Russian TV in the UK

[taffy056]

Hi,

I am looking to buy a system that will pick up Russian channels here in South Wales, I would like to know what channels are available now, on what satellites, and how big a dish would I need to receive the channels I am interested in, such as First, RTV, NTV etc? Also would these be FTA or must you pay a subscription?

Finally I see there so many receivers out there at the moment I am unsure which ones fit the bill, I quite like the look of the Dreambox, will it work for me, are there good alternatives?


Many Thanks,

Craig

 

[Analoguesat]

Theres half a dozen channels fta on 13E - a 60-80cm dish will be plenty for these. The NTV bouquet is pay tv.

The Dreambox is a high end enthusiasts receiver - its not a good introduction to the hobby for the absolute beginner. However its great fun to drive, and I love mine to bits now.

 

[JTA]

there's quite a few russian-language channels on Sirius 5E, but these are from Ukrain (TET, Enter, Film, TRK, Kanal 5, Inter). These are all FTA and would be quit easy to receive in your area.
a full list of all russian channels can be found here : http://en.kingofsat.net/find2.php?pos=&cl=&num_pays=40&num_genre=&num_crypt=&num_standard=&ordre=freq

 

[Rob]

First Channel is FTA on Hotbird along with RTR, K+ which shows old Russian films, and Russia Today which is broadcast in English, but the RTVi package is subscription as is NTV Mir and First Channel on Sirius.

If going for a fixed dish think Hotbird is your best bet, and if new to this hobby I would get a Technomate 1500 receiver as it is easy to use and if you decide to get a pay card it will work alright in the TM1500.

One more idea is trying 40 east but you will have to get a receiver that has mpeg4 installed, because there are a load of channels that are FTA at the MOMENT, but if they stay that way who knows.

 

[Analoguesat]

Anyone with a sky system - have a look at epg 182 for a pleasant surprise.

 

[taffy056]

Hi,

Many thanks for the replies, its very helpful!

Looking at the subscription services by NTV & RTVi, where do you buy the subscription cards in this country, and how much do they cost?

Thanks,

Craig

 

[taffy056]

One more idea is trying 40 east but you will have to get a receiver that has mpeg4 installed, because there are a load of channels that are FTA at the MOMENT, but if they stay that way who knows.

Thanks for that, but which receivers have mpeg4 built in? This looks very promising, I am looking at maybe a motorised system as used to have one before, so 40e, 13e & 5e are the ones I would be looking for, would a dish say about 90cm be good enough for this?

Craig

 

[Analoguesat]

Mpeg 4 is high definition. They will almost certainly be scrambling at some point so dont spend loads of money on somethingh that might not do what you want it to do for more than a few days or weeks....

 

[Rob]

AG is right as 40 east could well be scrambled soon, but one other satellite that does provide FTA channels is Express AM22 at 53 east.

There are two Domashniy channels (one is + 2 hours) and STS (or CTC in Russian) which also shows two channels with one of them plus two hours.
These are the same channels that they show in Moscow.
They also show some music channels as well.
A 90 cm dish is more than big enough to get all the satellites mentioned.

* Taffy, Have sent you PM.