Freewire

Freewire is an internet based television service (IPTV) originally specifically targeted at students through University portals and networks. Freewire Television now reaches around 40,000 students at a variety of locations in the country, and in the process became the largest IPTV service ahead of BT Vision and Tiscali TV. Freewire Television is available at around 100,000 student rooms across the UK.

Success with in the IPTV market has led Freewire to expand into Telecommunications and Broadband.

Universities Receiving Freewire TV

• University of Abertay Dundee
• University of Bath
• University of Bristol
• Bournemouth University
• University of Central Lancashire
• Cranfield University
• University of Dundee
• University of East Anglia
• University of Essex
• University of Exeter
• University of Greenwich
• Imperial College London
• Keele University
• University of Kent
• University of Leeds
• University of Liverpool
• Loughborough University
• University of Manchester
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• University of Nottingham
• Plymouth University
• University of Portsmouth
• The Robert Gordon University
• University of Sheffield
• Southampton Solent University
• University of Strathclyde
• University of Sunderland
• UWIC

Freewire Subscription TV Services

While the main freewire TV service is free in a similar fashion to Freeview, Freewire offer a range of subscription services. Freewire Extra! is a £7.82 per month subscription giving users another 21 channels, including FX, Living TV, Bloomberg, MTV and National Geographic. Freewire Sports is a package designed around Setanta Sports, offering a range of sporting channels including Setanta Sports 2 and Setana Sports Golf for £4.88 per month. If users wants Setanta's premium channel, Setanta Sports 1 they must buy the Extra! package too. The final package offered is entitled Freewire International and offers a range of foreign language and culture entertainment, sport, music and movie channels. The subscription system for this pack is pay for what you want.

Other Products

Alongside their popular IPTV service, Freewire have also launched a telephone and broadband service designed to attract students with its low prices. The phone service was the first VOIP service to be launched in residential marketing, with Inuk the owners of Freewire doing a $140million deal with Cable and Wireless.

External links

• 1, Freewire Homepage