UK tv in Germany?

I dunno about live TV, but if you're ever missing the shows you like from back home, torrents are the way. Places like bitmetv.org specialise in US TV. I know there are also dedicated trackers for football stuff, too. Just google something like 'soccer torrent site'.

 

Does this mean you're going to become 'carefree in Munchen Gladbach' or whatever? Somehow, just doesn't sound the same, does it

Anyhoooo.. have a look at the folowing webpage.

http://www.brymar.co.uk/info/Astra/astra_sky/astra_sky.html

It gives the coverage of the astra satellite over mainland europe. Depending on how long you're going to be there it might be worth buying a cheap sky TV box from ebay or whatever and then getting someone in the UK to get you a sky TV viewing card with sky sports. The cards mean you have to sign up for 12 months. I think it's about £30 a month or something like that.

That means you'd get all the Brit TV, (BBC, ITV, Channels 4, 5, etc), AND you can also get ChelseaTV as well, the clubs very own channel but that's about £6 a month extra. They do the TIVO type boxes as well and you can get those on ebay too but I think you have to make sure your card is the right sort.

Like I say, it depends how long you're going to be there.

The point about someone else getting in the UK the card for you is that, as far as sky are concerned, they're the subscriber, not you so it would have to be someone you can trust and who trusts you. Obviously, if they don't pay, you lose the service and, like I say, it's a min 12 month deal as far as I know.

This would mean you'd also have to put up your own satellite dish or get a local installer to do it for you but, tbh, it's pretty easy.

Have a look at this to see what's required...

http://www.satcure.co.uk/

Funnily enough this outfit are only about 2 miles from where I live now and they specialise in helping people sort out mobile packages, i.e. caravans, mobile homes and such like but that will work on a fixed address too.

It might be that thee are outfits in germany who do the same sort of thing but I think the problem with that is that sky, or whoever, will want to provide you with the german language service.

To give you an idea of the problem... we used to get the welsh langage service even though we were only about 300 yards over the welsh border at my old house. It wasn't that big a problem because they also provided all the english language ones as well but I'd imagine in germany the vast bulk of the service would be in german.

Anyhooo... let us know how you get on mate

 

Found a bit more information but it pretty much confirms what I've already said.

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/satellite.html

Sky Digital's terms and conditions state that you can only watch Sky subscription channels if you're living in the UK (including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands) or the Republic of Ireland. Note though that the satellites that distribute Sky Digital can be accessed outside of the UK.

Sky Digital is transmitted on SES Astra satellites located at 28.2°E and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite located at 28.5°E - these have "footprints" that cover parts of Europe, so the free-to-view channels can be accessed in parts of Europe (with a suitably-sized dish). Pictured on the right is the footprint of the Astra 2D satellite, which provides the BBC Free-to-view channels. You can find coverage maps for the Astra satellite on the Astra or Satcure sites.


http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/radio.html

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 40 or so channels you can pick up are pretty much limited to news, music, travel shops, some sports and shopping.
Premium English Language Satellite TV

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 150 tv and radio channels, all in English with the latest series and shows from the US, it truly lets the expatriate "feel at home". Twelve Discovery Channels, National Geographic FOX News, Bloomberg, Disney, ABC1, Hallmark, Sci-Fi, FX, Cartoon Network, MTV, VH1, Zone Reality, BBC and ITV and many more are available.

http://www.insatinternational.com/product.php?category_id=2

Due to recent policy changes by Sky we can only accept orders if you can provide a UK 'hosting' address for Sky to send the viewing card to once we order it. The address does not have to be your own but please ensure you have the permission of the home owner whose address you intend on providing. Please note we can only order 1 viewing card per address and it does not matter whether there is already a Sky account registered to that address.

Once you (or the homeowner) receives the viewing card it must be forwarded onto us for activation. By this time you will have already received self addressed envelopes from Insat to send the viewing card and any other Sky correspondence to us.

http://www.toytowngermany.com/wiki/Sky_satellite_TV_in_Germany

It is technically possible to pick up signals from these Astra 2 satellites within Germany including Munich. According to licensing restrictions, however, no-one is supposed to watch them. Many of the channels are available to subscribers only and to become a subscriber you should be resident in the U.K.. There are ways around this though. If you live in Germany and wish to watch Sky TV, you need to subscribe not to Sky direct, but via a third party reseller who will register a U.K. address on your behalf.

 

Plus, I trust you'll be changing your username to Carefree in DE?