Watch your native ( foreign language ) TV programs in China? 　

Believe it or not, China has thousands of TV stations, national / provincial and local. While Beijing local cable TV network offers around 60 channels, with over 10 CCTV channels, one “Satellite TV Station” from each province and some Beijing local channels like BTV-Beijing TV Stations. Nationally only two channels are broadcasted in English: CCTV-4 and CCTV-9. There are no international channels in this cable TV package ( in fact it’s the only package available). Subscription to all these channels costs RMB216 a year. Some good hotels and apartment buildings offer their residences int’l channels via independent dish systems, most likely the channels are HBO Asia, Star Movies, CNN, BBC World, DW-TV, NHK, TV5, Star Sports, ESPN, maybe more channels like AXN and NGC. It’s different from place to place. You can ask the property owner or your agent what channels are you going to have and how much you should pay before you move in. While some serials and latest Hollywood movies DVD are available everywhere in the city. I do find some latest serials from NBC or CBS like Sex and the City, CSI, 24, Everybody Loves Raymond…It requires some experiences and luck to find good quality ones, though. If you still prefer to watch some “real/live” int’l TV channels, personal dish seems to be a practical option. Satellite TV has exploded in popularity in the last few years. Gone are the days when satellite TV meant installing a huge expensive dish on the rooftop. Instead, drive through any neighborhood and you're likely to see small gray dishes clinging to rooftops or balconies pointed to the sky, ranging from 0.45m in diameter to 1.5m in diameter. While most of the dishes are around 0.55m in diameter, depending on which way it’s facing. To install a personal satellite dish seems to be a good idea if you are interested in installing in beijing,tianjing and shanghai of china ,we can offer all services including satellite tv reception and satellite tv installation service in china.
1. You are not living in a building with some existing int’l TV channels while you still prefer them.
2. You want more int’l TV channels/options.
3. You want better picture and sound quality over cable.

The popular satellite TV packages in China

We offer different packages for Expats to choose based on your preference, budget, language spoken etc. There are several commercial satellite TV broadcasting companies who have signal coverage in China. While the most popular one at the moment seems likely to be as fellows,

Dream Satellite TV Package from the Philippines. This system requires a 0.45m / 0.55m in diameter dish to get a strong signal reception. Channels offered:  CNN, ESPN,  BBC World, NGC, Animal planet, AXN and AXN Beyond, Star Movies, Diva Universial Movies, Star World, NGC, HBO , 2nd Avenue, MTV Phil and Red Movies,  Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Animax, Star Sports, Living Asia,A well-mixed channel list of news, movies, sports and entertainments channels, as well as channels for children.

CBTV Family Package from China seems to be another good option from us. Channel list:

CNN International Asia Pacific,HBO Asia,Cinemax Asia,CNBC Asia Pacific,ESPN Asia,National Geographic Channel Asia, Star Movies

International,AXN East Asia 2,Discovery Channel China,Diva Universal Asia,BBC World News,NHK World Premium,RT English,Phoenix Movies Channel,TVB 8,TVB Xing He,NOW,Celestial Movies,Channel NewsAsia,MTV China,Channel V China,Star Sports China,TV 5 Monde Asie,Eurosport News,Bloomberg TV Asia,RTR Planeta,Cubavisión Internacional,KBS World...CBTV Package requires a 0.45m in diameter dish. A good option to people who prefer a well-mixed list of channels from Chinese Mainland, HK, Taiwan Region and overseas. CBTV currently costs more than Dream, but the price is expected to drop soon. At present it is used widely by network share method in Beijing,China government-owned satellite TV system AP Star 6 at 134 E offers int’l TV channels, Most of the int’l channels you see at hotels are from this system, but it’s not available to individual subscribers at the moment. Before October 2002, pirate access card for this system was available on the black market. Later on the system changed the coding system and nobody hacks the code so far.

Another option is Dish HD Package from from taiwan. Dish HD are available now , it just come into the market now. it It requires a 60cm in diameter dish to pick up Dish HD signal in China . Channel List : Discovery Science Channel SE Asia,Life Inspired,FX HD Asia,Fox HD Asia,Star World HD Asia,NBA TV,The MGM Channel Asia,National Geographic Channel HD Asia,Nat Geo Wild HD Asia,Discovery Home & Health SE Asia,HBO HD Asia,Bloomberg TV Asia,Warner TV Asia,Fox News Channel,Nickelodeon SE Asia,Golf Channel Asia,NHL Network USA,All Sports Network,HBO Hits,HBO Family Asia,Cinemax Asia,CNC Finance,KidsCo Asia,TVN Asia,HBO Signature Asia...

TV Solutions in China

HBOCN has established our professional service system and sales network for expats in China, provides a lots of Sat-TV packages for Expats catering to your demand, tell me what you want and let us do that.

Satellite TV Channels

HBOCN China can offer all channels according to your demand, you think it and we do that,let professional installers to do it thus you can save more time and watch more ...