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Satellite Programming for Free?

Posted by Cliff on from the what's-floating-in-the-air-there dept.

Frank Winstead asks: "I stumbled upon some "Free to air" (FTA) satellite television references on the web, mostly selling equipment. There seems to be a lot of non-English programming available subscription-Free on the Ku band. The English programming seems to be a mix of religious shows, network feeds, and unexplained content from American over-the-air TV stations. Is it worth a one time ~$200 investment for equipment? Is the authoritative info on FTA?"

6 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. Free-to-Air listing by timothv · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a free-to-air satellite TV listing for North America: http://www.milliron.net/free2air/Default.htm

  2. Lyngsat by Hungus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lyngsat is the place for FTA Sat information.

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  3. Re:Need a good reason? by Balthisar · · Score: 2, Informative

    They CAN'T enforce it, regardless of what your HOA says, for dishes 24" and smaller.

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  4. SatCoDX by kju · · Score: 2, Informative

    satcodx.com has lots of listings for all known satellites. Select your region and look.

  5. Re:Lots of stuff in FTA satellite feeds by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are all sorts of tv shows that you can pick up, such as:
    - news feeds

    These are the best if you're bored, because the newspeople go live on the satellite many minutes before they go live on the network, to make sure the link is good. The correspondents and crew say some pretty funny and embarassing stuff when they think noone is watching them.

    So, if seeing your favorite political corresponant talk about how "this town is so fucking boring" when they're covering caucuses in Iowa strikes you as funny, get a BUD.

    Oh, and most people are giving them away, so don't pay $200, take it down for free for somebody who got DSS.

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  6. Re:I don't want to freak out my neighbors by TheDarkRogue · · Score: 2, Informative

    I was just looking at one site and they had .75m dishes, which I think is pretty small compared to all the other dishes i've seen.

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