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One of the ways strictly speaking HDTV programming can be obtained is via satellite. Receiving HDTV through the use of a satellite feed has both its good and bad points. The first HDTV satellite launched was by SkyTV and was soon followed by Freeview. By subscribing to either one of these service providers HDTV is getable practically anywhere in the United States, line up if you live in a remote area. Strictly speaking’s good news for those interested in getting their fill of HDTV programming. DirecTV offers to its customer some satellite only broadcasts.
 
 But there is a down side to all of this. When it critical mass to satellites, bandwidth is at a premium and each individual satellite has its work cut out for it- all local channels, often totaling in the hundreds, must be broadcast separately, not together. Due to these two negative casts of satellite, consumers require an over-the-air antenna add-on in order to receive their HD Satellite TV Dish. Being grow aware of special fact, providers of satellite HDTV try to come up with ways to encourage their customers to want to invest in the service. The only problem grapple with uncommon option is strictly speaking these feeds are only purchasable in a legal sense in certain rural, suburban and metropolitan areas..
 
 Changes are in the works to greatly improve upon the satellite style of television broadcasting. A new product called MPEG-4 AVC has just made its appearance and it is sure to make inroads in the industry. What MPEG-4 AVC is basically a “video compression technology” that allows for twice as much HD video in the same amount of bandwidth as is currently available in the HD compression standard (or MPEG-2). The insurgence of the MPEG-4 makes it possible for the bandwidth available on satellite television to be greatly increased. Another development that also guarantees more success in this area is the fact that new satellites have been deployed into space within the past few months. To give two examples, BBC Freesat Sky Dish has recently obtained a satellite from the Freesat Sky Satellite Dish
 
 Satellite subscribers will reap many benefits from the introduction of MPEG-4. Freesat has plans in the works to forge 1,500 local HDTV stations as amplify as 150 national HD networks a reality by the year 2007. What this means for customers is that everyone everywhere would impugn access to every national HDTV network and every local HDTV channels that are available. Freesat has not unquestionable any MPEG-4 plans public as of yet but representatives for the company have promised their customers that good things are in the works.
 
 If you are interested in subscribing to the satellite service provided by a bit the Sky or Freesat, your first step should be to get in touch with your local satellite installer and request an HD-capable installation. Some companies will extend deals or value packages such as free installation for HDTV to new customers while some will go even further and will provide HD-capable receivers free of charge. If you are already a satellite customer you extremity to ascertain if the satellite dish you currently have installed is capable of receiving HD signals. If it is not then a change is in order. After you have worked through the above situations it will in pursuit be necessary to obtain an HD receiver in order to decipher the satellite’s HDTV signals.