Kabelio ,is it going to last?

[Channel Hopper]

cable is disappearing fast;it s only in Belgium,the Netherlands and switzerland... replaced by internet tv...and vpns.
Lyon,Toulouse or Marseille NEVER had cable,we went from DTT to internet TV straight,& their offer( Free,Orange,SFR and the like) does not go beyond French language and "immigrant" stuff (North africa mainly)...so,no bbc ,maybe 1 italian,1 spanish 1 portuguese that s it.. Very unsufficient!
OK,and world service ,CNN,bloomberg.
Too bad we can 't subscibe toBBC britbox,then things would be honest at least.
btw ,if I m in London or Birmingham,using a local "cable" what will I get in French or Spanish ?

The only 'cable' in England (bar a smattering of community / estate networks has been Virgin Media for around 20 years.

Their line up

Virgin TV Channel guide

You don’t need us to tell you that there’s tons of top telly to enjoy on Virgin TV, with dazzling dramas, must-watch movies and sensational sport to feast on.

www.virginmedia.com

If you were with a modern terrestrial/smart television with access to the internet you can get a few foreign channels on the bundled services.

I have a Roku engined TV which has a number of included apps, I will check whats available without subbing/TV tax later

 

[rodscha]

Thank you!! just a symetric of what Orange,SFR ,Bouygues....etc offer here.
Very few channels from Neighbour Countries:Ireland,France,Belgium,Germany,Norway!
So,not what a European citizen needs.
Hence my idea there should be a "media exchange" on a european scale,so we could all share the media creativityof Europe .
International phone companies should be able to offer this. Here,they don't.
Not a single bundle includes BBC 1 2 3 4...
Nor Virgin includes France 2,3,4,and 5
Kabelio is the present solution,it has BOTH...
Just my view.
Btw,Virgin here has kept only a rusty radio station...Vodaphone is absent.

 

[rodscha]

The Italians Rai programs,easy to watch on Hotbird (Public stations,6 of them) have an interesting deal
They show what is locally made.And encrypt foreign made programs,films,series.Seems to please everyone!

 

[Martillo]

As far as I understand the premise of Kabelio sat is to provide the service carried on cable TV in Switzerland, where cable is not available and also it is explicitly mentioned that Swiss people with holiday homes, motorhomes etc can use it to carry on as if they were at home. Approx. 9 million population, not sure what proportion might use it.

I decided this service was worth a try and have been watching for about a month now. It's quite a good offering with about 70 channels of varying nationality, obviously aimed at the make-up of Swiss society.

We already have British, Irish, Spanish and Portuguese channels, now added to those via Kabelio: French, German, Swiss, Austrian and Italian. There are radio channels too. As a bonus the CAM works in the CI slot in the Technomate 5402 formerly used for Intelsat 27.5w.


The dish is a bit small so the signal could be bettered.

 

[rodscha]

very interesting! can it be paid monthly with an opt out if theysuddenly stop showing UK tv?

 

[mike1]

Kabelio Mooz Dance has been added and is FTA on the same TP

 

[Martillo]

very interesting! can it be paid monthly with an opt out if theysuddenly stop showing UK tv?

Unfortunately I don't think there is any option to pay monthly because it is not a subscription as such, rather you pay to activate the CAM and it allows you to view the channels for a certain period.

It seems that the CAMs as supplied come with three months free viewing included, the CAM has to be activated to use this.

The common extension periods seem to be 6 or 12 months, 3 months may be possible but I don't think I have seen this advertised.

As such, once you have extended the access period there is no way of reversing it for a refund, it just expires at the end of that period unless you extend it again. I don't think loss of channels is being considered...

 

[Nobb66]

I‘ve had a subscription for quite some time now and I still extend every three months.

 

[rodscha]

Thank you!! do they still need the "swiss" address?

 

[Nobb66]

Yes, they do.