How to get non-Spanish TV channels?

If you have a droid or an iphone, try using FilmOn. I could watch, but rarely do (Six Nations, David Attenborough, Brian Cox and David Attenborough etc.) all the main Brit TV channels on the fondleslab. It`s even got Dave, if you like constant re-runs of Top Gear and some great panel shows/comedy in between Clarkson.

Tis free to download and use. Go to Google Market/Play and search for FilmOn.

[anderso]

Oh, and if somebody can recommend a UK VPN-provider I'd be most grateful. Low price, high speed and no hassle is what I am looking for, of course.

And thanks Alcalaina, I will check out the higher channel numbers to see what's on offer (-:

[bob_bob]

Originally Posted by baldilocks

Personally, I don't watch TV except for the odd film. BUT we have a satellite dish and a Samsung 32" TV on which we can watch all the Satellite channels, Spanish TV, videos (either self recorded or DVD), Torrents on a USB stick and, if the suegra is using the room for teaching, she can have the PC connected and use that as the display as well as the monitor.

You naughty popette, do tell what you watch

[baldilocks]

Originally Posted by bob_bob

You naughty popette, do tell what you watch

Recently watched the Artist before it got all those awards and last weekend watched Le Havre - both excellent films and well worth the trouble to read subtitles.

[GallineraGirl]

Film On works very well on the iPad and if you have an iPad 2, or better, can be shown on a TV with an adapter or using AirPlay. You can also 'mirror' any video content on the iPad to the TV. Also the BBC iPlayer Global App works very well and has lots of previous BBC content to choose from and some current content, for a very reasonable cost. This works well with iPad 1 too. Of course, you do have to have an iPad to use this option but we find we need nothing more.

[anderso]

FilmOn looks fantastic on iPad and I can mirror to Apple TV. Thanks. Am I really just choosing channels and watching streamed live TV from the UK etc.? Even with a Spanish IP?

I will have to play around with it. There is no such thing as a free lunch ... or is there?

I thought the same. Having watched Scotland get gubbed, again, in the Six Nations, whilst up a wee hill (me, not them), I can attest to the overall liveness of said product!



ps There are some truly awful channels that really are worth a deek - mainly anything with God in the title!

[Alcalaina]

Originally Posted by baldilocks

Recently watched the Artist before it got all those awards and last weekend watched Le Havre - both excellent films and well worth the trouble to read subtitles.

We saw The Artist last night and really enjoyed it (didn't realise it had won awards but I can see why). Will now go and download Le Havre. Thank you!

[Alcalaina]

Has anyone tried those USB TV receivers that let you watch TDT channels on your computer?

[baldilocks]

Originally Posted by Alcalaina

We saw The Artist last night and really enjoyed it (didn't realise it had won awards but I can see why). Will now go and download Le Havre. Thank you!

The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy drama in the style of a black-and-white silent film written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932, and focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress, as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies.
The Artist received near-universal acclaim from critics and won many accolades. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where the film premiered. The film was nominated for six Golden Globes, the most of any 2011 film, and won three; Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Original Score, and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin. In January 2012 the film was nominated for twelve BAFTAs, also the most of any film from 2011, and won seven, the most wins of the night, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin. It was the first mainly silent film to win Best Picture since 1927's Wings (the first recipient of the Best Picture Award, in 1929), the first film presented in the 4:3 aspect ratio to win since 1955's Marty, the first black-and-white film to win since 1993's Schindler's List, and the first non-R-rated film to win since 2004's Million Dollar Baby.
In France, it was nominated for ten César Awards, winning six, including Best Film, Best Director for Hazanavicius and Best Actress for Bejo. The Artist became the most awarded French film in history.


WRT Le Havre - make sure you get English subs unless you are fluent in French.