Free satellite TV launched in UK

Yesterday I read in BBC website about a free satellite television “Freesat” which has been launched by BBC and ITV. It will have 80 digital TV and radio channels. BBC has plans to increase the number of channels to 200 by the end of 2008. The service is completely free, only the users will have to pay for the hardware

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