I want to pick up French TV channels. Do they have freeview over there
and, if so, could I receive those channels here? There is an old
satellite dish on the side of our house as the previous owners had Sky,
but we don't subscribe. Could I use that or would I need something
different?

Patty

Patty wrote:
I want to pick up French TV channels. Do they have freeview over there
and, if so, could I receive those channels here? There is an old
satellite dish on the side of our house as the previous owners had Sky,
but we don't subscribe. Could I use that or would I need something
different?

Bzzt! wrong group.

uk.tech.digital-tv is thataway -------------------------

David

On 2006-09-30 12:08:00 +0100, "Patty" said:

I want to pick up French TV channels. Do they have freeview over there
and, if so, could I receive those channels here? There is an old
satellite dish on the side of our house as the previous owners had Sky,
but we don't subscribe. Could I use that or would I need something
different?

Patty

The easiest way is to get a satellite dish directed for the Eutelsat
Hotbird satellites on a bearing of 13 degrees E.

http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/3_2_1.html

These carry the largest number of French language channels, many of
which are FTA (free to air).

http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/France.html


A Sky dish is not suitable as it is too small in most parts of the UK.
It could possibly be directed from its current direction of 28.2
degrees East, but this would need a satellite installer to do the work
and while you are paying for that you might as well get a decent dish
for the job.

A DVB receiver would be required as well - the Sky box is not really
suitable because it is quite tied to their particular system.

A decent satellite system installer should be able to supply all you
need. There are also sources of subscription cards if you need those
for any paid channels you might like.

In article .com, Patty
wrote:

I want to pick up French TV channels.

We specialise in such things.

01452 311031

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"Patty" wrote in message
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I want to pick up French TV channels.

Having seen French TV, I cannot imagine why.

Colin Bignell

In message , "Andy Luckman
(AJL Electronics)" writes
In article .com, Patty
wrote:

I want to pick up French TV channels.

We specialise in such things.

01452 311031

On a related subject

Andy can you send me you email, it seems to have disappeared from my
address book


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geoff

In message , nightjar
writes

"Patty" wrote in message
roups.com...
I want to pick up French TV channels.

Having seen French TV, I cannot imagine why.

Perhaps they have more porn than us ?



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geoff

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:21:29 +0100, nightjar wrote:

"Patty" wrote in message
oups.com...
I want to pick up French TV channels.

Having seen French TV, I cannot imagine why.

It could be worse, it could be Italian TV.

Sometimes I think that the "Scorchio" TV on the Fast Show was simply taken
from RAI Uno output.

In message , Steve Firth
writes
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:21:29 +0100, nightjar wrote:

"Patty" wrote in message
oups.com...
I want to pick up French TV channels.

Having seen French TV, I cannot imagine why.

It could be worse, it could be Italian TV.

Sometimes I think that the "Scorchio" TV on the Fast Show was simply taken
from RAI Uno output.

RAI uno ?

"Colpo grosso" was where it was at when I lived there

... which was NOT on RAI uno

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geoff

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:04:22 GMT, raden wrote:

RAI uno ?

"Colpo grosso" was where it was at when I lived there

... which was NOT on RAI uno

Now it's Uno per Tutti, which is like "Millionaire" for the stupid since it
involves horoscopes and not needign to answer a question, simply picking
some simpering model who happens to hold the right sheet of paper.

Throw in a grinning front man and six hundred women with long legs and two
tassels.