Petition to get BBC channels onto Freesat

[travelling-man]

Folks,

You might like to view and hopefully sign this:

Force the tax paid UKTV stations onto Freeview and Freesat - e-petitions

[baldilocks]

Originally Posted by travelling-man

Folks,

You might like to view and hopefully sign this:

Force the tax paid UKTV stations onto Freeview and Freesat - e-petitions

I think that the likely "Fail" with this is a question of copyright as to whether the content can be legitimately viewed outside the UK, rather like the i-player problem

[RoystonB]

Why can’t the Portuguese see Portuguese TV in UK, France etc., and why can’t I see UK TV in Portugal, Spain, etc.

And there’s me thinking we are all one, in Europe.

Silly me.

[canoeman]

Sorry but a Petition a total waste of time, and probably counter productive because you draw attention to something we shouldn't get, because of broadcasting and copyright laws.

To succeed you'd have to get the UK government to totally rewrite all the broadcasting laws, copyright laws and BBC, ITV etc and program makers, artists, authors etc to re write all copyright agreements

[jerryceltner]

I know that a number of people cannot get channel 5 now but I still can. I have a 1.8 metre dish and some have only a 1.25 metre dish. We can still get channel 5 on freesat as well as sky. The changeover is supposed to happen mid year so I will see what happens then.... Our Sat guy has just ordered a 2.3 metre dish......and feels confident that he will be able to pick up the channels.....I hardly ever watch BBC so no loss for me but the wife would die.......no Eastenders.......maybe do some housework then.....lol

[canoeman]

All Channel 5's are already on the new sat Astra2F at 10964 H 22000 if you've lost 5's check transponder codes are on your receiver if not manually enter and fingers crossed, but with new tighter beam location will be important and the further south you are the worse the problem.

[travelling-man]

Is there a legal way to simply get the entire Sky or similar package and not have to stuff around with all this?

[canoeman]

No way at all, you must sign up for Sky through a UK address in some way, if Sky do realize your not UK they must disconnect you, and lets face it they earn a lot of revenue from expats etc throughout Europe so only do it when they know.

The problem isn't getting Sky or any of UK broadcasters legally it's whether when the 4? new sats are all online or as channels move from 2E and 1N will have sufficient overspill of the new tighter UK beams for us to pick anything up.
I did see a post where it said that with a 4m dish at Val de Lobo Faro couldn't get signal from new 2F

[travelling-man]

How about online?

Come to that, what's the reason we can't simply do it honestly here?

[canoeman]

As I said before it's UK Broadcasting Laws and copyright. Let alone that you can't buy a UK TV Licence

Online you'll need to get a great broadband and a UK IP address like Jerry's set up, might have problems with download limits unless on a really pricey package and still technically illegal