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| Chris13 Groupie FinlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4042 days ago 53 posts - 64 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 1 of 7 06 March 2014 at 10:28am | IP Logged | ||
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Apologies if this is in the incorrect section of the forum. I figure it still counts as "advice" as that's what I'm seeking.
Unfortunately my engagement is now over, I've lost a lot, will be moving back to the UK shortly. I feel that if I don't at least try to force myself to retain some Finnish, I'm just going to lose that too, and I've already lost a lot so I guess it'd only be logical to try and cling to a semblance of what I had here. My question: I have no idea about television, really, in the UK I only ever had Freeview (which is basically normal tv as analogue no longer functions.) I have heard people often subscribe to foreign tv in order to watch tv in the language they are learning. How would one go about this? I'd want some of these channels; Yle TV1 (0001) Yle tv2 (0002) MTV3 (0003) Nelonen (0004) Yle Fem (0005) Sub (0006) Yle Teema (0007) Liv (0008) Jim (0009) Tv5 (0010) Kutonen (0011) Fox (0012) AVA (0013) Eurosport (0022) Is there a website which enable you to see which channels/how much/ which languages are available somewhere? And how easy is it to get foreign channels? Could I mix, some Finnish, some English, some Swedish? And most importantly, how much would this usually cost? I don't have much money to spare. I'm still trying to get back on my feet. Thanks for any help. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5198 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 7 06 March 2014 at 11:38am | IP Logged | ||
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A few people have set up satellite dishes in the UK that point to certain European satellites that broadcast foreign channels. I've heard of it being done for the likes of French, German, Italian and Polish; I've no idea about Finnish or Swedish, but it's one idea worth looking into that you might not have considered. Doesn't cost much aside from the initial investment of the satellite dish kit (you can pick them up for around 50 quid from what I've heard). If I had a more permanent living situation rather than living in a rented flat, it would be a no-brainer for me.
Here's a forum member who did it for Italian a few years ago 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Chris13 Groupie FinlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4042 days ago 53 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 3 of 7 12 March 2014 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you very much for the useful information. I had a brief look around with a dish and such in mind and discovered this information;
Technical details: To receive the signal you need an antenna dish, a digital receiver-decoder, a CA-module and a smartcard. To watch the programme you can utilize a normal TV-set with a SCART-connector. The DTH-satellite transmissions come from the orbital position 1 degree West, they are MPEG2/DVB-S-coded and the encryption utilizes the CONAX CA-system. SATELLITE THOR 5 Frequency: 12418 GHz Polarization: Vertical Symbol rate: 28000 FEC: 7/8 The problem I have is that I don't really understand it... Do you have any idea how much the listed "antenna dish, a digital receiver-decoder, a CA-module and a smartcard" would cost? It doesn't specify what dish, digital receiver-decoder etc to get. I would really love to set this up if it's possible. I looked at internet tv and found only religious tv for Finland which isn't really what I was hoping for. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4630 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 4 of 7 12 March 2014 at 4:31pm | IP Logged | ||
Really? I do not get Norwegian TV here in France, but NRK (the equivalent to YLE) offers many of its programmes on internet, and I would have thought that YLE, as a public broadcaster, did the same. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chris13 Groupie FinlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4042 days ago 53 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Finnish | Message 5 of 7 12 March 2014 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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I could only find "TV 7" and "TV7 Plus" which are both religion based channels. Would you be able to provide any links to what you use, Ogrim? Perhaps it could be beneficial to me, or help me get looking in the right places.
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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4630 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 6 of 7 13 March 2014 at 11:21am | IP Logged | ||
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My knowledge of Finnish is limited to about 50 words or so, and it is not a language I study, but I am always in for a challenge, so after looking around on www.yle.fi I found this page. Some of the programmes seem to be blocked, I guess because I am in France and YLE doesn't have the right to broadcast them outside of Finland, but others work fine - e.g. one about a Finnish girl who is an au-pair in London.
Hope this can be of help. By the way, I love the way Finnish sounds - wish I had the time to learn it. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6588 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 7 of 7 13 March 2014 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah YLE is awesome. They offer great podcasts too. Some shows can also be viewed on youtube.
Get some audiobooks, movies and books while you're still in Finland. Out of young adult literature I recommend Antti Halme. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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