Free to air channel

Free to Air (or FTA) channels are those TV channels which can be legally received without paying a fee or subscription. Nowadays, the term Free to Air is generally associated with digital TV channels. The ASTRA satellites carry more than 400 digital Free to Air channels, including 280 channels at 19.2° East and 100 FTA channels at 28.2° East...



See also: DTH

The innovative satellite broadband service ASTRA2Connect is also transmitted from 23.5° east and is available in numerous markets across Europe.
The satellites at 5° east provide DTH services in the Nordic countries and the Baltics, as well as in Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Russia...