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Watching British Television

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Summary: A step-by-step guide to opening a watching British television in France.

Watching British television in France is a bit more complicated than in the UK as it is not possible to receive UK terrestrial TV even with a set-top box.

Satellite TV

You will need a satellite dish and cabling to the television(s)

What else do you need?

A connector box linking the satellite dish to the TV

Provider Notes
SKY Need skybox - includes a full range of channels - a new HD box to watch HD channels - all BBC channels are HD
FreeSat Freesat box will allow you to watch most common UK channels
Standard satellite decoder This will allow you to watch any channels that the satellite can pick up - can be more complicated to organize the channels
Modern TV Means no extra expense. Most new TVs can decode satellite signals without a box, as with the decoder option organizing the channels can be tricky

Netflix

AmazonPrime

Internet TV - VPN

Channel Service
BBC bbciplayer
ITV
Channel4
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