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FreesatWelcome to joinfreesat.co.uk, the unofficial Freesat news site. Find out the very latest information on the Freesat satellite television service, available throughout the UK. This site includes all the latest news, reviews and product details, plus where to buy online at the best price.

Freesat is a UK digital satellite TV service from the BBC/ITV which launched in May 2008. Freesat has no monthly subscription, just a one-off payment for the digital box, satellite dish and installation. It even comes with subscription-free, high-definition TV programmes. As Freesat is broadcast via satellite, it’s available to almost every household in the UK.
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Mar 19 2013

Freesat launches its first ever white set-top boxFreesat, the UK’s free-to-air digital satellite television provider today launches its slick new white <free time> box.

Freesat’s white box, manufactured by Humax, is the latest product with the <free time> service built in. As well as offering a great choice …read more »


Mar 07 2013

The Travel Channel to launch on freesat later this monthPutting aside a mention on a certain forum of the Travel Channel launching on freesat this month, we can confirm this information is true and the launch is likely to take place in the last week of March.

The Travel Chanel presents a unique perspective on the travel experience. …read more »


Mar 07 2013

Poll: What would you like freesat to focus on?Freesat has made some radical moves forward in recent months to keep pace with the industries need to offer ‘interactive’ this and ‘on-demand’ that, but is that what the consumers want?

In our latest poll, we ask this very question. As freesat fans/consumers, what would …read more »


Mar 05 2013

Author: Giles Cottle is Head of Strategy at freesat

You’ll be hard pressed to have missed the hype surrounding Netflix’s new House of Cards series. A high-profile ad campaign has accompanied its launch, including blanket coverage on London’s Underground, among other places. …read more »


Feb 14 2013

Author: Giles Cottle is Head of Strategy at freesat

Let’s be honest, we all love free carbs and sugar on a Monday morning, so as a newcomer to freesat – I started three weeks ago, heading up our strategy team – I enjoyed starting my week with doughnuts at freesat Towers to celebrate our …read more »


Feb 14 2013

Joinfreesat Update ScanLatest update scan on all Freesat receivers:

1 added – 206 Russia Today HD (RT HD)
0 deleted –
2 changed – 400 Showcase, 401 Information TV (frequency changes)


Feb 12 2013

Joinfreesat Update ScanLatest update scan on all Freesat receivers:

0 added –
1 deleted – 308 UMP Movies
0 changed –


Feb 11 2013

Freesat today announced it has sold its 3 millionth product, taking gross retail sales to well over £1bn; four years after the service first launched in 2008.

Freesat added 55,000 new households in the third quarter of 2012. This is more than Sky (25,000 households) and BT Vision …read more »


Feb 11 2013

Google have today announced the launch of their YouTube service on the freesat platform, in a first for British TV.

By the end of next month, customers of the freesat satellite television platform will be able to flick to the YouTube online video site on the …read more »


Jan 14 2013

Joinfreesat Update ScanLatest update scan on all Freesat receivers:

1 added – 408 The Active Channel
0 deleted –
3 changed – 103 ITV1 renamed ITV, 112 ITV1+1 renamed ITV+1, 119 ITV1HD renamed ITVHD