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British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

Colin Harri

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Colin Harri » Thu, 04 Apr 2002 02:32:44

Gents, somewhere I read that you can pick up Fox Sports somehow on the
digibox - has anyone tried, and if so, what are the digits?

Cheers!

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Tony Rickar

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Tony Rickar » Thu, 04 Apr 2002 06:25:49


> >Gents, somewhere I read that you can pick up Fox Sports somehow on the
> >digibox - has anyone tried, and if so, what are the digits?

> I think you've been given some duff info there. It isn't broadcast to
> the UK from any of the Astra Satellites.

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Long time no hear Derek.

How the devil are you?

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Zonk

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Zonk » Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:53:44



There is a ESPN Classic Sports channel that was testing for a while on
Astra 2, but it seems to have stopped now. (it was in french, now launched
on the French Pay TV platforms.)

If you are looking for US sports channels in europe, arabsat broadcast
Orbit ESPN which is ESPN1 + coverage of Arab Football matches.

You'll require around a metre dish and a MPEG 1.5 decoder, though.

http://www.orbit.net/tvchannels/dealers/europe.asp#england

for more info.

Z.

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Colin Harri

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Colin Harri » Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:59:48




> > Gents, somewhere I read that you can pick up Fox Sports somehow on the
> > digibox - has anyone tried, and if so, what are the digits?

> > Cheers!

> There is a ESPN Classic Sports channel that was testing for a while on
> Astra 2, but it seems to have stopped now. (it was in french, now launched
> on the French Pay TV platforms.)

This is what I saw, on a forum -
"Fox sports is on a satellite 43deg West. Which is very low on the horizon.
(Sky Digital is 28deg East and Sky Analogue was at 19deg East)

Fox offer a free service to Europe and show Fox Sports Network, News and
other feeds - eg, Live feed to UK's channel 5. All the Busch races this year
have been live."

Now, I've only just got mine, so this is all mumbo.jumbo to me, but is this
available thru the Sky dish?

Zonk

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Zonk » Fri, 05 Apr 2002 17:01:52



Not a minidish!

30W needs a 1m-ish dish for southern england!

48w is a hell of a long way away. Unless your on top of a hill with clear
sight to the horizon, and a huge dish, no chance.

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Zonk

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Zonk » Fri, 05 Apr 2002 17:16:22



http://www.lyngsat.com/pas43.shtml

Yes, it's there, and just on the horizon. You'll need a proper dish and
dare i say, a proper STB :P

Z.

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Colin Harri

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Colin Harri » Fri, 05 Apr 2002 20:11:32




> > Now, I've only just got mine, so this is all mumbo.jumbo to me, but is
> > this available thru the Sky dish?

> Not a minidish!

> 30W needs a 1m-ish dish for southern england!

> 48w is a hell of a long way away. Unless your on top of a hill with clear
> sight to the horizon, and a huge dish, no chance.

***! Oh, well, it was worth a try! Thanks for the help, Z, but what's an
STB?
Zonk

British Sky digibox thingy...(for we Brits only)

by Zonk » Fri, 05 Apr 2002 20:43:01



Set top Box.

Z.

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