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I want British Television... in the US.
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Right now I have Comcast through a TiVo Box.
I want the full range of BBC channels. I also want CNN International - I can't STAND news here, especially how CNN looks here.
Do I need DirecTV or Dish or something? Who carries these?
Any help would be appreciated. I recently went to mexico and I really enjoyed seeing CNN International and the BBC.
I want the full range of BBC channels. I also want CNN International - I can't STAND news here, especially how CNN looks here.
Do I need DirecTV or Dish or something? Who carries these?
Any help would be appreciated. I recently went to mexico and I really enjoyed seeing CNN International and the BBC.
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No ideas?
They carry some stuff sometimes.
Oh I know about this, and I love PBS... I just want the *real* thing.
think about it from their perspective: why should they go out of their way to enable you to watch commercials that don't earn them any revenue?
it's just one problem out of many caused by the sad state of the telecommunications industry here in the US.
Our PBS stations pay to air those shows, which explains why they're older shows. They'd never have the money for brand new ones.
BBC (when Cox was giving out free months of digital) finally explained to me where people in Europe get the idea that Cheney "runs" the White House. He was on BBC nearly every other day, whereas he hardly shows up on our own channels. I thought it was kinda funny that if I wanted to see my own vice president more often, I had to watch another country's TV station.
Join the club. I'd be willing to pay several times the license fee if I could catch Top Gear normally, but it'll probably never happen.
No mention of Dr. who + Torchwood, etc ..
I get those via Torrent Sites, as it seems to be the only way. I have also seen top gear, and other shows available.
As for your average everyday UK show, you will never find it unless someone pops it on a torrent.
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
I know Top Gear is on BBC Canada, so it's possible it'll be on BBC America too.
Try checking BBC America's Schedule
That's because they need to pay for the transition to digital from analogue. Which is expensive, especially for old people with low income and no understanding of technology.
They could stick ads in Eastenders though. Would make a killing and improve the overall quality.
Alternatively, google UKNova.
http://www.thelostworlds.net/
http://wwitv.com/portal.htm
It's a TV channel feed aggregator- many channels worldwide. Thousands of them. I love this site to death. They're sorted by country and, where applicable, category. In the United Kingdom section, there are plenty of BBC offshoots available to you.
Bonus: it's free. (Though there is a little bit of caution- some of the links are dead or half-dead. Dead because some individual channels may not work on whatever video player you have, half-dead because the channels are no longer active and the network put a message in their place saying so. But hey, free.)