Television X - The Fantasy Channel also transmits a number of 10-minute free-to-air trailers.
Analogue channels will be switched off region by region and replaced with free-to-air digital TV and radio services.
On the other hand, free-to-air broadcasters may allot their permitted 259 minutes per day of advertising with no hourly limits.
Last week the group said it would stop disclosing details of whether ad revenues came from free-to-air TV or pay-TV.
Its Net Fone package bundles broadband access, Internet phone service and free-to-air TV channels, and is attracting nearly 30, 000 new customers a month.
Peter Fincham, ITV's director of television, called the figures a testament to "the enduring popularity of high-quality television content broadcast free-to-air to mass audiences".
The Scottish Cup final has long been a protected free-to-air event.
One opportunity that will present itself in many countries is the migration from analogue to digital television, which will reduce the bandwidth needed for traditional free-to-air broadcasters.
We're focused on being able to provide anyone who may be affected with the information and equipment they'll need to ensure they continue to receive free-to-air TV.
The hottest market is India, where the combination of a staid state broadcaster with a free-to-air monopoly and fierce competition among cable and satellite companies has boosted pay-TV.
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Broadcasters may then be unable to fund commitments to quality and diversity, and be forced to increase their output of low-budget, advertiser-friendly programming, resulting in a diminished range of free-to-air content.
Ofcom ruled the channel broke rules on 8 June 2007 by broadcasting "adult-sex" material during a free-to-air slot, and material judged to be the equivalent of R18-rated film during the encrypted segment.
It observes that in Mexico, pay television, which is the primary outlet for foreign programmers, is subject to significantly more stringent advertising restrictions than free-to-air broadcast television, which is supplied by domestic operators.
Relaying more than 500 channels, most of them free-to-air rather than fee-paying, Nilesat has helped spawn the revolution in Arab broadcasting that has seen dowdy old state monopolies swamped by a panoply of privately-produced fare.
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While X-Factor, remains by far the biggest regular hitter when it comes to TV-related tweets in the UK -- 3.7 million of the 38.7 million made about shows broadcast free-to-air on British television from April 1 to November 1 this year -- it is not just entertainment shows getting in on the act.
When Lennon planned to join Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in free open-air concerts outside the 1972 Republican Convention, in Miami, he was promptly subjected to deportation proceedings.
In their heyday, the ancient Olympics before Macedonian warlords and Roman politicians sullied them had more in common with one of today's free open-air music festivals than with the corporate carnival planned for London this year.
The careful, bland, risk-averse, character-free character of its on-air product is a direct result of a leadership-by-committee management culture.
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"A World Cup qualifier should be available for everybody on free-to-air TV, " he told BBC Sport.
It is free of air-traffic congestion, has no ban on night flights and has plenty of runway space.
But a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said Sky Sports News was cancelled when it stopped being a free-to-air channel.
But its fortifying magic works wonders to combat moisture-free air and hat head.
All the changes affect Mediaset as well as Sky, but hit Sky harder because Mediaset remains chiefly a free-to-air business.
Appealing to frequent travelers, the Acer C7 Chromebook also enables users to get online at 30, 000 feet with free Gogo in-air internet passes.
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They stroll along Ojai Avenue from art gallery to art gallery, enjoying stunning views of the Topa Topa Mountains and breathing in the smog-free air.
As an added incentive, Acer has bundled 12 free Gogo in-air Internet access passes, which can be used over a two-year period on U.S. domestic flights.
Meanwhile the free-to-air broadcaster RTL is making a fortune.
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Its main News at Ten Thirty on the free-to-air channel ITV1 is to feature more sport, foreign and business news to attract "upmarket" older male viewers, according to its editor-in-chief David Mannion.
On both sides of the Atlantic, the ubiquity of fast internet connection that can support HD streaming, along with antiquated rules around free-to-air offerings, is creating a bit of a wild west feel.
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