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I guess it's available via Sky or satellite. I don't know anyone who bought access to that channel, though. Those of my friends who are into American sports just watch free streams on the internet.
I know they have the Fox News Channel in Europe. The last time I heard, it's the same thing as in the U.S., except the commercials are replaced by weather forecasts.
It is also available in Thailand, Subsaharan Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Canada, and all of Latin America.
Don't generalise Europe as if we are one country and you will find that it will range from the UK having loads of American channels to places like Latvia having none.
Rights-wise, I believe sports are more difficult to air abroad than, say, soap operas and serials.
As a result, there is a tendency for countries to have their own sports channels.
In Canada, it's TSN (The Sports Network).
In the U.K., it's Sky Sports. However, there is an ESPN UK.
Germany has interestingly traditionally aired sports free-to-air (so you didn't need to subscribe) via DSF and Eurosport. What's more is the signals from the Astra 19.2 satellites, where most German channels are located, reach practically all of Europe. Since the arrival of HD to the continent, the HD version of Eurosport has been encrypted, and also regionalized, so now there's a Eurosport Germany, a Eurosport UK, etc. This is also the case with some of the commercial networks, e.g. Pro 7, which is free in SD but encrypted in HD.
Don't generalise Europe as if we are one country and you will find that it will range from the UK having loads of American channels to places like Latvia having none.
I bet Latvia has plenty of Christian channels from the U.S., at least.
European satellites, with the exception of the U.K., tend to beam their signals to the continent, as individual countries are a bit difficult to target precisely at 10-12 GHz. - and even U.K. citizens residing in Spain, with a slightly larger dish, can intercept many of the channels from Blighty. Hence there's a market for gray-market receiver cards, through which you can watch the channels from another country's satellite provider. I'm sure there are at least a few sets in Latvia that can view Fox News Channel (and not via the internet).
Rights-wise, I believe sports are more difficult to air abroad than, say, soap operas and serials.
As a result, there is a tendency for countries to have their own sports channels.
In Canada, it's TSN (The Sports Network).
In the U.K., it's Sky Sports. However, there is an ESPN UK.
Germany has interestingly traditionally aired sports free-to-air (so you didn't need to subscribe) via DSF and Eurosport. What's more is the signals from the Astra 19.2 satellites, where most German channels are located, reach practically all of Europe. Since the arrival of HD to the continent, the HD version of Eurosport has been encrypted, and also regionalized, so now there's a Eurosport Germany, a Eurosport UK, etc. This is also the case with some of the commercial networks, e.g. Pro 7, which is free in SD but encrypted in HD.
No in UK we actually have ESPN America.
I also forgot to say every night at 1:30 abc news is aired live on bbc news too.
I bet Latvia has plenty of Christian channels from the U.S., at least.
European satellites, with the exception of the U.K., tend to beam their signals to the continent, as individual countries are a bit difficult to target precisely at 10-12 GHz. - and even U.K. citizens residing in Spain, with a slightly larger dish, can intercept many of the channels from Blighty. Hence there's a market for gray-market receiver cards, through which you can watch the channels from another country's satellite provider. I'm sure there are at least a few sets in Latvia that can view Fox News Channel (and not via the internet).
Not really.
This is the furthest north american satillites get in.
I was in Singapore recently and was kind of surprised to see the Dr Oz Show. It's on every weekday in the mid morning and seems to be popular with the locals.
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