Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Dec 9th 2012, 5:25 pm
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Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Hi Fellow Ex-Pats.
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
Dec 9th 2012, 6:43 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Hi Fellow Ex-Pats.
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
Dec 9th 2012, 7:06 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Hi Fellow Ex-Pats.
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
I wonder what effect 1/4 million Brits all suddenly starting to stream live TV through the webz will have upon the internet substructure on the Costas. Anyone any idea?
Dec 9th 2012, 7:19 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
I live in the Canarie Isles and have internet TV for €30 a month..you can get ..FilmOn.com.. UK TV free. on your laptop..
Dec 9th 2012, 8:57 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
That thought crossed my mind re internet!
Dec 10th 2012, 12:57 am
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Dec 10th 2012, 6:44 am
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Dec 10th 2012, 11:10 am
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
YOU PAY
as someone who just relies on the Spanish Terrestial services only I find the level of commitment some people have to their new home exceedingly low.
especially when all across BE Europe people are complaining about the loss of a freebie as if it was a right of residing in a foreign land.
Dec 10th 2012, 11:18 am
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Fargin bastiges.
Don't they realise that nearly .00000000001% of their market is expats living in Spain?
Don't they realise that nearly .00000000001% of their market is expats living in Spain?
Dec 10th 2012, 11:28 am
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
and a couple of % of that for each of Italy, France, Portugal etc etc as Spain is the largest expat community.
just go to BE Europe and see the whinging, the questions about upgrading a 2 bed flat from a 1.2m to 3m or even 4m + dish. Even talk about "extensions".
and the sat authorities and their clients are still playing around with the new sats and channels.
heaven help them if they should take the transmissions outside the reception band of the current receivers.
Dec 10th 2012, 12:16 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
FWIW I only watch Spanish TV for News broadcasts (various stations so as to filter out the political bias :-) ) and for the footie live results!
IMO 85% of Spanish TV is rubbish as for English TV I don't know what the level is nowadays as its over 20 years since I watched it!
Dec 10th 2012, 12:41 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
YOU PAY
as someone who just relies on the Spanish Terrestial services only I find the level of commitment some people have to their new home exceedingly low.
especially when all across BE Europe people are complaining about the loss of a freebie as if it was a right of residing in a foreign land.
as someone who just relies on the Spanish Terrestial services only I find the level of commitment some people have to their new home exceedingly low.
especially when all across BE Europe people are complaining about the loss of a freebie as if it was a right of residing in a foreign land.
Dec 10th 2012, 12:45 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
Hi Fellow Ex-Pats.
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
Apparently here in Spain we will lose all UK Freetoview Channels as of next Sunday,16th.December due to the moving of Astra Broadcasting Satellites.
Rumours have it that you will need a new box which has to be linked to the Internet via Computer to receive the signal to receive UK Channels.
Others say a 3ft diameter dish will be required costing approx. 1000-2000 euros.
Can anyone enlighten me on any of the above?
Many Thanks in advance for any help and advice.
P:S: And before any of the "Forget UK TV and get a life"...remember there are many ex-pat pensioners who are ill and housebound and others who can,t afford to go out. (I don,t fall into these categories fortunately but I know people who do)
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=765412
Dec 10th 2012, 1:16 pm
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Re: Loss of UK Televison Channels in Spain.
There are some good series on UK TV that are worth watching, like Homeland and The Fear which was on last week. You don't even need to watch them on a computer:
I download the torrent streams from here, using this software.
Then if you want to watch them on TV rather than the PC, just save the file onto a USB drive and play the programmes on TV via a USB socket on the DVD player. (If your old DVD player doesn't have this you can get a new one for about €30).
It's a little bit of a faff, but the upside is - I could watch the whole of Downton Abbey with no adverts!!!
I download the torrent streams from here, using this software.
Then if you want to watch them on TV rather than the PC, just save the file onto a USB drive and play the programmes on TV via a USB socket on the DVD player. (If your old DVD player doesn't have this you can get a new one for about €30).
It's a little bit of a faff, but the upside is - I could watch the whole of Downton Abbey with no adverts!!!