English TV in Germany - how to get it

• Maybe this helps: "By far, the most popular method these days to receive a large number of channels is to have a satellite dish installed. It is relatively inexpensive to buy the dish, LNB and receiver. There are a lot of package deals available in retail outlets. You may want to have a professional installer mount and align the dish. Make sure you have your landlord's permission to put up a dish. You will be faced with a large choice of receivers. The cheapest ones are the analog receivers. Somewhat more expensive are digital receivers. Many broadcast companies have already switched to the newer digital technology, but are still broadcasting in analog until the buying public catches up. If you buy the standard digital receiver that receives the standard "free to air" broadcasts you'll be able to pick up several English language channels, depending on which satellite your dish is pointed to. That's the good news. The bad news is that the channels you can pick up are pretty much limited to news, music, travel shops, some sports and shopping.
  
  If you want to get more English language channels then you will have to get a receiver and service that will allow you to pick up "encoded" signals. There are different types of "decoders" and decoding cards that will enable you to receive a variety of services. Europe's best pay-tv is Sky TV from the UK. Offering over 140 channels, all in English with the latest series and shows from the US, it truly lets the expatriate "feel at home". Twelve Discovery Channels, Fox News, Bloomberg, Disney and many more are available." Found here: http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/radio.html
  

  Sandra 10 Giu 2007, 09:59 - Denuncia

English TV in Germany