Ours came with a Zehnder satellite receiver, and we already had a portable satellite dish with another receiver. Freeview isn't as comprehensive as going satellite, albeit satellite is a bit fiddly to set up.
We had about 140 channels on the TV on Sunday, mostly European, but BBC World, Al Jazeera and CNN were in English, plus all of the regular stuff you'd get on Freeview.
We go to Holland regularly which is why we got the dish etc.
If you don't get rid of the Avtex, let me know please.