The management of HOT, which provides programming for Israel’s cable TV customers, have reached an agreement with international satellite providers that will permit the BBC Prime channel to continue broadcasting in Israel.
The cable provider had been subject to a mass phone-in protest and letter writing campaign on the part of Anglo customers in Israel over the proposed cancellation of the channel, due to high concession costs, with many customers threatening to cancel their service. A cable spokesperson said that the negotiations had allowed the reduction of costs for the broadcast rights to BBC Prime and other stations, allowing them to remain on the air in Israel.
(Source: IsraelNN.com)
on May 9th, 2008 at 07:28
Hi there,
I can speak from experience as my mother lives abroad, and I am the “expert” (in her eyes anyway, as I used to be a satellite installer), and have set up a system for her, and also an identical system for myself here in the UK.
if you want BBC Prime again, then I heartily recommend you forget cable, and buy this box which is advertised on Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110250580220
Basically you just connect it to a cheap dish, and never worry about cable again. This is how she watches BBC Prime and a load of other French etc channels, news channels, Eurosport, MTV/VH1, Boomerang… well there are hundreds inc. Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi ones… a few saucy ones too! And you don’t have to bother about subscriptions.
-Duncan Hill
on May 9th, 2008 at 11:44
Eh Duncan - that’s stealing !