Freesat is a joint venture between BBC and ITV. Official Freesat receivers automatically update if a channel changes, they have a full 7 day EPG(electronic programme guide) and their channel lists are broken up into genres ie-Entertaiment, news, kids, etc.
Official Freesat+ boxes are available to perform the same way as Sky+boxes with pause, rewind, record and series link. Please note that there are no Irish channels on Freesat boxes.