Satelite channels available

Thinking of buying a satelite dish. What channels can I expect to receive. At present I have the basic NTL package for the Dublin area.

Also can I deselect channels that I feel inappropriate for a younger audience ?

Are you intending to subscribe to $ky televsion or got with a Free-to-Air (FTA) system?

FTA system, I hope.

FTA is great if you have eclectic international tastes, as I do.

Forget it if you expect recent movies or premiership football.

I have a FTA system (motorised) and mainly use Hotbird1-6, Astra 2 and AtlanticBird3.

Have a look at www.lyngsat.com to get lists of channels that are FTA.

For English-language only, there would be $ky News, BBC1-4, BBC News 24, BBC World, all ITV regions, after that very many shopping and 'God' channels.

If you've a foreign language, it's great for, for example 'ARTE' is just brilliant.

It's effectively impossible to get RTE, other $ky channels and Channel 4 on a FTA system. You could use the same dish but you'd need a $ky box and sub.