There was a time when you were satisfied with more than fifty television channels and never bothered about the quality of programming though it was not meeting the standards. It happened mostly that the signals dropped again and again it caused disturbances on your TV screens. But there arrived the satellite TV FTA that made every other thing a part of history. Let us find out what FTA actually is.

The word FTA is used for free to air television broadcasting. The broad casting takes place through a receiver that receives broadcasting and radio signals and can display thousands of channels on your Tv. Now you can enjoy a lot of channels at your home without paying any cost.

The transmission through a satellite is delivered through frequency bandwidths that are in the form of UHF and VHF which are encrypted codes in different parts of the world. Some countries take free advantages of the signals and do not pay any cost while in some areas there is a small fee charged due to some channels or that fee may be due to FTA services or as a license fee. This is the way FTA makes money through its channels.

Advertisements and sponsor ship also play a vibrant role in making money. Examples are Japanese television broadcasters TV Tokyo and TV Asahi while Philippine Television like GMA, and ABS-CBN who totally depend upon advertisements for running their channels.

All the international broad casting of Free To Air (FTA) channels is possible through radio shortwave length that is equivalent of video. It is hereby recommended that you must obtain your channels from a FTA authorized dealer who will provide you list of channels along with the precise information about your favorite channels that are available in your area.

Last but not least you must know that the FTA satellite transmission is available in two types. One of these is a small dish called the Ku-Band while a larger dish is the C-Band. The purpose of Ku band is to broadcast international channels available in North America and Continental through a Tel-star 5 satellite which is available with a remote control, a receiver and a dish.