The Secret of Free to Air Satellite TV

When you are able to capture satellite signals legally, without any subscription, with your television, the process is called free to air satellite TV. There is no encryption of signals in a free to air satellite TV unlike ordinary programming. Free to air satellite TV uses MPEG-2 to encode the received signals.

Free to air satellites help you to pick up different unencrypted broad casts through any receiver suitable. Don’t confuse free to air TV with Free to view TV (FTV) because FTV programming also comes free but encrypted. Free to view programming on your television restricts various broad casts depending on the geographic location.

How to Receive Free to Air Satellite TV channels

You have to subscribe to ordinary satellite TV programming form Direct TV Dish Network or other TV broadcast providers. But you needn’t pay free to air satellite channels on a monthly basis. Free to air programming is generally used for international broad casting.

To receive free to air satellite TV channels what you need are a satellite dish (K band or C band) a free to air satellite receiver, or a suitable pc card, an LNBF(low noise block with an integrated feed horn) and an antenna motor for channels from different satellites in stead of from only one satellite.

Earlier C band dishes with many feet diameter have given place to Ku band modern dishes below one metre for international DVB (digital video broad casting) standards. US satellites carry most signals from international DVB Free to air satellite TV channels are selected among multiple channels because of this. You now need multiple “low noise blocks” to receive all the channels you wish.

Free to air satellite TV, irrespective of the type of dish programme, is a great alternative in areas with poor over the air reception.