French & German TV ?

sasparillo

Hi,

Which is the best and most cost effective way to receive French and German speaking channels on a Samsung smart TV in addition to UK channels - don’t want sport? Any helpful advice gratefully received!

mobileron

Get an Android box theres lots on there,cost from £30 up.

onomatopoeia99

Or if you want to stay on the right side of IP rights, many German channels are available in clear on the Astra satellite at 19E, a correctly aligned dish and decoder box will get those (no viewing card required).

These people https://fransat.co.uk/home.php offer a lifetime viewing card for French TV from the UK, again via satellite.

sasparillo

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Or if you want to stay on the right side of IP rights, many German channels are available in clear on the Astra satellite at 19E, a correctly aligned dish and decoder box will get those (no viewing card required).

These people https://fransat.co.uk/home.php offer a lifetime viewing card for French TV from the UK, again via satellite.

This might be a dumb question but is it possible to have French, German and UK channels easily accessible on a smart TV or is it fiddly?

Thanks so much!

onomatopoeia99

sasparillo wrote: »

This might be a dumb question but is it possible to have French, German and UK channels easily accessible on a smart TV or is it fiddly?

Thanks so much!

Broadcasts that you can access (free to air for German and with a viewing card for French) are by satellite so you will need a dish and decoder box. Since the German channels in clear are at 19.2E and Fransat (one off payment for the viewing card) is at 5W it will have to be a motorised dish.

TNTsat is also at 19E so a fixed dish at 19E is possible with that, it has the French channels but the cards only last 4 years (£80 for that time). I think the French viewing cards only work in the official decoders.

You may do better going to a local satellite shop and explaining what you want to achieve.

DCFC79

Maybe try forums that are dedicated to satellite, world of satellite is 1, av forums have a satellite sub forum, maybe others out there.

mega_biscoito

And for a person that has no possibility to have a Sat dish in the house, due to living in a apartment?

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mega_biscoito wrote: »

And for a person that has no possibility to have a Sat dish in the house, due to living in a apartment?

You'll have to rely on internet provision, then, since French and German channels are not broadcast here.

Cornucopia

To use a Smart TV to receive other channels, including those from outside the UK, you'll need to start with the App Store for the TV and see what's available.

DCFC79

mega_biscoito wrote: »

And for a person that has no possibility to have a Sat dish in the house, due to living in a apartment?

As mentioned an android box is an option.

tronator

For the "öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender" (public broadcast channels) try this.

https://mediathekview.de/

I assume you understand German ;-)