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Hotbird channels in english?

  • 03-09-2006 10:17pm
    #1
    Dec McC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭


    I just got the new ART card with 6 art channels and al jaz 1 & 2. Does anyone have a list of english speaking channels which i might be able to recieve on hotbird or with this card that are worth watching?


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Free on Hotbird with no card.

    Arriang TV mostly English from Korea
    Nile TV International, about 1/4 English
    DW TV about 1/3rd English
    Pentagon Channel.
    BBC World TV
    Al Jazzera International. On test. Will be english
    IBA ch33. One English news per day from Israel. Random English progs
    TRT International. One or two English news a day from Turkey
    TFJ. French channel. Old movies in Morning, sometimes english
    VOA / Cspan TV mostly english
    Terranova. Some wildlife in English
    Fashion: catwalk tv, some english
    Modes: Italian Catwalk TV some english
    Various pop video channels
    Arte: French/German, some english
    Probably some religious channels in English
    JSTV1: Mostly encrypted: one or two English news clear per day (Japan)
    VTV4 : Vietnamese TV, some French and some English
    Oman TV has some US imports in English with Arabic subtitles
    Lots of radio.. plenty in English


  • #3
    Ulsterman 1690
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Ulsterman 1690


    (South) Kurdistan TV News in English
    Cubavision one programme per day in English
    Gay TV shows the odd film in English (some of them of interest to those of us who might even be straight !)
    A dozen or more music Channels playing songs in English
    Various news channels such as "Russia Today"
    The odd English programme on various Arab channels (English is officially or otherwise) a Second language in many Arab countries like Kuwait and the UAE
    Some Greek channel (cant type the name) shows a lot of documentries in English


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Actually "Russia Today" is heading to be better than CNN used to be when it was good. :)

    Holidays in Greece??


  • #5
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Real Madrid TV
    MTV Austria (English with Austrian subs - very watchable)


  • #6
    ShevY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭ShevY


    what receiver do you have?

    :)


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  • #7
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,413 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    zabbo wrote:
    Real Madrid TV
    MTV Austria (English with Austrian subs - very watchable)

    Austrian? :D

    (they speak German ;) )


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    ShevY wrote:
    what receiver do you have?

    :)

    Which poster's receiver?

    I have old Sky box, newish Sky Digibox, Palcom DSL4, Skystar1 type PC PCI card, ReelBox and a few analog satellite receivers


  • #9
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Was Shevy going down the unlocking route ;)


  • #10
    Dec McC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭Dec McC


    ShevY wrote:
    what receiver do you have?

    :)

    I have a Humax VA-Fox with viaccess


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