Can I possibly recieve Foxtel in NZ?

[Bokke]

Hi, I'm just wondering, can Foxtel be recieved in NZ? Becuase I know the satellite does transmit beams to NZ, but Foxtel is on the Australian beam. I'm just wondering if it can be done, and what size of dish am I looking at here.

[Seymour Butts]

I've heard rumors of people on card sharing networks getting signal up and down the west coast but I have family in the Bay of Plenty who claim to have tried with negative results.
Having said that I tend to think that in the case of the BOP trials it was dish size that was the limiting factor, a descent sized dish, up high, I think a location above 300mtrs should surfice, and reception shouldn't be a problem.
I suggested that my family put a portable dish on the side of Mt Maunganui and point it at skippy land, but they didn't want to lash out on a bigger dish

About all I can suggest mate, is get yourself up high on the West Coast with about a 1 to 1.5 dish and a dream - if you get Al Jazerra then you'll get the lot.

[OSIRUS]

Since the Optus D3 satellite went up, a few Foxtel channels have moved from C1 to D3, & some New Foxtel Channels are now on D3 too,

I have heard that the Australian channels on D3 cannot be picked up in NZ ?

So if you had a Foxtel card in NZ you might only get the Foxtel channels on C1 if you can receive them ok,

Good Luck

[Mysterex]

and what size of dish am I looking at here

the Warkworth Satellite Station used to receive all Australian beams from C1 on its old (30 metre) dish before they knocked it down and replaced it with a smaller lighter dish (12 metres i think)

I think Far North Cablevision used to have a big dish pointing to C1 as well

try a 4 metre solid dish and work your way up

[Keepleft]

A rather pointless excersize now particularly in relation to the new D3 lot.