Britain a hotbed for illicit TV downloads from Reuters talks about the UK
apparently being the biggest market for downloading pirated TV. Well, I can’t
say I haven’t been tempted. Waiting ages to get shows from the US over here can
drive me crazy. Driving you nuts? A few tips.
- Get Sky One. You’ll pay for this as
part of a Sky satellite package or some cable packages, but you can get it as
part of a package as low at 13 pounds or so. Many, many US shows come out only
three to six months after the US debut. In addition, there aren’t repeats.
That means once you start, there’s no dull waiting period mid-season. By the
time the finale comes, we might only be a week or two behind the US. That was
the case with Enterprise, for example. And for Battlestar Galactica, the first
season — it was a miracle that got us the show BEFORE the US. That was nice!
- Watch E4. This is part of Freeview
and Sky. I think it might even be a free-to-air channel requiring no
subscription through Sky, assuming you have an old box sitting around. Many US
shows — even Showtime or HBO programs — hit E4 in a fairly decent time and
usually before they make it over to parent station Channel 4. ER, Nip/Tuck,
The L Word — all of them are free on E4.
- Forget thinking you’ll get some live feed of shows from the US. Believe
me, I’ve looked. There may be an option out there I haven’t found, but if so,
it’s hard to discover. The US satellites broadcasting to the US audience can’t
be seen by us over here, apparently — and nothing else carries them. There is
apparently some mystery box that those in the US military here can get with
access to some semi-live transmissions for the US, but I could never get
decent info about it — nor could many get this.
- Watch Fox News on Sky. Yeah, shock horror, because I’m no fan of the
little flag-waving and often slanted stories to me. But it’s live from the US.
If there’s an emergency happening over there, it’s especially the place you’ll
see domestic news. CNN does the international thing over here and rarely
interrupts with a domestic feed.
- ABC News & CBS News show around midnight to 1 pm on the Sky News and BBC
24 channels. Look at the schedule and you’ll see them. The main problem is by
the time you get up the next morning to watch them, the news is way old.
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