I know BBC is gearing up to put their programming on the Internet, but it's really not the same. And the question is all in the post there. As for all I've seen Dish Network and DirectTV offer, they have no way to bring me British channels or other countries.

DirectTV offers quite a few Spanish channels and Asian channels. It is apart of their International programming package.

Apparently the reason Dishnetwork sucks soooo much for regular subs is because they concentrate sooo hard on being the 'International Programming Leader"


BUT I believe that both Dish and DTV consider international programming "non english speaking" so BBC is covered under BBC America.

Look no further than DishNetwork.

But I am not interested in Telemundo or Asian TV. British TV, or even some Australian TV would be nice. And BBC America doesn't cut it. I want live feeds from BBC, not Americanized repeats. And not just BBC, but all eight BBC channels. And whatever else the British may have to offer for TV, if there is anything else!

I don't think you're going to be getting live feeds from the British BBC channels. Their funding mandate would preclude that, as no one outside of Britain is paying the license fee.

You might be able to get ITV, Channel 4, or Channel 5- but I don't know if they are available via satellite. I think you might be shocked at the quality of some of their (and the BBC's programming). Interested in reruns of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Veronica's Closet?

I think BBC World is as close as you could get.

I don't think the BBC is available on the large C-band dishes. Not that I'm aware of anyhow.