Use Kaffeine to Receive Free-to-Air TV on Your Linux Box | Linux Today

Use Kaffeine to Receive Free-to-Air TV on Your Linux Box

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2008

“Free-to-air (FTA) ethnic television in a variety of languages
beamed from satellite straight to your Linux PC? No problem–here’s
how.

“FTA provides programming that is quite different from the
channels beamed by the regular commercial providers. Looking for
the latest news from Germany or Spain or Greece? How about a
program describing the Canary Islands, the news from Radio France
International in Portuguese, or a channel from Argentina dedicated
to the tango? Students of languages or Latin American studies,
expatriates seeking the flavor of their homeland, people interested
in a world news perspective–all can find interesting programs on
FTA at no subscription cost…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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