English TV programmes

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Submitted by bojangles on Mon, 26/01/2009 - 11:56.

Hi

Recently moved here and looking for a company who can get us English TV programmes.

Not sure what we want, sky / canal + etc. so would like some advice too.

What are other ex-pats watching? what package do you have? is it worth it?

Would love to hear from the expats who have this in their homes, and any pitfalls etc.
Thanks.

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friend there who had an

Submitted by tiaza on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 13:36.

friend there who had an english package through Sky and also if you sign up to orange you can get free UK calls from GC! online school psychology degrees thanks

I think some digital

Submitted by mikese on Thu, 07/05/2009 - 17:41.

I think some digital satellite tv companies offers some good international programming mainly dishnet i think is better then DTV.

English TV

Submitted by Graham on Mon, 09/03/2009 - 18:59.

Thanks Guys - I am in the UK at present (very cold today) but I return in April - so I will try your advice and let you know what happens?

Kindest regards

Freeview

Submitted by madscot on Sun, 08/03/2009 - 13:24.

Just in case some people don't know, if you don't want the expense of getting canal plus or sky you can buy a freeview box for under 40 euros and watch at least 12 spanish channels that broadcast shows in the original version, lots of movies and documentaries for example. If you like football there are at least 6 matches live every weekend including 2 premiership games although the commentary is in spanish but you don't have a commentator when you go to a game so to me that's not really important. One of the channels is sony entertainment which is almost exclusively english. What you need to do is find the "audio" button on the remote, press this whilst watching a channel and if it offers you the chance to change it away from spanish, take it and after that the box will remember to change anything to english automatically from then on. The amount of channels you'll receive are down to how good your aerial is, personally we have 31 channels of which we can change 12 to "version original" Among the programmes we watch are Desperate housewives, lost, CSI, Will & Grace, Becker, Married with children, Criminal minds, Dexter and many others. Going back to football, on a Monday night one of the channels (I can't remember which) gives a full round up of all the premiership matches from the weekend including every goal scored, hope this helps

Thank you for your very

Submitted by Graham on Sun, 08/03/2009 - 19:10.

Thank you for your very useful information. Any idea where in PDI I could get a freeview box?

Freeview box

Submitted by RichardClarke on Mon, 09/03/2009 - 12:54.

Hi, not sure about PDI. you could try the electronic shops in the Yumbo Centre, if not Carrefour in the Centro Atlantico in Vecindario will have one.

Freeview box

Submitted by madscot on Mon, 09/03/2009 - 17:16.

Don't buy any electronics in PDI, best bet is carrefour in atlantico like Richard says, if you have a car you could price the boxes in there and then drive up to media markt at las terrazas and compare, I have 2 in my apartment, the most recent one was from carrefour and was 36 euros and is also a region free dvd player with usb input so altogether is fantastic value for money

www.englishtv.plus.es

Submitted by Graham on Thu, 26/02/2009 - 12:09.

Hello Folks - I saw this advert in Island Connections newspaper. The website seems impressive and the deal looks good. Does anyone have any knowledge of this company and its ability to provide TV in Gran Canaria?

englishtv.plus

Submitted by RichardClarke on Mon, 02/03/2009 - 14:30.

Hi, the advert is essentially for the Spanish Canal Plus so it won't have Sky, BBC, ITV etc. It will have the major American networks Fox, NBC etc. and all the American / English speaking programmes will be available in English. The sport is very good however the premiership is already available on freeview here. The commentary is usually in Spanish but some matches you can get English commentary too.

Hope this helps,

Richard

TV

Submitted by Graham on Mon, 02/03/2009 - 20:17.

Hi Richard - thank you for your reply. The website seems to suggest more choice than you suggest. Do you know anyone who has this system?

Kindest Regards

Canal Plus

Submitted by RichardClarke on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 20:27.

Hi, just had a look at the website - I forgot to mention it also has loads of movie channels and children's channels too. The Sky news channel I think is the same one you get on freeview in the UK, same with BBC news. I do know someone with the system and hopefully he'll put a reply on the forum in the next couple of days. Have you looked into getting a sky satellite? They are more expensive to set up but the monthly fee is comparable to the canal plus standard fee.

Cable TV in GC

Submitted by RichardClarke on Fri, 30/01/2009 - 20:00.

Hi, there are a few options for cable TV here. Have a look at this page for some basic info and links - http://www.grancanariaguru.com/gran_canaria_telephone . Cable TV doesn't have BBC or SKY or any British channels but it has American channels such as FOX and many programmes in English. The sport is excellent too but with Spanish commentary. Hope this helps.

SKY in Gran Canaria

Submitted by EmileKott on Fri, 30/01/2009 - 19:56.

Hi, you can get SKY here in GC. A friend of ours has it in the north of the Island in Teror. The dish, box and initial set up cost €700. They did it through a German guy called Chris. His mobile is 685622043.

TV

Submitted by mdbham on Tue, 27/01/2009 - 01:22.

Hey, I have heard from a friend there who had an english package through Sky and also if you sign up to orange you can get free UK calls from GC!