How Can I Watch BBC World Service In US?
Availability Satellite Cyfra+ Channel 84 or 624 Cyfrowy Polsat Channel 85 Hot Bird 6 12597 V / 27500 / 3/4 Hot Bird 7A 11334 H / 27500 / 2/3 & 11432 V / 27500 / 2/3 Astra 1KR 11597 V / 22000 / 5/6 Thor 2 11325 H / 24500 / 7/8 Starchoice Channel 501 Astro Channel 93 Tata Sky Channel 536 Cable Cablevision (New York City only) Channel 104 NTL Ireland digital Channel 206 StarHub digital (Singapore) Channel 13 Rogers Cable Canada Channel 194 Since its inception in 1995, the BBC sought carriage for the channel on US cable and satellite systems. Due to Americans’ perceived lack of interest in international news, it took 11 years for a US distribution deal to be signed, a deal with Discovery Communications that was announced on 25 January 2006. As of September 2006, only Cablevision in the New York City metropolitan area has agreed to retransmit the channel (commercial free) and is broadcast on channel 104 for digital subscribers. Ironically, Cablevision, however, does not carry BBC America, w
