BBC and ITV in Malta?

[ladybug]

As I have said here before I was delighted to be able to get ITV and the other channels via my Sky dish.

I know there are folks in Malta who want BBC live and I inadvertently stumbled on a solution, (not through my Sky dish) which has saved me money and allows the teens to have British TV in their room without having to have wires and more cost.

It also means I can have BBC1 or ITV in the kitchen which is where I spend most of my time. I hasten to add this is not on Sky. It's on my pc and works beautifully.

I don't think I will be permitted to post the link here so I will hold off.

[DAVID CARABOTT]

I live in Malta too & would like to know of this supposed link. Tried to send a private message to "Ladybug" but she has chosen not to receive private messages. If anyone in the know can help I would appreciate receiving a p.m. to this effect. Thanks in advance & regards.

[Topper]

I live in Malta too & would like to know of this supposed link. Tried to send a private message to "Ladybug" but she has chosen not to receive private messages. If anyone in the know can help I would appreciate receiving a p.m. to this effect. Thanks in advance & regards.

Both of you have not been members long enough to get PM privileges but you could tick the box on your Vcard options in you profile to allow each other to download respective Email addresses

It also means I can have BBC1 or ITV in the kitchen which is where I spend most of my time. I hasten to add this is not on Sky. It's on my pc and works beautifully.

I don't think I will be permitted to post the link here so I will hold off.

Links may be posted provided they are inactive links to do this precede by an underscore thus
_www.google.com as you can see it is not active

[divibi]

I thought it might be the right thread to ask this;

In Malta, can you legally subscribe to Sky ITALIA, as if you resided in Italy? Is it legally distributed in Malta???

[Atomicbullet]

Maybe?

I don't know of any official satellite subs and services in Malta. apart from the fta channels about?

[ladybug]

I live in Malta too & would like to know of this supposed link. Tried to send a private message to "Ladybug" but she has chosen not to receive private messages. If anyone in the know can help I would appreciate receiving a p.m. to this effect. Thanks in advance & regards.

David I'm sorry I wasn't faster with this reply. Getting children back to school UGH

here is the link.

_http://www.britishtvabroad.com

I believe it is a VPN connection if that makes any sense to you and of course I can watch it anywhere in the house.

[Tiggi]

Ladybug,
I live in Kappara and I have one question for you. Did you have to upgrade your broadband connection from 512 kbps to 1000 kbps
Regards

[sat345rg]

Hi Ladybug.
I think you received some good advice from the forum,now it could be your time to help others,by giving some feedback about the live tv solution on pc you found.
How is the picture quality?Is the service reliable?
When it comes to getting uk tv,it doesn´t matter if it´s by satellite or computer,if the service is good.
It can´t just be a business for satellite dish installers...

[ladybug]

I am with Melita cable. I am not thrilled with them but that has nothing to do with british tv abroad.

I just did one of those speed tests and the results were, 5839kbs download and 455 kbs upload. Now I know that will mean a whole lot to people here but not to me LOL

If you tell me how to find out tiggi I can tell you exactly what we have.

The picture quality is good. I get the very occasional buffering but I think that's more to do with my wireless connection.

I just got this system for my daughter who watches way more tv than I do and seemingly there is a Forum for this system that she has started visiting that is very informative.

So far, I am very happy and I like the fact that the Customer Service team are on the ball. I had a problem with enabling PtP? or PPtP, and they did a walk through for me via Skype and it was resolved.

Right now I am watching BBC1 news. I also get BBC2 channel 4 and 5 ITV and all the other regular channels.

I think what impressed me most was the installation and how it was explained. It was obviously designed for people like me. It was so simple.

[sat345rg]

Thanks ladybug for this report.
I´ve been to Malta before,such a nice island,but terrible when it comes to watching tv programs.
This seems a viable option then,only pity is you can´t get different regional versions of the main channels,so you have to watch the only region provided(England I suppose).

[ladybug]

Wow I am just glad it all made sense LOL

There is an option in the channel list to add regional channels sat345rg At the moment I have ITV London but one of the other mums here has ITV Ulster.

[sat345rg]

There is an option in the channel list to add regional channels sat345rg At the moment I have ITV London but one of the other mums here has ITV Ulster.

What?Please expand on this ladybug.
Is it possible to get the Scottish version of bbc and itv?
This would be important because not everybody comes from England...

[ladybug]

I have just looked in my optional channels list since I am also a Scot

BBC 1 Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
BBC 2 Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

ITV local ITV Wales

STV

Ulster TV

Now that's only the ones I can see there may well be a way to get other ones I am just not sure how to do it.

I didn't even know this existed until I had a look around.

[rolfw]

Certainly useful for those outside reasonable reception footprints, but don't be completely assured by their hair splitting claims of legality, they may not last long term. I'm sure someone else will pop up in their place though should they disappear.

[sat345rg]

I have just looked in my optional channels list since I am also a Scot

And why are you using ITV1 England then?
Thanks for this useful information.

To Rolfw:We see other posts here where people from Spain or Cyprus say they have s*y subscriptions and nobody (rightly) has problems with this,although it should only be available in the uk.
Why when a pc solution comes up,where no dish installation is required,all sorts of legalities concerns start here?

[dave dee]

hi, i have been recieving all the additional channels on my Sky system for months but after the storm last evening lost all the "other channels" itv/4/e4/etc. i can still get itv hd when transmitting but no other. has anyone else experienced the same or has my equipment malfunctioned, thanks for any advice, Dave.

[satelliteman]

Possible you may of had slight dish movement due to the storm.

[Analoguesat]

hi, i have been recieving all the additional channels on my Sky system for months but after the storm last evening lost all the "other channels" itv/4/e4/etc. i can still get itv hd when transmitting but no other. has anyone else experienced the same or has my equipment malfunctioned, thanks for any advice, Dave.

The dish has probably moved slightly. The "Other Channels" versions of ITV C4 etc are now much weaker in Malta than they were previously thanks to the well documented beam change a month or so back.

[dave dee]

Many thanks for your quick response analoguesat, it is possible the dish moved slightly with the extreme winds, i am just a bit weary of moving it as it is welded in position and the signal strength is better than ever when it eventually returned after loosing the whole package this morning. i did try tweaking the l.n.b. and rebooting to no avail, thanks again i,ll keep my fingers crossed.

[dave dee]

Sorry satelliteman, i didn,t see your even prompter reply, many thanks to you too.

[dave dee]

Thanks to all for the help. after missing corrie and emmerdale for 2 days i bit the bullit and moved the dish a fraction, maybe the weld hadn,t took everywhere because the additional channels have all returned with the added bonus of itv hd.

[Expat]

Your best option is to watch online, Malta, like southern Italy, seems to be in a signal dead zone.
Take a look here if you want some more advice:

_http://astra2d.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=TV&action=display&thread=1143

Also see this, it works at present for free:

_https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1808775/britishtv-windows.zip