Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Free to air satellite receivers: Why you need to invest in one

Even if you have never heard about free to air (FTA) satellite TV before, chances are you have watched it without realizing what you are seeing. Most local broadcasts as well as public television stations are broadcast using this platform. Properties with this kind of TV from the onset are easy to spot by the huge satellite dishes in their backyards or roofs. However, with the arrival of digital video, those giant dishes are increasingly becoming...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

How does free to air receivers work

One of the most popularly working devices of today’s market is FTA receivers (free to air) with working cable television. It allows you to watch hundreds of foreign channels, including your home country, with legal access.  FTA receivers have been synchronized with MPEG-4/DVB-S2 digital television standard. It is capable of receiving every TV channel other than encrypted once with an MPEG-2 data format. The free to air receivers have a...

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

The Freedom of Free-To-Air

Free To Air (FTA) radio and TV channels are broadcasts unencrypted and therefore can be freely received using an appropriate receiver. As the name suggests, they do not require a paid subscription to be viewed but may be restricted geographically. On the other hand, paid channels are encrypted and therefore need a payment to be made in order to view them. FTA system is easy to install with the instructions provided in the documentation accompanying...