Freesat+ is a consumer brand introduced to raise consumer awareness and promote sales of
Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK Public broadcasting, public service broadcasters, BBC, ...
-capable digital TV recorders, otherwise known as
personal video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR), also referred to as a personal video recorder (PVR) particularly in Canadian English, Canadian and British English, is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, S ...
s. Freesat+ affords users similar features that are available with competitor services such as
Sky+
Sky+ (pronounced Sky Plus) is a discontinued personal video recorder (PVR) and subscription service from the satellite television provider Sky in the UK and Ireland. Launched in September 2001, it allows customers to record, pause and instant ...
and
Freeview+.
Background
Freesat+ offers a PVR functionality for Freesat, which offers a greater choice of channels compared to Freeview, including a greater number of HD channels, without the subscriptions of Sky or Virgin Media. Freesat also offers higher rates of coverage than Freeview.
Manufacturers
Freesat do not manufacture the units itself, but will award the Freesat+ label to manufacturers that are able to meet a series of specifications that have been drawn up by the UK’s Digital TV Group.
Many manufacturers provide Freesat+ set-top boxes such as:
Humax, Manhattan, Bush, Sagemcom, Goodmans and others.
See also
*
High-definition television in the United Kingdom
ETSI TS 102 323 V1.4.1 (2010-01) Chapter 11: "Accurate recording" and Annex A: "Example recorder behaviour"
References
External links
FreesatFreesat – HD TV Recorders & Freesat Playback
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Digital television in the United Kingdom
Digital video recorders