Posted: Fri Sep 2, 2022 7:36pm
UK TV options in Spain:
1. Buy a satellite service. This is the time-honoured method. It will require a sat-dish of some sort if there is no communal dish already installed. Not cheap, and is slowly becoming a legacy system as options for delivering TV over broadband increase.
2. Buy an IPTV (i.e. TV delivered over Broadband) service. There are service providers around who will provide such a "managed" service - in other words, they not only provide the UK channels, but they also deal with all the technical bits for you as well. It's a good option if you are terrified of IT, but the service providers still want to maximise the money they make out of providing such a service, which means it's not as cheap as.......
3. Do-it-yourself Broadband (IP) TV. Definitely the cheapest option, especially if you're not a permanent resident. Indeed, what you can receive in Spain is to some extent determined by the services you subscribe to back in the UK. For example, with the right configuration, Sky subscribers can receive whatever (Sky) package you subscribe to at home, in Spain. However, you do need to have some understanding of how the technology functions, or at least be willing to embrace it. You don't need to have a degree in IT but going it alone will require a basic understanding of how the Internet works, along with the various bits of software and hardware that are required to come together to deliver TV to your home in Spain. It can be bitty, and it can be frustrating - but it's cheap, and it's the way forward if you're prepared to grapple with the technology.
HTH