Is Online Satellite TV Really Free?
Television can easily be called the poster boy of modern entertainment. Although there are other activities, users prefer various TV programs for relaxing or spending quality time with their family. Giving you the ability to keep abreast with all the information and latest happenings of the world, television is one of the best source of mass communication and serves as an important communication medium in times of distress. As important a communication medium television is, a constant need to improve this decade old media was always felt.
Even though cable television does not make you worry too much about the picture quality and sound, this was not the case a few years back. At that time only, the need for a reliable, high quality entertainment was felt and satellite TV was an obvious result of that. Providing never before seen picture quality and multi channel sound, satellite TV was an instant hit among the masses. Everyone from the techie neighbor to the sport enthusiast instantly got hooked to it because of its incredible yet never before seen features.
While satellite TV was still in its nascent stage, advent of online satellite TV created ripples in the already exited television entertainment space. Coming over the shortcomings of satellite TV, online satellite TV was quickly taken as a solution that would not only provide worry free television experience, it would also enable its users to have satellite TV like image quality with exponentially lesser cost.
Like every new technology, online satellite TV too has its own share of myths and being completely free is one of them. Call it a marketing gimmick or whatever you want; the word ‘Free’ has a magical impact on the modern man. Take a simple look at the world around us and you will find unending instances of the word ‘Free’. From free medicines and free books to free gifts and even free holidays, internet is filled with various instances where the word ‘free’ is used to lead customers into taking part in schemes and contests. Just like every other gimmick, web marketers use the ‘Free’ word to promote their online satellite TV software application. Apart from a very few low quality online satellite TV software applications, every such software contains an initial onetime fee after which users can download an application.
While there are many applications that allow you to watch free television, what they are really talking about is the FTA or free to air channels that are already free and do not need any additional accessory other than a satellite TV connection. While you can call these channels free, the additional cost of installing a satellite and related equipment or buying software does have a cost and is certainly not free.
While there are various online satellite TV software applications that require a user to buy the product, you can enjoy a horde of online FTA applications with ease freely. Just by logging in to the websites of various FTA channels, you can view their channel for free.