How Can I watch UK TV or Ireland TV?

[kannon86]

Hi!


I live in spain and the Sky has changed the satellite and I can't received signal.

I have bought a Raspberry Pi, so I would like to know what I need to see UK TV Channels and Ireland TV Channels using the raspberry pi and internet.


Thanks!!

[redhawk]

It's not possible I'm afraid, it's also illegal to try and watch Live UK abroad without a paid TV license or to circumvent geo blocks.
There are few streaming sites with UK TV such as CatchupTV and FilmOn but your IP must fall within the UK netblock and not some private VPN or proxy network.
The BBC World service still broadcasts on Astra 19E and Hotbird 13E plus a few other UK speaking channels so it's not the end of the world.

Richard S.

[johndough]

Hi!


I live in spain and the Sky has changed the satellite and I can't received signal.

I have bought a Raspberry Pi, so I would like to know what I need to see UK TV Channels and Ireland TV Channels using the raspberry pi and internet.


Thanks!!

Hiya

I live in the UK and can get over 3000 channels on my sat rec'r. It is a cheap one, made in Turkey and sold via B&Q, Lidl Aldi etc.

Of the 3000+ most are scrambled leaving 1000 ish. Covering UK, Europe and bits of Africa.

So if you point your satellite dish at a different point in the 'SKY' arf arf you can all sorts of geostationary signals and with a decent receiver - who knows.

I got sky 3d broadcast in the clear on it, but in 2d it's eye wateringly bad.

So no Pi for you;))

[GTR2Fan]

Living in the UK versus living in Spain is a very different kettle of fish when it comes to which satellites you can receive a signal from, as satellites have footprints that determine which geographical regions they can be received in.

I suspect that the OP's problem may relate to the recent switchover of UK Freeview broadcasts to the new Astra 2E satellite which runs on too tight a footprint to reach the lower extremities of some parts of southern Europe reliably.

A possible answer may be to try a larger dish and/or a better LNB, but this is no guarantee of success so could be money wasted. Another alternative is to run the XBMC TVCatchup add-on in OpenELEC or RaspBMC on a Pi, but this would also require arranging an illegal UK proxy IP address which I suspect isn't allowed to be discussed here in open forum.