Freesat

The BBC's iPlayer has will launch in beta on Freesat from 7 December, with ITV's VOD service launching on the satellite platform in the first half of 2010.

The controller of TV platforms at BBC Future Media and Technology, Rahul Chakkara, has let slip that the iPlayer is to come to Freesat in beta form this month.

With excitement growing around the launch of Freeview HD, you might be forgiven for wondering what's happened to Freesat.

Exclusive HD copying concern

Exclusive Huggers says IPTV key to future of television

Humax's popular Freesat+ PVR was a winner at the inaugural Freesat Awards on Wednesday, along with the likes of BBC4 and John Lewis.

12 months on and what has the service accomplished?

Exclusive LG has told TechRadar that the arrival of Freeview HD in the UK will almost certainly bring about a television from the company with a built in tuner to receive the broadcasts.

Interview Freesat's Will Abbott

Exclusive Customers and retailers have been left frustrated and angry by the lack of standard definition Freesat boxes available, with suggestions that stocks will not be replenished until the summer.