[June 24, 2009] 'Eutelsat launches free satellite TV service Fransat' Tweet Jun24,2009(DMEUROPEviaCOMTEX)-- EutelsathaslaunchedtheFransatsubscription-freesatelliteTV service,offeringaccesstoFrance's18freeDTTchannels,overseas channelFranceOandthefourDTTHDchannels.Theserviceisaimedat 1.5millionsubscriberhomescurrentlyviewinganalogueTVvia Eutelsat'sAtlanticBird3satelliteandthe2.5millionto3.8million householdsthecompanyexpectstohaveproblemsreceivingDTTcoverage. FourFransat-compatibleSTBsareavailableatlaunch,costingEUR99to EUR299.EutelsatrivalAstrahasbeenofferingasimilarservice TNTSat,distributedbyCanalSat,fortwoyears. DistributedforDMeurope.comviaM2Communications(www.m2.com) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]