Picking up free to air satellite channel

[filthiestfis]

Hi all
I would like to pick up the spanish channel TVE Internacional, I think I will need a satellite dish for this. There is actually a dish installed outside my house, but since it is a building with several flats im not totally sure it belongs to my property.

Anyway, assuming I can use this dish, will I need to buy a box to find this channel? What kind of box is this and how much will it cost (on average)?

[fredsie]

TVE is part of the Sky offering of programmes. So you can get it with a Sky box and subscription. The box dish and installation would probably be free with a one year subscription to Sky.

[LCDMAN]

TVEi is at channel 795 on the Sky digital service. Be aware that it is TVEi though, not sure how their programming would differ from "regular" TVE. I guess it's a satellite specific channel rather than a mirror of domestic TVE (a bit like BBC World shows the "best" bits of the regular BBC channels)

[Buenchico]

TVE Internacional Europe is on the Astra 1L satellite at 19.2 degrees east, which provides the Sky line-up of programs. It's 'free to air', rather than 'free to view', which means that the signal isn't encrypted, so no viewing card is necessary.

Therefore any Sky box (fed, of course, by a suitable dish) will do the job. They're available for around �20 on eBay.

Program information is available here:
http://www.rtve.es/television/tve-internaciona l/

Chris

[romko]

contrary to what has been said here, TVEi is NOT part of Sky and you don't necessarily need a subscription to sky to get it. I get it in the Uk via a freesat (non-sky) decoder. If you go this route, look for something like a second hand technomate box.

[filthiestfis]

So do I need a sky box? freesat decoder? technomate box? Can someone clarify this for me please? And once I have the box how will I connect it to the satellite? I dont know if the dish outside was installed for my flat either but it has been there since before I moved in years ago.

[filthiestfis]

So really the issue here is in establishing whether the satellite dish outside my property can be used...

[Buenchico]

Any Sky box will do. (Pace Sky boxes are often advertised on eBay for around �20). That. of course, assumes that you've got the proper (satellite grade) coaxial cable connecting the dish to the box.

Chris