Would SKY be available in South Africa ?

[uk_vette]

If I had some thing like a 3 meter dish, from Cape Town, would I be able to receive some Sky signals,

Or just how big a dish would I need.

'vette

 

[Analoguesat]

3m?? Not a chance. 30m plus might give you a tiny chance!

The "sky satellites" are transmitting into western Europe - nowhere near Cape Town.

 

[uk_vette]

3m?? Not a chance. 30m plus might give you a tiny chance!

The "sky satellites" are transmitting into western Europe - nowhere near Cape Town.

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Hello, thanks for the quick reply.
So leading onto the next question, is there a way to watch what we call 'free view' in the UK down in Cape Town.
I was looking to take my Sky box, and maintain my subscriptions, and thereby keep watching all the soapy's etc.
Should I just write it off as 'not possible' ?

'vette

 

[satelliteman]

Solution could be a Slingbox (IPTV).

 

[Analoguesat]

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Hello, thanks for the quick reply.
So leading onto the next question, is there a way to watch what we call 'free view' in the UK down in Cape Town.
I was looking to take my Sky box, and maintain my subscriptions, and thereby keep watching all the soapy's etc.
Should I just write it off as 'not possible' ?

'vette

Sell your sky box before you go - it will be useless in South Africa

 

[wod]

down in south africa if its the sport you would want from sky then I'm sure you get that on the supersport channels they have over there.

 

[PSK]

Slingbox works great. I send digital TV from Sweden to Spain, very good quality. I can change channels as if I were in Sweden. You just have to place your Sky box at a friends house in the UK and have an internet connection.