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Satellite TV, part 2: what's coming down from up there?

If you are curious to know what's being broadcast from which satellites, check out the following:

Astra 28.2° East - for the majority of UK FTA (Free-To-Air) stuff & Sky.

Astra 19.2° East - lots of European broadcasts, subscription French TV (CanalSat, which gives you all the main french stations, plus loads more - the BSkyB of France....), plus some French FTA & BBC World.

Hotbird 13° East - very international & lots of it, plus BBC Prime (by subscription) & BBC World.

Atlantic Bird 5° West - Atlantic Bird at 5° West. The place for FTA French national TV stations.

Free-To-Air chanels are listed here: UK FTA  French FTA 

Also, don't forget that all satellites also broadcast a host of radio stations. If you can't cope without your daily dose of Radio 4, Virgin Radio, Classic FM or Kerrang! then using a satellite system to pick them up is an easy option. My personal top tip is that rather than having your TV on just to listen to the radio you can hook up the stereo sound output of a satellite receiver (they all have them) to your home hi-fi/stereo system, et viola! - digital quality radio on decent loudspeakers. No more struggling to get long wave or FM broadcasts from the UK.

As ever, if you aren't into all this technical stuff, then Badger Électricité can do whatever is needed to get the TV & radio stations you want.