well there are some stations overseas that pay for feeds and then broadcast them FTA...we may get lucky and find this with Australian racing...it is very possible..

AS an aside, here in NZ you would probably be amazed at which races we get live from Australia...Port Lincoln is just one example...sure we dont get every race..but we might get 3 from there on a weekday meet....only the ones in OZ that fit in in between our NZ racing, incl greyhounds, and trots. Now if Only Australia had what we have on FTA..a dedicated racing channel...its pretty awesome really..its just that I dont like NZ racing LOL


These races come mainly from Sky oz ( I think) and probably also TVN and via sky NZ and then FTA on our national racing Tv channel.. not sure exactly..but we do get Sky OZ pre race comments at times...yep I know its pretty good to have a national FTA racing channel..all we need now is to have every metro OZ race..esp Saturdays...but that will never happen.

What I am getting to here that there is a very real possibility that an American channel is getting better Australian racing coverage than you are..or perhaps your Indonesian neighbours, Or Norfolk Island...you get the drift...If you can found out who and where and how, then a 1 m dish or slightly larger, and a receiver (either a box or PC card) may be all you need.


Mad, there are some websites that give the rundown on what is avail to receive..its not really rocket science..we just have to ascertain which channels at which times can give us what we are looking 4. I am yet to find an article on this subject from a horse racing perspective...somebody somewhere must have been down this road...


This may be all possible without resorting to getting a card copied illegally..There are cards out there that supposedly can take pay Sky etc..but it is an arena I do not wish to enter.

I have seriously thought of subscribing to TVN from here in NZ, but dont know itrf its possible, and also if its worthwile... I do know that Sky offers expats a service at special rates..but I dont know if that is Sky Oz, NZ, Uk or what lol


http://www.micronica.com.au/catalog/satellite/


http://www.hooktech.co.nz/ a nz site but it does have a great list of world stations and which band they are on...gives a comprehensive list of OZ channels..



Well that is something to chew on...i look fwd to anything anyone can come up with.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aragorn/satellit.htm