, Max TV, Men and Motors, One TV, Passion TVPCNE Chinese, Playboy One, Pitch TV, Poker Channel, Price Crash 2, Price-Drop.TV, Quiz Call, Quiz Nation, Quiz TV, QVC. RAJ TV
Record TV, Revelation, Shop on TV, Shop Vector, Simply Ideas, Simply Shop, Speed Auction TV, Superstore TV, Star Bazaar, Stop + Shop
TBN Europe, Teachers' TV, Tel Sell, Tele-text Holidays, Thane Direct, Thomas Cook, Thomson TV, TTV, TV SHOP, TV Warehouse, TVW Select, UCB TV, Unity Muslim, Vector 24/7
Vegas 24/7,Vitality,We Deliver TV, Wonderful, YES, Your TV, Audi Channel, AVAGO, BEN, Big Game TV, Bonanza, Channel M, Five Life, Five US, FRIENDLY TV
Game Network, Get Lucky TV, Hollywood TV, Information TV, Jackpot TV, Live TV, Life Showcase, Life TV, Live 2, LONDON TV
Majestic TV, Over Seas Property Channel, OBE, Open Access, Open Access 2, Performance, Poker Channel, Rapture TV, Real Estate TV, Reality TV, Reality TV +1, S4C 2, Travel Channel, Travel Ch 2, TTV2, Turn On TV, Wine TV, You TV, You TV2, You TV2 Extra.
Most FREESAT Partners have been shooting programs for the last 18 months with HD CAMERA LENSES so there will lots of FREE HD CONTENT from FREESAT.
TOP RADIO CHANNELS AND BEST RADIO LISTINGS WITH FREESAT ON ASTRA 2.
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BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Sport
BBC RADIO 6 Music
BBC RADIO 7
BBC RADIO Asian
BBC RADIO Cymru
BBC RADIO n Gael
BBC RRADIO Scotland
BBC RADIO Ulster
BBC RADIO Wales
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 4 FM
BBC Radio 4 Long Wave
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC RADIO World Service
BBC WS Extra
RTE
RTI Radio
Smash Hits
Capital FM
Capital Gold
Capital Disney
Century Radio
Choice FM
Classic FM
Classic Gold
Heart
Kiss
LBC 97.3
Radio London
Real Radio
RTE 2FM
RTE EUROPE
RTE Lyric fm
Smooth fm
Talk SPORT
Virgin Party
Virgin Radio
Virgin105.8
If your really into Clear Digital Dolby Radio then this is only a very small selection of what will be available as far as FREESAT TV/RADIO Channels if you need more info please drop us a line you can get in touch using our free GOOGLE or YAHOO Secure email Service, Just click on the link at the bottom of our FREESAT NEWS Website?
BBC - ITV - FREESAT YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? FIRST BLOG QUESTION BY MIKE.
Hi There
I am a Freesat customer already but my Sky Digibox is not HD ready can you recommend me a box that is and also if the box as a card slot will I be able to receive say Setanta Sports or Sky Sports using just one Digibox for Sky Freesat and BBC Freesat HD.
Best Regards Mike
Hello Mike,
Freesat is new as you know. We see by your query you already know both Sky and BBC/ITV have their own versions of Freesat, which is proving confusing to lots of future customers.
BBC/ITV is being run on a not-for-profit basis, and it has already been reported there will be no future subscriptions. In theory the NEW, as yet not released freesat boxes could possibly give you all the free 28.2 East channels both Sky based and BBC/ITV based Freesat plus the terrestial freeview. The problem with this as far as we can determine at this time is you will still need a subscription for Setanta Sports for example but this cannot be received on the expected first batch of Freesat box's, this does not mean that some enterprising manufacturer will not produce the perfect box for everything in the future. This also highlights the facts that you will need an HD Freesat box to view the Freesat HD channels which will certainly make viewers question their purchase of their new terrestial freeview box at Christmas time as they may miss out on the HD channels that Freesat are planning to provide.
There are a half a dozen different HD (not Freesat but compatible) receivers which have mixed reactions to their reviews from customers. Speaking from a personal view we have the Pace DS810XE which has just had a recent over the air flash upgrade and the picture from the BBC HD channel can only be described as stunning.
Freesat box's which are expected to be in the initial line up are from famous names; Panasonic, Alba, Humax, Sagem, Goodmans and possibly Philips.
Attempting to resolve your query, we would advise at this time to consider keeping your Sky receiver ( this will get you Setanta Sports using your Setanta Sports subscription card) and at release of the new BBC/ITV Freesat HD receivers, select what your pocket will accept. If your pocket can take it, it may be prudent to exchange your Sky box for an HD Sky box, as it has been suggested that the Sky HD receiver will be able to receive the Freesat HD channels from BBC/ITV.
The possible drawback if you use a Sky HD receiver for both Sky and BBC/ITV Freesat is that nobody knows if the Sky receiver will be able to handle the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) for both Sky channels and BBC/ITV Freesat channels.
This blog will be kept up to date as soon as new receivers and information becomes available.
Thank you for your query;
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WHICH FREESAT HD DIGITAL BOX - WILL RELEASE FIRST, PANASONIC, HUMAX, ALBA, SAGEM AND GOODMANS?
With so many competing FREESAT HD Digital Box Manufacturers out there the race is surely on to produce the first batch of FREESAT RECEIVERS if nothing else it will be massive industry coup that be worth millions of pounds to that Company.
Who do you think will win the race to be first in this race?
Who do think will be the FREESAT Digital King?
Who do you think will win the race to be first in this race?
Who do think will be the FREESAT Digital King?
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
GOOGLE, YOUTUBE, PANASONIC HDTV PLASMA HAS GOOGLE INVESTORS JUMPING FOR JOY!
As reported by Domain Holdings/Aberdeen Website Design yesterday, Google owners of one of the best invention for the vast majority of internet users using YouTube, has teamed up with Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, this Company is the single most important Manufacturer of HDTV Plasma Flat Screen Panels and has over 30% of the worlds Plasma Market Share, as it produces the Brand Name of the world famous Panasonic VIERA Displays. Market Share of Plasma Sales are said to be around 13% of that of LCD HDTV’s but with this announcement the Plasma Future sales are bound to increase further because of Google’s clever marketing strategy. YouTube and its parent Google will provide its own high tech Servers in which to transmit very high end Digital Media Streams to large flat panel displays and this will also include images from both Picasa and YouTube all at the press of a TV remote button on demand. GOOGLE Investors are said to be very happy indeed that Google has been making diversions into other technologies and emerging markets and being reported by the World’s most respected Financial Press. Matsushita Electric Industrial is also well known for its Satellite products and was one of the first and best of the LNB makers of its time and continues to manufacture high quality satellite orientated products for major consortiums and Governments.
Tuesday, 8 January 2008
GOOGLE JOINS THE HD HIGH-DEFINITION TV COMMUNITY?
Google has been reported as joining forces with one of the biggest names in the HDTV world, it has been reported on the wires in America that Google Branded HDTV's will hit the Malls and Stores some time mid 2008.
If the world's top Internet Company is going HDTV Ready then we can see big changes in how we view media on our HD DIGITAL TV's in the future and if true we at FreesatNews.co.uk wish them every success!
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The purpose of this BBC FREESAT HD TV BLOG is first and foremost to help make FREESAT a success, we all need FREE HDTV in our homes and we must do everything we can to help "This step in the right direction approach" by the BBC and ITV and other TV partners it is a very brave Commercial Decision and all of us in the Satellite Community should embrace it and let it grow so other like minded TV Companies have nothing to fear by going the same way and succeed as we are sure FREESAT will!
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FREESAT HD DIGITAL BOX.
FREESAT HD DIGITAL BOX.
The new HD Digital Box will be Manufactured by at least four Companies thus far, they are reported to be HUMAX, ALBA, SAGEM & PANASONIC, GOODMANS may also be involved. These new satellite receivers will be HD compatible receivers and PVRs (personal video recorders) in other words a big internal hard drive built in. Complete kits will be available including receiver, dish and all cables which Customers can then install themselves (we will publish guides in order to do this job safely as possible) or have the dish fitted professionally by a local satellite installer. Standalone receivers will also be made available without the kits making it even more cost effective as users can use an existing SKY TV dish that was previously used for Sky Subscription. This means that someone with an existing satellite dish can very easily purchase a FREESAT HD DIGITAL BOX and plug and play. As Sky and FREESAT TELEVISION come from the same Satellites on the Clark Belt (ASTRA 2 - 28.2 Degrees East), any existing old SKY dish will not have to be moved.
THIS BLOG WILL ALSO POST STANDALONE FREESAT COMPATIBLE HD SATELLITE RECEIVERS LIKE THIS IMPRESSIVE TECHNOMATE TM 6900.
THIS BLOG WILL ALSO POST STANDALONE FREESAT COMPATIBLE HD SATELLITE RECEIVERS LIKE THIS IMPRESSIVE TECHNOMATE TM 6900.
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