It's no consolation to those who want to watch Sky sports but you can legally receive BBC and ITV programmes (not Channels 4 and 5) via the Astra 2 satellite at 28.2ºE of South.
You need a decent size prime focus dish (probably 1.8m in this area) , an appropriate LNB (the Invacom TWIN is recommended) and a decent Spanish European Free to Air Digital Receiver which you can get from Carrefour.
NB British Freeview receivers will not work here in Spain.
BBC Prime is available on a number of satellites. Not just Astra 2.
Intelsat 904 – Katelco Plus
Hellas Sat 2
Eurobird 2 Orbit Network
Astra 3A Kabel Deutschland
Astra 1KR UPC Direct, Canal Digitaal Satelliet
Eutelsat W2 Toal TV
Hotbird 6, 7A, 8 TPS, Cyfra +, SKY Italia
Eutelsat W3A Diti Turk
Thor 2 Canal Digital
Atlantic Bird 2 Orbit Network
Hispasat 1C TV Cabo
You can watch TV via the Internet - even Sky but you will need a broadband connection. Go to http://mashable.com/2007/06/18/33-ways-to-watch-free-tv-online/ for information.
To watch Sky via the Internet you need a SlingBox, which is a box that you hookup to your friend/family’s TV connection in the UK and it “slings” the programming to your computer. Of course it requires you both to be connected to the Internet for it to work and it eats up bandwidth slowing everyone else's connections down.
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