Satellite TV in Spain - This weeks Satellite TV News - Friday 17th October 2014

This week’s News - Friday 17th October 2014 

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For UK TV (Sky, Freesat) direct from the satellite, the recommended dish size for my service area is 125x135cm.
We use a Tecatel 125x135cm satellite dish, which we have found to outperform other satellite dishes of similar size - in both signal performance and build quality.
A smaller 100x110cm satellite can be used, which is the bare minimum sized dish for good reception.
Signals can be received on smaller satellite dishes (like the 90x100 "1m" satellite dish), but signals reception will not be stable.
Standard installation of a 125x135cm high performing satellite dish, wall bracket or floor stand, single output high performance LNB, and reasonable single cable run is 275 euros.
Add a Freesat HD satellite receiver, for 125 euros, and you can be watching over 100 subscription free UK TV channels, 11 of which in FULL HD.
http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/1.25_metre_satellite_dishes_uk_tv_spain.php

Solar outage time - The solar outage, that causes a drop in signals as the satellite moves along the "satellite line" should now almost be over.
Until March 2015

Nick Frost drama Mr Sloane and Chris Addison's Trying Again axed by Sky

Hawaii Five-0 - New Season
Season five gets under way as the team try to prevent a terrorist drone attack.
Sunday, 10:00pm UK/ 11pm Spain
Or watch it now "on Demand".

More and more rumours about the Intelsat 907 satellite system...
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/intelsat-907-27-5-west-bbc-satback-service-new-rumours/

UK Sky Cardsharing - more rumours about the potential loss of Sky pay channels from cardsharing services, which are also used by many IPTV pay services to show the Sky pay channels (without permissions of course!)
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/sky-cardsharing-coming-end/

Will the Premier League make more games available to UK broadcasters at the expense of 3pm kick offs?
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/premier-league-may-axe-saturday-3pm-games-keep-broadcasters-happy/

Astra 2G - the third and final new UK TV satellite gets a launch date of the 28th November 2014 - 
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/astra-2g-launch-date-update-2/


Happy viewing.

Sat and PC Guy

Satellite TV in Spain - This weeks Satellite TV News - Friday 10th October 2014

This week’s News - Friday 10th October 2014

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Solar outage time - Today (Friday 10th October 2014) was the mid point, and longest time, for the solar outage which results in a loss of the BBC ITV C4 channels mid morning.
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/solar-outage-time/

Cardsharing - Sky UK to be next as Sky Italia channels are lost on the cardsharing systems...will this also impact the IPTV / internet TV services?
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/sky-cardsharing-coming-end/

ITVBe - the new "female orientated" channel and new home of TOWIE started on Wednesday 8th October - Sky and Freesat channel numbers here
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/itvbe-itvs-new-female-channel-channel-numbers/

Astra 2G - the third and final new UK TV satellite gets a launch date.
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/10/astra-2g-launch-date-update-2/

Ramsays Costa del Nightmares - Quelcutti's (Els Poblets) - Channel 4 - This Tuesday - 10pm Spanish time
Gordon vs Joe!
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFt0G1HXCMQ
Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/QuelcuttisBarAndGrill

Happy viewing.

Sat and PC Guy .

Satellite TV in Spain - This weeks News

This week’s News - Friday 26th September 2014

UK Satellite TV Installations:
From Calpe to Valencia, covering Moraira, Javea, Denia, Oliva, Gandia, Alzira, Lliria, Xativa, Alcoy, and more...

Recommended size of satellite dish for our service area : 125 x 135cm high performance offset satellite dish.

Dish, wall or floor support. high performance single output LNB, single cable run : installed from 275 euros.

More information : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/1.25_metre_satellite_dishes_uk_tv_spain.php

The return of Strictly this weekend...you can watch it live, subscription free and in FULL HD, via Freesat HD.

Also, we have two BeiN Sports receivers and cards left.
Bein Sports offer more live UK football than Sky and BT sports put together.
All Premier League matches covered by Sky and BT Sport, and many others not covered by them.
And they cover other leagues and competitions also - they offered 8 League Cup matches this week.
And a range of other sports live - Golf, Tennis, boxing and F1.
All in full HD.
1 card and box has 11 months left to run, and will be slightly cheaper than the other box with 12 months.
Contact us via PM or email if you want one of these boxes.

The end of next week will see the start the satellite solar outage time, which will result in a loss of some channels for up to 15 minutes in the mornings.
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/solar-outage-time/

ITV to launch a new female oriented channel - ITVBe
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/itvbe-new-mainly-female-oriented-channel-itv/

What’s the best satellite dish for our area...we have tested them all...
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/best-satellite-dish-uk-tv-spain/

The BBC Satback Intelsat 907, used by some for very limited BBC ITV channels, had some problems which resulted in a loss of all channels for a few hours earlier this week...
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/bbc-satback-intelsat-907-27-5-west-reception-problems/

And then later this week, the codes that are used to hack into this system changed, but were quickly available again...
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/09/intelsat-907-bbc-satback-27-5-west-biss-key-code-change-today-23-sept-2014/

Winter Olympics 2014 - Live on TV - Live on BBC TV - BBC Coverage

Winter Olympics 2014
6 to 23 February 2014.

The BBC Trailer



BBC will be providing around 200 hours of live coverage on TV.

BBC Olympic Coverage - BBC reception in Spain - Astra - Astra 2E - Astra 2F - New Satellite Spain



Winter Olympics on Satellite TV:
http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/live_on_tv_winter_olympics_sochi_2014.php
Winter Olympics on BBC TV - Coverage Details
http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/live_on_tv_winter_olympics_sochi_2014_bbc_coverage.php
Winter Olympics - Events Schedule
http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/live_on_tv_winter_olympics_sochi_2014_schedule.php

BBC Iplayer in Spain soon...?

Doctor Who and Fawlty Towers will be made available to Europeans armed with an iPad from later this year, as the BBC begins the process of introducing its international iPlayer to overseas audiences.

Diehard BBC fans living in western Europe will have to pay somewhere under $10 (£6) a month – the fee is still to be decided – in return for a mix of contemporary and archive content on the Apple tablet, all of which will be in English.

Click for more information on BBC IPlayer in Spain and Europe




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ADMC Sport - English Premier League Football programme details

Abu Dhabi Media Company said on Sunday that football fans from across the GCC can now subscribe to its coverage of the English Premier League, adding that a website dedicated to would-be customers had gone live.

John Dykes, formerly a presenter with ESPN Star Sports, and Mark Pougatch, who has presented Match of the Day in the UK, were named as two of the faces of ADMC’s live English-language offering – available 24/7 on AD Sports 5 and 6.

Football fans can now subscribe to watch all 380 matches live – available with both English and Arabic commentary.

In addition, AD Sports’ flagship English channel, AD Sports 5, will offer 24/7 coverage of Premier League TV, the official channel of the Premier League.

A second English channel, AD Sports 6, will bring viewers a mix of Barclays Premier League action and coverage of other sports including Formula 1, UFL and tennis, all in HD. Those without HD televisions will be able to watch without any problems.

Viewers have a choice of three ways to subscribe to all the English Premier League action on AD Sports – satellite TV, cable TV or online by logging on to ADMCsport.com.

Last month, ADMC announced that satellite TV viewers will pay up to AED999 for the HD decoder, which comes with a smartcard providing a year’s subscription to the AD Sports channels that will be broadcasting the league.

For users who currently have a compatible Humax HD decoder, smartcards can be bought alone for AED370 for a year’s subscription. They will also continue to get all the current free to air channels.

(Note prices for Spain and outside ADMC main market area may be different.)

Liverpool legend Ian Rush, former England and Liverpool midfielder Steve McManaman and France and Chelsea star Marcel Desailly will kick off the Arabic programming on AD Sports channels 3 and 4 in a season preview special, to be aired on August 13, the company added.

Appearing alongside the line-up will be the newly announced presenting team for AD Sports Arabic Barclays Premier League programming – Mohammed Najeeb, Osama Al Amiri, Haitham Al Hamadi and Hamed Al Harthriy.

AD Sports first Arabic match-day broadcast will see Tottenham Hotspur take on Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City at home. Arabic programming on AD Sports 3 and 4 will also include Inside the Premier League, The Premier League Live, Football Fever and Final Score.

Mohammed Najeeb, director of AD Sports Channels, said: “The line-up of Barclays Premier League programming and the talent that we are bringing to the AD Sports Channels are unlike anything seen before in this region. We are raising the standard for both Arabic and English audiences, and offering more than just games and analysis."

He added: “We are proud to be able to name such a prestigious line-up of talent for our shows. If the football was not enough to keep people watching, then the talent alone certainly will be.”

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English Football Premier League - who has Rights this year (2010)? How to watch UK football in Spain?

A question often being asked at the moment...

Which broadcaster has the English Premier League International broadcasting rights for TV in Spain?

For Sky UK subscribers, Sky have also gained the return of the Monday Night Football. Only the saturday 530 kickoff will be omn ESPN.

In Spain, only D+ and GOLTV have the combined Premier League rights. EPL will no longer be shown on TVE 2 or Teledeporte.

Some other countries.

France - Canalsat
Number of games shown not yet known, based on current deal all Sky/ESPN games and 1 3PM game on Canal+ Sport and one on TPS Star.
French commentary only

Poland - Cyfra+
Number of games shown not yet known, based on current deal all Sky/ESPN games and 1 3PM game.
Polish commentary only

Spain - Digital+ / Gol TV Shared
Unknown number of games or how rights will be distributed between Digital+ and GOL TV
GOL TV not available on satellite
Digital+ show FA Cup with English commentary so should be the same for EPL.


Germany - Sky Deutschland
Up to 5 games per week, probably the same as this season.
Has English commentary.


Italy - Sky Italia
Probably the same as this season.
Has English commentary.


Holland - Sport1
Probably the same as this season, only 0 or 1 3pm game shown on satellite, all are on cable.
No English commentary.

Details not confirmed


Middle East - Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC)

Confirmed to have the rights for all 380 plus english football premier league matches. They will be available on ADMC channel on the Nilesat and Badr satellites located at 7west and 26 east respectivly.
According to their website, _www.admcsport.com/en, receivers with a built in 12 months subscription will be available, as will a seperate viewing card for others who wish to use their own Humax HD receiver.
English and Arabic commentary confirmed

Scandinavia - Medge Consulting

Rights in Norway sold to TV2 Sport
For Sweden, Finland and Denmark Canal+ has teamed up with TV4 to try and win the rights.


Danish broadcaster TV2 Sport is set to launch two new channels to air English Premier League soccer after it acquired the rights to the games last month.

For Greece, Nova is confirmed for the next three seasons starting 2010-11.

Modern Times Group, the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that it has extended its exclusive broadcasting rights to England’s Barclays Premier League in Bulgaria until the end of the 2012-2013 season.



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2010 Football World Cup on UK TV Channels

2010 Football World Cup on UK TV Channels

2010 Football World Cup in South Africa will be available on many UK TV channels (BBC and ITV) and on Spanish TV (Cuatro, Telecinco and D+). Expect them to be available on BBC HD and ITV HD.

The first batch of 2010 Football world cup matches to be shown on BBC and ITV have been announced.....


Friday 11.06.10
1500 South Africa v Mexico ITV Johannesburg Soccer City
1930 Uruguay v France BBC Cape Town

Saturday 12.06.10
1230 South Korea v Greece ITV Port Elizabeth
1500 Argentina v Nigeria BBC Johannesburg Ellis Park
1930 England v USA ITV Rustenburg

Sunday 13.06.10
1230 Algeria v Slovenia BBC Polokwane
1500 Serbia v Ghana ITV Pretoria
1930 Germany v Australia ITV Durban

Monday 14.06.10
1230 Netherlands v Denmark ITV Johannesburg Soccer City
1500 Japan v Cameroon BBC Bloemfontein
1930 Italy v Paraguay BBC Cape Town

Tuesday 15.06.10
1230 New Zealand v Slovakia BBC Rustenburg
1500 Ivory Coast v Portugal ITV Port Elizabeth
1930 Brazil v North Korea ITV Johannesburg Ellis Park

Wednesday 16.06.10
1230 Honduras v Chile ITV Nelspruit
1500 Spain v Switzerland BBC Durban
1930 South Africa v Uruguay BBC Pretoria

Thursday 17.06.10
1230 Argentina v South Korea ITV Johannesburg Soccer City
1500 Greece v Nigeria BBC Bloemfontein
1930 France v Mexico BBC Polkowane

Friday 18.06.10
1230 Germany v Serbia BBC Port Elizabeth
1500 Slovenia v USA BBC Johannesburg Ellis Park
1930 England v Algeria ITV Cape Town

Saturday 19.06.10
1230 Netherlands v Japan ITV Durban
1500 Ghana v Australia BBC Rustenburg
1930 Cameroon v Denmark ITV Pretoria

Sunday 20.06.10
1230 Slovakia v Paraguay BBC Bloemfontein
1500 Italy v New Zealand ITV Nelspruit
1930 Brazil v Ivory Coast BBC Johannesburg Soccer City

Monday 21.06.10
1230 Portugal v North Korea BBC Cape Town
1500 Chile v Switzerland BBC Port Elizabeth
1930 Spain v Honduras ITV Johannesburg Ellis Park

Tuesday 22.06.10
1500 Mexico v Uruguay ITV Rustenburg
1500 France v South Africa ITV Bloemfontein
1930 Nigeria v South Korea BBC Durban
1930 Greece v Argentina BBC Polkowane

Wednesday 23.06.10
1500 Slovenia v England BBC Port Elizabeth


They will be available on:
the BBC Sports streams (even available on a small dish (say 80cms) via BBC News, Red button 3001 select - or on a generic FTA on the Streams (0-6) on 12441 v 27500)
ITV1 - again on a small (80cms ) dish using those on 11973v 2700 2/3 and a freesatfromsky card)
ITV1 HD - again on a small (80cms ) dish using those on 11973v 2700 2/3, a sky hd box and a freesatfromsky card)
Telecinco and La Sexta - have about 15 matches in total
D+ (Spanish satellite service - all matches)



ITV can be received on a "big dish" for free (ie without a sky card), or on a small satellite dish with a sky card.
ITV on the Costa Blanca
BBC can be received on a "big dish" for free (ie without a sky card).
BBC TV on the Costa Blanca
BBC Sports Interactive Streams can be accessed on a small satellite dish.
BBC Sports Interactive Streams


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TDT Industry receives complaints about the reception of TDT

TDT Industry receives complaints about the reception of TDT

Since the analogue TV 'off' on 30 March, the Ministry of Industry has received over 1,760 inquiries from people related issues reception of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT / TDT) until 20 April.

In total, during this period of time, Industry received 86 985 calls, of which 47 739 were treated by agents. Of that number, 88.1% were questions about the process and technology, 8.2% of calls were associated with receiving TDT signals and 3.7% of signal problems.

Most calls (42 052) had to do with questions about general issues, while the rest were from people who are unable to see TDT correctly on TV because they lacked a proper decoder or, if they had, do not know how to use it or the antenna of their building was not ready for DTT (3914) or that had trouble receiving the signal (1760).

According to the latest figures provided by industry in March, at 98.24% of the population to reach the coverage of DTT. However, in the month that has elapsed, incidents have been detected in some relays that still prevent some people living in areas able to watch TV coverage.



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Loss of UK TV BBC ITV Astra 2d signals in Spain in the mornings

Well its that time of the year again when you may be experiencing some signal loss on yur Sky UK satellite TV systems.

For about 10 minutes a day, there will be a temporary loss of the UK TV channel frequencies via the Astra 2D satellite for about 10 or 15 minutes a day.

This will normally be happening at around 11 am CET.

This is beacuse the Astra 2D satellite, that carries BBC and ITV channels, is directly in line with the sun. It is assumed that he suns energy swamps the signals from the "weaker beamed" Astra 2D satellite, resulting in a loss of BBC ITV Channel 4 channels in Spain for this short amount of time.

This happens twice a year. There are two times in the year when the sun, Astra 2d and the earth are in alignment and the sun causes this drop out in signal. It happens early March and in October.


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Have you lost Channel Five, Fiver and Five USA in Spain? "This programme is not available"

If you have recently lost Five, Fiver and Five USA, and are getting a message on the screen saying "This programme is not available", then I am pretty sure that you are using a blue Sky viewng card.

This old blue Sky card will need to be replaced with a new white Sky viewng card.
Since April 2009, Sky have been issuing new replacement Sky cards.

On 1st March 2010, Sky started to deactivate the old blue Sky cards.

Should you wish to continue to watch the free to air TV channels then you will need a new replacement Freesat from Sky viewing card.
You can still get Five without a viewing card, by using the frequency settings as per these instructions : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/extra_secret_frequencies_channels_sky.php



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Will UK TVs work in Spain?

Will UK TVs work in Spain?

Generally yes.

However the tuner inside the TVs may be different as

Spain uses VHF and UHF and the UK only UHF.

Any external equipment like DVD players, or satellite receiver will also work, as long as they are connected via a SCART, component or HDMI cables.

You may find you are unable to watch Spain analogue TV services, as they use a different frequency for their audio, so you may get a picture but no audio. This is not so much an issue as Spain has now moved to Digital Terrestrial TV.
 
 





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Why some UK channels are not for free on satellite / Freesat but they are in the UK on Freeview?

Why some UK channels are not for free on satellite / Freesat but they are in the UK on Freeview?

Hardly a day goes by without someone contact me asking for the frequency for Sky Sports News on Freesat.

There is no Sky Sports News frequency for Freesat receivers.

Although Sky Sports News is available for free on Freeview in the UK, on satellite Sky Sports News is a PAY TV channel only, and requires a monthly subscription to view. So even if you do input the Sky Sports News frequency of 12148 H 27.5 2/3 onto your Freesat receiver you still will not be able to watch it as you require a Sky SUBSCRIPTION.

There are many UK TV channels that are like this, that are available for free in the UK on Freeview, but not available on Freesat.

These channels include:
Sky 3
Yesterday
Dave
Dave ja vu
Virgin1
Five USA
Fiver
Quest
4Music
Viva
Sky Sports News

Some of these channels are available without a monthly Sky subscription, but do need a free to view card (also known as a freesatformsky viewing card.) These channels are Five USA, Fiver, Viva, Sky 3.

This also proves that you cannot receive Freeview in Spain. Freeview is a UK only TV service transmitted from the land based transmitters in the UK. These Freeview signals just do not reach Spain. So if you get a UK TV satellite installer who says they can get you Freeview, dont believe them as they cannot - test the installers by asking if the above channels will be available for free just like they are on Freeview.

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UK TV In Spain Frequently Asked Questions

Can I receive Freesat in Spain?
Can I watch Sky TV in Spain?

These and many more questions are always being asked as people try to decide what is the best way to receive UK TV channels in Spain on the various satellite and digital terrestrial services.

With this in mind, we have created a number of pages which tries to answer all your UK TV in Spain questions.

Frequently Asked Questions - UK TV in Spain

Frequently Asked Questions - Freesat TV In Spain

Frequently Asked Questions - Freeview TV in Spain

Frequently Asked Questions - Sky TV in Spain

Frequently Asked Questions - TDT in Spain

If a specific question is not answered on these pages then you can always try our forum - http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/