Get them a secondhand digibox (about 50 - 60 euros), a secondhand dish (30 - 40 euros with LNB), spend an hour or two pointing the dish at the sky at Astra 2 (a satellite tuning meter could also be handy -about 20 euros) and you will be able to get them FREE! BBC1,2,3 and 4; ITV1,2,3 and 4. BBC News, SkyNews (and other free channels as wel). You can buy Sky freeview cards in the UK. Strictly speaking you need a UK address. This card will get you Ch4, Five and Sky3. there is a satellite forum on boards.ie that can give you more info on how to point the dish etc. and there's also a "For sale" forum where you might pick up the necessary bits and pieces.