Cheers again for the website, moving to Warsaw in april and was thinking the same thing, definately interested in the proxy, by the way if I bring my new tv over will I be able to get Polish TV, sorry if thats a ridiculous question1

thanks

Shane

Im just about to make the move over to Poland (march 16th this year) and i have found your site so helpful already, especially the sections on motoring!! Im not a nervous driver by any standard in fact love driving but those poles are crazy!!
anyway i digress, yes i am interested in the UK proxy, it would be so useful for not just tv, so please count me in, and thanks again for a very useful and informative site.

Harry

Thanks a lot for that info back. I don’t know how many we would need – at least 10 – 20 I guess in order to get a group discount. If a few people mention they are interested I will ring for a quote.

Thanks.

Ben

How many people would it take to make the VPN/Proxy solution happen at a reasonable cost?

Coming from the opposite side of the problem, I’ve recently had to research ways to get Polish television in the UK. Here’s my take so far…

== Satellite ==

If you can, install a dish and point it at 13 degrees east (the main Hotbird satellite) to pick up the free-to-air Polish channels. You’ll need a dish of at around 80cm to get a decent signal through bad weather.

For better channels – If you have someone with a Polish address who trusts you, you should also be able to set up a Polsat/Cyfra subscription, and once you’ve shipped the receiver box and decryption card to the UK you can get the premium channels.

Unfortunately, this option is closed off to me as I’m in a rented property and can’t drill the walls to install a dish.

== On the Internet ==

There are a number of websites that offer Polish language TV: usually via a client program. I haven’t found anything reliable that streams through a web browser yet.

We’re currently trying a service called IPLA – http://www.ipla.pl – and so far so good. It allows access to a large library of Polish programs by individual episode, as well as some live news and sports channels.

My wife is currently hooked on ‘Tylko milość’. It doesn’t have many of the popular series, but will tide over a homesick Pole for a while. The IPLA client also installs on multiple computers with the same login, which is ideal as she can still watch TV on her laptop when I’m working in the office.

It cost around 15 PLN to get the VIP version, which opens up a few channels as well as the live Polsat news.

It’s worth noting that you cannot play the movies and some channels as they are only available in Poland; those tech-savvy enough to set up a VPN may be able to get around this.