Daupechio48 No, there are no Swiss providers for ABC, not CBS, for CNN yes (e.g. Swisscom). ABC news and CBS news

is available online and there are also a few apps that do this. But among the main channels I haven’t found anything that works without a subscription or VPN.

CBS News - Breaking news, 24/7 live streaming news & top stories

ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos (go.com)

But there is the offshoot channel CBS reality on Swisscom, which is broadcast from the UK, where Judge Judy runs almost all day in different seasons 😀

The channel is included in the following Swisscom subscriptions:

Unfortunately, “The price is right” is only available in the British version (old episodes) “Bruce’s price is right”, on the channel “Challenge”, which is available in the same subscriptions.

It cannot be received via satellite in Europe and is not interesting for local providers via the Internet because it is not freely accessible or not of acceptable quality.

Hi @Gaeilgeoir

Wow, thank you so much for your input, I’ll check this out tonight and maybe a new community has just been made happy with this post!! Great news.

Thank you very much.

While we’re at it, two US channels have now been added to Hotbird 13° East:

• One America News Network “OAN”
• Triton Poker Series

One America News Network would fit well with Fox News 😉

The US news channel “One America News” is also known as “OAN”. OAN was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California. One America News also maintains offices in Washington D.C. and New York. The channel offers US and international news from politics, business and the entertainment business. One America News is known for its conservative viewpoint and is often cited as one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters. This is obvious just by looking at the reports on the presidential campaign.

Hi @Daupechio48 I just wrote it in the channel name thread, CBS Reality is now called “True Crime”, the old name is still in the channel list, but True Crime is shown as the channel logo, not that you’re surprised.

Judge Judy is also available on TLC in German, with the original in the background. If it’s not the best, then the original is better.

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roman70 wrote:

Cannot be received via satellite in Europe and is not interesting for local providers via the Internet because it is not freely accessible or not of acceptable quality.

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The following 4 transponders can be received in Switzerland:

The problem is that the program is encrypted.
For Hotbird, for example, Swisscom would need a decoder card from Sky Italia
For Astra 3B and 3C, Swisscom would need a decoder card from mts

Are the providers willing to provide Swisscom with a decoder card? SKY Italia in particular is said to be not very cooperative. The Italian language package is rather poor.

Even. These are European satellites. The American ones don’t come in here because the earth is round and not flat.

And yes. Very isolated encrypted ones on the European satellites. There isn’t much and it’s certainly not attractive for Swisscom to pay for something encrypted, if at all possible.

Oh, yes, you can’t get the satellites with footprint USA in Europe. But FOX News is also encrypted on the US satellites. The only satellite where Fox News currently runs unencrypted is Intelsat 34 at 55.5° West. However, in Switzerland a bowl size of certainly 120 cm is required. Without reserve for bad weather. At least 1.50m is probably necessary so that something can get in even when it rains.

I thought I once heard that Swisscom has restrictions on how big the dishes can be. I thought it was over at 1 meter.

I think Swisscom isn’t just buying the license from Fox News just because a “couple” of people want it.

@Daupechio48 Well, Swisscom has the “license”, the channel is available in Premium Blue IT, and those who have the old Top + packages still have the channel (me, for example). Unfortunately, it also affects the channel “English Club TV”, I also don’t understand why it’s only on Blue Premium It, that’s an excellent channel for learning the English language, that would be good for some people in French-speaking Switzerland or German-speaking Switzerland 😀 .