British TV in France 'how to' 

A quick guide to British television in France

The only way to receive domestic british television in France is to set up a satellite dish. Whilst the dish size for Paris and the Northern part of France is very small ( 45 – 50 cm ) further down in the South you will need a larger dish of 80 to 110 cm. You can get all the BBC channels, ITV, channel 4, five, Sky sports etc. The solution is either taking your existing satellite digital box with you to France, or buying both the equipment and installation from a specialised dealer in France. Find out more...

I live in a listed area, dishes are not allowed ...

Well, it seems that new technologies help bypass the dish permission...  Small and discrete  units which are not dishes will allow you to have  Sky digital even in listed areas with restrictions. Find out more...

Can I use my british tv set in France?

British TV's are built to use the PAL I color system and will work fine with the satellite but will not receive the French analog SECAM transmissions. Most of the recent models have a built-in digital tuner which will bypass the secam  trouble and will pick up to 18 digital French channels depending on signal coverage.

Older British TV’s can also be adapted to receive digital French transmissions through an inexpensive adaptor  (external digital tuner). Note that French cable TV and DSL boxes can also be configured to PAL output. So in 95 % of the cases a british TV can be adapted to receive french TV as well. Moving to France is costly enough, so bringing your UK TV set  to France will save you some money without worrying about the different voltage.