Hi Peter,
We live in Bahrain and we subscribe to 3 satellite providers all of which I know are available in Egypt. The first is 'Orbit' (orbitDOTnet) which has amongst others, BBC Prime. Nothing particularly prime about it but we get Eastenders which is about 10 days behind UK episodes. The 2nd is Showtime (showtimearabiaDOTcom). This gives us Coronation St and Emmerdale but a couple of months behind - the characters are just starting to talk about christmas for instance. The 3rd is First Net which we only subscribe to for Sky News. For UK sports fans Showtime is excellent showing all premiership matches for instance as well as rugby, cricket etc. I'm pretty sure that Sky isn't available. As far as subscription costs, they're more expensive than at home but not terrible. No point telling you how much as they vary by package, company and country. I rope my poor old dad into recording anything that I fancy watching in the UK onto DVD as I'm a bit of a TV addict - not much else to do here! Reassure her that you do get used to being without SKY!!!
Linda
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Originally Posted by Peter Mitry
Being a bit of a 'soap' addict I wonder if anyone knows if you can get UK channels in Egypt through SKY as we can in Spain?
As we are planning to move there this could be the deciding factor which convinces my wife that it is the right decision!
Anyone know what options are possible? What size dish to you need and how much does it cost? Is there a special set top box or what?
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