BBC in Canada?
May 2nd 2007 | 3:31 am
#16
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Re: BBC in Canada?
This operation http://www.thetelly.net/home.cfm?CFI...TOKEN=11159949 now are advertising on BE. Basically they host a 'slingbox' media transmitter/extender thingy which you can use to send TV via internet to your PC (& potentially TV) in Canada. You obviously need a good broadband connection to use it. I have no idea how good the service is but it looks expensive particularly when the GBP prices are converted to CAD$. But I'spose if you miss terrestrial British TV that much then you might consider it a price worth paying?
One thing we find invaluable in navigating the vast array of dross that constitutes North American TV is a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). This enables us to pick those programmes we want to watch and record them for viewing at our convenience and more importantly fast forward through the interminable bloody adverts. It's particularly useful if timezones mean that programmes you want to watch are on too late, (More a function of being in the East than the West), although the 'timeshifting' option of numerous feeds of the same channel helps with this to an extent.
One thing we find invaluable in navigating the vast array of dross that constitutes North American TV is a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). This enables us to pick those programmes we want to watch and record them for viewing at our convenience and more importantly fast forward through the interminable bloody adverts. It's particularly useful if timezones mean that programmes you want to watch are on too late, (More a function of being in the East than the West), although the 'timeshifting' option of numerous feeds of the same channel helps with this to an extent.
May 2nd 2007 | 3:33 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
So it seems to be worth it? Had my kids at schools in the UK because of their early graduation from Canadian schools and we loved travelling back and forth to the schools and listening to Chris Moyles. Thought we could get this stuff on the computer though? Is it easier to go with Sirius than a wireless laptop for the World Service or Radio 1 for example. Have a short wave radio but unfortunately a few years ago BBC stopped sending us the World Service here in Canada
We don't subscribe to a TV service but use rabbit ears which are adequate to get American Idol, Jeopardy and similar and have a subscription to zip.ca for films and TV series.
May 2nd 2007 | 3:40 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
Just sign up to www.uknova.com (whenever they next open up for registration). It's free, and you can usually download stuff within a day or two of it airing in the UK. Of course it's not legal but then neither are any sites which offer this kind of thing.
May 2nd 2007 | 3:52 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
Just sign up to www.uknova.com (whenever they next open up for registration). It's free, and you can usually download stuff within a day or two of it airing in the UK. Of course it's not legal but then neither are any sites which offer this kind of thing.
May 2nd 2007 | 4:03 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
Hi,
There is talk of the BBC launching a site on the web with a subscription.
I would imagine that this would be common practice in the near future so all problems solved
There is talk of the BBC launching a site on the web with a subscription.
I would imagine that this would be common practice in the near future so all problems solved
May 2nd 2007 | 4:10 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
Hardly so, you can't take that in the car and besides it'd need a much better internet connection than we can get.
May 2nd 2007 | 4:13 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
May 2nd 2007 | 4:27 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4187036.stm
Last edited by steve666; May 2nd 2007 at 4:29 am.
May 2nd 2007 | 6:16 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
The answer is Sirius. $17 a month. Radio 1, BBC World Service, umpteen channels of commercial free radio offering all sorts of stuff. (At any given moment a channel is playing Amy Winehouse, whereas at any given moment one free station is playing Rush and another Led Zeppelin). I haven't listened to a Canadian station since I got it.
May 2nd 2007 | 6:30 am
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The process of hooking it up was odd though. I called a toll free number which got me a woman in Cape Breton who had to boot her pc to get me started. She tried to sell me some prepayment package costing hundreds of dollars, when I demurred she said "oh, ok then, it'll be $17". It remains to be seen what will happen when Sirius merges with XM, I'm hoping for even more channels for about the same money.
May 2nd 2007 | 7:00 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
Gosh, I get really antsy when I think about TV and radio. I know I will REALLY miss UK TV and radio. Not just BBC, but ITV, Channel 4 and 5. At least in the Uk if I wanna watch Richard & Judy or Ready Steady Cook or whatever other crap is on I can. I'm not a telly addict really, I think you just get used to what you have. I'm going to wish very hard for a good solution to this problem......
May 2nd 2007 | 7:03 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
Gosh, I get really antsy when I think about TV and radio. I know I will REALLY miss UK TV and radio. Not just BBC, but ITV, Channel 4 and 5. At least in the Uk if I wanna watch Richard & Judy or Ready Steady Cook or whatever other crap is on I can. I'm not a telly addict really, I think you just get used to what you have. I'm going to wish very hard for a good solution to this problem......
good luck with the move - you lucky thing!
May 2nd 2007 | 7:19 am
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Re: BBC in Canada?
I thought about getting some TV shows taped onto DVD and sent over, but wonder how long British TV will be relevant when you get used to Canadian channels? This is what I'm hoping anyway. I'll have to wait and see.
I'm really gonna miss Chris Moyles - dont think anything could replace him.
Good luck with your move etc.
Nik
May 2nd 2007 | 3:14 pm
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Re: BBC in Canada?
My lad downloads British shows he wants to watch, and plays them on his PC or records them to disc so we can see them if we want. (Things like Top Gear and QI)
