Can I receive Spanish TV using my Sky digibox?

Simply no.

Firstly Spanish TV is now digital. It is transmitted terrestrially. Sky boxes do not have a digital terrestrial tuner. Sky boxes only have an analogue terrestrial tuner. So you cannot receive Spanish TV using my Sky digibox in Spain if you connect it to a TV aerial in Spain.

More on TDT - Spanish Digital Terrestrail TV here

Secondly, a Sky box cannot manage other encryption services. Most Spanish channels on satellite use a different encryption system to that used by Sky. So the Sky box cannot physically read a viewing card used to encrypt Spanish satellite TV.

A Sky box is designed to boot up and start to work using data from the UK TV satellites at 28 east. However, Spanish TV is transmitted from Astra 19.2 East and Hispasat 30 West, which do not carry the data required to boot up a Sky digibox.

If you want to watch Spanish TV via satellite then you will require a Canal+ dish, box and subscription. 

More on Canal+ (formally Digital+) in Spain

380 Premier League matches on Satellite TV - another operator

380 Premier League matches on Satellite TV - another operator gains the broadcast rights to all matches.


Portuguese operator TV Sport TV launches an English Premier League TV Sport Channel, devoted entirely to the Premier League, the leading English Football Championship.

Operating 24h/day and seven days a week, this channel aims to distribute a total of 380 English Premier League matches and highlights of the competition. It will be available at no additional cost to subscribers of the current HD channel Sport TV.

Many of these games will be shown LIVE, and in HD. Not all 3pm saturday kick offs will be available LIVE but they will be available on a delayed basis.

At the moment English Sport TV is available to customers of Portuguese MEO Satellite Operator. It is available on the Hispasat satellites at 30 West, the same group used by Spanish satewllite operator Digital+.

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