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| snig Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5898 days ago 71 posts - 79 votes  Studies: Italian | Message 1 of 5 26 July 2009 at 12:21am | IP Logged |
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is it possible to watch German TV in the UK? I have SKY TV but can not fit another dish to my house,so am I only left with the online option? would prefer to watch on TV rather than PC if possible but PC would be better than nothing,please keep in mind that I am not the smartest when it comes to AV setups.thanks for any help Edited by snig on 26 July 2009 at 12:23am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5846 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 2 of 5 26 July 2009 at 1:51am | IP Logged |
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On the standard packages, NO. Rubbish isn't it?
Everywhere else in Europe you can get more German TV than you can shake a stick at, but not in the UK! My provider Tiscali offers Bollywood, an African and at least 10 American channels but not a single channel in German or EVEN French! I particularly wanted Arte, TV5 France and any German news channel, but couldn't find any package that offered any of this. I'm sure I checked Sky because it's available in my area. I've given up on TV in this country, all you can get is the standard British and American shows and news. Sigh! The complete lack of TV in any other language is part of the reason for most peoples inability to speak other languages. Sad state of affairs and contribute in making Brits feel special and not part of Europe. EDIT: Since you've got your own dish, all you need to do is adjust it to a sattellite that offers European broadcasting. This means you won't get some of the UK channels that you have now, but you'll get other channels instead, a lot of it in English. You can get the non-British versions of BBC for instance. There's still Discovery, Sky News, Eurosport and most of the standard channels you are used to. You'd get most of the channels for free, but as normal you have to pay for the premium content unless you want to 'tinker' with the box. Here is a UK sattellite site. That's the kind of place you need to go to to solve this. http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/home1.php Edited by cordelia0507 on 26 July 2009 at 12:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| rabyte Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 6038 days ago 44 posts - 46 votes Speaks: German*, English, French Studies: Spanish, Hindi | Message 3 of 5 26 July 2009 at 11:06am | IP Logged |
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You could try the websites of the tv channels.
In particulary I like the homepage of ZDF. They have a huge amount of videos online. (Check for ZDF Mediathek). Not only do they upload news, but also documentaries and stuff. You can watch them there even before they have been on air! Like today you'll find a over 40min. documentary about King Ashoka... might be interesting ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tricycle Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5671 days ago 99 posts - 107 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French | Message 4 of 5 26 July 2009 at 11:35am | IP Logged |
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Have you tried myspass.de?
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it works outside of Germany. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| reineke Senior Member United States https://learnalangua Joined 6455 days ago 851 posts - 1008 votes Studies: German | Message 5 of 5 26 July 2009 at 4:48pm | IP Logged |
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Replace your dish with a dual LNB one (Astra and Eutelsat) - pretty cheap. Watching free German TV in Europe is not a problem. Lots of channels. If you got a free dish and receiver from your provider you may be certain they're worth what you paid for them.
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