English TV channels

Hi can someone give me advice. Ive got a place on Dequesa Village and have bought a smart TV. I have connected it to the arial and get all the Spanish tv channels. What do I need to do to get English channels. If possible wiithout broadband as im not there full time and dont want to waste money with phone and broadband.

Thanks

Mick

Hi Mick

Here is a very good article which it explains Satelite TV versus Internet TV using a Smart  WIFI enabled TV and a Router or an IPTV Setup Box type of system. You have to ask around your area and see what other residents are using to view UK Television.

http://blogs.angloinfo.com/television-and-technology/2013/10/01/iptv-separating-fact-from-fiction-uk-tv-spain-costa-blanca-calida/

Good Luck

You can get the free to air English channels on a sky box - but not BBC, ITV, C4 or C5 as these have not been available since last year, due to being moved to a new satellite.  The only way you can get those channels is via internet or retuning your box to a back-up satellite (intelsat 907 I think), where the codes change often (you can find details of this if you google).  This only gives you certain BBC and ITV channels I think.

You can change the language setting on a lot of the Spanish digital channels to play in the original version (often English on a lot of the programmes broadcast).

Don't think the retuning to Intelsat 907 is an option for Duquesa Village as it requires a realignment of the dish and the purchase of a new decoder box. As the dishes are communal I'm sure you'd need community approval to move the dish, especially as any other users feeding  off the same dish will lose their current package (even if that is only the couple of FTA channels left on sky) too unless they invest in the new box.

I don't think there are any reasonable options for TV without having an internet connection. but there are options to get internet without having to have a phone line (such as WIMAX 3/4g) available through orbit in Estepona. I heard something about a line of sight broadcast method if you can view an antenna on top of one of the mountains, not sure where to sign up though. To be fair I doubt the monthly subs are a lot cheaper than Movistar VDSL which is much quicker and lower setup.

Cheapest method if you only come for holidays is bring a USB drive full of previously downloaded Tv and films. There are plently of sites for downloading free. I bet a lot of holiday makers spend time around the port bars during the day using the free wifi to download last nights TV!