UK Sky TV in Poland

Hi Adam,

I can't comment about the current cost of installation of a dish that will allow Sky coverage in Lublin.
I too, live in Lublin and when I moved here in 2013, I investigated this and was told that a large dish, at least 1.8m, was required.

Without land on which to erect a dish this size, it is a difficult proposition.
In addition, if you are going to be living in Lublin on an income generated in Polish zloty you may find that the monthly Sky subscription is too expensive (60gbp = 325zl).

However there are various internet based alternatives:
You can watch Sky on the web if you have access to a UK Sky account and install a UK VPN link on your computer in Poland, using SkyGo ( I think it's called). This is what I did when I first arrived here, and used my dad's UK Sky account.

The alternatives are using websites such as filmon.com for most UK live terrestrial tv and freeview programs, although in the last week BBC1 England has become unavailable.

If it's sport you want, websites such as neolive.net give access. Films/Series: watchseriesfree.to and movies: watchfree.to
The downside of all web based access is that are occasional problems with buffering and often you have to navigate various pop-up ads before you get to the stream you want.

If you don't mind Polish commetary, you can also subscribe to various Polish satellite services which will give a wide coverage of English Premier league games.....I don't know much about this.

T

There is another way and that is by installing Bluestacks which is an Android App Player which is designed to enable Android applications to run on Windows PCs and Macintosh computers.

Then search Google for Mobdro and install it and you will find most of Sky's content on there - not the best quality, but easily watchable and totally free.

That's if you want all of the channels. If you can get by without the BBC and ITV channels, you can manage with a 90cm dish. I have a 100cm dish here in Warsaw and lose signal maybe once every two years when the weather is seriously bad.

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Sky TV in Warsaw 2018

HI all
I have recently bough a Sky Box (from skycards)
I currently have an 80cm Sat dish, i have read some older posts from 2010 that you need a 2m dish to receive the terrestrial channels, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 ect...

Is this still the case ?
is there not such a thing as a Signal booster that i could use ? or an other trick ?
If a 2m Dish really is required, dose anyone know where i can buy 1 ?
Thanks
Ash

Still the case. In fact, 2.4m is really needed in Warsaw these days.


Nope. The signal simply doesn't extend that far. BBC is on the so-called "spot beam", which means it's aimed at the UK. You can get away with 2m in Western Poland, but 2.4m is the minimum in the east. Some people say that 3m would be safer, but I think 2.4m is enough. Be warned that you might need permission to put up a large dish.


diomar.pl/anteny-satelitarne-do-3m/ for instance.

Why? Acestreams do all the sports, and their film channels are no better than Netflix. Why bother? I scrapped my UKTV box ten years ago. And all UK terrestrial channels are better than anything Sky could serve up.

Delph's advice is 100 percent correct, and the cards phone home as well, so I have no idea why you would want to do this in the internet age (other than because you can?)

I use an internet tv company and pay a monthly fee. I get all the channels I need. UK, US and Canadian, Sports channels the lot. If you have more than 10GB speed then this would be enough to stream TV.

FilmOn is ok (if a bit fiddly and with a poor user interface) and you can usually watch it with a far far worse connection.

If you've got decent internet and a vpn, TVCatchup is good (and free) though there are fewer channels.

I've got a pace 2600 sky box kicking around if anyone wants it - I was using it years back to pick up UK tv when you could use a smaller dish