Sky Sports and BT confirm live Premier League TV schedule for April 2014 Manchester City v Southampton – Saturday 5 April, 12.45pm (BT Sport) Chelsea v Stoke City – Saturday 5 April, 5.30pm (Sky Sports) Everton v Arsenal – Sunday … Continue reading →
As we have mentioned before in a previous post ( https://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/02/loss-bbc-itv-spain-portugal-beware-magic-solution-another-satellite/ ) some “installers” in Spain and Portugal have been persuading clients to install a satellite system that involves the illegal hacking into the encrypted signal. This is to overcome … Continue reading →
Telefónica has agreed a multi-year rights deal which will see it launch a dedicated F1 channel on its IPTV platform Movistar TV. The agreement with Formula One Management, the commercial rights-holder for the motor racing series, starts with the forthcoming … Continue reading →
Well, as per our previous post – https://www.satandpcguy.com/blog/2014/01/bein-sports-cards-receiver-changes/ – it was expected that the BeIN Sports channels would go “secure” on the 31st January 2014. However, for whatever reason, these changes did not take place. They will now take place … Continue reading →
With the recent loss of BBC and ITV channels in southern most areas of Spain and Portugal, some installers are promoting and installing a “magic new satellite” for UK TV. This “magic solution” is actually Intelsat 907, located at 27.5º … Continue reading →
BSkyB has secured exclusive UK live TV rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition, currently broadcast by ITV4, from 2015. Under the three-year deal, Sky Sports will broadcast 60 live IPL matches each season from next year. The … Continue reading →
ITV is to launch a new female-focused, free-to-air channel, called ITVBe, which will become the home of shows including The Only Way is Essex. The new channel, which will focus on lifestyle and reality TV programming, will launch towards the … Continue reading →
If you have lost the normal version of Channel 4 on 104 on your Sky box, then it may be possible to still receive Channel 4 ( and E4 and More 4), as long as you have a Sky card. … Continue reading →
As expected the remaining ITVS and C4s that were on Astra 1N have now also moved to the UK beams on the Astra 2E satellite. Signal reception of these is now similar to bbc channels that moved last week. This … Continue reading →
I got a phone call this evening from a “IPTV” retailer, trying to “recruit” me, by saying all of Spain will only get UK TV via the internet by this week…as no satellite signals would be available in Spain…. There … Continue reading →
As I posted a few days ago, it is expected that the remaining ITV channels (ITV1, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4) that are currently on Astra 1N, will to the Astra 2E’s UK beam in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 11th. … Continue reading →
ITV have said that their channels will move to Astra 2E on Tuesday 11th February. As part of the satellite operator’s on-going renewal programme, our services will transfer to a new satellite with a tighter beam on Tuesday. The new … Continue reading →
In answer to a popular question seen on social media and emails sent to me: BBC channels are not part of the Sky subscription service. They never have been. And for the foreseeable future will not be. Some satellite “experts” … Continue reading →
Many thanks for all your reception reports this morning – constant facebook notifications and many emails!!! We have noted down the reception reports we have received (and nicked form other sources!) on this page: https://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/astra_2e_satellite_reception_footprint_uk_tv_spain.php. Until a full 24 hours … Continue reading →
Over night (6th February 2014) the BBC channels moved from their temporary home on Astra 1N to their new home on Astra 2E. They have moved to a much “tighter” beam, meaning a change in reception of those channels in … Continue reading →