UK TV Spain / Costa Blanca Satellite TV Installations / Sky TV Spain / Freesat Spain Spain . Sat and PC Guy Blog. Freesat in Spain. Internet TV / IPTV in Spain. UK TV in Spain. Freesat TV in Spain.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Formula One 2012 • India • Live coverage on Sky Sports F1, highlights on BBC Sport

The 2012 Formula One season continues this weekend with round 17 from India..
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel became the first man to win the inaugural race last year, taking the chequered flag in a comfortable victory – leading the entire race from pole position – with McLaren’s Jenson Button finishing second.

That marked the German’s eleventh race victory of 2011, and he is now seeking to win a third straight championship, which has not been achieved since compatriot Michael Schumacher did so a decade ago.

Ferrari’s two-time world-champion Fernando Alonso will be determined to stop him.

Round 17 Coverage:

The action gets underway on Friday morning with Practice 1 at 5.30am, followed by the second practice session at 9.30am.

Sky Sports F1 will show both sessions live – the BBC will make available a short highlights packages on the BBC Sport website later on Friday.

At 1.30pm on Friday afternoon, Georgie Thompson and Ted Kravitz will host the F1 Show.

On Saturday, Sky Sports F1 will be live on air from 6:15am for the third practice session, followed by qualifying at 8.30am.

Jake Humphrey will present TV highlights of qualifying on BBC One at 1pm.

Sunday morning sees live coverage of the Indian Grand Prix on Sky Sports F1 from 8am, and there will be an extensive highlights programme on BBC One from 2.05pm.

Friday 26 October
5.15am – 1st Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
9.15am – 2nd Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
1.30pm – The F1 Show: Indian – Live – Sky Sports F1

Saturday 27 October
6.15am – 3rd Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
8.30am – Qualifying – Live – Sky Sports F1
1.00pm – Qualifying – Highlights – BBC One

Sunday 28 October
8.00am – Indian Grand Prix – Live – Sky Sports F1
2.05pm – Indian Grand Prix – Highlights – BBC One

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

BBC Radio change of frequencies via satellite

As mentioned on a previous post

http://costablancasatellite.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/bbc-tv-frequency-swaps-overnight-changes.html

the BBC have been making some frequency changes to some of their TV and Radio channels.

Well, last night the last of these changes, to BBC Radio frequencies, has taken place.
The BBC Radio channels that used to be on frequency 11954H have now been moved and split between two other frequencies, as detailed below:

10.788 V SR 22.000 FEC 5/6

BBC RADIO 3
BBC RADIO 4 FM
BBC RADIO WS (BBC WORLD SERVICE UK ONLY VERSION)
BBC RADIO WALES
BBC RADIO CYMRU
BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
BBC RADIO ULSTER
BBC 6 MUSIC
BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA
BBC R N GAEL
BBC RADIO 4 LW

10.803 H SR 22.000 FEC 5/6

BBC RADIO 1
BBC RADIO 2
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
BBC RADIO 5 SPORTS EXTRA
BBC RADIO LONDON
BBC RADIO 1XTRA
BBC ASIAN NETWORK

Sky box and Freesat box users should not have to change anything as these changes should happen automatically.

Users of any other types of bexes will have to perform a rescan of the new frequencies should they wish to continue to listen to these BBC Radio channels.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Why has BBC News changed to BBC Alba on freesat?

Why has BBC News changed to BBC Alba on freesat?

See
http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/showthread.php?114406-BBC-TV-and-Radio-changes-in-October-2012

The BBC have moved some of their channels around.
BBC3/CBBC will moved from frequency 10773H to frequency 10817V.
BBC News will moved from frequency 10803H to frequency 10817V.
BBC Alba and BBC1 NE&C will moved from frequency 10817V to frequency 10803H.
BBC4/CBeebies will moved from frequency 10803H to frequency 10773H.
BBC Red Button stream 1 will moved from frequency 10954H to frequency 10773H.

These changes should be done automatically by Sky and Freesat receivers

If these chanes have not happened on your Freesat box, or Sky box, then simply reboot the box by unplugging it from the power for 30 seconds.

Some Freesat boxes require you to perofrm a new "freesat" channels scan to make these changes to BBC channels.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Belarus v Spain - World Cup Qualifier - not on TV!!

Spanish soccer fans are in danger of missing the national team's World Cup 2014 qualifier away to Belarus later on Friday as no television broadcaster has agreed to pay the price set by rights holders Sportfive to show the match in Spain.

Mediaset Espana's Telecinco channel typically broadcasts the world and European champions' away matches but by Friday morning had failed to reach a deal with Sportfive, part of France's Lagardere media group.

Mediaset's director of sports Jose Javier Santos told Spanish radio on Thursday that Sportfive's original asking price was three million euros ($3.88 million) and that had later been cut to 1.5 million euros.

Mediaset's offer was "a long way from that", he said, adding that as far as he knew no other broadcaster was bidding.

Local media reported it would be the first time a Spain World Cup qualifier had not been shown on national TV.

A Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) official, who was not identified by name, was quoted as saying in As sports daily on Friday that they hoped a deal was still possible.

The situation had arisen because declining advertising revenue and the economic crisis had reduced the amount of money broadcasters can spend on buying the rights to sports events, the official added.

"It worries me that people in Spain might not be able to see the match and follow their national team and it would leave a bad taste," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque told a news conference in Minsk on Thursday.

YouView - Can you receive UK YOUVIEW IN SPAIN?


YouView - Can you receive UK YOUVIEW IN SPAIN?

Simply the answer is no!

YouView is simply an extention of the UK Freeview service. That is the UK TV service that allows you to watch UK TV channels in the UK via a TV aerial.

As Freeview is not available in Spain, then the "live TV" options will not be available if using a "YouView" box in Spain.

Why can you not receive live uK TV channels using YOUVIEW IN SPAIN?

Quite simply, YouView set top boxes rely on receiving their Live TV channels via the TV aerial. As these siganls are not available to receive in Spain via a TV aerial, then the live TV option of YouView boxes will not be available in Spain.

What would be available on a YouView box in Spain?

As well as live Freeview signal, the YouView box is designed for On Demand services also.
Connected to a router and a minimum requirement of 3meg download, then the Iplayer and on demand services from BBC, ITV 4oD and On Demand fom Five will be available. In the uK.

These services will be blocked for use outside the UK and ROI, so some form of ip address blocking would be required to use these services.

You will only get YouView on YouView set top boxes.
If your set top box does not have the "YouView" logo, then you are not receiving YouView.

Remember; you cannot receive YouView in Spain.

For more information on YouView see : http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/youview_in_spain.php



BBC TV Frequency Swaps - Overnight Changes

BBC Three / CBBC and BBC News will move to frequency 10818 V 22000 5/6

BBC ALBA and BBC One North East & Cumbria will both move to 10803 H 22000 5/6

BBC Four / CBeebies and BBC Red Button stream 1 will move to 10773 H 22 5/6

As mentioned on our forum, where even other "installers" in Spain go for all their Satellite TV news so you know it is the best place for all your UK TV in Spain news!

http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/showthread.php?114406-BBC-TV-and-Radio-changes-in-October-2012

Formula One 2012 – Korean Grand Prix – Live on BBC One, Sky Sports F1

The 2012 Formula One season continues this weekend with live coverage of round 16 from South Korea on BBC One and Sky Sports F1.

Round 16 Coverage:

The action gets underway on Friday morning with Practice 1 at 2am, followed by the second practice session at 6am.

Coverage starts at 1.45am and 5.45am on Sky Sports F1, and at 1.55am and 5.55am on the BBC Red Button.

At 10am on Friday morning, Georgie Thompson and Ted Kravitz will host the F1 Show live from Korea.

On Saturday, Sky Sports F1 will be live on air from 2:45am for the third practice session, followed by qualifying at 5am.

Jake Humphrey will host BBC One’s live coverage from 5am, with highlights on the same channel at 1pm.

Sunday morning sees live coverage of the grand prix on Sky Sports F1 from 5:30am, and on BBC One from 6am..

There will be a hour long highlights programme on BBC One at 2.05pm on Sunday afternoon, which will be repeated on BBC Three at 7pm..

Friday 12 October
1.45am – 1st Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
1.55am – 1st Practice Session – Live – BBC Red Button
5.45am – 2nd Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
5.55am – 1st Practice Session – Live – BBC Red Button
10am – The F1 Show: Korea – Live – Sky Sports F1

Saturday 13 October
2.45am – 3rd Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
2.55am – 3rd Practice Session – Live – BBC Red Button
5am – Qualifying – Live – Sky Sports F1
5am – Qualifying – Live – BBC One
1pm – Qualifying – Highlights – BBC One

unday 14 October
5.30am – Korean Grand Prix – Live – Sky Sports F1
6am – Korean Grand Prix – Live – BBC One
2.05pm – Korean Grand Prix – Highlights – BBC One
7pm – Korean Grand Prix – Hightlights – BBC Three

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

BBC TV and Radio Changes in October 2012

BBC Red Button streams to be cut to one
As part of the BBC cost cutting drive the number of BBC Red Button video streams on satellite will be reduced to one - on the 15th October. The lone BBC Red Button video stream will be moved from its current frequency (Astra 2A tp 13 11954 H) to a new frequency : Astra 1N tp 45 10773 H 22 5/6

This move will mean the BBC will need to shuffle some of their other TV services around.

BBC TV and Radio Channels Frequency Changes
Early hours of 12 October 2012:

BBC Three / CBBC and BBC News will move to frequency 10818 V 22000 5/6

BBC ALBA and BBC One North East & Cumbria will both move to 10803 H 22000 5/6

BBC Four / CBeebies and BBC Red Button stream 1 will move to 10773 H 22 5/6

Some of the BBC Radio services will also change frequencies and will be split between 10803 H 22 5/6 and 10788 V 22000 5/6

Sky box users and Freesat box users should notice no difference, and these boxes should automatically make the requried frequency changes.

In case they do not, then a simple reboot of the Sky box or Freesat box should correct the problem and load the channels on their new frequencies.

Users of other satellite boxes will have to rescan for these channels on their new frequencies.

Loss of BBC Radio stations for Expats??

This will mean the BBC can close Astra 2A tp 13, which is a Pan European beam. As the BBC statement says:

"This will also mean that our radio services move from a European beam to a UK spot beam as DSat7 is the last of our European beam transponders. We use a UK beam for our TV services, so the radio services will be as available in the UK as our TV services. But it does mean that the radio services will no longer be receivable across much of mainland Europe. I’ve no doubt that some readers of this blog will be disappointed by this news. But I’m afraid European-beam transponders are not cost effective for us. We broadcast our services for UK audiences “in the clear” or unencrypted (which is what makes Freesat possible) and so for rights reasons we are limited in terms of the services that we are able to broadcast on a European beam. The BBC’s radio station for listeners outside the UK is the BBC World Service, and it is widely available throughout the world. In Europe you can receive the World Service in many different ways including on satellite from Eutelsat Hot Bird 8 at 13° East. It’s also available online 24 hours a day via the listen live link from the BBC World Service homepage."

more information at : http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/showthread.php?114406-BBC-TV-and-Radio-changes-in-October-2012

Friday, October 5, 2012

Formula One. Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka - Live on Sky Sports F1, highlights on BBC

The 2012 Formula One season continues this weekend with round 15 from Suzuka, Japan.

The famous 18-turn figure-of-eight circuit first hosted the Japanese Grand Prix in 1987. It is famed for its Crossover Bridge, Spoon Curve and popular giant funfair, held each year in the surrounding

Round 15 Coverage:
The action gets underway on Friday morning with Practice 1 at 2am, followed by the second practice session at 6am.

Sky Sports F1 will show both sessions live, the BBC will make available a short highlights packages on the BBC Sport website later on Friday.

At 10am on Friday morning, Georgie Thompson and David Croft will host the F1 Show live from Japan.

On Saturday, Sky Sports F1 will be live on air from 2:45am for the third practice session, followed by qualifying at 5am.

Jake Humphrey will present TV highlights of qualifying on BBC One at 1pm.

Sunday morning sees live coverage of the grand prix on Sky Sports F1 from 5:30am, and there will be an extensive highlights programme on BBC One from 2.05pm.

Friday 4 October
2am – 1st Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
6am – 2nd Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
10am – The F1 Show: Japan – Live – Sky Sports F1

Saturday 5 October
2.45am – 3rd Practice Session – Live – Sky Sports F1
5am – Qualifying – Live – Sky Sports F1
1pm – Qualifying – Highlights – BBC One

Sunday 6 October
5.30am – Japanese Grand Prix – Live – Sky Sports F1
2.05pm – Japanese Grand Prix – Highlights – BBC One

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Changes to the BBC Red Button Service from October 2012

Ads per [url]http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/showthread.php/114406-BBC-TV-and-Radio-changes-in-October-2012[/url] , the BBC are making some changes to the BBC Red Button service.

They will be reducing the available stream from 5 to one.

This will mean that the BBC will not be able to offer the choice of coverage we have previously and big events will no longer be multi-screen on red button. This will be a disappointment for many viewers, particularly sports fans, who will lose things like multiple Formula 1 screens and table choice for Snooker.

More on the BBC Red Button http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/showthread.php/115028-Changes-to-the-BBC-Red-Button-Service-from-October-2012

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

BBC TV and Radio changes happening on the 12th and 15th October

Some more BBC TV and Radio changes happening on the 12th and 15th October which may affect your reception of some BBC TV services in Spain.

Changes include the reduction in the number of "Red Button" streams, some frequency changes for BBC Three, CBBC, BBC News, BBC Four, CBeebies, BB
C ALBA and BBC One North East and Cumbria and BBC radio stations. Sky and Freesat boxes should automatically update to the new frequencies. Other boxes will require a "rescan"

More information:

http://www.satandpcguy.com/forum/showthread.php/114406-BBC-TV-and-Radio-changes-in-October-2012?p=116571&viewfull=1#post116571