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A satellite minidish. This is a list of the free-to-air channels that are currently available via satellite from SES Astra satellites (Astra 2E/2F/2G) at orbital position 28.2 °E, serving Ireland and the United Kingdom. Sky and Freesat use these satellites to deliver their channels. If one was to change providers between Sky and Freesat, one ...
The satellite underwent tests at 43.5°E [15] and began commercial operations at 28.2°E on November 21, 2012. [1] As of June 2013 five transponders are active on Astra 2F's UK beam and two on the West Africa beam. [16] This released Astra 2B for its planned relocation to the Astra 19.2°E position in February 2013. [17]
The Astra 28.2° East orbital position was established in 1998 to provide digital television, digital radio and multimedia services to the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Astra 2E's primary mission is to continue this provision as replacement and follow-on capacity to the Astra 2A, Astra 2D and Astra 1N satellites.
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc [2] 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 BBC broadcasts all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations on digital satellite television from the SES Astra satellites at 28.2° east; [1] providing local news programmes and other regional programming with local continuity and presentation for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The BBC refers to the whole UK regional network as ...
There are four major forms of digital television (DTV) broadcast in the United Kingdom: a direct-to-home satellite service from the Astra 28.2°E satellites provided by Sky UK, a cable television service provided by Virgin Media (known as Virgin TV); a free-to-air satellite service called Freesat; and a free-to-air digital terrestrial service called Freeview.
Channel 4 launched its HD service on digital satellite on 10 December 2007. [15] The channel was encrypted on satellite, available with a free-to-view viewing card but as of April 2011 it is available free-to-air on Freesat. The channel is also available on Freeview and Virgin Media.
The Free TV Alliance is made up of the four main European free-to-air and free-to-view satellite broadcasters. Freesat; The free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc to serve the United Kingdom. Formed in 2007, Freesat broadcasts in SD and HD from the Astra 28.2°E position. HD+