Receiving Showtime

**petert74** · 3 Weeks Ago

Hi

Has Showtime been cracked???

I heard several rumours but cant find anything.

cheers for the help.

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**Analoguesat** · 3 Weeks Ago

Its only available on gamma card or card sharing.

***Burnham Beech*** · 3 Weeks Ago

There were keys for Showtime up to about a year ago.

Nothing now or since.

**petert74** · 3 Weeks Ago

Many thanks for your reply.

Digi TV is on the verge of changing to Nag 3 as everyone knows.

Not living in the UK (Africa 12 km away) , and getting no uk signal in bad weather I rely on an "alternative" english language source.

Im not too sure what a gamma card is but I dont think i can get one.

I would be very grateful if any one could advise on a possible "new alternative" which is on the lines of Digi TV (if you know what I mean).

Obviously I would not dream of doing antything illegal and anything would be used for testing purposes.

**Analoguesat** · 3 Weeks Ago

DigiTV is the last big provider open. To be honest your best option is subscription to something like Showtime- guarantees you service for 12 months

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***Huevos*** · 3 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by petert74

Not living in the UK (Africa 12 km away) , and getting no uk signal in bad weather I rely on an "alternative" english language source.

What exactly do you want to watch? You shouldn't have any trouble with English TV down there. 1.2 metre dish is plenty. As for Showtime, if it is football you want to watch don't forget that from the end of this season there's no premier league.

**petert74** · 3 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by Huevos

What exactly do you want to watch? You shouldn't have any trouble with English TV down there. 1.2 metre dish is plenty. As for Showtime, if it is football you want to watch don't forget that from the end of this season there's no premier league.

Many thanks for the advice.

We need the 1.3m as a min, when it rains we get nothing at all.

Im in cadiz province, they are switching off the analogue signal on the last day of the year, and the digital signal is weak and that also goes in rain!!!

I was just enquiring about an alternative.

Many thanks again

**petert74** · 3 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

DigiTV is the last big provider open. To be honest your best option is subscription to something like Showtime- guarantees you service for 12 months .

Is there anything else that open?? even if its smaller????

**Analoguesat** · 3 Weeks Ago

Theres odd channels here and there, but thats it these days - you are 2 years too late for the glory days of free pay tv

caracash · 3 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by petert74

Many thanks for the advice.

We need the 1.3m as a min, when it rains we get nothing at all.

Im in cadiz province, they are switching off the analogue signal on the last day of the year, and the digital signal is weak and that also goes in rain!!!

I was just enquiring about an alternative.

Many thanks again

Before making any decision you might want to check the reception on the following FTA channels:

Intelsat 10-02 (1°W)
DigiTV Info 12608.00 H - 27500 3/4
U (Romania) 12643.00 H - 27500 3/4
DDTV 12643.00 H - 27500 3/4

***Huevos*** · 3 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by petert74

We need the 1.3m as a min, when it rains we get nothing at all.

They call it a 1.3m but really it's a 1.2m. The reason they say 1.3m is they are measuring vertically which produces a meaningless figure as far as the dish aperture is concerned. A Gibertini 1.25m is a fraction bigger than the standard pleb setup that most installers do down there and is a decent dish. If you want some rainfade margin go for the 1.5m Gibertini.

And, if you want a bit extra to watch add a second LNB for 26ºE (Arabsat). On there you can watch Fox Movies, Fox Series, 6 MBC channels, plus various other channels all in English and free to air. There are also sports channels, 10 of which belong Al Jazeera and have commentary in English.

**petert74** · 2 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by Huevos

And, if you want a bit extra to watch add a second LNB for 26ºE (Arabsat). On there you can watch Fox Movies, Fox Series, 6 MBC channels, plus various other channels all in English and free to air. There are also sports channels, 10 of which belong Al Jazeera and have commentary in English.

Is it just a good as Nilesat??? which one is better

***Huevos*** · 2 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by petert74

Is it just a good as Nilesat??? which one is better

Unless there is something specific you want to watch from Nilesat (for example Showtime) it is obviously better to receive MBC, etc from 26ºE because it is 2.5º over from 28.2ºE, not 35º. Nilesat and Astra 2 just wouldn't be practical on a single fixed dish.

**petert74** · 2 Weeks Ago

Originally Posted by Huevos

Nilesat and Astra 2 just wouldn't be practical on a single fixed dish.

Huevos, sorry you have lost me

My dish at the front of the house is pointing 1W to get Digi TV so it will be just as easy to move it slightly to get 7w Nilesat, whoever what i was aksing is do you get more with Nilesat than the other channel??

Or are they the same????

I was under the impression that they transmitted wroughly the same channels.

Like most people im interesed in Films sport (football) etc.

***Huevos*** · 2 Weeks Ago

Looks like we are chasing our tails here. Up to now you hadn't mentioned anything about a dish set up to receive 1ºW. So, going back through the thread, if you have a dish like the Gibertini 1.25m parked on Astra 2, 26ºE would be a good option for your Arab channels.

Showtime is only on Nilesat, but most of the worthwhile FTA channels are available from both positions. So whether you need Nilesat depends whether you want to shell out the 400 odd Euros on a subscription that doesn't have rights for the 2010/2011 season Premier League.

In my experience Nilesat needs a bigger dish. I can get 26ºE on a 60cm dish from here, Nilesat requires an 85cm one. Where you are may need a larger dish.

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