EWTN by Satellite

You can get EWTN by satellite, either via SKY or via your own dish and digital receiver.

Via SKY

EWTN television is available to all SKY viewers on its Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) Channel 589 under the Religion category. EWTN radio is also available to all Sky viewers on EPG Channel 0147 under the Radio category. If you do not receive SKY as a monthly subscriber, EWTN is still available to you with the SKY FREESAT service, which includes satellite dish, receiver and installation for a "one time charge" - currently £175. There are no further monthly or other charges. With SKY FREESAT you will be able to watch all the 240 Free to View channels including EWTN and the traditional BBC and ITV channels. Monthly SKY subscribers can cancel their subscription at the end of their contract, and continue to view all the 240 free channels including EWTN. Sky provides parental control procedures.

Via Your Own Satellite Dish & Receiver

Some viewers prefer to choose and purchase their own satellite dish and receiver from a local supplier offering installation (total cost range £200 to £275). As with SKY FREESAT this would also enable you to receive all the free to view channels on the Eurobird Satellite. You could also receive all the free to view channels on the nearby Astra 2 Satellite which includes more than two hundred English language channels, including the traditional BBC and ITV channels.

EWTN UK television and EWTN Radio Europe/UK are broadcast on satellite Eurobird at frequency 12523MHz Symbol rate 27500 Polarity Horizontal.

EWTN UK television (but not EWTN radio) is also broadcast on satellite Hot Bird 6, but relatively few other English language channels are broadcast from this satellite. Italian speakers may wish to choose Hot Bird 6 because many Italian channels are broadcast free to view – including the three religious channels Telepace, TV 2000 and Padre Pio. Besides Italian, Polish and other Eastern European programmes, as well as Arabic prevail.

EWTN UK television is broadcast on satellite Hot Bird 6 at frequency 11585MHz Symbol rate 27500 Polarity Vertical and FEC 3/4.

Freesat (BBC & ITV) Viewers

BBC/ITV Freesat dishes are set to receive from Eurobird and Astra 2 satellites. Alhough EWTN is not included in the BBC Freesat EPG, both EWTN TV and Radio channels should be available to you via your BBC Freesat receiver. Under EU Law every satellite receiver must be capable of tuning in to all available channels on the satellite.

Some receivers permit you to automatically tune to a list of hundreds of free to view channels on Eurobird and Astra 2 satellites, from which you can choose EWTN and others to include in your "Favourites" list.  Other receivers will require manual tuning to locate a particular channel among the free to air channels on the satellite.  In this case follow the manufacturer's instructions and enter EWTN's frequency, symbol rate and polarity details as mentioned above for the Eurobird satellite. For details of some commonly used receivers go here.

Most receiver manufacturers offer a technical support helpline which you can call if you need more help with tuning.