freesat reaches 100000 sales within five months of launching

In a press release today freesat announce details of sales and looks to the future:

· Strong sales performance in tough economic climate
· Free HD offer driving sales
· Live high definition sport on BBC HD and ITV HD proving hugely popular with viewers
· Free HD Christmas schedule expected to be biggest ever

High Definition
Sales of high definition [...]

Panasonic launches Full HD LCD TV’s with freesat HD built in

Panasonic is to expand its range of Viera TVs with freesat HD built in by adding two new full HD LCD TVs to its already successful PZ81 plasma line up. The LZD81 series, available in two screen sizes: 32” and 37” will be available from October.

Panasonic full HD LCD TV with freesat built-in is a [...]

freesat wins industry award for the Best Contribution to Digital TV in the UK

freesat has won a close fought race to be declared the winner of the Pace/DTG ‘Best Contribution to Digital TV in the UK’ award.

The Award, created by the Digital TV Group, the industry association for digital TV in the UK, and Pace plc, the leading independent developer of digital TV technologies for the global pay [...]

freesat announce five new channels

freesat today announced the launch of five new channels, including four new TV channels and one new radio station, all launching on Tuesday 16 September.

A wide range of television channels will be joining the Freesat platform, including Gaelic channel BBC Alba, Asian music channel Zee Music, shopping channel Best Direct and the specialist car channel, [...]

freesat announce the addition of six new radio and TV channels

freesat today announced the addition of Film4 + 1, More4 + 1, and E4 + 1 and radio stations RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. The channels are due to live Friday 5th September.

In a press release today:

The newest additions to the Freesat roster particularly strengthen the platform’s [...]

freesat appoints creative agency and plans for Autumn Advertising Campaigns

In a press release today freesat announced the appointment of Farm as its creative agency and plans for an advertising campaign for the autumn and run up to Christmas.

The press release in full:

Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air digital satellite TV service, today announced the appointment of farm as its retained creative agency following the recent pitch [...]

Three new radio channels go live

Absolute Radio, Absolute Class R and Absolute Xtreme have all gone live today on freesat, you should be offered an automatic retune on your freesat box shortly you can also force the update with a manual retune in the freesat receiver menu.

NB: Absolute Radio was formally known as Virgin Radio:
Virgin Radio has been re branded [...]