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Greek and greek cypriot TV on Hotbird

MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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Does anyone have it? I've got a short-ish list of channels, but they don't all seem to be there. There are 10 listed on Lyngsat, I've got 4 FTA ones. Have I missed something?

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  • wod1wod1 Posts: 6,152
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    a lot of the greek channels are on 39e, also there is a good list on king of sat and select greek, it should list them all whether fta or enc
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    I looked into which sat to go for, the consensus was hotbird. The query is that I don't seem to have the ones tat are listed as being there. Is my list out of date?
  • SteSte Posts: 1,710
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    These are the Greek FTA channels on Hotbird - http://en.kingofsat.net/find2.php?pos=13.0E&cl=gre&num_pays=&num_genre=&num_crypt=1&num_standard=&ordre=freq

    Or for encrypted chanenls part of the Nova package see -

    http://en.kingofsat.net/find2.php?pos=13.0E&cl=gre&num_pays=&num_genre=&num_crypt=18&num_standard=&ordre=freq
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    Hmmm, not getting all of that, though I have that list. Better have another scan. I've just deleted f knows how many soft porn channels too:D Ah well. Was hoping someone who watches might be able to confirm that that is up to date, and they are in fact being transmitted.
  • Fred SmithFred Smith Posts: 3,330
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    Currently getting:

    Nova Sports CY 1 to 4, 6 and 7
    Nova Sport Highlights CY
    Nova Cinema CY 1 to 3
    Eurosport
    Eurosport 2
    The History Channel
    Discovery
    Animal Planet
    MGM
    Motors TV
    National Geographic
    CTN
    TCM
    Private Spice CY
    Playboy CY

    Plus some others but I don't speak Greek so not really looked at them.

    See Nova for a listing.
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    Fred Smith wrote: »
    Currently getting:

    Nova Sports CY 1 to 4, 6 and 7
    Nova Sport Highlights CY
    Nova Cinema CY 1 to 3
    Eurosport
    Eurosport 2
    The History Channel
    Discovery
    Animal Planet
    MGM
    Motors TV
    National Geographic
    CTN
    TCM
    Private Spice CY
    Playboy CY

    Plus some others but I don't speak Greek so not really looked at them.

    See Nova for a listing.

    Thanks very much, Fred. Think I'll give playboy and private spice a miss, LOL, ths is family entertainment:D
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    MAW wrote: »
    Thanks very much, Fred. Think I'll give playboy and private spice a miss, LOL, ths is family entertainment:D

    I presume private spice is um, adult entertainment? :p
  • Manc-RedManc-Red Posts: 2,371
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    I presume private spice is um, adult entertainment? :p

    You'd be correct there;)
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    I presume private spice is um, adult entertainment? :p

    I had also to delete sexysexy arab girls etc:D There are about 100 soft porn arabic channels, presumably catering to a market. So there must be a lot of Arabs who are not members of the taliban, which is a relief to us all.
  • HarshadHarshad Posts: 5,996
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    I presume private spice is um, adult entertainment? :p

    not that I ever watch it of course:p
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    Harshad wrote: »
    not that I ever watch it of course:p

    I watched it in English for about a minute. There's nothing on it but a half clad bird asking you to phone a premium rate number. Very disappointing.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    MAW wrote: »
    I had also to delete sexysexy arab girls etc:D There are about 100 soft porn arabic channels, presumably catering to a market. So there must be a lot of Arabs who are not members of the taliban, which is a relief to us all.

    Sensible option! :D
  • SteSte Posts: 1,710
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    Also on Hotbird though is the Polish and Italian versions of CNBC , something for you cnbcwatcher!
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Ste wrote: »
    Also on Hotbird though is the Polish and Italian versions of CNBC , something for you cnbcwatcher!

    What size dish do you need to get them? Would a 60 or 80cm dish be ok? I'm thinking of getting one if Sky doesn't work out for me!!
  • SteSte Posts: 1,710
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    What size dish do you need to get them? Would a 60 or 80cm dish be ok? I'm thinking of getting one if Sky doesn't work out for me!!

    60 would be fine. A 43cm minidish would do the job if you are in Southern England.

    However on Hotbird the English and Italian versions are encryprted as part of the Sky Italia package and the Polish version is part of the the TVN, Cyfra+ and Orange packages. Some of these Polish packages are pretty cheap though.

    Astra 19.2E has CNBC in English FTA though.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Ste wrote: »
    60 would be fine. A 43cm minidish would do the job if you are in Southern England.

    However on Hotbird the English and Italian versions are encryprted as part of the Sky Italia package and the Polish version is part of the the TVN, Cyfra+ and Orange packages. Some of these Polish packages are pretty cheap though.

    Astra 19.2E has CNBC in English FTA though.

    Well I'm in Ireland - would that affect the signal?
  • wod1wod1 Posts: 6,152
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    no be best to use a 60cm then you could add a motor to go between hotbird and astra 19east
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    wod1 wrote: »
    no be best to use a 60cm then you could add a motor to go between hotbird and astra 19east

    Might be a good idea! Would be quicker to train the dish to those satellites then - as long as I wouldn't be interrupting anyone else's TV viewing! :p
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    Could you not just use a dual LNB setup for 13 and 19E, for less money? And I have to say, I used an 80cm dish in London for Hotbird, signal strength/quality is banging, plenty in reserve for rainy days.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    MAW wrote: »
    Could you not just use a dual LNB setup for 13 and 19E, for less money? And I have to say, I used an 80cm dish in London for Hotbird, signal strength/quality is banging, plenty in reserve for rainy days.

    That might be the way to go if I get the dish!! Then I wouldn't interrupt anyone else's viewing.
  • SteSte Posts: 1,710
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    CNBC Poland - http://img37.imageshack.us/i/cnbcp.png/
    CNBC Class Italy - http://img94.imageshack.us/i/cnbci.png/
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Ste wrote: »
    CNBC Poland - http://img37.imageshack.us/i/cnbcp.png/
    CNBC Class Italy - http://img94.imageshack.us/i/cnbci.png/

    Thanks for the pictures :) The graphics are kinda similar to an old style CNBC Europe/US, but I think both channels are affiliates of CNBC Europe (the one based in London).
  • MAWMAW Posts: 38,777
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    cnbcwatcher wrote: »
    That might be the way to go if I get the dish!! Then I wouldn't interrupt anyone else's viewing.

    Just so. You could use a dual or quad LNBs as required for other users, instead of singles, and there are quite a few boxes with two inputs, selectable for exactly this setup.
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