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Satellite TV versus watching online TV
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If you live in one of the far-flung places where receiving (British) TV is only possible through a large (costly) satellite dish or even, several small dishes, with a large set-up fee and a high monthly subscription; until recently, it hasn't been possible to get the daily doseage of Coronation Street, Eastenders, X-factor, Strictly come Dancing etc. that most of us "Brits" are accustomed to.
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As well as the prohibitive costs involved, there's also the legalities of receiving satellite TV outside the official coverage area and that because of this, there is the possibility that one day, the service could be switched off at a minutes notice.
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Those of you who have so far, resisted the urge to give up half your garden to a £2,000 "Jodrell Bank" type dish or, not joined the legions of people who have blighted their homes by having, NOT one, or, two, but THREE satellite dishes installed on their roof, will be pleased to hear that, over the past 2 years, all the UK TV companies have been busying themselves making a lot of their programs available on the Internet but, wait a minute! Don't rush to your computer yet!
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Online TV programmes are only available to people who are living in the UK......Why? - well, there are a number of reasons, one being, that because the source of the funding of the BBC is the TV licence fee which is paid by the UK public, viewing is restricted to licence payers. Another, is that most of the programs that the UK TV companies air, are made by independent production companies who sell the TV rights for their programs all over the world. The UK TV companies only buy the right to air in the UK.
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OK - so, how do they police this? - Well, when we are on the Internet, we are all identified by a unique IP address and only official UK IP addresses are allowed to access the content. IP addresses outside the UK are all barred. Most, will be pleased to hear that there is a way round this (see the next article in this series for more details and instructions) but, what does it all mean!
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Well, with online TV, you can log onto ITV's web site and watch yesterday's episode of Coronation Street or, log onto the BBC's web site and watch Saturday's episode of Strictly come Dancing or, catch up on local events by logging on and watching the news. You can also watch live TV which is broadcast just a few seconds behind the UK. OK, it's on your computer, but it doesn't have to be. You can just as easily watch the programs on your TV and connecting your PC to your TV is the subject of another of the articles in this series.
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In this series, there are ten articles about all aspects of online TV. Each one of the articles is linked at the foot of this page.
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Are you a British holiday home owner abroad?
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Would you like to watch UK TV when you are staying at your holiday home?
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No specialist equipment needed! No big satellite dish or receiver! Just a 1 Mbit internet connection, your laptop computer or, PC and your TV.
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Watch Live BBC (UK TV Licence required) and ITV, catchup TV from CH4 and CH5 and download BBC programmes to watch later.
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Watch LIVE TV on your computer and your TV at full screen resolution! Download 8 hours of TV overnight, on a 1 Mbit connection
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See what some of our existing customers are saying:-
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I've got a 1Mb internet connection and enjoy watching live Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale and loads of other programmes.
Catherine
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We went for the set up and pay (£5) per month. It cost (£20) for cables to connect our laptop computer to our TV and now, we can watch UK TV through our Internet connection.
Ian and Carol
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We watch a combination of live ITV and BBC and downloaded programmes at our own convenience.
Fred and Pauline
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1. Complete and submit our form to set up your new account.
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2. Verify the information that you have submitted and proceed to the secure payment section.
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3. Pay using Paypal or, by credit card using our secure payment facility.
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4. We email your login details to you together with, a simple set of instructions to enable you to configure your computer to use one of our servers.
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5. You get immediate access and can start watching some great British TV.
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Problem or, question? Tel: 0845 869 2232
8am - 8pm
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