Here is a set-up that would receive many of the channels you want, but without emphasis on HD:
1. 80cm to 1-m dish with 4 LNBs arranged on a multiple LNB holder and switch (requires only one cable)
2. LNB1 on 28°E would give you all UK FTA programs, as long as you are physically located in an area extending from S. France to central Germany (see lyngsat dot com for exact coverage areas). If you are outside this area, you still may be able to receive them, but will need up to a 2-m antenna. This is the only satellite offering FTA national programs from the UK.
3. LNB2 on Astra 19, provides literally all FTA German programs, CNN, BBC World, one Swiss news channel and several Austrian ones. French channels here include TV5 and a Belgian one. ARTE in HD is available here FTA.
4. LNB3 on Hotbird, here there are numberless Italian channels, including all the main RAI programs, a smattering of French stations, though no national ones, in addition to hundreds of channels from many countries around the world such as Al Jazeera English and so on.
5. LNB4 on Atlantic Bird 3, where France 2, France 3, France 5, Arte, LCP, TMC, TV8 and KTO are available FTO in digital, in addition to TF1 and M6 which are available in analogue. FRANSAT (18 national TNT programs from France) is also available on this satellite, which would entail buying a receiver for around 100 euros, but which includes a life-time card, i.e. not a subscription-based system. |