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Can you add fox to your 'other channels'

  • 11-02-2007 8:09pm
    #1
    Chillwithcian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 751 ✭✭✭


    .... or buy a legal viewing card to get american channels? Any help appreciated thanks :)


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  • #2
    TVDX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 510 ✭✭✭TVDX


    Only Fox News is available on the Sky platform with a subscription, it's on the EPG so no need to add to other channels.

    You can't get any american channels such as Fox, CBS, NBC on Sky Digital and there is no way of doing it legal or otherwise.


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    The satellites are too far around the Earth and beams point the wrong way.

    There are some occasional feeds of US TV on some atlantic satellites. Need 80cm to 110cm motorised dish and patience. Not for watching regular TV.


  • #4
    rcunning03
    Closed Accounts Posts: 492 ✭✭rcunning03


    Chillwithcian wrote:
    .... or buy a legal viewing card to get american channels? Any help appreciated thanks :)

    Unless you know somebody in the American armed forces who will sell you the equipment and viewing card to recieve the American Forces Network Europe. You get all the main American channels without adverts (Just public information programs between programs on how great America is).

    See if anything is being offered on ebay or if you can find a forum for American forces in europe and offer them money. wouldn't be cheap though

    http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/tv/schedule/index.asp


  • #5
    watty
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    I think they could get into serious trouble. All that gear has serial numbers and has to be signed for etc. It can't legally be sold on eBay.

    If you obtained it you would be a receiver of stolen goods. It does not belong to the Service Men.


  • #6
    Chillwithcian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 751 ✭✭✭Chillwithcian


    rcunning03 wrote:
    Unless you know somebody in the American armed forces who will sell you the equipment and viewing card to recieve the American Forces Network Europe. You get all the main American channels without adverts (Just public information programs between programs on how great America is).

    See if anything is being offered on ebay or if you can find a forum for American forces in europe and offer them money. wouldn't be cheap though

    http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/tv/schedule/index.asp

    Nah, not that desprate for american tv.....


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  • #7
    Pal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭Pal


    Pentagon channel is Free to air.

    amusing propaganda.

    hard to believe people believe the guff on it


  • #8
    qwertplaywert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭qwertplaywert


    any chance of being able to install it?


  • #9
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    13E on 80cm dish any FTA receiver (not Digibox). NTSC TV or else you get B&W picture. Some expensive Sat receivers can convert. Colour via RGB SCART though.


  • #10
    Zaphod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Zaphod


    ABC and CBS news are carried on the MBC channels on Badr 4 26E. You'd need a larger dish (1M+) but they could be tuned in via other channels on Digibox. Schedule here and thread here.

    A more indepth US news program is carried on VOA channel on Hotbird 13E - Newshour with Jim Lehrer - 12226, V, 27500


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