<s>
Freesat	B-Application
from	I-Application
Sky	I-Application
(	O
FsfS	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
British	O
satellite	O
television	O
service	O
from	O
Sky	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
over	O
240	O
free-to-air	O
(	O
FTA	O
)	O
channels	O
in	O
its	O
EPG	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
greater	O
number	O
than	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
Freesat	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
200+	O
,	O
and	O
Freeview	B-Device
,	O
which	O
has	O
70+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
figure	O
includes	O
households	O
with	O
the	O
BBC/ITV	O
Freesat	O
,	O
Freesat	B-Application
from	I-Application
Sky	I-Application
,	O
and	O
churned	O
Sky	O
subscribers	O
who	O
kept	O
their	O
Sky	O
Digiboxes	O
to	O
access	O
free-to-view	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sky	O
's	O
boxes	O
use	O
the	O
proprietary	O
OpenTV	O
EPG	B-Device
for	O
interactive	O
television	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
boxes	O
are	O
limited	O
in	O
some	O
regards	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
satellite	O
receivers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
digital	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
outputs	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
dish	O
motor	O
and	O
scan	O
for	O
channels	O
not	O
carried	O
on	O
the	O
EPG	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
feature	O
an	O
EPG	B-Device
that	O
contains	O
all	O
Sky	O
channels	O
,	O
including	O
pay-TV	O
services	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
to	O
non-subscription	O
viewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freesat	B-Application
from	I-Application
Sky	I-Application
differentiates	O
itself	O
from	O
Freesat	O
not	O
just	O
by	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
Sky	O
equipment	O
but	O
by	O
offering	O
both	O
free-to-air	O
and	O
free-to-view	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freesat	B-Application
from	I-Application
Sky	I-Application
(	O
FsfS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
the	O
BBC	O
and	O
ITV	O
's	O
Freesat	O
service	O
which	O
also	O
broadcasts	O
from	O
28.2	O
°E	O
and	O
28.5	O
°E	O
and	O
the	O
DTT	O
service	O
Freeview	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
FsfS	O
has	O
five	O
free-to-view	O
channels	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
Freesat	O
(	O
see	O
above	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
directly	O
listed	O
in	O
the	O
Freesat	O
EPG	B-Device
and	O
need	O
manual	O
tuning	O
to	O
receive	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FsfS	O
has	O
over	O
240	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
on	O
its	O
EPG	B-Device
,	O
(	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
either	O
a	O
viewing	O
card	O
or	O
a	O
Sky	O
receiver	O
to	O
watch	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
Bloomberg	O
Television	O
and	O
the	O
Travel	O
Channel	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
198	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
on	O
Freesat	O
EPG	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
remaining	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
not	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
main	O
EPG	B-Device
,	O
and	O
needing	O
manual	O
tuning	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freeview	B-Device
digital	B-Application
terrestrial	I-Application
television	I-Application
has	O
over	O
50	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
but	O
cannot	O
be	O
manually	O
tuned	O
into	O
the	O
free-to-air	O
channels	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
some	O
TV	O
channels	O
that	O
are	O
on	O
Freeview	B-Device
but	O
are	O
not	O
on	O
the	O
Sky	O
EPG	B-Device
,	O
including	O
many	O
adult-category	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
