Satellite 📡 dish

[Rmlandscapes]

Any recommendations for a satellite dish for my motorhome please

 

[Dorwyn]

I’m on the Med using an 85cm automatic dish with autoskew
Currently watching Euro Sport via Astra 28

Depends I guess. Just south of Toulouse, 1 metre dish, variable signal, can't rely on it

 

[seanandjules]

Remember that Sky are going to be deprecating their satelitte service over the next 10 years or so, it costs a fortune and is simply cheaper to provide over broadband / mobile these days.

 

[Neil S]

Depends I guess. Just south of Toulouse, 1 metre dish, variable signal

Because your reliant on the Astra 2 Spot beam that’s carries the Freesat channels which doesn’t extend that far south.
Don’t know if your aware that Astra 2 (28.2) Pan European beam carries many Sky channels which are encrypted but receivable all over Spain

 

[Gellyneck]

Only come out for the warmer climate to one place then go home after 12 weeks

Never fear! We're down in D&G in a couple of weeks so it'll be safe to come home as we'll have brought the sun with us!

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[Neil S]

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[Neil S]

Never fear! We're down in D&G in a couple of weeks so it'll be safe to come home as we'll have brought the sun with us!

Aye you’ll be down the " Machars "

 

[Gellyneck]

Aye you’ll be down the " Machars "

Mair like the pub!

 

[Neil S]

Mair like the pub!

Aye the Harbour inn does a good bit of grub and a pint

 

[gus-lopez]

Depends I guess. Just south of Toulouse, 1 metre dish, variable signal, can't rely on it

1,2m dish Lorca,Costa Calida no signal for the last 10 or 12 years.

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[Vansflyer]

Remember that Sky are going to be deprecating their satelitte service over the next 10 years or so, it costs a fortune and is simply cheaper to provide over broadband / mobile these days.

Not likely anytime soon. It may start to happen in 10 years time but I doubt it. The whole point of a satellite service is that it covers a huge area with one "transmission". As much as SKY want us to stream everything it is simply not practical until you have good broadband across the whole country... which we don't have in the UK.
They also don't have the best reputation for their streaming service currently...
They will try to bribe us as will all the other broadcasters but a full sat service will be around for quite a few years to come. As it happens they have extended the lease till at least 2029 atm.

Sky extends satellite TV service until 2029 - RXTV

Sky will continue to offer a satellite TV service in the UK and Ireland until at least 2029, following a contract extension

rxtvinfo.com

 

[seanandjules]

I talked to technical people whilst interviewing there as well as a guy I know who is already there. They will not extend that past 2029, i.e. 4 years. The numbers of subscribers requiring dishes will be a rounding error, fibre broadband penetration will be even better by then and the satellites are seriously expensive. It also removes all those ex-pats who subscribe in the UK but use it abroad.

Satellite TV is dead. As is terrestrial tbf.

 

[dunnah01]

In my honest opinion for what it's worth..receiving TV via an antenna of any sort is very dated.

If only changing channels via streaming wasn't such a faff I'd agree

 

[Vansflyer]

I talked to technical people whilst interviewing there as well as a guy I know who is already there. They will not extend that past 2029, i.e. 4 years. The numbers of subscribers requiring dishes will be a rounding error, fibre broadband penetration will be even better by then and the satellites are seriously expensive. It also removes all those ex-pats who subscribe in the UK but use it abroad.

Satellite TV is dead. As is terrestrial tbf.

Interesting and we will see how it plays out...but fibre can't get everywhere and Sky won't want the churn figures to rise by them turning off the sat signals. And IMHO terrestrial transmitters will not be going anywhere for a very long time... an ageing population may be aware of streaming but still have the mindset of just "turning the telly on to watch Eastenders".

 

[seanandjules]

If only changing channels via streaming wasn't such a faff I'd agree

Agree. Chromecasts used to have 'Live Channels' which you can use with a sat tuner to integrate it into the main screen. They still do but it's deprecated which is mental. We have this problem in our house which we airbnb when away, i'd love to give the renters a single remote control to get to Netflix/TV/whatever but it's a massive faff.

I think 'Freely' was supposed to be combining all the terrestrial channels on one app, but you can only get it on certain TVs, you can't download the app for your chromecast/firestick etc. Massive shame.

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[seanandjules]

Interesting and we will see how it plays out...but fibre can't get everywhere and Sky won't want the churn figures to rise by them turning off the sat signals. And IMHO terrestrial transmitters will not be going anywhere for a very long time... an ageing population may be aware of streaming but still have the mindset of just "turning the telly on to watch Eastenders".

TBH it will probably go past 2029 - but it will be a declining percentage of users so Sky will likely charge them more. The satellite provider will charge Sky more too as they know the clock is ticking.

Even the BBC know - I think recently we went over the tipping point where streaming hours went over OTA.

It may actually flip 180 degrees where we get our TV over the internet, which is provided from a sateliite like Starlink