Posted: Wed Aug 9, 2017 10:37am
We find as its a holiday home we don't need the extensive TV service that we have in the UK. We have a TDT Spanish set top box ( bought from any store like carrefour or other electrical stores) and we can switch to English language when any of the many American or UK films or series/ programmes are on as the football, for my footie mad husband, does not need language change (a modern TV or smart TV in Spain would have this system already installed, I would think as we bought ours 12 years ago)).
This suits us as we are mainly there to enjoy the lifestyle & weather etc. We don't stay in much in the evenings watching TV either and on the odd time it's raining and cool we watch the TDT or DVD's. If the UK footie is not on the TV then we go to the local bar(s) to watch it, which is more fun.
When we first came to Spain we thought we would need UK TV but every now and again we think about when we would have had time to really watch it, as we do in England and for us it would be wasted. There is enough on the TDT TV to keep us happy for a few hours on a rainy afternoon/evening and we even get Spanish lessons too as we enjoy watching the news in Spanish and they always show the fiestas around the country too. I agree that if we lived full time in Spain we would probably miss the UK TV and would no doubt get it piped in like most expats but with the recording facility back home in the UK it just means a Corrie or Neighbours fest when we get back to the UK weather -Something to look forward to - the soaps not the weather... LOL