Where to watch Euro 2016 Football Matches on TV

Where to watch Euro 2016 Football Matches

UK TV Channels

Coverage will be on BBC and ITV, with group stages split between the two broadcasters

http://www.satandpcguy.com/2015/12/15/euro-2016-how-the-bbc-and-itv-will-share-coverage/

For Wales, S4C will provide coverage in Welsh.

For Ireland, coverage will be on RTE and TV3

BBC, ITV and S4C are all available in HD subscription free via satellite on Freesat and Sky.

Freesat in Spain : http://www.satandpcguy.com/freesat/

BBC, ITV and S4C are also available to watch via the internet via streaming sites using the likes of Filmon and Filmon affiliates (such as http://www.uktvinspain.com )

Assuming UEFA do not ask Filmon to remove coverage, like FIFA did with the last world Cup

BBC, ITV and S4C are also available to watch via the internet using a paid IPTV Service : -

http://www.satandpcguy.com/iptv-internet-tv/

Spanish TV Coverage:

Mediaset will show 23 games, including the opener, games involving Spain, both semi finals and the final on July 10.

They will be shown on Telecinco and Cuatro.

The other package of 28 games has yet to be allocated to a Spanish media outlet - but Movistar+ and BeIN Sports Espana are the two broadcasters expected to pick these up.

German TV coverage

German TV coverage of Euro 2016 will be on ARD, ZDF, and ProSiebenSat.1

These are all available subscription free on the Astra 1 satellite at 19 east.

French TV coverage

French TV coverage of Euro 2016 will be on TF1, M6, beIN Sports.

Via satellite (Astra 1 satellite at 19 east.) these require a viewing card.

ITV takes over horse racing rights from Channel Four

ITV takes over horse racing rights from Channel Four


Horse racing in the UK will have a new home on terrestrial television from 2017.


It is being reported that ITV have won the rights from Channel 4 in a new four-year deal.


This ends a 31-year link between Channel Four and racing.


http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2016/01/itv-takes-over-horse-racing-rights-from-channel-four/

Where can I watch Rugby World Cup 2015 on TV?

The 2015 Rugby World Cup starts on the 18th September 2015.


The 2015 Rugby World Cup final will be played on the 31 October 2015 at England's Twickenham Stadium.


Want to know where you can watch Rugby World Cup 2015 in your country?

Live Football on Sky Sports and BT Sport - who is showing what

With the new football season about to start. here is a guide as to which UK Broadcaster will be showing which football competition.

http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/08/live-football-on-sky-sports-and-bt-sport-who-is-showing-what/

Astra 2G is live, and channels are moving to the new UK TV satellite

Astra 2G is live, and channels are moving to the new UK TV satellite

Astra 2G, the third and final new UK TV satellite at the Astra 28 east slot is now live and carrying channels.

Although at the time of writing there has been no official statement from SES or any broadcasters.

But about a dozen frequencies have moved to Astra 2G from Astra 2E, Astra 2F and the aging Eutelsat 28A over the last few days.

More information and the channels and frequencies affected :

http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/06/astra-2g-is-live-and-channels-are-moving-to-the-new-uk-tv-satellite/

ITV3 HD moves to the UK beam on Astra 2F

ITV3 HD moves to the UK beam on Astra 2F

Today ITV3 HD has moved to the UK beam on Astra 2F.

ITV 3 HDs move from the European beam, may mean loss of this ITV 3 HD channel in some areas of southern Spain and Portugal. This is because the UK beam is harder to receive than the European beam.

More: http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2015/02/itv3-hd-moves-to-the-uk-beam-on-astra-2f/

Some ITV1 and ITV1HD regional variations change of frequencies

ITV Frequency changes this past week.

This past week some ITV1,ITV1+1 and ITV 1 HD regions have changed their frequencies.

Sky and Freesat boxes should not have to do anything, as the changes should be automatic.

Users of other satellite receivers will have to perform a rescan of the frequencies if they want to continue watching the affected regions.

http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/itv_satellite_tv_costa_blanca_spain.php

ITVBe - a new mainly female-oriented channel from ITV

ITVBe will launch on 8 October 2014

It will be "free to air" and so will be available on both Freesat and Sky.

It will be the new home of the ITV2 semi-reality show The Only Way Is Essex.

ITVBe will launch on Wednesday October 8th, and the launch night will feature Welcome to ITVBe, a one off celebration of everything on the new channel; a special edition of The Only Way is Essex set in Ibiza; and TOWIE: All Back To Essex, a one off special spin-off.

Presenters Peter Andre and Jamelia will present Welcome to ITVBe and bring you all the gossip and glamour from our launch party. The show will feature action from the celebrity bash, interviews on the sofa and an exclusive premiere of Celebrity Dinner Date, featuring Joe Swash.

What's going to be on ITVBe?

The "female-skewing" channel has announced details about some of the programmes it will be showing:
•The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) - the new, exclusive home of the scripted reality show.
•Baby wears Prada - factual series showing extraordinary ways to spoil children and the families with deep enough pockets to pay for it all.
•Real Housewives Of... currently on ITV2, ITVBe will also show a UK version of the US franchise: Real Housewives Of Cheshire.
•Dinner Date - transfers from ITV to a peak-time ITVBe slot.
•Seven Days With... - following the lives of celebrity couples through the course of a week.  

Test transmissions for ITVBe can be found on frequency 10758 V 22000 5/6 (10075) - but it is simply showing a promotional trailer on a loop.

So far no channel numbers have been announced.

ITVBe Promotional Advert.    

French Open Tennis 2014 - TV Coverage on ITV and Eurosport

French Open Tennis 2014 - TV Coverage on ITV and Eurosport

The 2014 French Open, the 113th edition of the French Open, will take place at the Stade Roland Garros from 25 May to 8 June.

French Open Television Coverage and Broadcasters

UK TV coverage for the 2014 French Open will be available on ITV1, ITV3 and ITV4.

Coverage will also be available on Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 on satellite TV.

ITV Encore - 9th June 2014 - New Sky Channel

ITV will be launching a new channel, ITV Encore on the 9th June 2014.

ITV Encore will be available exclusively on Sky.

ITV Encore will be available from the 9th June 2014 on Sky channel 123.

ITV to launch new channel - ITV Encore - exclusive to Sky satellite customers only

ITV to launch new channel - ITV Encore - exclusive to Sky satellite customers only. http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/01/itv-launch-new-pay-channel-sky/

Astra 2E News : Transfer of channels from 1N to 2E will take place "early February 2014"

Astra 2E News : According to SES, who own and operate the new Astra 2E UK TV satellite, the transfer of channels from 1N to 2E will take place "early February 2014"

Channels in this transfer will include BBC ITV C4 and Sky pay channels.

"The transfer will have no adverse implications for viewers in the UK and Ireland as the affected channels will continue to operate on the same frequencies and will be broadcast at the same, or slightly improved power levels, across the UK and Ireland"

So no changes in UK TV reception in Spain for a couple of months yes, despite what you may have heard on the rumour mill - probably from some "Not So Smart" TV box sellers!!

http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/astra_2e_satellite_reception_testing_news_updates.php

ITV keep Champions League highlights rights for 3 more years

Highlights of Champions League and Europa League matches will be shown on ITV until 2018 after agreeing a new deal with UEFA.

The deal guarantees coverage of the two competitions on free-to-air television for three years starting from the 2015/2016 season.

Each week during the competitions, ITV will show comprehensive highlights programmes covering all of the week's Champions League games on Wednesday nights and on Thursday nights for the Europa League.

ITV will also show highlights of both finals and the UEFA Super Cup, as part of the deal.

BT Sport recently paid close to £1bn for live rights for three years for the Champions League

Sky Sports and ITV to lose Champions League rights to BT Sports for £1bn..?

There are reports that BT Sports are in the final phases of negotiations to acquire the UK broadcast rights to UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches in a £1bn 3 year deal.

This would take the matches away from the current shared holders of Sky Sports and ITV from the 2014/15 season.

More:

http://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/11/sky-sports-itv-lose-champions-league-rights-bt-sports-1bn/

TVCatchUp to drop ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 services

ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have won a high court ruling forcing controversial London-based website TVCatchUp to stop streaming more than 20 of their services.

Under the ruling TVCatchUp has been told it cannot stream certain ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 channel, including ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, E4, Film4 and More4, on its web-based online service.

ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5's flagship channels will remain on the website due to section 73 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, which allows certain qualifying services to be retransmitted - although the three channels are not allowed to be streamed on mobile devices. The ruling means the disappearance of popular digital channels including ITV2, E4 and 5*, as well as any +1 timeshift streams.

TVCatchup is continuing to display the channels, but each icon merely redirects to the broadcasters' own live streams hosted on their individual websites.

TVCatchUp, which earlier this month added catchup TV to its offering of live streaming services, posted a statement on its website acknowledging the changes to its operation following the ruling.

"ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 welcome this decision," said the broadcasters in a joint statement. "It is a significant vindication for this action that the judge has ruled 21 of our channels are to be removed from the TVC website. This result will help protect the substantial investment broadcasters make in content and is a clear message to those who seek to infringe our copyright or use our content in an illegal capacity."

TVCatchUp has the right to appeal against the verdict. But lawyers consider the decision to be a major victory for UK broadcasters, which have been concerned about TVCatchUp's copyright infringement since as far back as 2007.

"The high court has finally confirmed that TVCatchUp must cease streaming all of the claimant broadcasters' channels on its service on mobile networks and all of the non public service channels, such as ITV2 and E4, on the internet," said Nick Swimer, partner at Reed Smith. "Whilst TVCatchUp may continue to stream the main public service channels on the internet, the high court indicated that the legal loophole which allows TVCatchUp to do this should be closed by the UK government, as it is not compatible with European law."

In March, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5's case against TVCatchup was ruled upon by Europe's highest court.

The European court of justice ruled that websites that retransmit live TV over the internet without permission from broadcasters are in breach of copyright.

ITV Sport awarded TV rights to England Internationals

The FA has confirmed that ITV has won exclusive rights for all England internationals from 2014/15 to 2018.

http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/07/itv-sport-awarded-tv-rights-to-england-internationals/

ITV to launch pay-TV channel ? Rumours

Adam Crozier, ITV chief,  has said that ITV does have the potential for other channels.

He said that a new ITV channel could work and be either free-to-watch or a subscription service.

More information : http://satandpcguy.com/blog/2013/07/itv-considering-pay-tv-channels-again/

Loss of UK TV channels in Spain - some questions and answers

With all the recent gossip, rumours, and expat bar chat, about the possible loss of UK TV in Spain, and the threat of the UK satellite TV channels “going off the air in Spain”, I hope this quick question and answer post can help with some explanations about what is happening.

Why are we losing reception of out UK TV channels?

Astra 2F: UK TV satellite update - loss of channels in Spain?

Astra 2F Update 07/12/2012 :

According to to the phone calls and email from worried people, Spain will lose all BBC and ITVs on the 16th December...but no-one can provide any evidence of this....or where this date of the 16th December has come from.
My view: it is probably nothing to do with BBC and ITVs.
a) It could be the date where some of the Sky channels move from their satellite (Astra 2B) onto the new Astra 2F satellite. Reception will vary as these channels may go onto the UK beam, or European beam...if Sky really want to keep expats paying and the revenue coming in, they will be on the European beam
b) It could be the date that Sky close changes to their system, so there is no disruption to TV over Xmas.
c). SES, who own and operate the satellites, specifically said that on the 4th only 5 frequencies would move from Astra 1N to the new Astra 2F, and that would complete this stage of migration. So maybe the remaining frequencies on Astra 1N that carry BBC and ITV will not move to 2F, but to the next new satellite, 2E, after it is launched Q1 2013...
d) No mention from anywhere by SES about the 16th...
No-one outside Astra and the broadcasters will know until it happens.

Live UEFA Champions League Football On TV - Sky Sport and ITV

Live UEFA Champions League Football On TV

Date

Fixture

Competition

Kick Off

Channels

Tuesday 18th September 2012
Tue 18th Sep	Real Madrid v Man City	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	ITV1 / ITV1 HD
Tue 18th Sep	Montpellier v Arsenal	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD
Tue 18th Sep	AC Milan v Anderlecht	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 4 / Sky Sports 4 HD
Tue 18th Sep	Borussia Dortmund v Ajax	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 18th Sep	Dinamo Zagreb v FC Porto	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 18th Sep	Malaga v Zenit St Petersburg	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 18th Sep	Olympiakos v Schalke 04	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 18th Sep	PSG v Dynamo Kiev	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wednesday 19th September 2012
Wed 19th Sep	Chelsea v Juventus	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD
Wed 19th Sep	Celtic v Benfica	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 3 / Sky Sports 3 HD
Wed 19th Sep	Man Utd v Galatasaray	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 4 / Sky Sports 4 HD
Wed 19th Sep	Barcelona v Spartak Moscow	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 19th Sep	Bayern Munich v Valencia	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 19th Sep	SC Braga v Cluj	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 19th Sep	Lille v BATE Borisov	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 19th Sep	Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Nordsjaelland	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Tue 2nd Oct	Spartak Moscow v Celtic	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	17:00	Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD
Tue 2nd Oct	Cluj v Man Utd	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	ITV1 / ITV1 HD
Tue 2nd Oct	FC Nordsjaelland v Chelsea	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD
Tue 2nd Oct	Benfica v Barcelona	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 4 / Sky Sports 4 HD
Tue 2nd Oct	BATE Borisov v Bayern Munich	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 2nd Oct	Galatasaray v SC Braga	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 2nd Oct	Juventus v Shakhtar Donetsk	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Tue 2nd Oct	Valencia v Lille	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Wed 3rd Oct	Zenit St Petersburg v AC Milan	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	17:00	Sky Sports 4 / Sky Sports 4 HD
Wed 3rd Oct	Man City v Borussia Dortmund	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 2 / Sky Sports 2 HD
Wed 3rd Oct	Arsenal v Olympiakos	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports 4 / Sky Sports 4 HD
Wed 3rd Oct	Ajax v Real Madrid	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 3rd Oct	Anderlecht v Malaga	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 3rd Oct	Dynamo Kiev v Dinamo Zagreb	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 3rd Oct	FC Porto v PSG	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button
Wed 3rd Oct	Schalke 04 v Montpellier	UEFA Champions League Group Stage	19:45	Sky Sports Red Button

For more Live Football on Satellite TV match schedule see http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/live_football_on_satellite_tv_costa_blanca_spain.php