Free2view is the name of a Free-to-air Satellite Tv broadcaster in Africa.

They made headline in 2007 after Icasa announced awardees of Pay TV licenses. They broadcasted without one and the two organizations continuously clashed. Their service could be picked up by any free to decoder and they mainly carried MSNBC.

Free2View is a free–to–consumer encrypted digital satellite Broadcaster.Free2view is the largest Free to Air satellite Broadcaster in Africa with an estimated population footprint of 850 million people and a known base of 50 million TV households – excluding Nigeria – where there is a further estimated 50 Million TV households.

The demise of the Pay TV operator GTV in Sub Saharan Africa left a dilemma. f2V as the free–to–air element of the box – with its news channel MSNBC – was aware of the disruption and great disadvantage suffered by the people of Africa – in particular East Africa, who after buying a box – and in some instances paying large sums of money in Subscription fees in advance – were now disenfranchised. It was f2V’s determination that this would not happen again. The poor should not always pay.