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> From: Ben Fisher <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> From Richard Wakely. Please share any useful info with the list too!
>>
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>>
>>> From: Richard Wakely <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>> Could some kind colleague remind me of the best ways of getting
>>> French
>>> TV via satellite? Our (old?) system is no longer working. I'm sure I
>>> read messages about this, but they appear to have been deleted when
>>> my
>>> machine was 'upgraded'. Thanks in advance, Richard Wakely
>
> Depends on the definition of "old". If analogue-only, budget for a new
> combined digital/analogue receiver/positioner unit and very probably a
> new
> dish as well - or at the very least, recabling and a suitable new LNB.
> The
> technology's come a long way in the last few years and even dish
> mountings
> for LNBs don't always mate with older kit.
>
> In terms of free-to-air channels the picture is rapidly reverting
> towards
> the mid-1980s - i.e. you can be sure of TV5 long-term but not of much
> else. You'll find it in clear digital on 13 and 19 degrees East,
> together
> with things such as Arte, the North African French channels, RTBF and
> Beur
> TV. And lots of radio.
>
> In analogue the French national channels (TF1, France 2/3 etc) were
> still
> present in clear SECAM on 5 degrees West (up in the Télécom frequency
> band) last time I looked but along with all analogue satellite they
> could
> easily be finally switched off at any time. Also that particular relay
> was
> never meant for general reception, just a useful free bonus from
> distribution to cable networks. In digital they are transmitted as
> part of
> the various "bouquets numériques" but are scrambled. I have seen UK
> dealers offering "legit" CAMs (Conditional Access Modules - digital
> receivers require one for each scrambling system plus a subscription
> card)
> and cards for (e.g.) AB Sat but the legal position is at best grey, to
> say
> nothing of cost. If anyone has come across the national channels in
> genuinely free digital, please share the info!
>
> Ben Fisher
>
> P.S. The above is specific to the skies above Western Europe.
>
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