- Joined
- May 1, 1999
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- My Satellite Setup
- Technomate 5402 HD M2 Ci, DM7000s, Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Promax HD Ranger+ spectrum analyser.
- My Location
- Berkshire
If I may ask you to relieve my ignorance about Freesat. Is it there because a proportion of the UK population can only receive a satisfactory signal via satellite? If so, does anybody know how many households fall into that category?
There is another facet to Freesat and one which strengthens the reasons for its existence, that is the inclusion of the channels in the Sky EPG. Initially only Channel Five was available on Sky (when analogue), but the BBC channels and Channel Four followed them into the platform once digital was launched. ITV stayed off the platform for some time and found that they were missing out on viewers, as once families were using the Sky platform, they were reluctant to switch back to terrestrial for a couple of channels.