Ok – so it was helpful to be able to watch movies in Spanish if we’d already seen them before…. but there’s only so many gameshows, news programs, or slapstick comedy shows a person can handle before going completely insane.

You can now also get extra Spanish channels by getting a digibox or by subscruibing to a Spanish service provider. We however, wanted something English for ourselves – it’s all down to personal choice.

So we looked at the options before embarking on English Speaking Television. We were torn between a Sky box without a subscription… or Nilesat. We eventually opted for Nilesat, which is broadcast in Arabic… but has a number of English Speaking Channels… including plenty of movies – which pleased us greatly. It does have Arabic subtitles – but these aren’t too distracting, because of the shape of their alphabet.

For anyone planning to get Nilesat – it involves a one off fee for the satellite engineer to fit you with a box and a dish – but no monthly subscription. Here are just a few of the schedules for the English speaking Channels so you can see before you buy. Remember some of the timings will be in KSA not GMT, so take off 3 hours).

Fox Movies

Fox Series

MBC 2

MBC 4

MBC Action

MBC Max

Dubai One

There is also BBC World News 24, and a variety of other general channels.

Schedules for channels on other service providers that you may find useful are here too:

Setanta Sports

Canal+

Spanish Television

Sky Television

UK Television

For prices of the various English speaking options available – please contact one of the Satellite television in Fuerteventura providers already on the Island. Happy viewing!