A wealth of foreign language TV programmes can be received in the UK by satellite. Many of these are broadcast "free-to-air", meaning no subscription is necessary. To receive broadcasts, a satellite dish (pointing at the appropriate satellite) and a digital satellite receiver are required. There are in excess of 40 German channels available free-to-air on the ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees east. Programmes in French, Italian and Spanish can also be received from this satellite. Another satellite for French, German, Spanish and especially Italian is HOTBIRD at 13 degrees east. The satellite ATLANTIC BIRD 3 at 5 degrees west has some free-to-air French channels, including France 2, 3, 5. TF1 and M6 are also free-to-air, but are analogue rather than digital channels. The satellites mentioned here are not the satellites from which UK Sky broadcasts are broadcast. These are the ASTRA satellites at 28 degrees east. The following channels are available: Sky channel 794 - Deutsche Welle TV (German/English), 795 - TVEi (Spanish)799 - TV5 (French). Euronews is also available at Sky channel 509. The language on this channel can be changed at via the "services" menu (go to "system setup" and then "language and subtitles.") The audio for this channel can be French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian. Details of which satellites broadcast what are available here: http://www.lyngsat.com/
