This weeks satellite TV in Spain news

This weeks satellite TV in Spain news- 27 March 2015

This weeks satellite TV in Spain News can be found on our blog:
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/

Including :
news on a new UK TV channel: http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/03/spike-uk-new-uk-tv-channel-launch-details/

F1 2015 – Malaysian Grand Prix – TV Times : http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/03/f1-2015-malaysian-grand-prix-tv-times/

The relaunch  of Channel Fours On Demand service : http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/03/channel-4-has-announced-the-launch-date-for-its-new-digital-service-all-4/

The loss of three music channels on Freesat : http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/03/freesat-update-three-music-channels-removed-from-freesat/

Plans for Telefonica movistar to triple the speeds for all its ADSL customers: http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/03/telefonica-to-triple-customers-broadband-speeds-before-summer/

For information on receiving subscription free UK TV in HD with a small satellite dish see : www.satandpcguy.com/freesat
Freesat HD satellite systems from as little as 325 euros - includes 11 FULL HD UK TV channels.
This week we have installed more Freesat systems for yet more people fed up with their current rebroadcast or internet / iptv / android tv streaming services.

Happy viewing.
Sat and PC Guy

This weeks satellite TV news - 13 February 2015

This weeks satellite TV news - 13 February 2015

Sky+HD users continue to suffer Planner and Series Link problems http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/02/skyhd-boxes-suffering-series-link-issues/  

Changes made to BBC internet radio services - some internet radios now having problems receiving BBC radio via the internet
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/02/bbc-internet-radio-changes/  

Premier League 2016/19 Live UK TV Packages Broadcasters Announced. http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/02/premier-league-201619-live-uk-tv-packages-broadcasters-announced/  

Astra start Ultra HD demo channel on Astra 2 - Ultra HD comes to the UK http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/02/astra-start-ultra-hd-demo-channel-astra-2-uk/  

Andalucía TV to return to satellite
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/02/andalucia-tv-return-satellite/  






Happy viewing.
Sat and PC Guy

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

This week’s News - Friday 17th October 2014 

Please "like" our facebook page for all the latest news and updates and offers for UK Satellite TV in the Valencia and Costa Blanca area
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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

Please "like" our facebook page for all the latest news and updates and offers for UK Satellite TV in the Valencia and Costa Blanca area
www.facebook.com/satandpcguy

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/

UK TV Spain and Satellite TV in Spain - Weekly News

This weeks News:

Our main website is at :
http://www.satandpcguy.com

UK Satellite TV Installations:
We supply and install :
Sky HD and Sky+HD digiboxes
Freesat HD and Freesat HD+ set top boxes
other "generic" satellite decoders.
Satellite dishes - from 60cm to 3m
Repairs and upgrades

Sky channels lost from illegal card share systems - Please read if you receive Sky pay channels without paying a Sky subscription for them.
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/04/sky-hd-channels-lost-cardsharing-systems/
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/05/sky-hd-channels-lost-cardsharing-systems-2/

BBC "Commonwealth Games" Red Button starts tests
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/05/new-bbc-frequency-starts-testing/

Spanish TV channels closed down
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/05/9-tdt-digital-tv-channels-spain-switched/lost

Spanish Grand Prix this weekend
Live on BBC, Sky SPorts, Antenna 3, BeIN Sports
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/05/sky-sports-f1-spanish-grand-prix-tv-schedule-times/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgGWDelGScg

Premier League - Last match day Live TV Games
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/05/premier-league-last-match-day-live-games-sky-sports-bein-sports/

This weeks UK TV and Satellite TV in Spain News

Our news and free help and advice forum at http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum

UK Satellite TV Installations:
There are 11 subscription free HD TV channels available via satellite, including BBC1HD, BBC2HD, BBC3HD, BBC4HD, ITV1HD and C4HD. Much better image resolution on a HD TV than a TV rebroadcaster or internet IPTV system!

Satellite Dish Installations in my service area (Calpe to Valencia) :

a 100x110cm (1.1m) satellite dish will work for people with limited space. Standard installation of this dish is from 200 euros.

a 125x135cm (1.25/1.35m) satellite dish would provide better reception and is the "recommended" dish for my area. Standard installation of this dish of from 275 euros.

More information on our 125x135cm (1.25/1.35m) satellite dish installations: http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/satellite_dish_installations_costa_blanca_spain_125m.php


Wall of Shame - we have updated our Wall Of Shame's fourth page to show some of the poor installations we have come across and been asked to fix. http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/wall_of_shame_bad_poor_satellite_installations_costa_blanca_page4.php

Astra 2C : UK TV moves into position for back up purposes - and if some UK TV channels do move on to Astra 2C then there should be no worries about reception in Spain, due it its very generous footprint.
http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/astra_2c_satellite_reception_footprint_uk_tv_spain.php  

Live sport on Sky Sports this Easter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyF9_AH-gGg  

F1 : Chinese Grand Prix: Live on Sky Sports, BeIN SPorts, Antenna 3. Highlights on BBC Sport http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9VfT5IbxPo
http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/04/f1-2014-chinese-grand-prix-live-tv-coverage-sky-sports-f1-highlights-bbc-one/  

2014 Snooker World Championships - coverage on BBC One and Eurosport http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/04/world-snooker-championship-2014-bbc-coverage/

Full 24: Live Another Day Trailer - On Sky One in May!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQjmoLDIK4

A list of the channels and frequencies affected by the recent "satellite shuffle" between Eutelsat 28A and Astra.

A list of the channels and frequencies affected by the recent "satellite shuffle" between Eutelsat 28A and Astra.

Below is a list of the channels and frequencies affected by the recent "satellite shuffle" between Eutelsat 28A and Astra.

Note that for some people in some areas of Spain, channels on the Astra 2F UK beam may be unavailable, as your satellite dish may be too small to receive these frequencies.

As a general rule of thumb, if you can receive Channel Five, then you should be able to receive those other channels on Astra 2Fs UK beam.

If you are struggling to receive those channels on the Astra 2F UK beam, then it may be possible to search for the channels on their "Final" frequencies, as some of the channels are actually operating on their final frequencies.

On a Sky box, you simply go to the "Add Channels" menu option, and then add the channels to your Sky boxes "Other Channels" list, accessed via the Services Menu.

Hopefully by the 10th October, all channels will be on their final frequencies, and the Sky Guide and the Freesat Guide channel lists are all correctly "mapped" to the new frequencies.

IPTV sales talk confusing and scaring worried expats about the future of UK TV in Spain.

IPTV sales talk confusing and scaring worried expats about the future of UK TV in Spain.

Interesting to hear that some companies offering “IPTV” in Spain, as ring people up and saying “You will lose your Satellite TV later this year, but our IPTV system will work fine”

A few points:
a) How do these companies know what the signal will be like in Spain for a satellite that has not yet left the factory, and expected not to be operational until September?
b) How do these companies know if all of Spain will be affected or only some areas be affected – like the fact between Alicante and Valencia we can get the first new satellite nice and easily on a 1m satellite dish...
c) No matter what, you will always be able to receive SOME UK TV channel via satellite, as some of the channels are on a “European beam” which is nice and easy to receive, and some channels are not even on the Astra satellites that are being replaced!
d) They fail to mention what the quality of IPTV / internet TV is like – which is pretty poor when you watch it on your 50” HD TV – especially when compared to the full 1080 HD image which you can get on Freesat HD and Sky HD – which you can get on a 1m satellite dish!
e) And not to forget that some systems offering UK TV over the internet as simply using the free streams from filmon. And some systems even ask you to PAY for these streams even though they get them for free

True, later this year things may change, they may not, they may change for the better, they may change for the worse. 

But until it happens, no-one knows for sure.

So why do these companies insist that they know that all of UK TV in Spain will end later this year, and try to confuse and scare people into thinking they will lose their UK TV channels in Spain come the new satellites, Oh I know – spill the doom and gloom for sales purposes, and to confuse people into buying something when in fact, come September, all UK TV may still be available in Spain.