NakiMan

Sadly TVcatchup is not currently available outside the UK

snodger

Are you able to pick up English tv over in nz ? Or are most of tge Uk tv programs already on nz tv channels

P18PPS

Sadly (!) yes you can get an awful lot of uk tv - there is even a "UKTV" channel. Unfortunately my kids are addicted to Eastenders.

snodger

Eastenders is terrible !!!! I'm sorry if people like it but it's so depressing ha ha

P18PPS

agreed! .... perhaps it reinforces how wonderful life in NZ is!

simonsi

You need to use an internet proxy service so that you appear to be in the UK as far as BBC iPlayer, TV Catchup etc are concerned.

mwhite1962

As i am not out there yet to find out, i cannot try, but was given a website to try, its adthe.net
apparently you google the site, click on the first link and you get a choice of sport or live tv, also if on any of the channels it says you need to download veetle, do it, on good authority its ok to download.

Good luck

Aliwales

Sorry to jump in unannounced, but my questions kinda on the same lines as the op.

You know the plug in portable aerials, r they ok for Nz, possibly a ridiculous question but I'm not up on technology, and I'm creating a mental go/throw list!

Ali

JohnThePom

I'm sure they'll work, but you might have a problem with reception. We plugged our UK tv into the fixed aerial on the house and tuned it to get reception - but it is poor and they will be phasing out analogue TV anyway in the next few years, just like the UK did. We bought a freeview box and digital reception is still poor. We're on the top of a hill by the way about 10km from Wellington.

A lot of people seem to have Sky dishes and I guess that is because they get better reception and more choice that way. I used to think TV in the UK was bad until I visited the US. NZ is just like the US but with less channels!

Justcol

See my first responce in this thread

All terrestial tv reception in nz is crap you cannot see the picture

simonsi

Ours is fine (North Shore), so a bit of a poor generalisation.

Aliwales

Oooo colandros r u feeling hormonal?! Apologies for missing ur answer but I read this on an I phone and being useless with it I must have missed it!?

And do you know what it didn't occur to me that I would t need an aerial of some description coz I've never had sky!!! Derr silly me?!

Thanks

Aliwales

Ta simonsi, I'll just shove em in n see, trying to absolutely space save is becoming an unhealthy obsession!
Al