Which satellites transmit which program?

amuso · June 21st, 2008, 08:28 AM

Hi,
I was wondering which satellites transmit Top Gear and Fifth Gear? Is it Hotbird or Astra for BBC, and Eutelsat for Fifth Gear?

MXM · June 21st, 2008, 08:52 AM

If I remember correctly, BBC is on Astra2 28.2° East. No clue about fifth.

toma_alimosh · June 21st, 2008, 02:52 PM

Look it up.
http://www.lyngsat.com/
The Frequencies section works best.
And yes, BBC is on Astra2 28.2E

EDIT: But you'll need a HUGE dish to catch it. And you'll have to be in southern norway to even get the beam. And I don't even know if the transponders that serve SKY actually broadcast the BBC original programs ... all I see on the southern beams are so-called "streams". I'm not in europe, so I can't test, anyone here that tried it?

amuso · June 22nd, 2008, 04:58 AM

Thanks for verifying BBC. I was hoping it would be less far east images/smilies/smile.gif

I think Five is on 16 east on the Eutelsat according to lyngsat.com.

Ive got a pretty big dish (43"/110cm) which is supposed to catch 19 east so I will see if I can figure out a way to test it at 28.2 east as well. Worth the try just for fun.

toma_alimosh · June 23rd, 2008, 12:51 AM

Yes, but Five is scrambled on that sat ... PowerVu, assuming Lyngsat is up to date. So you won't be able to receive it.

The second problem is that you can catch 19 East (Astra 1) across all Norway. However, 28.2E (Astra 2) does not transmit across all Norway. Just take a look at the beam link (last column) for the transponders serving the BBC streams ... it barely catches the south of Norway ... the dish would be enough, but if it's not getting a signal, there's no point. So again, hope you're in southern Norway.

amuso · July 9th, 2008, 08:08 AM

Just an update that I have managed to find Astra 2 with excellent signal quality @ 28.2 east. However I have an old crappy tuner so I have not been able to tune in all channels yet. Waiting for a new tuner to arrive and then hopefully I will be able to find the BBC programs images/smilies/smile.gif

Btw, the Audi Channel is quite nice.

jmb · July 9th, 2008, 09:02 AM

Five should become FTA at some point over the coming months. Currently they are tied to $ky, so although they are FTV, they aren't FTA. Channel 4 was the same though, and is now pick-uppable.

It's all since Freesat launched in the UK, check out my blog (in sig) as I'm currently putting together a PC to receive all the freesat stuff but to also give PVR functionality (no PVR's available for Freesat yet...)

Homer_Bart · July 9th, 2008, 05:32 PM

Sorry for my stupidity, but you mean you guys can get free overseas TV with just a sat. dish?

Basically only 1% of the 10% of the 4 million population who live in landed houses have sat. dishes. So...

June 21st, 2008, 08:28 AM	#1
amuso Joined: Jun 21st, 2008 Last Online: July 9th, 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Which satellites transmit which program? Hi, I was wondering which satellites transmit Top Gear and Fifth Gear? Is it Hotbird or Astra for BBC, and Eutelsat for Fifth Gear?

June 21st, 2008, 02:52 PM	#3
toma_alimosh Joined: Mar 14th, 2005 Last Online: 05:29 PM Location: "Meeting Place" Age: 21 Posts: 2,731 Car: none as of yet Rep Power: 50	Look it up. http://www.lyngsat.com/ The Frequencies section works best. And yes, BBC is on Astra2 28.2E EDIT: But you'll need a HUGE dish to catch it. And you'll have to be in southern norway to even get the beam. And I don't even know if the transponders that serve SKY actually broadcast the BBC original programs ... all I see on the southern beams are so-called "streams". I'm not in europe, so I can't test, anyone here that tried it? Last edited by toma_alimosh; June 21st, 2008 at 03:02 PM.. Reason: Saw op's location and figured it was relevant.

June 22nd, 2008, 04:58 AM	#4
amuso Joined: Jun 21st, 2008 Last Online: July 9th, 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for verifying BBC. I was hoping it would be less far east I think Five is on 16 east on the Eutelsat according to lyngsat.com. Ive got a pretty big dish (43"/110cm) which is supposed to catch 19 east so I will see if I can figure out a way to test it at 28.2 east as well. Worth the try just for fun.

July 9th, 2008, 08:08 AM	#6
amuso Joined: Jun 21st, 2008 Last Online: July 9th, 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Just an update that I have managed to find Astra 2 with excellent signal quality @ 28.2 east. However I have an old crappy tuner so I have not been able to tune in all channels yet. Waiting for a new tuner to arrive and then hopefully I will be able to find the BBC programs Btw, the Audi Channel is quite nice.

July 9th, 2008, 09:02 AM	#7
jmb Joined: May 8th, 2006 Last Online: December 16th, 2008 Location: Oundle Posts: 103 Car: Passat VR5 - STOLEN Rep Power: 11	Five should become FTA at some point over the coming months. Currently they are tied to $ky, so although they are FTV, they aren't FTA. Channel 4 was the same though, and is now pick-uppable. It's all since Freesat launched in the UK, check out my blog (in sig) as I'm currently putting together a PC to receive all the freesat stuff but to also give PVR functionality (no PVR's available for Freesat yet...) __________________ Visit the puffle website for photography, Free Mobile themes and more! Check out my HTPC Blog as I try and get a dual tuner HD Freesat Mediaportal based PC up and running! Low cost server and network monitoring - Keep Alive

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MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: 06:15 PM Location: Finland Age: 26 Posts: 2,713 Car: Porsche 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 36	If I remember correctly, BBC is on Astra2 28.2° East. No clue about fifth.

June 23rd, 2008, 12:51 AM	#5
toma_alimosh Joined: Mar 14th, 2005 Last Online: 05:29 PM Location: "Meeting Place" Age: 21 Posts: 2,731 Car: none as of yet Rep Power: 50	Yes, but Five is scrambled on that sat ... PowerVu, assuming Lyngsat is up to date. So you won't be able to receive it. The second problem is that you can catch 19 East (Astra 1) across all Norway. However, 28.2E (Astra 2) does not transmit across all Norway. Just take a look at the beam link (last column) for the transponders serving the BBC streams ... it barely catches the south of Norway ... the dish would be enough, but if it's not getting a signal, there's no point. So again, hope you're in southern Norway.

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Homer_Bart Joined: Sep 10th, 2006 Last Online: 01:00 PM Location: Singapore Age: 15 Posts: 700 Car: 2-wheel Haro F1 Rep Power: 21	Sorry for my stupidity, but you mean you guys can get free overseas TV with just a sat. dish? Basically only 1% of the 10% of the 4 million population who live in landed houses have sat. dishes. So... __________________ "If the Ferrari president is right about the Singapore Grand Prix being a circus," Ecclestone told The Mail on Sunday, "then we have to be grateful to him for providing the clowns." Support Porsche in taking over Volkswagen! HAPPY 2009!

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