Can I receive British Eurosport for free?
No.
British Eurosport is part of the Sky "News & Events Pack" (from £16.50 per month), the Virgin Media "L" package (from £9 a month).
There are no plans to add this channel to Freeview.
Eurosport is offers the following flavours:
Eurosport (German/English), FREE ANALOGUE, Astra 1C #4
- Eurosport (German), FREE ANALOGUE, Astra 1H, #77
- Eurosport (German), FREE DIGITAL, Astra 1M, #91
- British Eurosport, Sky Digital package, Astra 2A #8
- Eurosport (Spanish), Digital+ package, Astra 1E #26 and #46
Eurosport (Czech/Hungarian),UPC Direct, Astra 1G #79
- Eurosport (Polish), Digital Pay, Astra 1G
- Eurosport (Dutch, English), Canal+NL, Astra 1H #97
- Eurosport France (French), Canal Satellite Pay, Astra 1E #76
- Eurosport News (Spanish), Digital+ Pay, Astra 1E #60
- Eurosport News (English), Sky Digital, Astra 2D #55
- Eurosport News (English), UPC Direct, Astra 1G #95
- Eurosport News (Spanish), FREE ANALOGUE, Astra 1E #26
However, your Sky Digital box cannot receive analogue reception and has no support for dual dish (or dual LNB) configuration, and you cannot subscribe to the digital packages from the UK.
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g long: The analogue service has been discontinued. David GoughSaturday 29 January 2011 7:11AM
why is it that those of us who only get freeview channels,never get any notice of channel changes,i like my si,fi on channel one,is there any on challenge?ChrisSaturday 29 January 2011 8:02PM
Channel one's closure was announced months ago. Challenge only shows classic game shows, so no sci-fi. GeoffSunday 30 January 2011 3:57PM
Am still picking analogue Eurosport up with English commentry, found it on a channel called Pheonix.andrew forrestWednesday 2 February 2011 12:10PM
Ellesmere Port is challenge going on freesatLawrenceWednesday 9 February 2011 9:56PM
I have a sky subscription and when I go to eurosport2 I have eurosport2 UK.
I want to try to receive british eurosport, does anyone knonw what need be done if at all anything?
Eurosport International is still (live) and available in German or English switchable)languages via the old Astra 19E alalogue satellite channel 4. I was watching the snooker on it today (18 Feb 2011). M Wilson: Yes, it does say that at the top of the page. GemSunday 27 February 2011 5:45AM
You can watch it on the internet.Maria GraziaThursday 3 March 2011 10:14AM
How and where can I find Eurosport for free on internet????Maria Grazia: I don't think you can. HUGH THOMASThursday 17 March 2011 8:43PM
I have freesat tv in France, but would dearly like British Eurosport 1 & 2. Am prepared to pay for it - is there any way? HUGH THOMAS: Subscribe to Sky? steveSaturday 26 March 2011 9:01AM
we will be moving to france in a few weeks will i be able to watch british eurosport via the internet? i don`t mind paying if the streaming is good etc.steve: No, you can't watch British Eurosport via the internet. deanFriday 6 May 2011 3:03PM
We have just moved from wales where we had virgin media XL tv package now we have settled in shropshire where there is no virgin tv.
So we decided to go with sky with the variety and knowledge pack i see there is no eurosport 1+2 how can i view these on sky without paying for sky sports there is to much football on these for my liking thanks.BrianpjSaturday 28 May 2011 8:31AM
Is anyone else having trouble with Eurosport International on the old analogue Astra 19E satellite. I have not been able to get a signal for several days. Is this the final end of free eurosport in UK.Brianpj: The service is still listed, and there are still free-to-air digital versions of Eurosport on 19.2E. BrianpjSaturday 28 May 2011 10:28AM
Thanks for that. I have just bought a digital receiver on Ebay (Silvercrest sl65) in the belief that it will get the signals you mention. I am living in hope that it will just replace my 22 year old Amstrad SRX100 receiver and work like a dream !!! Some Hopes! BrianpjMonday 30 May 2011 11:57AM
Eurosport International Analogue on the Astra 19E seems to be back again from first thing this morning, after several days away. Maybe it was just a local atmospheric thing here in Sunny West LondonPeter WhiteSaturday 4 June 2011 5:40PM
Eurosport International is available from Astra 1 in English. Rumours that it has been dropped are incorrect. I suspect that for as long as the UK has a large military presence in Germany this service will continue. I even wonder whether the English language feed might be moved to the digital stream sometime in the future. I get perfect reception in Surrey and hope to get the same analogue Eurosport signal in the French Alps next winter. The signal should be even stronger than here in the UK.DenSunday 3 July 2011 10:41AM
I would like to have Eurosport for the winter sking as sky is very poor and German or Swiss or Austrian always have the sking on. Can anyone please helpBrianpjSunday 3 July 2011 12:21PM
The info at the top of this page with regard to Astra 19E seems correct. Having recently upgraded to digital from analogue, I now get German Eurosport free on Digital at frequency 12226H. You can as per discussions above still get the analogue signal with English Audio, but according to Astra websites this will stop next April.PheenixTuesday 23 August 2011 5:56PM
Hi I have a freeview box that needed a sky card and I have a sat dish etc.I have a sky card but it was not activated. Does anyone know if it is still usable and how would I get it activated please?Pheenix: You can't put a Sky card in anything other than a Sky box. MichaelThursday 25 August 2011 11:08AM
Could everyone get together and make an online petition to get something done about these prices that BskyB are charging?
Also something needs to be done about channels that do not belong to BskyB being encrypted.
OFCOM make out that all of this is not within their remit and that Sky can charge what they want?
MichaelFriday 26 August 2011 12:08PM
Hi Brian,
Do you mean for me to create the Petition?
Michael: It would be a good way of making the point you describe. In addition, there is a new Broadcasting Act in the pipeline, so now is the time to draw attention to rules that require changing. MichaelSaturday 27 August 2011 3:50PM
Should my points focus on Skies Prices and also the fact that many of these english language channels are encrypted by Sky and paid for in advertising revenues? Should the aim of the petition be that it is fair of Sky to charge for the movie channels, Live Sports and Box Office, but all other channels should be free to view, especially those that are not owned by Sky, Like UKTV, TCM, E! etc
MichaelSaturday 27 August 2011 3:51PM
also that OFCOM are failing to address these issues.
Mike DimmickSaturday 27 August 2011 6:44PM
Michael: It's your petition, you decide what's in it.
Ofcom was designed to be a soft touch. They can regulate content, they can regulate terrestrial transmission, but they can't actually regulate satellite transmission.
Most of the channels *choose* to be part of the Sky subscription packages. They receive some revenue from doing so. We're really concerned with those 'free-to-view' channels on fSfS but not on Freesat ( 
Compare Freesat and Freesat-from-Sky TV | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice ).
Many channels would find it more expensive to broadcast free-to-air, because there is only - currently - room for them on the Europe-wide beams, not the UK-only beam on Astra 2D. Their suppliers would want to charge more for content.
However, Sky are hogging several transponders on 2D that could be used for FTA services without incurring extra costs.
I think the proper venue is to suggest that the Competition Commission investigate Sky for exercising significant market power. It should perhaps be more like broadband over a BT line, or electricity or gas supply, where subscription providers make deals with channel providers to provide the channels to the public at the lowest cost to the consumer/highest revenue to the channel, and the infrastructure is either in a separate company (equivalent to National Grid/Transco) or a tightly-regulated separate division (like Openreach, an arm's-length part of BT). DONALD KIRKBRIDEMonday 29 August 2011 8:47PM
Ive just been given a sky reciever box by my neighbour and by luck more than anything else found someone locally on gumtree website giving away a brand new sky dish with four connection lnb arm
i know i have to pay sky £25 for a card to see c4+ e4 more 4 is it possible to keep my freeview box in line along with the sky box thereby saving me having to buy a £25 card immediately or do i have no option but to buy one
set up at present is freeview box dvd player and vcr will i have to buy a scart box with the extra sockets and two more scart leads? the tv only has two scart sockets on it vcr has two scart sockets as does the freeview box
also can i tune in extra itv regions so am not stuck with stv north as they dont show tv programmes other regions show due to refusing to pay itv for these programmes a classic example being the most recent miss marple episodes with julia mckenzie as miss marpleDONALD KIRKBRIDE: No, unfortunately you can't get British Eurosprt for free. It's part of SKY's subscription packages, and although it used to be totally free in the old analogue days, I'm afraid those days are long gone! BarbaraWednesday 7 September 2011 11:33AM
Was receiving German Eurosport on Channel 27 Astra 19.2 East analogue up until yesterday. Reception had been patchy over the last couple of days but I put this down to the high winds blowing the dish about. However this morning I get nothing despite trying to realign the dish - just blue screen and noise. Any clues?? BillyFriday 30 September 2011 7:05PM
Yes, in German, last I know of, 13 East I think, Sky is on 28 East etc.
Hope that helps.
So why do I not bother with it.
No offense to Germans, strong toned language for me, well to me, so I did not take to it, okay if desperate, meaning you must watch Andy Murray play at all costs etc, or so into the women on the, on the, what's it called now, forget, lp, no, pta, no, wta, I think, lol, anyway, also other menthods.
If have big enough dish, sometimes can get free feeds and also often if it involves Murray, BBC interactive channels will have it on.
Sky sports 1 and 2 through Top UP TV on freeview and so on.
Oh hang on then, things I do, lol, I'll check the satellite one now:
Drat, sure it was 13 East, likely it may have gone now.
Personally, to me bit like ESPN, unless into Tennis big time and football and often I can take it or leave it, more a Golf man these days, they do not interest me.
BillyFriday 30 September 2011 7:07PM
Scarp the above, yes on 19 East, lol, duh, no wonder not find it then, cause encrypted on 13 East.
DONALD KIRKBRIDESaturday 8 October 2011 3:51PM
i never asked about eurosport in my question my question was can i keep my freeview box in line so that i dont have to pay £25 to sky for c4 and c5 and would i have to buy a scart box and two scart leads in order to keep the freeview box inlinejb38Saturday 8 October 2011 7:09PM
DONALD KIRKBRIDE: Taking it that you "might" be meaning Freesat and not Freeview (through normal aerial) then yes, as if the dish has a quad block you can use one (or two if used with a PVR) of its outputs for Freesat, and the other for the Sky box, as all four outputs are independent of each other.
As far as the TV is concerned, just purchase a two or three way scart switcher box, plug its common lead into the TV scart, then connect the Freesat box into one of its input sockets and the DVD player into the other, these being selected as required via the push buttons on the scart box.
By the way if it is a Freesat box that you have, then you can get the STV programmes you want to view simply by entering a post code chosen from a phone book that covers the area you want to receive, look at a companies address in the area as these are plentiful.
If though you do have a Freeview box, then nothing said applies except for the scart box.Phil McCavityWednesday 12 October 2011 9:52PM
Check the web, uyou wil find ALL Sky & Eurosport for free. Pay for nowt!BruceThursday 27 October 2011 7:41PM
Hi,
I'm trying to find Eurosport for my grandparents, as the channel is showing a lot of their favourite sport which is snooker. However I do not want to pay for a sky subscription for them as it would be the only channel they would watch.
They currently have a non-subscription Sky digibox and switchovered freeview.
Thanks in advance for any helpClive DuPortSaturday 19 November 2011 2:14PM
Hi Briantist,
I use Les Touillets transmitter in Guernsey which you listed as having ITV1+1 & ITV2 available. My TV lists these channels in its lineup but when selected I just get, "No signal". Why? All the other channels are fine.BarrySunday 20 November 2011 12:46PM
Hi, I have a sky subscription and would like freesat in another room. If I connect from the dish to a freesat box could I use a non digital TV with it or do I need a new TV as well?markWednesday 30 November 2011 12:36PM
I have an analogue (original sky) system and have watched eurosport since inception (twice!!), now i can't get it (channel #4), must i now presume it's gone? should i have a wake, after all these years?Eric BrightwellTuesday 6 December 2011 6:00PM
Marlow To put the record straight - you can still (at 6 December 2011) receive Eurosport (the proper international version) Free to Air in English on analogue satellite at 19E 1509 MHz. This channel is mainly intended for the German audience, but English audio is also available by setting the audio to stereo 7.02 MHz. The German audio is on the "Radio" audio setting on my Strong 1500 receiver.
Check tracksat.com and search for "Eurosport" and you will see all of the digital channels, and just one analogue channel (in brown). This does not show that there is English audio available, but there definitely is!!! If you check Wikipedia this does show "(analogue, German and English)" on the right hand side. If you have the channel in German edit the channel settings and as you go down the audio options the audio will change from German to English to give you a clue of which one to select.
In addition, it is against EU law to discriminate between satellite viewers in different EU countries, so you can now legally buy any EU decoder card subscription on the same terms as the EU locals - thanks to the pub landlady who fought Sky in the Courts and won!! I don't know which one is the best value as I still watch in analogue. When my Sony packs up and I get an HD television I will let you know! nnailsFriday 16 December 2011 10:30AM
I know this free tv forum. But i have just paid £25 and i can watch eurosport on computer all year. Seems like a good deal to me compared with sky. 
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