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BBC have annouced that their original intention of gaining 2,000,000 viewers of the freesat service has now been increased to 8,000,000. They’ve not set a timeframe on this. The original 2mil was based around covering those areas where freeview is not available and therefore will need another form of digital tv/radio access. The new plans seem as if they are intending on using as a replacement service for freeview, afterall, no one knows just yet whether freeview through an aerial could possible cope with the HD viewing we all expect to be demanding more of.

We just wonder, with freesat potentially reaching 8,000,000 customers, similar to Sky, are they expecting to remain a ‘free’ service, or offer ‘subscription’ options too? We hope it remains free, especially as those kind of figures would certainly make existing subscription channels consider whether to go free or not, but we shall see, we are talking years ahead of ourselves here, maybe like the eventual freesat launch date (just kidding…maybe!)