The sky doctor celebrates their 13th year on the Costa del Sol with what could possibly be one of the biggest changes to life here for residents and frequent visitors in what is a very important subject: “British television”

We have seen it all before, the fly by nights, the handymen, the DIY’ers, all trying to turn their hand to satellite and now IPTV systems. Other companies contacting us for our price structure, for advice, even sending us CV’s which we really should take as a compliment I suppose. What we have tried our hardest to achieve is to solve people’s problems without hassle, making sure they are happy with everything that we have supplied them with, “even if its their own equipment”, more importantly, ensuring they know how to use it and are confident using it.

Freesat, UK television has been the most popular choice for people movingover to Spain for some time now due to the programmes that are available, cost of installation and ease of use. But when it comes time to decide on which service to choose, the choice can be confusing and somewhat mind-boggling for many of us.

Understanding the Differece Between Freeview, Free to View and Freesat

Firstly, there is a difference between Freeview, Free to View and Freesat.

Freeview is what we call in Spain TDT, which is all of your programmes through a UHF aerial (normally mounted on your chimney in the UK ). This would give you all of your Spanish digital programmes and nothing else.