Sky Sports, BBC One, ITV, TNT Sports and every UK channel — streaming to 760,000 British expats across Spain. No satellite dish. No signal problems. Just plug in and watch the match.
Since 2014, the Astra 2 satellite has progressively narrowed its beam footprint. The signal that once reached Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, and the Balearics reliably now only delivers a consistent picture to the UK and parts of northern France. Even a 1.8 metre dish in Alicante or Torrevieja will lose the BBC during overcast weather. This is not a fault with your dish — it is a permanent change to the satellite's broadcast pattern.
You moved to Torrevieja for the sun, the cost of living, and the slower pace of life. You didn't move to lose your right to watch the match on Sky Sports, the Saturday EastEnders omnibus, or the Sunday Countryfile. Yet that's exactly what the Astra beam change has taken from hundreds of thousands of British expats who relied on a satellite dish for their UK television fix.
The community solutions vary. Some have bought bigger dishes — 1.8 metres, even 2.4 metres — and still lose signal in storms. Others pay Spanish cable companies that don't carry UK channels. Some use public VPNs and fight with iPlayer's geo-detection. None of these solutions work reliably in 2026.
IPTV over your existing Spanish broadband is now the only future-proof solution for UK television in Spain. Your internet connection — whether it's a Movistar 600 Mbps fibre line in an Alicante apartment or a rural Vodafone connection in a Murcia finca — is already more than capable of delivering every UK channel in 4K. The infrastructure exists. You just need the right service on top of it.
Zilio routes all UK channel streams through Cloudflare edge nodes in Madrid and Barcelona. The traffic travels the shortest possible path within Spain, then connects directly to UK broadcast servers. There is no satellite signal to lose in a storm. There is no dish to aim. There is no engineer appointment to book. You plug a Fire Stick into your TV, enter three credentials, and Sky Sports is running in ten minutes. Your neighbours in Torrevieja are already watching this way.
Every major UK channel included. Full UK EPG guide with British programme times (not Spanish time). Catch-up and VOD where available.
Your broadband in Spain is already faster than a satellite dish. A Movistar 600 Mbps connection can carry every Sky Sports channel simultaneously. Zilio connects to that broadband through Cloudflare edge nodes in Madrid and Barcelona — routing UK streams via the shortest possible path within Spain.
No satellite dish. No storm signal problems. Just your existing broadband and a £43-a-year subscription. Watched by British expats across Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol, and the Balearics.