British Television whilst in France when abroad Via Satelite TV?

Question

I have asked this question in a similar form but unfortunately did not recieve answers that make sense.

Please, I ask sincerely, do not answer unless you are absolutely sure of your facts.

My wife and I recently moved to Brittany in northern France.
I love the peace and quiet but I work in the Middle East for long periods so my wife gets a little lonely.
She misses British TV.

I recently posted a question asking whether there was a satelite service that carried the British Freeview channels.

I was very supprised that one answerer said that you could get all TV stations on Satellite. Initially I dismissed this as nonsense but another nswered also said that she could get even the regional ITV stations in Northern Spain.

Confused I mailed ITV themselves and asked if there was anyway I could recieve their programs. They told me that ITV is a purely British Terestial broadcaster.

Was one of my answerers just making it up?

I know that Satelites are in Geostationary Orbit and therefore circle the equator, so would it be possible for a signal from a Terestial Transmitter to bounce off one off these?

I suppose I would have to point a conventional Digital aerial at a Satelite..ie not a Satelite dish. Does this sound reasonable?

Astro..seems like staying in all the time has turned you into a pedantic ****.

Answer 1

Hi-I have lived in Southern Spain, and have received all the free channels for years-there is NO REASON your wife can't have the same. BBC1/2/3/4...ITV 1/2/3/etc Channel 4 Channel 5 and some other kids, and movie channels, all shopping channels etc. I also organised this for a cousin who lives in Germany, and she also gets the same as me. You will need a 1.5 metre dish, a satellite receiver(digi box - (get them on Ebay,) and cabling from dish to box-connect to TV and you're away! You must have a sat installation company near you, if there is an ex-pat community nearby they will advise-please email me if you need my help to source any of this.............

Answer 2

There are various many testimonies out there that do not have movies. Catalogs can explore ideas and concepts without having to be anxious about a special results budget.

Answer 3

normally i watch a whole lot of television set but i really do love a good reserve if i get into the reserve i wont place it down and i love that i get to use my imagination a lot more than with a tv

Answer 4

Hi

These are the available free to air channels via satellite : http://www.ftasat.co.uk

You need to point your dish at E28.2 to pick up the digital Astra satellite.

It is focussed on UK. I pick it up on the Med with an 80cm dish, so Brittany will probably work with a smaller dish.


Peter

Answer 5

You can certainly get all british sky tv channels which carry some of ITV.
I spent a holiday in France this year and my granddaughter insisted on watching Big Brother every day.

Answer 6

You can unblock most geo restricted website in any country and watch BBC, ITV, NBC etc from all countries if you install netprivacy.me takes a few minutes and allows anonymous browsing and downloading and unblocking of all websites.

Answer 7

i ask sincerely why you are posting this question on ITV reception in brittany to astronomy & space and not entertainment...(television satellites aren't astronomy related)

i'm also english. i live in america, and i miss british tv :)