Satellite options in Turkey

Satellite options in Turkey

As a company who manages over 100 properties in the Bodrum region, we need to ensure our clients have the best selection of TV channels for for when they and their guests visit their villa or apartment in Turkey.

I have touched on this subject before, but I thought it time for an update. Basically our recommendation is to use two dishes. One receiving signals from Turksat and one from Astra.

ASTRA - List of English speaking channels


BBC Work (news)
Bloomsberg (news)
Euronews (news)
CNN Int (news)
CNBC Europe (news)
Al Jazeera Eng (news)
CCTV (Docs)
CCTV (news)
France 24 ENG (news)
NHK World (docs/news)
Russia Today (news)




Turksat - List of List of English speaking channels


Minika Go (children)
Cartoon network (children)
CNBC-E (Eng & Turkish)
E2
Al Jazeera (news)
Genc TV (music)
MTV Turkiye (mixed)
NHK (news)
TNT (Turksih and English)
Hits TV (music)

2011 TV stand range - part of a furniture pack or supply only Bodrum

The latest range of TV tables / stands for plamsa and LCD screens have just arrived. From hinged wall mountings, quality stands made from aluminium and toughened glass, to contemporary designs for your holiday apartment or villa in Bodrum or the surrounding area

These Glass TV Stands are modern, stylish and will bring any living room uptodate in an instant. The glass on all of the TV stands is incredibly strong and designed to hold your TV easily. All you have to worry about is how good your TV and room will look with one of these glass TV stands.

This product is ideally suited for resorts such as Horizon Sky, Royal Heights, Gulluk, Flamingo Country Club, Turquoise Homes, Tuzla Lake and many others.

Which Satellite system for English Channels in Turkey

I have written something concerning satellite TV in Turkey before. Having seen many of the options available and as a native English speaker have not been impressed, I continued my quest to find the best satellite system for the English speaker.

Forget Turksat, D-Smart, Hotbird, or Nile Sat. Turn to Thor.

This is the list of channels that can be received with one satellite dish directed at the Thor satellite.

Discovery World

Discovery Science

Discovery T & L

Nat Geo

Nat Geo Wild

Animal Planet

History

Investigation Discovery

Travel

CNN

Poker Channel

Cartoon Network

Cine Star

Movies 24

Disney XD

HBO Adria

Reality CE

BBC World

Nova Sprt

Explorer

HBO CE

Reality TV

TV 1000

Hallmark

STV 1

Disney Channel

Eurosport

HBO Comedy Adria

Pro Cinema

DDTV

AXN Crime

AXN Sci Fi

Private Spice

Various music channels

At IdealWorld, we can organise a satellite engineer to visit your holiday home to receive Thor in the Bodrum, Milas, Tuzla, Guvercinlik, Dorteppe area.

This is a non subscription service.

With an extra dish aimed at the Astra Satellite, the channels above can be increased, including many more film and sports channels.
For prices starting at 470TL, please contact us for more information concerning installing a satellite system in the Bodrum area of Turkey with the most amount of English channels available without the need for a 4 metre dish.

As an extra note. Most people are used to the Sky system in the UK. This is updated via the phone line and is a subscription service. Suscription satellite in Turkey include Turksat and DSmart which are obviously Turkish.

The Thor satellite system is British, with eastern European and Scandinavian channels included. Using one dish, a good number of English channels are available. For a more comprehensive choice of English channels, the second dish needs to be installed. This dish accesses the codes required for the passwords for the system as no subscription is available here.

Although we have found this to be the most effective system, itis not full proof, and the channels can alter on occasion. This needs to be taken into account before having the system installed.

Full list of channels to appear soon.

Satellite in the Bodrum area Turkey

So you want a satellite system for you property / home near Bodrum in Turkey. What are the options available?

• DSmart
• DigiTurk
• Decoder box
• Sky

The  Dsmart system has been the best in my opinion as it has an array of  channels not normally Free to view included in the standard connection. This however has changed, and apparently (if my Turkish serves me right) any system installed before September 2010 will continue to receive the channels from the Turksat satellite.

Now DSmart will cost a nominal fee of about 70TL per year instead of being free once you buy the box.What they charge next year, who knows.

DigiTurk Starting at 25TL per month with a good array of English speaking channels is a good bet if you live in Turkey but more most are willing to pay for a property available for rental.

You can buy a decoder in most electrical shops which can be tuned into any satellite, but the 4 available in Turkey that I am aware of with a standard sized dish are TurkSat, Hotbird and Thor and NileSat. You can buy a decoder for about 80TL then you have installation costs and the dish. For a complete set up with over 1000 channels (maybe 25 English speaking) 500TL would suffice.


There is an option to receive Sky in Turkey. Apparently north of Izmir a 1.5 metre dish is sufficient, but when you get to Bodrum or lower South a 3 metre plus is required. So receiving Sky in Bodrum, Akbuk, Dalaman is an option but it could set you back a few thousand Turkish Lira at least.


At IdealWorld Turkey, we can help with your satellite requirements in the Bodrum area. Please get in contact with us.