Brits in Crete Greek island experiences.

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29th February 2012 at 9:37 pm #37930
internetmalia
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it seems filmon.com now gives free UK channels for free. HD you have to pay for.

i do not work for them but i do work on the net. I hope my my info is of help
1st March 2012 at 4:43 am #38303
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nice one thanks
1st March 2012 at 7:26 am #38577
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Thanks , great stuff, wish I would have checked last night , lost ITV due to the weather for the second half of the England game
7th March 2012 at 5:55 pm #38790
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Unless I am doing something wrong this isn’t free is is 14.95 a month for a package. Good value, but not free.
7th March 2012 at 6:24 pm #38963
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For those of us relying on Sky, can anyone explain why Channel 4 and More 4 appear to have gone in the last few days? The weather appears to be settled now but still no signal????? :(
7th March 2012 at 7:33 pm #39090
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Pickle , HD you pay for , SD is free, make sure you press the SD button ,
gem , I think you will find that as summer arrives the sat moves so we lose the picture
7th March 2012 at 7:44 pm #39200
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Ta but we have Sky plus so it’s on SD anyway……We haven’t had problems in previous years with same box etc…
8th March 2012 at 2:23 pm #39293
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It works, you are right, thanks will enjoy it now.
15th March 2012 at 5:32 pm #39373
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Tried Filmon last night for the Chelsea game and it worked brilliant, well done, great site as long as you stick to SD, then no charge
21st March 2012 at 5:23 pm #39444
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Tried BBC1, then BBC2. All I got was a whirling logo thingy. Bit boring really.

Do I need to have a VPN server connected, or should it just work through my Greek ISP? Or do you have to actually join up for it to work?

Andrew
22nd March 2012 at 10:15 am #39505
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Filmon has had to take off the UK channels due to pending court action . been told it will be back on very soon
22nd March 2012 at 12:30 pm #39560
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There’s a surprise. Thought it was too good to be true.

Andrew
22nd March 2012 at 12:33 pm #39606
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All working now, watching Bargain Hunt
24th March 2012 at 7:26 am #39649
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just checked filmon , UK channels still down , how did you watch bargain hunt ? on filmon ? or on sky
24th March 2012 at 7:48 am #39691
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09:48 Watching BBC1 breakfast show live on filmom!!!!!!!
24th March 2012 at 11:18 am #39730
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does it do iplayer?
24th March 2012 at 3:09 pm #39764
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ammoudara, I take it you are in the UK or are using a VPN . just did a simple check whilst on the phone to my son in the UK , I fired up filmon, same time as him , no UK channels for me , all of them for him
25th March 2012 at 2:04 am #39795
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Seems fine for me. bbc1 2 itv c4 c5 etc. I am not on a vpn and no, no iplayer, so you must be doing something wrong.
25th March 2012 at 6:02 am #39826
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To the Bigbluecheese:-

I live in Crete, I am not using VPN, i do not have Sky**, and AGAIN, I am able NOW, to watch BBC1 in SD which is perfectly clear and with no buffering, on my standard OTE line. Believe what I say as this is my third response.
** just for info…..not having Sky, I will still be able to watch the F1 today, uninterrupted and LIVE on satellite, albeit with an arabic commentary.
25th March 2012 at 6:41 am #39853
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Well, at least two of us cannot get it to work, so it seems pretty flaky to me. Is there a magic word or something?

Let’s get serious for a minute. It has been confirmed that you do not need a VPN. But no-one answered my previous question. Do you need to join up or register?

If the answer to that is no, then there is presumably some problem with OS compatibility or ISP or something else.

Ammoudara, no-one is disputing that it works for you. It does NOT work for us.

I don’t think there is anything that Blue Cheese or myself can be doing wrong. Unless the process is deliberately obscure. I’m clicking on UK channels, choosing one, then selecting SD. What else is there?

Thoughts anyone?

Andrew
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