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Freesat

Company nameFreesat
Company typeDigital satellite television provider
Joint venture between BBC & ITV plc
IndustryMedia
Founded16 May 2007
HeadquartersUK
Owner(s)BBC and ITV plc

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Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was marketed from 6 May 2008 and offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a receiver. The service also makes use of the additional capacity available on digital satellite broadcasting to offer a selection of high-definition programming from the BBC and ITV.

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BBC One HD DTH launch on November 3 - Broadband TV News Tweet this news
Broadband TV News--The channel will broadcast on the same Astra transponder as the current BBC HD pilot channel and is being made available on Freeview, -Freesat-, ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:18:03 GMT+00:00
Virgin Media viewers tune in for launch of BBC One HD - Cable.co.uk Tweet this news
Cable.co.uk--The station hit the air at 19:00 GMT and is available to view at -Freesat- and Virgin Media channel 108, as well as appearing on the Freeview and Sky ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:59:36 GMT+00:00
YouView announces marketing agency lineup - Digital Spy Tweet this news
Digital Spy--The venture, which aims to upgrade the Freeview and -Freesat- platforms to support video on-demand and internet services, has appointed Adam & Eve as its ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:31:19 GMT+00:00
» Arqiva premieres Men & Movies on Freesat - Screen Africa Tweet this news
Screen Africa--We are delighted to be responsible for the distribution of this channel onto the -Freesat- platform, and are particularly pleased to have been chosen to ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:52:31 GMT+00:00
Virgin Media aims to halt Project Canvas launch - Wired.co.uk Tweet this news
Wired.co.uk---...- Channel 4 and ITV and communications providers BT, Arqiva and TalkTalk, Canvas is an attempt to bring video-on-demand to Freview and -Freesat-. ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:25:21 GMT+00:00
Freesat with Slingbox PVR rumoured - Pocket-lint.com Tweet this news
Pocket-lint.com--According to joinfreesat.co.uk, an unofficial -Freesat- news site based in the UK, "The Slingbox product is expected to go on sale by the end of 2010, ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:41:50 GMT+00:00
Approval for project Canvas could revolutionize the way we watch TV - HDTV Org Tweet this news
HDTV Org--The venture will actually combine linear broadcast content, including schedules currently available via Freeview and -Freesat-, digital radio, ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:23:49 GMT+00:00
Al Jazeera English scoops UK award - DigitalProductionME.com Tweet this news
DigitalProductionME.com--by Digital Production Middle East Staff on Jul 4, 2010 Al Jazeera English (AJE) has been named best news channel at the -Freesat- awards in the UK. ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:35:08 GMT+00:00
Project Canvas to revolutionize TV world - TopNews United Kingdom (blog) Tweet this news
TopNews United Kingdom (blog)--The joint venture project Canvas is expected to bring video-on-demand to Freeview and -Freesat- sometime during the next spring. Project Canvas is built on ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:54:54 GMT+00:00
SADIF Analytics releases new summary due diligence report for ED Co., Ltd - PR-inside.com (press release) Tweet this news
PR-inside.com (press release)--When compared to its closest peer, -Freesat- Inc., ED Co., Ltd shows greater overvaluation and is equally likely to underperform the market. ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:37:57 GMT+00:00

Outside the UK and Republic of Ireland :
Quarter Quarterly Sales Cumulative Sales Quarterly HD Sales Cumulative HD Sales Quarterly HD Proportion Reference
Q2, 2008 39,018 39,018 23,854 23,854 61%
Q3, 2008 68,982 108,000 49,146 73,000 71%
Q4, 2008 125,000 233,000 99,000 172,000 79%
Q1, 2009 117,000 350,000 91,000 263,000 78%
Q2, 2009 98,000 450,000 77,000 340,000 79%
Q3, 2009 190,000 640,000 ? ? 79%
Q4, 2009 260,000 900,000 ? ? 80%

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

ServicesTelevision (station list) * Radio (station list) * BBC Online * BBC Red Button (Ceefax)
ManagementBBC Trust * Sir Michael Lyons (Chair) * Mark Thompson (Director-General) * Mark Byford (Deputy Director-General)
DepartmentsTelevision * Radio * News * Sport * Weather * Children's (CBeebies * CBBC) * BBC Switch * Natural History * Monitoring * BBC Films * BBC Archives
Nations and regionsEnglish Regions (East * East Midlands * London * North East and Cumbria * North West * South * South East * South West * West * West Midlands * Yorkshire * Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) * Scotland (Alba) * Wales * Northern Ireland
Commercial subsidiariesBBC Worldwide * BBC Studios and Post Production
HistoryTimeline * British Broadcasting Company * Coat of Arms * Board of Governors * BBC controversies
Key propertiesBroadcasting House London * Bush House London * Television Centre London * White City London * Media Village London * BBC Birmingham * Drama Village Birmingham * Pacific Quay Glasgow * Broadcasting House Cardiff * Drama Village Cardiff Bay * Mediacity:uk Manchester
FinanceTelevision licence (history)
ProjectsDirac * The Box * backstage.bbc.co.uk * Domesday * Project Canvas * Freesat (channel list)

ITV

CompaniesITV plc (Carlton Communications * Granada plc * GMTV Ltd) * STV Group plc * UTV Media * Channel Television Ltd *
ITV FranchisesNorthern Scotland: Grampian * Central Scotland: Scottish * Scottish/English Border: Border * Northern Ireland: UTV * North East England: Tyne Tees * Yorkshire: Yorkshire * North of England (weekdays), later North West England (all week) and Isle of Man: Granada * North of England and Midlands (weekends): ABC * Wales and the West of England: TWW, WWN, ITSWW, HTV * Midlands (weekdays) and London (weekends), later Midlands (all week): ATV * Midlands (all week): Central * East Anglia: Anglia * London (weekdays): Rediffusion, Thames, Carlton * London (weekends): ATV, LWT * South and South East England: Southern, TVS, Meridian * South West England: Westward, TSW, Westcountry * Channel Islands: Channel
National franchisesBreakfast: TV-am, GMTV/GMTV2 * Teletext: ORACLE, Teletext Ltd.
Non-franchise regionsSTV * ITV Tyne Tees & Border * ITV Thames Valley * ITV London * ITV South West
Unsuccessful franchise bidsLondon Weekday, East Anglia and South and South East England: CPV-TV * North West England: North West Television
ChannelsITV1 * ITV2 * ITV3 * ITV4 * ITV1 HD * STV HD * CITV
International channelsGranada TV (Middle East & Asia)
NewsITN * ITV News
BrandsSport: ITV Sport * Children: CITV, GMTV Kids * Weather: ITV Weather * Mobile: ITV Mobile
Onlineitv.com * ITV Local * ITV Player * STV Player * stv.tv * u.tv
See alsoCarlton Screen Advertising * History of ITV television idents * ITV Digital * ITV Emergency National Service (1968) * Television House * ITV Schools * ITV Telethon * ITV Nightscreen * Trident Television * Alpha Television * Freesat (channel list) * Night Network * History of ITV
Independent television
regulators
ITA (1955-72) * IBA (1972-91) * ITC (1991-2003) * Ofcom (2003-present)

Cable, satellite, and other speciality television providers in Europe

CableCablecom * Cabovisão * Canal Digital * Com Hem * ER-Telecom * Kabel Deutschland * Kujtesa * Liberty Global Europe * MC Cable * Naxoo * ONO (Spain) * RCS (Romania) * Smallworld Cable * TDC (Denmark) * Tele2 * Telenet (Belgium) * TV di FASTWEB * ZON TVCabo (Portugal) * UPC Ireland * UPC Netherlands * UPC Romania * U-tel * Virgin Media (UK) * VolgaTelecom * WightCable * Ziggo * Teledünya
SatelliteAthina Sat * Boom TV (Romania) * Canal Digital * CanalDigitaal * CanalSat * CS Link * Cyfra+ (Poland) * Digiturk (Turkey) * Digi TV(Romania) * Digital+ (Spain) * DigitAlb (Albania) * Dolce (Romania) * Euro1080 * Focus Sat (Romania) * Freesat (UK) * Freesat from Sky (UK) * GlobeCast World TV * Max TV (Romania) * n (Poland) * NTV Plus (Russia) * NOVA Cyprus * NOVA Greece * Sat4Free (Ireland) * Sky Deutschland * Sky Digital (UK/Ireland) * SKY Italia (Italy) * Skylink * TeleSAT * Tivù Sat (Italy) * TotalTV (Serbia) * TPS (France) * ZON TVCabo (Portugal) * Magio Sat * meo satélite * TV Vlaanderen Digitaal * Viasat (Scandinavia) * Viasat (Ukraine)
IPTVAlice Home TV (Italy) * Belgacom * BT Vision (UK) * Canal Digital * Free (France) * Freewire TV * Imagenio (Spain) * iNES (Romania) * Infostrada TV (Italy) * KPN (The Netherlands) * Magnet Entertainment (Ireland) * Neuf (France) * Orange * ShqipTV * Smart Telecom (Ireland) * Optimus Clix TV (Portugal) * TalkTalk TV * TeliaSonera * TV di FASTWEB * U-tel * Viasat * meo
TerrestrialBoxer (Ireland) * Boxer (Sweden) * Freeview (UK) * KPN (Netherlands) * Mediaset Premium (Italy) * Televisão Digital Terrestre (Portugal) * Télévision Numérique Terrestre (France) * Top Up TV

Television in the United Kingdom

ServicesAnalogue terrestrial * Analogue terrestrial RTS * BT Vision * Digital terrestrial * Freesat * Freesat from Sky * Freeview * Freewire * Sky Digital * Smallworld Cable * TalkTalk TV * Top Up TV * TVCatchup * Virgin Media * WightCable * Zattoo
TechnologiesAnalogue * Analogue terrestrial * Cable * Digital * Digital terrestrial * High-definition * IPTV * Satellite
Channel listsAll channels * All HD channels * Digital terrestrial * Free-to-air at 28E * Freesat * Freewire * Sky Digital * TalkTalk TV * TVCatchup * Virgin TV * Zattoo
Set-top boxesFreesat+ * Freeview+ * Sky Digibox * Sky+ * Sky+ HD * V+
EventsHistory of Freeview UK * List of former TV channels in the UK * List of years in British television



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