Channel Five, Five * Five USA - change of frequencies for reception on Sky boxes. Channel Five in Costa Blanca.

Channel Five and its sister channels Five* and Five USA has today changed frequency.

It is no longer available on its old frequency of 12442 H.

The Channel Fives are now located on the new frequency of 10965 H 22000 5/6

This new frequency for the Channel Fives is on the new Astra 1N satellite.

This new Channel Five frequency has a very good strong signal here in Spain and the Costa Blanca, and should be easily available on an 80cm satellite dish. If you can receive True Movies (sky channel 321), then you should be able to receive Channel Five on its new frequency. If you cannot receive Channel Five, and you are receiving a "no signal is being received" message, then either your satellite dish may need to be realigned, or it may be too small toreceive Chanel Five on the new frequency..

Sky boxes should will automatically change to the new Channel Five frequency, and users need to do nothing.

Freesat boxes: this does not affect Freesta users at the moment, but you will have to performa Freesat channel scan on the 8th December 2011 to inlcude the Five channels into your Freesat channel list.

Any other receivers will need to be manually updated, via the installation menu, for the new Chanel Five frequency on Astra 1N

Channel Five, Five * Five USA - change of frequencies for reception on Sky boxes. Channel Five in Spain

Channel Five and its sister channels Five* and Five USA has today changed frequency.

It is no longer available on its old frequency of 12442 H.

The Channel Fives are now located on the new frequency of 10965 H 22000 5/6

This new frequency for the Channel Fives is on the new Astra 1N satellite.

This new Channel Five frequency has a very good strong signal here in Spain and the Costa Blanca,

How do I add Freesat channels to Sky?

How do I add Freesat channels to Sky?

Freesat channels are "Free to air" channels, and require no viewing card.

A Sky box without a Sky card will recive the same "free to air" channels as a Freesat box.

So, all channels that are available on Freesat will already be available via the Sky Guide....

Except maybe Channel Five, which you may have to add manually:

Manually Add Channel Five

More news on BBC Iplayer in Europe and Spain

Further details have been revealed about the global BBC iPlayer, which is soon to launch in Europe. It will launch as an Apple iPad app and will support downloads to the device, allowing users to view programmes more than once, for an unlimited time, so long as they maintain their subscription to the service. In practice, the number of programmes that can be stored will be limited by the capacity

Changes to BBC1HD and BBCHD frequencies June 2011

The BBC has changed some of the frequency parameters for its HD channels.

Frequency: 10,847MHz (vertical polarity)
Modulation: DVB-S2, QPSK
Symbol Rate: 23.0
FEC: 8/9

Changes are happening to the BBC HD channels on Astra 2D.

Sky HD users should not have any problems, as the Sky HD boxes will automatically update.

Some Freesat users may have to reset their Freesat HD boxes, or perform a Freesat scan.

Users of other "generic" HD receivers, will have to rescan the BBC HD frequency, ensuring their receivers work with the new DVBS2 transmision standard.

If you are getting the "no satellite signal" being received then a simple receiver reboot may cure the problem.

More information :

BBC HD Frequency Changes June 2011

Changes to BBC1HD and BBCHD frequencies June 2011

The BBC has changed some of the frequency parameters for its HD channels.

Frequency: 10,847MHz (vertical polarity)
Modulation: DVB-S2, QPSK
Symbol Rate: 23.0
FEC: 8/9

Changes are happening to the BBC HD channels on Astra 2D.

Sky HD users should not have any problems, as the Sky HD boxes will automatically update.

Some Freesat users may have to reset their Freesat HD boxes, or perform a

Performing a Sky digibox system software update in Spain

Performing a Sky digibox system software update in Spain

In most cases you will not have to do a manual Sky digibox system software update, as the Sky boxes will automaticlly update the software when ever new software becomes avaialble from Sky.

You may have to perform a manual Sky digibox system software update if your Sky digibox has not been powered on or getting a signal from the satellite

Spanish TV - We can consider ourselves the world leaders in telebasura – trash TV

In Spain, reading levels are very low, educational failure very high and public contempt for culture colossal. However, not everything is lost: we can consider ourselves the world leaders in telebasura – trash TV. Broadcasters have a complete disregard for taste or decency, airing material unsuitable for children at all ours of the day, profiting from scandal and violence, exploiting sex in true

"I heard recently that the EU says I can use my Sky card in Spain?"

One of the most asked questions that I have been asked in the last few weeks is "Can I use my Sky card in Spain? I heard on the news the EU says I can!"

A lot of these questions have been asked since it was reported in the last few weeks, that a pub landlady in the UK in in court for using a non Sky card in the UK for watching live UK football in her pub,and that the EU has rules that you can

UK Football in Spain on Satellite Digital+

Digital+ matches for the first weekend of the English Premier League:

Tottenham - Manchester City - Saturday 13:45
Aston Villa - West Ham - Saturday 16:00
Wigan - Blackpool - Saturday 16:00
Chelsea - WBA - Saturday 18:30
Liverpool - Arsenal - Sunday 17:00
Manchester United - Newcastle - Monday 21:00

For more information please visit:

The Sat and PC Guy - Digital Satellite and Terrestrial

ITV Central S & ITV Central E on 11973

Sunday 4th April

ITV Central South & ITV Central East available with on frequency 11973 have are currently shoiwng the "Technical Fault" message.

This is happening even in the UK so it looks to be some form of encryption problem, as even people with Sky card in those areas are having trouble watching those channels.

Stronger frequency available for ITV1 for Spain
Hopefuly this will be a

ITV1 stronger frequency available for Spain

"ITV1 Central S" and "ITV1 Central E" (ITV Central South and ITV Central East) have been removed from Astra 2D and have reappeared on the Astra 2B South beam.



A Sky viewing card is required for these regions, that used to be free to air - no sky card required.

You can add these ITV1 regions using Other Channels.

The frequency is:
11973 V 27500 2/3

Its on Astra 2B south beam, so very easy

"What is UK satellite frequency from Spain"

"What is UK satellite frequency from Spain"

This question seems be be asked by many people.

The answer is simple.

The same satellites are used for UK TV in Spain as they are used for UK TV in the UK.

Therefore the same frequencies are used for Sky TV in the UK and Sky TV in Spain.

For example, the satellite frequencies for Channel Five in the UK is the same frequency for Channel Five in

TTon4. Where has TTon4 gone? It has disappeared! My TTon4 Channel 4 is missing!

Where has TTon4 gone? My TTon4 has disappeared! My TTon4 Channel 4 is missing!

It looks like that, as from today, the TTon4 channel is no longer available. Many people will have lost access to TTon4 and are no longer be able to use this channel to watch Channel 4.

In the Costa Blanca area, many people used TTon4 to view Channel 4, which was useful for people who used to use this to watch

Spanish TV Analogue Switch off - 31 December 2009

Phase 2 of Spains analogue TV Services switchoff will happen on the 31st December 2009.

Most of Spain is covered by Phase 2, with some areas alrdady being a digital only area from earlier this year, and the remaining areas having their analogue services switched off by April 2010.

If you wish to continue receiving Spanish TV, then you will need to go DIGITAL.

The Spanish Digital Terrestrial TV

TDT and Pay TDT (Freeview) TV in Spain

Television in Spain is changing.No longer do you have to put up with six or seven grainy, unwatchable TV channels.Digital Terrestrial Television (TDT) is here, or rather has been here for a few years now.Yu can received around 30 digital Spanish television channels for free - all the main Spanish channels and a load more - including a dedicated sports channel.But also, there is a Pay TDT channel

What size satellite dish do I need to receive BBC ITV Sky TV on the Costa Blanca, Spain

It is important to ensure that you are using the correct size satellite dish to receive the channels you want to watch. A Sky minidish, used in the UK, is pretty much useless for reception on the Costa Blanca. Many channels can be received on an 80cm dish, but if you want to watch the main UK television channels, like BBC ITV C4, then a much bigger dish will be required.Generally to receive the