I doubt SKY will carry BBC or ITV channels on a pan european beam as neither the BBC or ITV have distribution rights for programs outside of the UK so if they were to offer the service outside the UK it would open a can of worms relating to copyright, distribution etc. etc. that I'm sure they wouldn't want to open.

It may also jepordise the SKY service which should not be broadcast to or have subscribers outside the UK for the same reasons. SKY are obviously fully aware that they do have European subscribers and for this reason they will not want to lose millions in revenue by cutting off their 'illegal but paying' subscribers in Europe.

It was interesting the case of BTSport at the end of last year.  It moved from Eutelsat (with pan-european coverage) to Astra 2F on a UK spot beam. Lots of 'European subscribers' who shouldn't have a subscription lost their service. Miraculously a few days later it moved from the UK spot beam to a pan-european beam. I guess the thought of the cancelled subscriptions was too much for them to bear.

Unfortunately the BBC and ITV don't charge subscriptions so will not lose anything by restricting their service to UK only.

Time will tell...

It will be in position at 28.2 around the 31st Jan 2014 then a couple of days testing and then change over and only then will you know what size dish is required where you are.So it will all be over by the 14th. 

Just lost BBC 1 and 2

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I have apple TV and you can change the DNS settings to show you are in the USA which I pay 7.99 dollars a month for USA version of netflix. not £7.99 pound for the UK poorer version in way of content. At the moment you can not get BBC on apple TV but you can use an Ipad that can be mirrored onto your TV and use iplayer that way. I think you can use airplay that does not require an HDMI cable but at the moment I can only get my apple TV to work on an Ethernet cable it could be iberbanda or me I am still working on it.

You can buy from ebay a jail broken apple TV 2 I have apple tv 3 which can not at the moment be changed from the apple format. These apple TV 2 have lots of added software and effectively all your films sports and everything else is FREE !!!! The seller in the link below is the best at this sort of thing.you can email him or talk to him just for advice.He is in the UK not is some shed just off the great wall of china. He explains what this item is all about.Expensive but no more subscriptions and future proof re updates. If buying one of these make sure its untethered.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-TV2-Untethered-Jailbroken-JUST-the-same-as-the-o...



With regards a VPN to watch BBC iplayer I have tried all the free ones and a few pay systems but the one I have found the easiest and has not let me down is tunnelbear. Costs 4.99 dollars a month pay though paypal and cancel any time.That is unlimited downloads. or you can have it for free but the limit is 500mbs per month.

https://www.tunnelbear.com/

Good luck.   

For all you people who miss radio 4 Today programme in the morning. Here is the thought for today.....

What a great sight but you have to give them your credit card details even though its free has anyone done this?.....is it safe?