Sky TV - but from overseas?

[Mr. Wilby]

I moved abroad recently and have been missing UK TV. One possible option that a friend suggested, was getting Sky TV installed at my parents place, uninstalling the box and dish, taking it with me abroad, and then pointing it in the right direction...

Obviously, I doubt sky would be best pleased with that - and I have heard that the latest packages require you to plug the box into a phone line (that might be a slight problem ;-) but has anybody actually done this?

How difficult is it to locate the right satellite when you're not a "trained sky installation engineer"?

Cheers for any advice/thoughts.

[ianec]

Hi, there's a good FAQ on this very subject here (http://europetv.cjb.net) .

Also checkout the uk.tech.tv.sky newsgroup, there are always lots of threads on there.

Good luck

[megabyte]

and yes it's still very possible even with the phone line condition.
Also if you buy your digibox on e-bay or another auction site for under a £100, you can get a FTV bbc card via any UK address from Sky for free where theres a valid licence,just don't tell sky that you are abroad,have it posted to that UK address and give Sky the serial number of the box etc etc-That will give you all BBC/ITV/CH4/CH5 and various others.
Best get the dish and instalation sorted locally, as Dish size depends on where you are.
conn