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Freesat from Sky is a British satellite television service from BSkyB. It offers over 240 free-to-air (FTA) channels in its EPG. This is a greater number than its competitors, Freesat, which has 180+, and Freeview, which has 50+. It also has Sky Active interactive data service.
As of April 2011[update], the number of households with free-to-view satellite television is estimated by Ofcom to be 2.045 million, or 8.0% of households with television. (This figure includes households with BBC/ITV Freesat, Freesat from Sky, and 'churned' Sky subscribers who kept their Sky Digiboxes to access free-to-view channels.) An estimated 2 million of these are Freesat which recently celebrated selling 2 million set top boxes and integrated TVs since the company launched three years ago thus an estimated reach of 45,000.
This service requires use of the proprietary SkyHD set-top box, to receive the FTA channels. Sky's boxes use the proprietary OpenTV EPG for interactive television services. The boxes are limited in some regards when compared to other satellite receivers, such as digital audio, video outputs, and the lack of the ability to use a dish motor and scan for channels not carried on the EPG. They also feature an EPG that contains all Sky channels, including pay-TV services which are not available to non-subscription viewers. Sky currently include a SkyHD Digibox with new Freesat from Sky installations. These boxes receive a selection of standard definition and HD channels, but do not record. Those who wish to have Sky+ functionality (recording & time-shifting) must buy their own box, requiring Sky to 'pair' their existing viewing card to the new box. In addition, use of the recording facilities of these PVRs also requires an ongoing monthly fee.
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