Want to want BBC or ITV, live?
We've been here over 2 years and we're slowly starting to miss the land they call England :(
I've just found out that you can watch British TV (bbc1/2/3/4), ITV, C4 & five live through the internet for £20 a month! What a bargain!. This also includes bbc iplayer and around 40 other tv channels.
So, the last few nights we've been catching up on some of the UK best shows.
Does anyone else watch British TV live?
Mimi...
I use My Expat Network for £5 a month.
Only got Qtel the other week so started with the basic 1mb connection and amazingly I've had no problems watching programmes through iPlayer/ITV/4OD etc not even pausing whilst watching! I still cannot believe this with only a 1mb connection! So I am happy with my set up, laptop connected to the TV to watch.
Cannot be bothered with the whole slingbox thing and Sky. The only thing I would really want from Sky is the sports channels but they are a cheap add on here so just pay to watch them through Qtel.
http://www.expattelly.com/?amigosid=64
simple. cheap.
works for me!
Very interested in this, thank you. I will certainly look into this next time I am in UK
Mimi,
Try here, it's about £8pm - but it is the best (most reliable, which is what you want really.)
http://www.lamnia.co.uk?xyz=22
Cheers.
Yep, I use a slingbox too, I can access my sky+ box here. It's not working at the moment and that's why I opted for the £5 UK Ip address thing for this month.
I NEED english TV to keep me sane here :-)
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find a friend/family member who has sky+ and then pay for them to have an extra sky+ receiver (one off 49 quid) then pay them the extra 10 quid a month for a multiroom subscription. Then go an buy a slingbox for 60 quid (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sling-Media-Slingbox-Digital-Anywhere/dp/B000N3PN7O) and connect the sky receiver, via the slingbox to your friends internet router. Needs to be a good friend or relative and you can tuck it all in a corner somewhere...
you then have full access to sky+and full uk TV + sky +. Can watch on your computer, itouch, ipod or TV if you buy a slingcatcher.
use it here and works like a dream.
or get a Company like xroxy.com
Buy a Premium Proxy and View Anything you like in the world as you have a UK IP. TV/XXX and pretty much everything else you could want.Only 7 Pounds
Used mine for 2 years now.
Jon, you wouldn't be able to access these channels with a US IP address either. You need a British one :-)
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If you try to access BBC Iplayer out of the UK, it recognises this and won't allow you to view because of the whole tv licensing thing. But... like fresh start said, you can pay to have a UK IP address which makes it think you're in the UK and it allows you to access the sites.
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you'd be interested in the £20 option?!..
http://www.britishtvabroad.com/
They even provide a 3 FREE day trial..
for VPN connection - which means you can watch live (although broadband speed is so slow you can only do this when noone else in Doha is likely to be using the net..) but great for accessing iPlayer and downloading progs to wath later
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Purple Shelley
I don't watch it live but download and also we have showetime which has BBC entertainment, lifestlye etc and Eastenders and Coorie. I would be interested in the 5 pound option...do tell...
OMG! I've been robbed.
Which company are you using? what's the website address..
Mimi...!
I do, but I pay £5 a month to have access to bbc iplayer, itv player, chnanel 4 OD, sky player, etc...
I don't know if I can watch it live, but I don't mind, I prefer to catch up when I have the time anyway.
I can't live without my soaps, I know I'm sad...
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