European digital channels on Freesat?

Dronguth

Do either of the Freeview satellite offerings include the ability to watch free digital European channels, eg German sports and general French and Spanish programmes.

If yes, which ones?

If not, is there a way to get these without subscription? We live in East Anglia and have Freeview via the aerial.

TIA

System

Dronguth wrote: »

Do either of the Freeview satellite offerings include the ability to watch free digital European channels, eg German sports and general French and Spanish programmes.

If yes, which ones?

If not, is there a way to get these without subscription? We live in East Anglia and have Freeview via the aerial.

TIA

No

You would need to move your dish to 19.2e or 13e.

Roger1

It's probably easier to add a dish pointing at Eutelsat.

Ours is 1m wide, though it could be smaller. We get numerous European, Arabic and African channels broadcasting in all sorts of languages. We watch German and Swiss TV (Swiss needs a card though movies and sport are free). The main French channels are not included on our dish.

Buzby

At 19.2 you'd get Eutelsat Hot Bird without having to move the dish - however, the FreeSat box won't show them on the EPG and you'll need to tune manually. You won't get everything, but it's a start!

scotsbob

Dronguth wrote: »

Do either of the Freeview satellite offerings include the ability to watch free digital European channels, eg German sports and general French and Spanish programmes.

If yes, which ones?

If not, is there a way to get these without subscription? We live in East Anglia and have Freeview via the aerial.

TIA

If you have Freeview via an aerial then the answer is no. You will need a satellite dish and receiver box. If you fot a motorised dish you could get all the types of programmes and channels you mention. I paid £189 for a motorised system with HD and I get everything from Spain across to Turkey and it's all free. Do a search for Technomate satellite systems and you should start to find what you need.