Freesat launched

[directhex]

I don't see what you're getting at here. The BBC has a large stake in Freeview as well. I always had the impression that Freesat as Freeview by satellite with a few HD channels thrown in for good measure.

and many places in the country can't get dave - because the multiplex used by the "unimportant" channels isn't available everywhere. the local transmitter to me, when they turn it on, will only carry 50% of multiplexes - 1, 2, and b (bbc1/2/3, 4/itv, and bbc4/radio in that order)

as Gunbuster says, freesat is free-to-air satellite without the dodgy facial hair and soiled clothes - it presents a respectable, packaged face on FTA services (which include but are not limited to the bbc and itv services, and as of a few days ago channel 4 too)

[GavinS]

You need a satellite dish?

[GavinS]

...and where do they install it? On the outside wall of your house?

[directhex]

You need a satellite dish?

for freesat satellite tv? yes, yes you do.

and they install it on the outside of your house, wherever is both appropriate to point to the satellite (at 28.2°E) and not violate any "no satellites in view of the road" rules that may apply to your property

[Guy]

IF I was to get a satellite installed for freesat, at some point down the line, could said satellite, be used to get sky?

[directhex]

IF I was to get a satellite installed for freesat, at some point down the line, could said satellite, be used to get sky?

in theory. they both point the same way, and the connectors are the same. but sky might get arsey about supporting a non-sky dish

then again, a non-sky dish should give more reliable reception (45cm minidishes suck in rain)

[badger]

You can use a Sky dish with a Freesat box, so it might work the other way round.

[directhex]

You can use a Sky dish with a Freesat box, so it might work the other way round.

well, freesat won't confirm that works either, for the same reason

to make it clear, it works FINE - both services use the same birds, and point the same way. but business isn't about stating the obvious or interoperability...