British TV abroad?
Nov 18th 2009, 4:56 am
#31
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Re: British TV abroad?
If viewing UK reality shows makes someone feel connected then fair enough. I enjoy watching the occasional British program as well, and there are plenty of interesting ones available on PBS (basic cable package) without having to mess about with all this stuff.
The more I read of these threads, the more I appreciate the variety of TV available in Canada. Familiarity is not the same as quality.
Nov 18th 2009, 5:19 am
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Nov 18th 2009, 5:42 am
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Re: British TV abroad?
b) I haven't watched everything no, but I have looked at the schedules and that's enough to put me off.
I cannot think of any Canadian TV that I have set to PVR; there is Jon Stewart and new Simpsons episodes, but that amounts to about an hour a week once the ads and boring interviews have been removed (and that's US TV anyway).
The rest of my viewing is either the BBC or Channel 4. I don't bother with ITV cos that's as bad as the crap you get here.
Nov 18th 2009, 5:58 am
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Re: British TV abroad?
I have downloaded Film on and can watch the programmes but am just a bit weary that im not being charged through my supplier, shaw in this case is it really for free??
Nov 18th 2009, 6:07 am
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Re: British TV abroad?
You have the advantage on me. I generally have to watch a bit of a program before I can decide if it is any good or not.
I am not really interested in arguing the relative merits of national broadcasters. I will happily concede that if I was required to chose one broadcaster's output to watch for the rest of my life it would be the BBC.
The point is that there is plenty of intelligent, informative and entertaining TV available here, often without commercials, if you can be bothered to search it out. To suggest otherwise is VERY silly.
UK TV is just better than US and Canadian TV. To suggest otherwise is just silly.
The point is that there is plenty of intelligent, informative and entertaining TV available here, often without commercials, if you can be bothered to search it out. To suggest otherwise is VERY silly.
Nov 18th 2009, 6:16 am
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Re: British TV abroad?
You have the advantage on me. I generally have to watch a bit of a program before I can decide if it is any good or not.
I am not really interested in arguing the relative merits of national broadcasters. I will happily concede that if I was required to chose one broadcaster's output to watch for the rest of my life it would be the BBC.
The point is that there is plenty of intelligent, informative and entertaining TV available here, often without commercials, if you can be bothered to search it out. To suggest otherwise is VERY silly.
I am not really interested in arguing the relative merits of national broadcasters. I will happily concede that if I was required to chose one broadcaster's output to watch for the rest of my life it would be the BBC.
The point is that there is plenty of intelligent, informative and entertaining TV available here, often without commercials, if you can be bothered to search it out. To suggest otherwise is VERY silly.
Some PBS docs are ok (a step up from the discovery channel for sure), but not really good enough for me to go out of my way to watch them. Nature and Nova are good examples of the workmanlike stuff that you get can get here if you look for it. Good enough in a pinch, but not exactly david attenborough.
Nov 18th 2009, 12:55 pm
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Re: British TV abroad?
a) No you don't. There are plenty of shows that I watch that never make it here; and of those that do a fair chunk of them are edited down to make space for ads.
b) I haven't watched everything no, but I have looked at the schedules and that's enough to put me off.
I cannot think of any Canadian TV that I have set to PVR; there is Jon Stewart and new Simpsons episodes, but that amounts to about an hour a week once the ads and boring interviews have been removed (and that's US TV anyway).
The rest of my viewing is either the BBC or Channel 4. I don't bother with ITV cos that's as bad as the crap you get here.
b) I haven't watched everything no, but I have looked at the schedules and that's enough to put me off.
I cannot think of any Canadian TV that I have set to PVR; there is Jon Stewart and new Simpsons episodes, but that amounts to about an hour a week once the ads and boring interviews have been removed (and that's US TV anyway).
The rest of my viewing is either the BBC or Channel 4. I don't bother with ITV cos that's as bad as the crap you get here.
Nov 21st 2009, 3:49 pm
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Re: British TV abroad?
It is free but eventually you might see a message asking you to subscribe. You need to keep an eye on the bandwidth you have used. I have Rogers for my ISP and I can log in and see how much bandwidth I have used. If I went over 60 GB I would be charged. I only use about 20GB a month though and I do lots of work on my computer.
Nov 23rd 2009, 6:37 am
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Re: British TV abroad?
I use the British Online Tv Access Account from here https://www.pc-streaming.com/store/. It really is good and gains access to everything available BBC, iplayer, ITV, ITV Player, CH4 On-Demand etc.
They have also just introduced an Ireland package for all those Irish ex-pats missing RTE.
They have also just introduced an Ireland package for all those Irish ex-pats missing RTE.
Nov 23rd 2009, 9:50 am
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Re: British TV abroad?
For those interested, series 14 of Top Gear began last week (and hopefully it's better than the "low budget" series 13 
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Nov 23rd 2009, 1:07 pm
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Nov 23rd 2009, 1:46 pm
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No it was driving on "allegedly" the best road in the world in Romania. They did drive in tunnels under the peoples palace too. Fantastic cars!!
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Nov 23rd 2009, 4:03 pm
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