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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 824858" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>It's the same with all the Russian speakers arriving in great numbers in UK these days from the Baltic/ex-USSR countries. All they want to watch is Russian TV and have no interest in learning English or even socialise with anyone but their own. I, myself, am a Russian ex-pat settled in Britain but I have been here since I was 12 years old so my attitude is quite different from someone who migrated when they are over 20.</p><p></p><p>I met many such people here and when asked why they hang around their own kind, they say they are just not interested in integrating into the society here. No real reasons were given but I am guessing it would be outside their comfort zone. I can see both sides of the picture so I can understand why people would buy 5 metre dishes to receive their homeland TV. Heck, if I had the space and money (and planning permission), I would not hesitate installing a dish of such size to receive the relatively mediocre offerings from Russia's native channels on Eutelsat 36A/B. As that's not possible, I make do with IPTV and it suits my needs. </p><p></p><p>Back on topic - as someone said, it's all to do with rights. There's a reason why Russia has a lot of butchered international versions of their channels on Hot Bird and elsewhere and none "real" ones - broadcast rights. As someone said, BBC already do it with BBC World and BBC Entertainment. There's also BBC HD on 1W part of C More package but not sure what version that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 824858, member: 243342"] It's the same with all the Russian speakers arriving in great numbers in UK these days from the Baltic/ex-USSR countries. All they want to watch is Russian TV and have no interest in learning English or even socialise with anyone but their own. I, myself, am a Russian ex-pat settled in Britain but I have been here since I was 12 years old so my attitude is quite different from someone who migrated when they are over 20. I met many such people here and when asked why they hang around their own kind, they say they are just not interested in integrating into the society here. No real reasons were given but I am guessing it would be outside their comfort zone. I can see both sides of the picture so I can understand why people would buy 5 metre dishes to receive their homeland TV. Heck, if I had the space and money (and planning permission), I would not hesitate installing a dish of such size to receive the relatively mediocre offerings from Russia's native channels on Eutelsat 36A/B. As that's not possible, I make do with IPTV and it suits my needs. Back on topic - as someone said, it's all to do with rights. There's a reason why Russia has a lot of butchered international versions of their channels on Hot Bird and elsewhere and none "real" ones - broadcast rights. As someone said, BBC already do it with BBC World and BBC Entertainment. There's also BBC HD on 1W part of C More package but not sure what version that is. [/QUOTE]
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