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Geoffrey S. Mendelson · March 17th 11, 12:54 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
Say there, Geoff.You know those Satellites in orbit over Gibraltar? (I
think it is Gibraltar) Can you pick up live Ireland TV and also live
Scotland TV, maybe live Wales TV too? I still wants to buy me a Free To
Air satellite box with the dish and remote.

The FTA signals are "spot beamed" to the UK. Although I could point a dish
out my back at the satellites, there is no signal. Just for an experiement,
I tried to calculate the size dish I would need, and the program gave up at 30
feet.

There are various ways of getting the programs, for example people post them
on filesharing sites and you can download them for free. Google will help
you find them.

The other (but not free) option is to subscribe to one of the services
that connect to the BBC, ITV, etc for you so you look like you are in the
UK and can watch online TV. These are called proxy servers. They go for
around $10-$15 a month.

There is a company in Gibralter for a monthly fee will stream the video
to you. I think it's about the same price as a proxy server.

There is a company in the UK which will rent you your own dedicated SlingBox.
This is a box you put in your home and then you can watch TV anywhere you can
get a stream of about 1.5mbits a second on the internet. The company buys a
slingbox, sets it up in their data center and you rent the use of it.

They charge about $300 a year if you buy by the entire year. It's about 1 UKP
a day if you buy by the month.

Geoff.

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