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Mission Statement: There are estimated 1 to 2 million* free to air satellite receivers located in homes throughout the U.S. and Canada. Our intention is to take advantage of this massive viewer network lying dormant waiting for the product we are about to make available to them. The digital encryption method will run in the clear for all channels containing commercials. Receiver requirements are a digital satellite receiver. A card slot will be required to receive PPV broadcasts. * We have changed this number to a more conservative estimate.. With factory software the following receivers should work. Ariza, AZBox, Captive Works, Conaxsat, Coolsat, Drake, Dreambox, Fortec, GEOSat Pro, Icon, I-Link, K-Box, Neosat, NFusion, Pansat or clone, Silverbullet, Sonicview, Sonysat, Traxis, Viewsat, XTC or any FCC approved FTA receiver. Taking commercial television to a whole new level. Transmission Date: TBA Transponders: TBA Requirements: FTA Satellite Receiver and 22 inch dish (minimum), (33 inch dish recommended). Transmission foot print: North America, including Canada, United States and Mexico. Transmission will begin with 18 to 20 digital channels in the clear, PPV sports, comedy, and other events will be announced (cards will be required for PPV) available from your local satellite dealer. This organization is dedicated to the Free to Air Community. We appreciate all your support. The buck stops here : Founding member Paul Lock News Release: 7/16/2010 EPG compatibility. Freedbs. LLC Program Guide should work with most mpeg-2 compatible FTA receivers with the stations that we are planning to go up with at first. When we switch over to mpeg-4 only, we will also be enacting a proprietary Guide that will only work with a authorized HD mpeg-4 receiver. Other mpeg-4 receivers should still receive our channels but not the guide. News Release: 7/11/2010 If you are planning to buy a new FTA receiver, We would recommend that you wait 1-2 weeks for our news release before you make a decision. All new mpeg-4 receivers may not work with our "EPG" electronic program guide. News Release: 7/08/2010 TVS Sports channel has been added to our lineup. Also Space Vid Cast had been added previously and plans on Streaming in HD full time soon. News Release: 7/01/2010 We are in talks with other corporations and businesses that we are working with to bring this about. We are also categorizing our media. Due to the number of repetitive e-mails, We have reduced the number of representatives you may contact by email. News Release: 6/11/2010 We have removed the networks. When these channels are no longer available over the air, we will look at this issue again.

Time Line: November 2009: Meeting on FTA Broadcast Network January 5th, 2010: Meeting with Ray's Uncle January 6th, 2010: Meeting with Ray's Uncle January 10th, 2010: Selected site name January 11th, 2010: Site start date January 12th, 2010: Contacted by Victor Ives expressing to be added to channel line up. January 13th, 2010: Discussed Billiards Channel with Greg Sullivan. January 14th, 2010: Added GAMC to line up. January 15th, 2010: Added DiamondBilliards to line up. Producer - Pat Fleming January 15th, 2010: Secured funding January 16th, 2010: Added GATV to line up. January 18th, 2010: Discussed Music Channel with Carlos York January 18th, 2010: Contacted producers for Hunting/Fishing Channel January 19th, 2010: Completed Dealer signup page. January 19th, 2010: Added Gaming Channel - Ed. January 20th, 2010: Contacted by Brian Gohl - President Glorystar Christian Satellite Service January 21st, 2010: In contact with promoters "Lethal Attitude Wrestling" January 22nd, 2010: Acquired rare aviation films for TAC. January 23rd, 2010: Acquired rare films for TRC January 24th, 2010: Created and posted sample for TRC January 25th, 2010: Meeting with camera crew and reporters January 27th, 2010: Board Meeting January 28th, 2010: Met with Greg Sullivan concerning production tactics. January 31st, 2010: In contact with a movie production company in California (PR Kent S. Morris) February 3rd, 2010: Visited Tippy Studios in Louisville, Ky (owner Gary Kininmonth) March 1st, 2010: In contact with TheRealNews.com, Paul Jay March 2nd, 2010: Setup SSL Certificate for music purchasing. March 10th 2010: Board Meeting concerning advertising and uplink location. March 18th 2010: Started inhouse equipment test. March 21st 2010: Completed equipment test. April 1st 2010: Started Multi-Channel inhouse equipment test. April 7th 2010: Multi-Channel testing completed.