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Dishes
Channelmaster Channelmaster dishes and equipment.
Gibertini Italian dish manufacturer, dishes up to 150cm.
 
LNBs
Best Manufacturers of the lowest noise LNB on the market (0.1dB).
Invacom LNB manufacturer.
MTI LNB manufacturer based in Taiwan.
Smart Titanium German LNB manufacturer.
 
Broadcasters
BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation.
BBC America Entertainment channel, only available in the United States.
BBC Canada Entertainment channel, only available in Canada.
BBC Entertainment The BBC's international entertainment channel.
BBC HD BBC HD is the BBC's international HD channel.
BBC Kids Childrens channel, available only in Canada.
BBC Lifestyle Lifestyle programming, currently available in Singapore.
BBC Knowledge Factual and documentry channel, currently available in Asia.
BBC World The BBC's international news channel.
BBC Worldwide The commercial arm of the BBC.
CBeebies International version of the BBC's pre-school channel.
Channel 4 Britain's fourth national TV channel.
Channel 5 Britain's fifth national TV channel.
ITV Britain's first commercial TV channel.
S4C - Sianel Pedwar Cymru Welsh language Channel Four for Wales.
Sky Broadcaster and platform operator.
 
Platforms
Freesat Freesat is a Public Service digital satellite platform, from the BBC and ITV launching in 2008.
Freesat from Sky Sky's Freesat service.
Freeview Free-To-Air digital terrestrial platform in the UK.
Radioplayer Radioplayer, the new online platform bringing together all of the BBC and commercial radio stations in the UK, will officially launch in December 2010.
Sky Broadcaster and platform operator.
Virgin Media Largest cable operator in the UK.
YouView YouView brings you all the plug-in-and-watch simplicity of Freeview, plus the UK’s leading Internet catch-up and video on-demand services.
 
Publications & TV Listings
Radio Times British TV and radio listings.
TV Guide TV listings.
What's on TV TV listings and gossip.
 
Reception Information
Reception Advice and issues Noise, Signal Loss, background and system noise, earth thermal noise, freespace loss, rainfade, terrestrial interference, potential interference frequency chart, side lobe discussion, avoiding Terrestrial Interferance, unavoidable Terrestrial Interferance, solar outage.
Sams Home Page Technical information about Sky Digital.
Sky FAQ Sky digital FAQ.
 
Media & Satellite Information
Ban Power Line Technology If you are you suffering from interfence to your FM radio, DAB radio, Taxi radio, Business radio (inc. shopping centre radio), Amateur radio, Citizens' Band radio, and Shortwave radio you are in the right place. The aim of this website is to help you understand the deliberate interference caused by Power Line Technology and what you can do about it.
BBC HD Campaign Campaign to bring back better HD picture quality to the BBC HD channels.
Brand Republic Advertising, Marketing, Media and PR site.
Broadcast Now TV and Radio website.
David's Transmitter World Information and photographs about transmitters and associated equipment. 
DigiTAG Digital Terrestrial Television Action Group
Digital-Lifestyles Where media and technology converge.
Digital Spy For the latest news and gossip from the world of entertainment and television and radio.
Digital Television Group The Digital TV Group (DTG) is the industry association for Digital Television in the UK: an independent body facilitating the rapid rollout of digital television and convergence across the communications industry.
Digital UK Digital UK is the independent, non-for-profit organisation leading the process of digital TV switchover in the UK.
Freeview Technical Information The information presented here is not listed so comprehensively anywhere else. Also the information is hard to obtain and the Freeview consortium feel you do not need to know most of it. The Broadcast Television Industry (Ofcom, DTG, DMOL, the broadcasters themselves, the BBC, Arqiva etc) is generally excessively secretive often conveniently citing "Commercial Confidentiality". Finally the DMOL site and the Freeview website often contain many errors and omissions which this site strives to avoid.
Join Freesat A guide to the Freesat satellite TV service.
Media UK The critically-acclaimed independent media directory for the UK.
mb21 Site by Mike brown, Teletext then & now, UK transmitters information and gallery, Technostalgia and much more!
On Astra Information and advice about all things Astra.
Plusworld - Sky+ Information about Sky+.
RadioCentre Shaping commercial radio's future RadioCentre formed in July 2006 from the merger of the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) and the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA). Its members consist of the overwhelming majority of UK Commercial Radio stations who fund the organisation.
Radio and TV Broadcasting Resources Broadcasting is the distribution of video and audio content to an audience by means of any audio-visual medium. It allows a broadcaster to send the same message simultaneously to multiple recipients. This is a useful feature for recreation, educational, experimental, and even emergency messaging. Broadcasting is generally performed to send information or entertainment to mass audiences of television, radio, and Internet media. The history of broadcasting is vast and its distribution has made a tremendous social impact. Learn more about broadcasting, its history, the details of what a broadcaster does, broadcasting lingo, and more resources.
Satellites.co.uk British satellite Forum.
SES Official SES site.
TV Forum A UK based active website discussing television presentation and related topics. This site has no connection with and is not endorsed by any broadcaster.
UK Free TV Information on reception of free television services on satellite and terrestrial, including channel lineup and FAQ.
WILDSAT Wild Pete's Sky Channel Guide.
 
HDTV
HDTVorg HDTVorg is an independent guide for all things high definition. Get the latest news and reviews for lcd, plasma, HDDVD products and more.
HDTV UK News and information on HD.
Super Hivision - NHK Japan Super Hi-vision (Ultrahigh-Definition Wide-Screen System with 4000 Scanning Lines) is the technology developed by NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories.
 
Television & Radio Nostalgia
British Vintage Wireless Society The British Vintage Wireless Society (BVWS) is a society of approximately 1700 World-wide members sharing a common interest in the preservation and communication of technical and historical data, and the preservation and restoration of Vintage radio and related equipment.
BSB, Squarials and all that! The life and times of BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting), the Squarial and DMAC.
Cherished Television British television history.
Pember's Ponderings British TV nostalgia, Teletext, transmitters, Testcards, the 405-Line Television System, and much more.
Radio Rewind Unofficial History of BBC Radio 1.
thisisfive.co.uk thisisfive has the largest collection of idents for the Channel 5 family of channels.
Transdiffusion Broadcasting System Transdiffusion Broadcasting System (TBS), a not-for-profit historical society dedicated to documenting and preserving broadcasting history.
 
Irish TV & Radio
Boards.ie - Cable & Digital TV Information, discussion and advice on all areas of irish TV & radio.
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) was established on October 1st 2009, as an independent regulator for radio and television broadcasters in Ireland.
Digital TV The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Digital Television website. The purpose of this site is to provide information to members of the public about Digital Television.
Irish TV Irish TV information on Irish TV, past and present.
Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) Radio Telefís Éireann is the Public Service Broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts on television, radio and the Internet.
RTÉ NL RTÉ NL is a communication network operator in Ireland.
SaorTV Forum Information and advice on free-to-air TV in Ireland.
Saorsat Saorvsat (Freesat), is the national free-to-air digital satellite service in the Republic of Ireland.
Saorview Saorview (Freeview), is the national free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in the Republic of Ireland.
TG4 TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish-language speakers.
TV3 Ireland TV3 is a 24 hour commercial free-to-air television broadcaster in the Republic of Ireland which launched on September 20, 1998. It was the country's first independent commercial broadcaster. TV3 is operated by the TV3 Group which also consists of television channel 3e.
 
British Soaps
Coronation Street The official site featuring news, story updates, preview movies, quiz, activities and a message board.
Corrie.net The Coronation Street Fans website.
EastEnders The official site featuring news and story updates.
Emmerdale The official site featuring news, story updates, preview movies, quiz, activities and a message board.
Hollyoaks The official site at Channel Four.
 
Expatriot Links
Anglo Info Life on the Côte d'Azur, in English.
British Expats.com A place for British expats around the world to connect and share experiences of living in a different country.
The British Expats Meetup Group in Copenhagen Meet other Expats living in Copenhagen.
Expatriate Base Your complete guide for Expatriates in Spain and Europe.
Expats.org.uk A free source of information for British expatriates, contracting or living overseas, almost an expats yellow pages.
Lost in France If your planning to move to France check out their information pages they have plenty of advice on living and working in France.
Spain Expat.com SpainExpat.com endeavours to provide information to expats moving to, or already living in Spain.
 
United States
ABC US broadcaster.
CBS US broadcaster.
CNN US news channel (US Edition).
DIRECTV US satellite platform.
Dish Network US satellite platform.
Fox Broadcasting Company US broadcaster.
NBC US broadcaster.
PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. PBS operations are partially funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Its headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia.
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