porcelainwhite

You come all the way to Spain but you can't leave your precious British TV as if they show anything decent on there

I can't be the only one? Who here watches Spanish TV? I'm thinking of getting Canal+ but I've heard their customer service is terrible?

lynnxa

I watch Spanish tele - not that I watch much tele

we did have english tele for a while via a cable service, but that was already installed in the apartment we were renting & my dad was living with us, so then yes, English tele was on all the time

we've moved & we could have the cable service here too if we wanted, but have decided not to bother - we can always download anything we really miss (not a lot)

now with TDT my OH who doesn't speak spanish can watch all his CSI type things in english if he wants - but when he's away as often as not we don't bother switching the language - & I get to watch Pasapalabra

rachelk

Oh dear, here we go.

It might save time later to move this to the bullring now,,,,,,,

lynnxa

I'm not going there!!!

when we first came here we made a conscious decision to NOT get english tele - so that our kids would be exposed to as much spanish language as possible

then for years we either couldn't afford a dish or weren't in a property where it was possible to have a dish to get sky - then when we were we couldn't see the need any more

that said, I can completely understand why people want the comforts of 'home' - including Corrie etc. - but I never watched them in the UK anyway

JLFS

We have to be sensible about these things, whatever system you have for British TV you can still watch Spanish as well by the press of a button,

My wife loves the soaps, and if she cant watch them live, she will watch the repeats.

If you have enjoyed something in the UK, why not "export it" so to speak, life is made up of little pleasures and if watching something you have grown up with gives you pleasure, why not?

As for TV being important if you want to learn the language, Iagree, Spanish is the way, but that is where the remote control is usefull.

lynnxa

some of my students tell me they have no access to Spanish TV at all - sometimes you'd hardly think we live in Spain - they say they never get the chance to speak spanish or hear it - so I say 'watch spanish tele then!'

some of them have a dish but no aerial.............I'm not techy enough to know if that really does mean they can't get spanish tele, or if they just need to set it up properly

anonimouse

If you think UK TV is poor, watch Spanish Tv, it seems to be all Springer type shows, shouting and balling at each other. The News is OK.

lynnxa

there are some good series & documentary series though

and the presenter of ¡Allá tú! is much better looking than Noel Edmonds

jimenato

How?

lynnxa

it's not just me then


we could when we had the cable service - but there was also a community aerial for spanish tele

as I asked before - is that possible if you only have a dish?

Lynn R

I do have Spanish TV (in a separate room on a separate TV) as well as English free to air channels via a satellite dish, but I only watch the news on it, and occasionally a discussion type programme. Not interested in the telenovelas (don't watch British soaps, either) or the game shows, thanks.

JLFS

We have an option on the remote,and can elect which system from the control. The choice at the top takes us to British, and next one down to Spanishh.

It is not sky+ though.

pwwm

We have Humax box for UK, wouldnt go back to Sky, but watch Spansh througha common or garden ariel, rather like some of the programmes and yes I do watch the game shows as good for the language, as is the news of course, oh and the weather lol

jackytoo

I used to think Sky was full of drivel until I watched Spanish TV and it gives the word drivel a new meaning. I like to watch spanish news though, interesting to see how different countries cover (or not cover) a story.

Pecora Nera

If you think Spanish TV is poor, watch Italian it is stupid game shows and repeats of Arnold, Jeffersons & Cosby Show.

Ok back to the Italian forum where I belong