keithkarmann Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Please no sarcastic comments stating that this subject has been mentioned before,only positive comments please. Can I bring my Sky reciever (with the card that works in the U.K.) to Thailand and get all the channels I get in the U.K. Yes I know I will need a large dish,but is there anybody in Chiang Mai who has actually done this successfully. Keithkarmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) My guess is no. Everyone would be doing it, if it were possible. Edited January 1, 2010 by Ulysses G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Google search: Sky TV satellite footprint You will find a definite answer there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 And the answer is... no. http://www.brymar.co.uk/info/Astra/astra.html The foot print only covers Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajarnmai Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I remember an ad in Thaivisa which was advertising Sky TV (Uk) for sale in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I remember an ad in Thaivisa which was advertising Sky TV (Uk) for sale in Thailand. Scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in the sky Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 WETV has replaced CNN with SkyTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Sky News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Thats just the news we want the Full Monti. Come up with that we will take the tabloid. The full package is not available by satellite in Thailand except at the British Embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I thought that CNN sucked, but it is Oscarworthy compared to Sky News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Rupert Murdoch owner of the two largest trash sites in the world that claim to be news; Sky News (UK) and Fox News (USA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgriffith Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 C'mon UG, you mean you really don't want to hear about freezing road conditions in Exeter, and would rather get live heli-shots of the latest wildfire in Malibu? I agree, Sky News sucks. And CNN sucked a little less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM7WGP Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. We migrate half way around the world yet we still want what we left behind. McDonald's ,Starbucks, Christmas Pudding, Guinness, Sky and CNN. You figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. We migrate half way around the world yet we still want what we left behind. McDonald's ,Starbucks, Christmas Pudding, Guinness, Sky and CNN. You figure. Guinness is irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. We migrate half way around the world yet we still want what we left behind. McDonald's ,Starbucks, Christmas Pudding, Guinness, Sky and CNN. You figure. Guinness is irreplaceable. Only from the mother land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. We migrate half way around the world yet we still want what we left behind. McDonald's ,Starbucks, Christmas Pudding, Guinness, Sky and CNN. You figure. Most of us moved here for the women, not for Thai food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotlost Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. We migrate half way around the world yet we still want what we left behind. McDonald's ,Starbucks, Christmas Pudding, Guinness, Sky and CNN. You figure. Most of us moved here for the women, not for Thai food. HERE HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkok blue Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 check out various websites on the net for British TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Yes I know I will need a large dish You will also need a large dish that can receive signals that are blocked by the earth.. Think about it for a minute.. Your halfway around the world, where will the dish need to point ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Why sky you have really god TV from south Africa and more around you here in Thailand about 2400 channels. We migrate half way around the world yet we still want what we left behind. McDonald's ,Starbucks, Christmas Pudding, Guinness, Sky and CNN. You figure. Most of us moved here for the women, not for Thai food. And the rest ,it seems , moved here for the men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orang37 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Sawasdee Khrup, TeeVee Friends, Ladies, Gentlemen, and Farang, Then our esteemed human male friend, Brother UG, spake thus : "Most of us moved here for the women, not for Thai food." Then our esteemed human ? friend, Brother/and/or/Sister Sparkles, spake thus : "And the rest, it seems, moved here for the men." We have met several human farangs here who came to "Amazing Thailand" for "humanity" : but they were rare, and, we must admit : we were not one of them, except, perhaps, in our "rarest" moments ... moments, alas, which were, as it is said : "all too rare." best, ~o:37; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_mike Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 About the furthest east you can watch Sky (with a fairly large dish) is Cyprus. The issue isn't so much the horizon, but that the signal is aimed, so that you have a hard time getting a signal outside the footprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidOxon Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I couldn't get it when I lived in southern France . . . David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_mike Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I couldn't get it when I lived in southern France . . .David Legally, you can't get it outside the UK. (basically, you'll need a UK or Ireland mailing address for the decoder card to be sent to) But, so long as you're not trying to use a mini-dish, you should have been able to get a signal in the south of France quite easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_mike Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 You will also need a large dish that can receive signals that are blocked by the earth.. Just being pedantic, but if you check on lyngsat, you'll find Astra is actually above the horizon from Thailand. The issue is that it's pointing it's signal the wrong way. i.e. Assuming there isn't a piece of the satellite itself blocking the signal, you could actually get it. (but you'd probably need a dish the size of jodrell bank). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nglodnig Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) OK, first post, feel virginal, be gentle with me, here we go (I'm a very part time resident in Chiang Mai, we have a footprint there but mostly my wife uses it) I live most of the time in Switzerland, and get all the free UK channels (BBC1-4, ITV1-4, all Channel 4 channels [including the excellent Film Four] and Five [which I've never watched, has anyone?]) first via my internet provider (which I pay for) and also free-to-air from the Astra and Hotbird satellites (which have two Thai channels which is why we have it. although one Thai channel the ISP is doing now!). Apparently all the ISP does is pick up off the satellite and broadcast it via the Internet (20Mbit connection - VADSL). I have heard rumours that the BBC in particular is incensed that I'm watching for free without paying the license fee and wants to "narrow the footprint" so nasty Europeans can't pick it up - and then somebody points out if they do that Scotland wont pick up either. We're 500 km from London, so is Scotland, they talk about reducing signal strength to stop nasty euros - but I heard that five years ago when I bought the dish (best purchase I ever made) and it still hasn't changed. With the switchover to digital TV apparently only 90% of the UK was covered so the answer was to broadcast all previous terrestrial channels via satellite (free-to-air, no decode needed), and offer cheap deals to people (set-top boxes and dishes) to those who couldn't get digital (remote Scottish Highlands, Birmingham , those sort of out of the way places) But, the answer is, it boils down to - it's only Astra (footprint most of Europe) that is transmitting these channels, and you're on the wrong side of the world - the signal won't go through 12,000 kilometres of rock and molten core, no matter how big your dish is. And the cost is so astronomical (sorry, pun intended) that the UK channels will not pay to broadcast to the satellites that service the Asian market - because there is no money in it, nothing for them. Why do it? Do you shop at Tescos (aprt from Tesco Lotus that is)? Why spend a fortune in satellite fees for a small bunch of ex-pats that that don't spend money in the UK? HtH Glodnig Nod Edited January 28, 2010 by nglodnig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crudski Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) Try this not 100% sure if it works in Thailand(Skyplayer) http://skyplayer.sky.com/vod/page/default/...r&HBX_OU=51 Edited February 1, 2010 by crudski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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