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<blockquote data-quote="easysat" data-source="post: 31777" data-attributes="member: 175305"><p>You can pick up perfectly good analogue receivers for receiving French TV from Atlantic Bird 5°W in the French DIY sheds for much less than £80. The savings could be worthwhile if you were planning a trip over the Channel anyway. Leroy Merlin had one with the universal LNB and 80cm steel dish included for 40 euros when I was over there last week. If you're really keen on French TV (can't think why anyone should be other than for educational purposes ;) ), it might even be worth your while to put up the second dish (space and nosey planners permitting). Then you could watch one satellite broadcast while recording another.</p><p></p><p>The French analogue satellite broadcasts should continue to be publically available for some time to come as many French households without good terrestrial TV reception depend on them. The main French terrestrial channels are only available on digital satellite with a TPS subscription. I don't think there is much chance of the government blacking out the TV screens or forcing people to switch to digital satellite in an election year. That said, every so often sporting rights owners make noises about their property being broadcast unencrypted to the whole of Europe so there is always a possibility that individual programmes might be blacked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="easysat, post: 31777, member: 175305"] You can pick up perfectly good analogue receivers for receiving French TV from Atlantic Bird 5°W in the French DIY sheds for much less than £80. The savings could be worthwhile if you were planning a trip over the Channel anyway. Leroy Merlin had one with the universal LNB and 80cm steel dish included for 40 euros when I was over there last week. If you're really keen on French TV (can't think why anyone should be other than for educational purposes ;) ), it might even be worth your while to put up the second dish (space and nosey planners permitting). Then you could watch one satellite broadcast while recording another. The French analogue satellite broadcasts should continue to be publically available for some time to come as many French households without good terrestrial TV reception depend on them. The main French terrestrial channels are only available on digital satellite with a TPS subscription. I don't think there is much chance of the government blacking out the TV screens or forcing people to switch to digital satellite in an election year. That said, every so often sporting rights owners make noises about their property being broadcast unencrypted to the whole of Europe so there is always a possibility that individual programmes might be blacked out. [/QUOTE]
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