Freesat is nothing more that a collection of the Free to Air channels that were broadcasting on the Sky Service and under the Sky Epg which they payed SKY for .
BBC and ITV joined together to break away due mainly to the Digital switchover as they are public service broadcasters payed by the liesance payers and have got to be received by 99.9% of all households across the country along with regular services by useing transmitters and Cable companys an large number of the population were unable to receive BBC or ITV, satellite coverage reaches the rest of the population ....
In my opinion Freesat will continue for a good number of years ! but I also see with companys like ITV who have money troubles something might rock the boat at some stage, The receivers for Freesat can be connected to Internet for updateing or streaming extra content, this could also be used to introduce a form of subscription by using code to unlock channels in the future.
Freesat have been very quiet over the past few month , due to them promiceing so much in the way of new channels and nothing has come only the channels once on Sky that did not wish to pay for the expencive EPG they provide.
Finially I think that over the next 5-7 years a new Satellite opperator will come into the UK market and give sky a run for its money and possably Freesat will be swallowed up along the way, This is what is been played out in Italy at the moment as Sky Itialia are been slowly pushed out and RAI have been swallowed up by the new Giant !
Freesat will be here at least for a few years after the Digital switchover but after that who know especially when its a none profit organisation some or all might get greedy .........
Regards:
Alun
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