6 BFBS TV channels - FREE!

Roll out of multi-channel TV to Germany

Thanks to SSVC and MoD, Hohne and Paderborn Garrisons are now receiving not one but six TV channels absolutely free provided by SSVC’s broadcasting arm, BFBS.

The DTH (Direct-To-Home) project - giving viewers two BFBS channels, Sky Sports One and Two, Sky News and non-stop music channel, Q - is rolling out across BFG according to a priority list advised by UKSC(G) G1.

In a massive operation SSOs, Estate Wardens and unit QMs have co-operated with SSVC to simultaneously roll-out DTH new improved and free TV service to both single soldiers’ accommodation and family quarters across the Garrisons. Hohne (including Celle and Fallingbostel) and Paderborn (including Hameln and Rinteln) are now getting the new service.

Guttersloh Garrison (including Herford and Beilefeld) is well underway.

Initial reactions to the service have been favourable. For many, especially those who had been relying on terrestrial reception in areas with lots of trees, the new DTH has improved the signal quality and allowed for clear BFBS reception for the first time, especially in some areas of Celle.

A unique feature for families at home is the ability to tune into BFBS radio stations broadcasting in the Middle East, Balkans, Northern Ireland and others to hear what their partners serving in those theatres are hearing.

SSVC already has plans to add to the service and would like to include a day-time children’s channel with documentaries and drama in the evenings supplemented by a BFBS movie channel.

Rollout across BFG