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Watching British Television
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 | |
| 5 |
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