Satellite TV advice

[CliveO]

I am looking for Satellite TV of some description and need an idea of what I can get and how much it will cost, I am in the Paraklisha area of Limassol.

It would be nice to get Dreambox or Sky TV anyone know anything about dish size and cost for installing something like this?

[Pam n Dave]

It looks like Sky is moving to a new satellite and its footprint doesn't reach Cyprus so you may do well to stay away from Sky until things become more certain.

[CliveO]

Thats good to know, thanks guys

Originally Posted by Pam n Dave

It looks like Sky is moving to a new satellite and its footprint doesn't reach Cyprus so you may do well to stay away from Sky until things become more certain.

[aj2703]

Originally Posted by Pam n Dave

It looks like Sky is moving to a new satellite and its footprint doesn't reach Cyprus so you may do well to stay away from Sky until things become more certain.

Do you have a link to where you have that info from please...

[zin]

Originally Posted by CliveO

I am looking for Satellite TV of some description and need an idea of what I can get and how much it will cost, I am in the Paraklisha area of Limassol.

It would be nice to get Dreambox or Sky TV anyone know anything about dish size and cost for installing something like this?

What you after watching wise? A 1m dish should get you NileSat which has a bunch of UK programs and all the football and rugby in English.

[leesa13]

Originally Posted by zin

What you after watching wise? A 1m dish should get you NileSat which has a bunch of UK programs and all the football and rugby in English.

Zin I've got nilesat and my football channels are in arabic, do I just need to retune or do I have to do something else to get them in english?
Lisa

[zin]

Originally Posted by leesa13

Zin I've got nilesat and my football channels are in arabic, do I just need to retune or do I have to do something else to get them in english?
Lisa

Which channels do you get? The English ones need a couple of cards to unscramble which cost in total around 120 euros a year.

The scrambled channels for football are:

Al Jazeera Sport +1 to +10 plus HD1 & HD2
Abu Dhabi Sports HD +3 to +8

Not sure how easy (or how legal) it is getting those cards in Cyprus.

[Pam n Dave]

Originally Posted by aj2703

Do you have a link to where you have that info from please...

I would get beaten up if I posted the link as it to another Cyprus forum.

Basically many people have been complaining that the Sky channels have been dropping off and both the computer shop I visited recently and an internet service provider have been inundated with requests to help set up some form of TV via the internet.

It seems that Sky are gradually moving to a new satellite as the current one is reaching the end of it's life. The new satellite has a tighter footprint so doesn't reach Cyprus.

[leesa13]

Originally Posted by zin

Which channels do you get? The English ones need a couple of cards to unscramble which cost in total around 120 euros a year.

The scrambled channels for football are:

Al Jazeera Sport +1 to +10 plus HD1 & HD2
Abu Dhabi Sports HD +3 to +8

Not sure how easy (or how legal) it is getting those cards in Cyprus.

Ah I see, I thought you meant you got them in with the free channels. Although I like football I don't like it enough to pay to watch it.
Thanks for your reply though Zin.

[Veronica]

I have googled to try to find out if Sky is moving to a new Satellite andthe only mentions of that are from 2008. Nothing at all more recent.
Are people getting confused with the fact that BBC moved to a new satellite recently and so we have lost it here?