How to get Satellite TV in Finland

hychamaz · Post by **hychamaz** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:07 pm

Ok I have read a lot of past posts and they get a bit confusing. Would someone be willing to spell it out for me how to get Satellite TV. I see most dishes are from Canal. I live in Järvenpää and my current Plus TV Bill is now over 55 euros a month.
Where should I even begin. Can I just call Canal and they will take care of everything. I assume I obviously need a dish, box, and someone to aim the dish... Is this all done by Canal? Can anyone recommend a better company than Canal.
Any and all info is appreciated as I don't have a clue where to begin but I am not going to pay Plus TV anymore for 10 channels. Thanks!!

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onkko · Post by **onkko** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:01 pm

hychamaz wrote: Where should I even begin. Can I just call Canal and they will take care of everything. I assume I obviously need a dish, box, and someone to aim the dish... Is this all done by Canal? Can anyone recommend a better company than Canal.
Any and all info is appreciated as I don't have a clue where to begin but I am not going to pay Plus TV anymore for 10 channels. Thanks!!

You dont need a company. Get a dish, get a installer, get needed hardware, get subscriptions.
Its about what you need/want.
Call http://huoltokoponen.com/ and tell them what channels you want, i would recommend email tho because its easier to process with time and you get more precise stuff.

I know this firm, they have done satellite installations atleast since 1997 (years before that but that i dont know before that for sure) and i know they do installations atleast in southern finland, they are located in heinola.

hychamaz · Post by **hychamaz** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:42 am

I think I need a company as if u google it they tell me about 8 million diff dish sizes I could use, what box I could use.., wher to point it, etc etc.. And I cant call that company as reccomended as I dont know what channels I want. I want a package offer for an English speaker. I seetons of dishes everywhere again usually with Canal written on them. Dothey have bundled packages... Boxes, dishes, installation etc.
I just want it done by someone and nbot to mess around. PLEASE any more suggestions. Thanks

scousefinn · Post by **scousefinn** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:35 pm

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've taken my Skybox over from the UK and kept all my subscriptions, does anyone think it would be possible to get it to work?

riku2 · Post by **riku2** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:02 am

scousefinn wrote:I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've taken my Skybox over from the UK and kept all my subscriptions, does anyone think it would be possible to get it to work?

for some channels yes. it depends which astra satellite they are from since some of them have a tight footprint centered on the UK. these have mostly free to air channels (eg BBC1). The wider beam channels can be picked up although south beam needs a big dish (1.2m at least and 1.8m better)
beam details: http://www.lyngsat.com/

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:23 am

hychamaz wrote:I cant call that company as reccomended as I dont know what channels I want.

"I don't know what I want, but I want it now!"

kharnynb · Post by **kharnynb** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:14 am

http://www.expat-finland.com/telecommun ... te_tv.html

scousefinn · Post by **scousefinn** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:39 am

riku2 wrote:
scousefinn wrote:I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've taken my Skybox over from the UK and kept all my subscriptions, does anyone think it would be possible to get it to work?
for some channels yes. it depends which astra satellite they are from since some of them have a tight footprint centered on the UK. these have mostly free to air channels (eg BBC1). The wider beam channels can be picked up although south beam needs a big dish (1.2m at least and 1.8m better)
beam details: http://www.lyngsat.com/

Thank you! To be honest it's the Sky Sports and Premier Sports Channels I really want. I'll be in Tampere so hopefully it will work..

foca · Post by **foca** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:29 pm

scousefinn wrote:I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've taken my Skybox over from the UK and kept all my subscriptions, does anyone think it would be possible to get it to work?

I use sky in Finland. the only problem is with hd channels, since sky moved some of them to a southern transponder ( not all of them , though) recently. so if you have hd subscription you have to know that you will see only half of hd channels. the other problem is the dig 1,8 offset is a minimum . and in Tampere it will be worse than in helsinki. if you need help let me know....

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