Another Mitsubishi, but way bigger this time!

[Jeffhs]

The closest I come to getting BBC news on cable (Time Warner) here in northeastern Ohio is a newscast called, IIRC, "BBC World News" on PBS World (one of the subchannels of the PBS affiliate in Cleveland). I have the lowest tier of cable service above broadcast channels only. The higher levels of service may have direct feeds from the BBC; in fact, I think they do have "BBC America" on one of the digital tiers, but I don't care to subscribe to those higher tiers since they require the use of a cable box -- even with flat screens that already have full-range (NTSC, ATSC, 8-VSB, clear QAM) tuners.

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

The closest I come to getting BBC news on cable (Time Warner) here in northeastern Ohio is a newscast called, IIRC, "BBC World News" on PBS World (one of the subchannels of the PBS affiliate in Cleveland). I have the lowest tier of cable service above broadcast channels only. The higher levels of service may have direct feeds from the BBC; in fact, I think they do have "BBC America" on one of the digital tiers, but I don't care to subscribe to those higher tiers since they require the use of a cable box -- even with flat screens that already have full-range (NTSC, ATSC, 8-VSB, clear QAM) tuners.

BBC America is OK... Too many commercials, like everything else. I remember being told that cable/satellite TV would get me less commercials! Boy, did I get suckered on that!!

BBC News is vastly better than any of the American network news shows. They dont beat around the bush like our network news does.

[jr_tech]

How about BBC World news off of FTA satellite? According to LyngSat it should be available "in the clear" on Galaxy 13*:

http://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/uk...-Americas.html

jr

*C band, so the usual small FTA ku dish set-up won't work.