If you are only interested in the UK free to air channels then you can source all the equipment locally. Germany is much cheaper for the gear than here. You need a dish bigger than the Sky mini dish as you are at the outer end of the transmission range. An 80cm dish or larger would do. Any digital satellite receivers will broadcast BBC1, BBC2 & ITV, tell your folks to go to the local Media Markt or Saturn, they are probably the best/cheapest places. They often have offers on. You just need to install the dish and point it in the right direction.