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(June 2013)

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LL
London Lite Founding member
deejay posted:
On another note, I distinctly remember viewers from Benelux countries occasionally entering competitions or writing to Swap Shop/Saturday Superstore.


The same with Blue Peter.
SI
simon1970
RB posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
One consequence of the move to DTT is that hotel operators are starting to simply distribute an aerial feed to each room and use integrated digital sets rather than using satellite. This means that often only local programmes are available rather than the usual selection of satellite channels. At one time you could usually rely on having BBC World and CNNi in English, but that is no longer guaranteed.


On the other hand, some hotels carry domestic British television. When we stayed in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands last year, our television included three domestic British channels, BBC1 Scotland, ITV Meridian (South) and Channel 4 (with audio description).
An eclectic mix.
The hotel bar showed a bit of BBC1 Scotland too.
I'm assuming they were picking it up from satellite and rebroadcasting it on the hotel's network.

Is it possible to hoodwink Sky by paying for a package with a UK address and simply moving the box and the card abroad?


Just don't let Sky know that your box is in Spain! If you do, they will switch it off.
CR
Critique
I notice that Lord Sugar keeps tweeting about how if you're in Spain you won't be able to access Sky later this year from there - what is changing to mean you can't access it from later this year?
BA
Bail Moderator
Isn't it something to do with the phone line connection?
SA
samwsmith1
Critique posted:
I notice that Lord Sugar keeps tweeting about how if you're in Spain you won't be able to access Sky later this year from there - what is changing to mean you can't access it from later this year?

Is it not because the free to air UK channels are moving to a new satellite which has a very tight UK beam compared to the old one.
NG
noggin Founding member
Critique posted:
I notice that Lord Sugar keeps tweeting about how if you're in Spain you won't be able to access Sky later this year from there - what is changing to mean you can't access it from later this year?


Lots of UK channels moving to a new satellite at 28.2E that has a tighter UK/Ireland beam which means existing installations may lose services, or get them much more intermittently.
NG
noggin Founding member
Bail posted:
Isn't it something to do with the phone line connection?


I think the phone line is only required for multiroom and PPV isn't it? You used to get a subsidy for agreeing to connect your box to the phone for 12 months (ages ago - it was to give you an incentive to use interactive services that used the phone line - like ordering Pizza, Home banking etc.) You need the phone connection for multiroom as it uses Caller ID to verify all the boxes are on the same phone line.
GO
gottago
Just as an aside the Ts and Cs still say you need to agree to have a phone line plugged in for 12 months although when I ordered I said I didn't have access to the landline in my house and they put a note on my account and I could still have it installed so you could do that and take it to Spain.

As you say only PPV, some interactive services and multiroom would have been affected by the lack of the line.
MA
Maarten1
It's funny to see that we in Holland can receive as much BBC channels as the British without paying a license fee Razz
I can receive BBC1, 2, Entertainment and World News, and with a subscription-only for 3, 4 and HD on my tv, but also on the internet service of my provider, so iPlayer without a rewatch possibility.

All BBC Radio channels are also provided here.

British tv is very popular in this country, many people watch the BBC for their documentaries and television series.

My provider had a quite amusing television ad announcing BBC would come to their bouquet.

"Due to some circumstances, KPN added BBC to its packages"
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Maarten1 posted:
It's funny to see that we in Holland can receive as much BBC channels as the British without paying a license fee Razz
I can receive BBC1, 2, Entertainment and World News, and with a subscription-only for 3, 4 and HD on my tv, but also on the internet service of my provider, so iPlayer without a rewatch possibility.

All BBC Radio channels are also provided here.

British tv is very popular in this country, many people watch the BBC for their documentaries and television series.

My provider had a quite amusing television ad announcing BBC would come to their bouquet.

"Due to some circumstances, KPN added BBC to its packages"


How vile.
JO
Jon
Gavin Scott posted:

How vile.

Well I think there may well be an outcry if had an ad over here depicting people from another nation in such a negative stereotypical manner.

Still it's quite amusing.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Jon posted:
Gavin Scott posted:

How vile.

Well I think there may well be an outcry if had an ad over here depicting people from another nation in such a negative stereotypical manner.

Still it's quite amusing.


Oh I think its accurate enough (I've seen it often enough in Amsterdam). It was those English lads I was describing thusly.

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