rolfw said:No, not really, apart from channels which are made for the US market and carried on their terrestrial cable networks.
You can of course if you have a good broadband connection, get a Slingbox and use it to send him the Freeview package or Sky package over the internet.
rolfw said:Not the same though is it, five day old news programmes are not really that interesting, that is going back to the days when expatriate workers used to have a suitcase of VHS tapes delivered every month.