Thanks all for so much great advice! We were using expat but the break up in all programs was terrible so was hoping to find a better service. I will try some of these although I do get nervous about paying for things.  Im not so nervous paying via paypal tho.
Still frustrated.  I did get tvguide in UK on ipad but do not have apple tv so would take so long to get it here that olympics would be over!
Id hoped the sports channels would have been showing the olympics, or it would be visible online somewhere somehow.  Seems Spanish TV isnt showing any of it from what I can see.
Thanks again guys

I am able to watch the Olympics on BBC RB 2 on my tv it's channel number 978 .I was surprised to get it can't get any other BBC programmes though

has it gone off with all the others?
And...pointers please to an online Spanish TV listings site if there is such a thing.
ThanQ !!
Colin

Thanks Nigel.  I'm suffering badly from out of lip-sync; not me, the tele.  As it's a recent thing, is this us or 'THEM'? If it's us will a new decoder solve the problem?

The tv is fine and presumably the lip-sinc problem will be totally and finally solved when all current channels have gone to their new satellite!   Hopefully the existing dish can be aligned to some other satellite offering a news service (at least) in English  pending the arrival of Jodrell Bank in the garden ..? Is this possible?  I'm planning a new Freesat digibox to take the advantages they offer.

skyinmadrid.

ASTRA 2E POWER INCREASED ON 12 FEB
Many correspondents have reported BBC & ITV returning over the past few days. There was a marked improvement towards the end of last week. One expert suggested it may have been because the satellite's travelling wave amplifiers need time to "burn in". Another possibility is that 2E developed a problem during tests, that it has never been able to develop full power, and that this is the best we can expect. This may have been the reason it spent two months longer than expected parked at its test position. It should not be discounted that power has been deliberately reduced.

If the BBC has returned with slight breakup in the past few days, you are only likely to lose it completely in rain from now on. An upgrade to the next dish size up should cure this problem, but to be sure, move up two sizes.
If you can only receive BBC & ITV in the mornings and late evenings, the same applies.
If BBC & ITV have not returned by now they may never come back.
There are further channel changes coming over the next few months, with the likely closure of Astra 2A, the addition of Astra 2G, and new HD services for ITV One. 

Click the minus/dash button on the top right hand side of the screen will remove the picture from the screen of LT without turning it off. I have not heard of any way of connecting LT to TV without cable.

With regards watching SKY Is this the end of IPTV viewing ????


SKY VIEWING CARDS
All of Sky’s 10 million viewing cards are likely to be replaced this year.

The last time this happened was in 2009, when six-year-old "yellow house" cards were replaced. Some who had bought Sky cards through grey market suppliers in mainland Europe didn’t receive their new cards, and were cut off.
White Sky Viewing cardThis time, Sky will introduce new security measures to counter growing piracy. BBC London recently exposed a network of retailers and installers selling hacked receivers, which enable thousands in the UK to view Sky illegally.
Sky have steadily increased security over the past few years. HD channels are now locked to the receiver a viewing card is paired to and the activation process has moved online for new installs.