Changes of satellite frequency STV (Scottish ITV)

Our friends have a holiday home in France and just said the Astra satellite has moved and they are having difficulties getting the free to air channels - Is this happening in Spain or is it just France?

I said I would ask on here if there are any solutions.

Jan

It's all over, Jan. We have friends in Germany near Hannover and they have lost everything. Even with a 2m dish.
The new satellite has a very narrow beam. We seem to be fairly lucky here as we are in that narrow beam but virtually everywhere else in Europe has lost out.

marcliff wrote:It's all over, Jan. We have friends in Germany near Hannover and they have lost everything. Even with a 2m dish.
The new satellite has a very narrow beam. We seem to be fairly lucky here as we are in that narrow beam but virtually everywhere else in Europe has lost out.

Oh dear, that's not good! Wonder if it will change??

It won't change - those locally may be having a few reception issues with smaller 1 metre dishes - though they should have been told this by installing company as we all knew it was going to change.

However many parts of Spain - Costa del Sol, being a prime example and many other parts of Europe, simply cannot now get any reception.

Alternatives - IPTV, internet TV, this is what 95% of people will use - there are a number of different services, from Free to subscription / similar to Sky and as long as you have internet speed over 2 meg, you should be o.k (though there are also specialist services which go as low as 0.7 meg).

A secondary alternative - which is 'unofficial' is to pick up the reception of another satellite - intelsat 907 which can be received over most of Europe with a 1 metre dish. http://www.lyngsat.com/Intelsat-907.html review frequency 11495 V has the BBC's / ITV's & in HD....however this is encrypted and is generally for a back up / armed forces overseas. There is however a few satellite receivers with a software patch which will open these channels. It works and for those that have no internet, it may be the only option - however if BBC changes BISS keys / encryption then it means the receivers need software update. BBC did it once already, took 48 hours for the (unofficial) software to appear.

Have used / tested all systems, if any advice needed, I can be contacted via the Television Technology advert on this forum.