Missing Bbc

[netibiza]

Anyone else here in Europe lost the BBC? Although I can watch on internet, it's not the same!

[murraymints]

Well you can't have Sun sand etc AND the BBC ! Lol xx

[netibiza]

I do not want sun, sand etc! I want the Beeb!

[murraymints]

Well ....grab a flight..we'll all budge up !!!

[netibiza]

Hardly any flights either, there may be one a day but I doubt it, oh woe!

[Sqad]

netty.......you have known for the past 9 on this that certain channels would be going to Astra2 satellite to give parts of the UK a better reception. Unfortunately this would compromise reception in the south of France! Southern Spain and the Balearics.

You have a couple of alternatives..a) bigger dish 3.2.metres or b)playing the input through a PC.

We bought the large 3.2 metre dish 10 months ago and our reception has not been affected.

[LyndaB]

A friend of ours lives in Tenerife and she has lost it too, but not sure why

[Sqad]

That should be " last 9 months."

[murraymints]

A dish ten feet wide ? EEK !!

[netibiza]

Sqad I just hoped it wouldn't happen! and none of us here were sure if it would happen. Our villa is old and would not support a big dish, 3m? jesus! We don't have much income at the moment so buying a bigger dish is out of the question,and I doubt the local council would give permission for such a big dish, and yes we have to apply! and our internet is very dodgy even though we have upgraded to Fusion. I watch most stuff on the internet but it freezes. Why can't they leave things alone, it's poor Mr N I feel sorry for.

[netibiza]

Back to watching Spanish tv I guess.

[netibiza]

I hate living here!

[murraymints]

You been there long netti ?

[Sqad]

netty.....just back from breakfast and i gather that the exPats are throwing themselves off the cliffs and taking massive overdoses at the thought of no Coronation Street, Emmerdale and the Sports channels.

I can understand how you feel....luckily ours is a modern villa and we didn't need planning permission for the for the 3metre dish, although our villa looks like Jodrell Bank.

I have been thinking about your post above and could you,swap your Sky box for an HD Freesat box €75 from Amazon or €90 from your local store in Ibiza?

[malagabob]

Your not alone Nettie. Just been checking some expats forums for Portugal www.albufeira.com and www.andalucia.com

[ivor4781]

nice one, watching live bbc and getting away with not having to pay for a licence

[netibiza]

Not paying for a licence is about all us expats get away with, wish we had a cushy life with all the benefits going on in England. Even as a pensioner I have to pay for meds.

Murraymints, been here 43yrs, came as a young girl, became a clean hippie, finally met and married Mr Netibiza, poor sod! I long to return home, but he couldn't stand the UK anymore, although we do find it remarkably cheap.

[netibiza]

Sqad, if we had an HD sky box (where is my local store??) would we have to change out normal sky subscription to HD: My sister gave me one last December but on arriving back here, we found it was a normal white sky box, not HD!

[Sqad]

netty.......sorry, I do not have the answer to your questions.

I am sure that on Ibiza there is a Spaniard or a Brit, or both that deals with these problems.

I will try and ask around re. the boxes.

[Sqad]

netty....I have just made a few telephone calls and there is all sorts of ideas.
About my suggestion......get a TV bloke to give his advice, as I am sure that it would work, but you would have to pay something to Skye monthly depending upon the package.