I was in Florida, last month. Went to a Brazilian Bar/Restaurant. They were able to get a feed from a Brazilian Satellite (I belive Sky/DirecTV Brazil). They had all the channedl directly from Brazil. Globol from Brazil, SporTV (all channels), Premiere Futebol Club (Not the PFC here but the complete package, ESPN BRASIL!!!!!. I talked to the manager and he said the owner invested a chunk of $$ to have a tech guy install it for him with a huge dish on their roof. I think it involves buying a satellite subscription in Brazil and have the system shipped here and repointed to the satellites down there and keep paying the bills there. I saw this myself, now I'm interested in this setup. Imagine freeing ourselves from GLOBO INTL/PFC tendencies to seeing only Flamengo/Corinthians/Cruzeiro games? I already rely on JustinTV for the games that interests me.
Brasilian President Mr. Lula Da Silva, blames White - Blue eyed people for the current Financial Crisis... [ame="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhupGc33PsN9PG6RzY"]Video: Brazilian President Blames White People For Economic Down Turn![/ame] What is he doing?
Quick update: Time Warner Cable does not advertise this but if you get the El Paquetazo (Spanish Super Package) for $36.00, it includes Globo/PFC at no additional charge. El Paquetazo can be a stand alone package, so your entire Time Warner cable bill can be $36 with tons of soccer filled channels included (GLOBO,PFC,GOLTV,Fox Soccer, Fox Sports Espanol, ESPN Deportes). An equatorian friend of mine told me this and I checked it out myself. They also don't advertise Globo+PFC for $29.95 but they offer it. I got fed up with Time Warner and switched to a special packaged RCN offers. Basic Cable+Globo+Internet=$53
If I see that I really miss PFC, I can just call dish and have them reactive my account on month to month basis (I already have correctly pointed dish on my roof, with receiver and access card that I own).
Good! They have bad customer service, but I think their image (display) quality is good - better than TWC