HGTV?

I need to know if England gets the HGTV channel! It is the one channel I watch everyday. Please tell me you get it, or we may not move! Really!  jdodd

I understand as I *loved* HGTV, so I will break this very gently......

there
is
no
HGTV
in
the
U.K
I
am
very
sorry



(its why I am moving back to the US!) LOL! Okay, not really, but a good reason

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will not survive! Next you'll tell me you don't get The Food Network! What exactly DO you watch?? 

This will give you some idea:

http://www.sky.com/skycom/tvguide

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will not survive! Next you'll tell me you don't get The Food Network! What exactly DO you watch?? 

Oh dear.....no Food Network either 

BUT......we do have a food channel (nowhere near as good) and the whole chef thing has taken off in a big way here too, just not the American chefs. You'll probably be familiar with the Naked Chef (Jamie Oliver) & The Domestic Goddess (Nigella Lawson), they're popular here as well as many other home-growns.

What do we watch - well we are a nation of home decorators apparently and there's always the soaps! We also get a lot of american programming, so I am sure you will find a lot to your taste!

jdodd, do not fear! We get so many home, garden, cooking type programs over here! Sometimes I feel like it's all that's on! You'll be fine. Really. You will.

Yup...once I finally got my cable I was all sorts of happy!  I used to watch HGTV and now feel like it's all covered by t.v. over here...different cast of characters but similar sort of shows!

Oh, man, thanks for reminding me of how much I miss that channel!!! I totally miss Carol Duval. Least they have a great website.

Never heard of HGTV... what is it?

Can you get American satelite TV. We have a neighbor here in the states that is Turkish and he get satelite TV that allows him to order Turkinsh TV. Any possibilty that this is available in the UK for US TV? We're not big TV people, but my husband will miss US football.

Never heard of HGTV... what is it?

Here you go:   http://www.hgtv.com/

Can you get American satelite TV. We have a neighbor here in the states that is Turkish and he get satelite TV that allows him to order Turkinsh TV. Any possibilty that this is available in the UK for US TV?

As far as direct broadcast satellite is concerned, I'm not aware of any American stations which are available here "as is."    Unfortunately, the positioning of the satellites to cover the North American continent also means that you're out of range for simply lining up a dish on to one of the American DBS satellites.

(Europeans and Arabs living here are more fortunate -- It's easy to just point a dish toward one of the satellites which serve the domestic markets as far away as Turkey and the Middle East.)

There are European-ized versions of some news networks (e.g. CNN and NBC News) which have local items and British commercials slotted into place.     It's even possible to see ABC's "60 Minutes" on one of the major broadcast networks here late at night.

Many U.S. shows can be found on the various stations here, although some -- both old and new -- have never seen the light of day on this side of the Atlantic.

Here you go:   http://www.hgtv.com/

Looks just like UK Style, or Discovery Home & Leisure.

Thanks everyone for trying to make me feel better!  We will be there in a couple of weeks, so I will check out the programs. As long as there is something comparable to HGTV, maybe I can make it work. Funny how you get used to certain things!

American sports can be seen on the NASN channel......It is a additional £14.99 a month on top of your normal sky subscription......and...you have to sign a one year contract....but it shows baseball..football...and all the major sports...also.college football...