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14/6/2016 at 9:25pm
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For Spain these days, you will need a decent internet connection, and even then you are probably best using a SlingBox to get all the usual UK Freeview or Freesat stuff.
If Internet is not an option, then it's bad news, since the satellite changes back in early 2014.
Barcelona I think is still a satellite hotspot, were a 1 Dish will get you Freesat and or Sky.
Anywhere else in Spain and you can forget Freesat, and getting Sky is not straightforward as it will only be the encrypted channels you can get, so no BBC or iTv etc.
Another option is to find a campsite that offers UK TV, usually just a handful of channels, but better than nothing I guess, although I would imagine there will be a cost for such a service.
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14/6/2016 at 10:18pm
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Simples David, the Freesat gang BBC/iTV were stupid by not using encryption, like what the French have done for Fransat there version of Freesat, which can be picked up anywhere in Europe with just a 50cm Dish.
That's why the Sky encrypted channels are carried on the Wide satellite beam, and all the Freesat stuff is on the Spot beam.
We use a 1m Dish for reception of Freesat down in Frejus, although some days the signal does disappear, but Sky News TV is always there, the local expats are now using 1.2m Dish's.
We really are not using satellite to it's full potential, apart from TV, look at America, they have Sirius which is Satellite delivery of Radio to your car, or hand portable Radio.
Imagine that, all you local UK Radio stations, available anywhere in Europe on your ca Radio or hand portable Radio.
The technology is there so why are we not using it, I think in America they pay a subscription for Sirius but it's only peanuts per user.
We almost had a similiar system in Europe, but it failed after the first year due to the lack of funding, what a waste of technology.
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Yep, I seem to remember David Klyne on here uses his Freeview TV that way, to watch the F1 stuff on TV whilst in France etc.
I keep meaning to get a Fransat satellite receiver for watching French TV here in the UK, they are quite cheap, SD can be had for around 50€ and HD around 100€ most can be made into PVR's using a memory stick etc.
I had an analogue satellite system at the last house for watching French TV, but like here they turned of the FTA analogue system a few years back, still got the SECAM to PAL coverter, although I eventually got a CRT TV that was both PAL and SECAM.
You can probably get all the French TV stuff via the Internet these days, but using satellite is easy and you only need a 45cm Dish here in the UK.
The problem for satellite now, is that when the current bunch of satellites come near to the end of there servicible life in around 15 years time, they will not be replaced, so that will mean Internet only and terrestrial for TV, which will be such a massive step backwards for mobile reception of TV.
I personally think that the French will stick with satellite for TV for many years to come, due to the size of the country, UK is a different kettle of fish being such a small country.
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