OT TV for expats

[jimmybn]

Just wondered if anyone knew the best way to see UK TV channels/SKY etc when living abroad? Dont mind paying a subscription if there are any more "legit" sites lets say. Any help much appreciated

[MrsORichSenior]

Bonsoir/Salut Jimmy .........
Most Brits 'ere get UK Tv in France via satellite. You can do this via a SKY digibox or a Freesat receiver or a free to air satellite receiver bought off the store shelf or Amazon in our case.

No subscription for Free/to air channels can be received by any SKY, Freesat or free/to air digital receiver irrespective of whether it was purchased in the UK or France. With these gizmos you will be able to receive all the BBC & ITV channels, Channel 4, Five, More4, E4, CBS Drama, 5US, several news channels,some film channels including Film4, quite a few other varied channels and numerous UK radio channels These can all be received by aiming a satellite dish at the Astra 2 group of satellites located 28.2 degrees east of south.We got quite a large dish on gable end of house and no probs whilst other folks have smaller dishes from UK and report no probs via such a Sat tracker ....... https://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-2E-2F-2G.html
Canal sport + is our treat which always has decent games on all around the Euro leagues and has the bonus of not having Big Ears Lineker popping up with his gormless smile to ruin 'yer weekend.
MOT

[BenidormBlanco]

where you going to Mavo? can give you the spanish options if needed...

[Orgoner]

I've watched a couple of games here (USA) using ESPN3, which seems to be free.

[jimmybn]

Bonjour and thanks for taking the time to give the advice MrsORichSenior, thats exactly the kind of thing im after will look into it

BB - been on and off in the Netherlands over the past year and now its looking more and more permanent with work. Any links or advice you have im all ears. All good here in NL just didnt realise how much id miss some good old British telly plus Dutch TV sucks big time

[BenidormBlanco]

Cant give any advice on that one I'm afraid, worked in the Netherlands myself a couple of times in the last year, and can agree the T.V is shighte, though at least they show plenty of stuff that's originally made in English if you change the language settings on the remote, trouble is most of its American, not sure if that's better or worse than local Dutch T.V!
Good luck if you make the move, nice place, if a little expensive!

[costa_blanca_white]

Just wondered if anyone knew the best way to see UK TV channels/SKY etc when living abroad? Dont mind paying a subscription if there are any more "legit" sites lets say. Any help much appreciated

Buy yourself a MAG 256 IPTV box, no satellite dish required & you can get a subscription which includes ALL Sky channels, ALL 3pm kick off's, hundreds of movie channels, entertainment & kids channels, Canal + from Spain, France & Holland along with thousands of other channels from all over the world including Bein Sports, if you need more info just ask !!

[jimmybn]

Buy yourself a MAG 256 IPTV box, no satellite dish required & you can get a subscription which includes ALL Sky channels, ALL 3pm kick off's, hundreds of movie channels, entertainment & kids channels, Canal + from Spain, France & Holland along with thousands of other channels from all over the world including Bein Sports, if you need more info just ask !!

Thanks costa that might be the same as ive seen a few friends of mine have . Looks perfect but no clue where to buy them or who to subscribe to?

[costa_blanca_white]

Thanks costa that might be the same as ive seen a few friends of mine have . Looks perfect but no clue where to buy them or who to subscribe to?

I can sort both - private message me if you like.

[MrsORichSenior]

Satellite or Cable then Jimmy ?
When we first came over we lived in van whilst rebuilding was done and cable was okay apart from occasion freeze issues.My husband reckons you'll need minimum 2MB/second speed for no receiver problems first of all,so check the download speed.
Then choose your connection option - cable,wi fi or live plugs (no cabling).Use a HDMI cable to connect your PC to your Tv to get the best sound and picture quality. (Older PCs and Tvs may only support a VGA cable, and this will not carry sound) as we initially found out.

For Freesat (as we've got Yorkshire pockets) it's quite easy to fathom out yourself and in our case just a larger dish & ladders,a lot of swearing and jobs a 'good ' un'.Obviously dishes on flats and inner city areas can be an issue as can be if your going to be on the move regarding satellite or cable initial investment.
Thus concludes this Tutorial.
MOT

Link for yer - advice on Forum on Hardware button.
https://iptv.community/threads/mag-256-problems.5794/
https://www.uktv2c.com/watch-uk-tv-in-netherlands/