A long time to be proved right, this email from Sept. 2012

It may be worth investigating the situation with the new Astra 2F satellite which is to be launched very soon in September. Many expats will not have realised it will affect their reception of BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes. In other words - they will lose them, whatever satellite system they use.

Apparently it's all to do with copyright and the BBC is not happy with the fact that people living abroad watch their channels but without paying a licence fee. Therefore they are going to narrow the beam so it can't reach the continent. Here are the relevant webpages.

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/newsat.htm

http://www.satlaunch.net/2012/03/update-astra-2f-footprints-coverages.html

Not sure what the answer is, but it needs looking into.
All the best,
Ann Heeley  Marsac Haut  St Antonin Noble Val
Val says  and the readers feedback was generally, "we do not believe it"
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