British Channels and Cable

[Blue Eyed Wallflower]

I'm an American, so obviously I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to how cable work for Brits. I know of such things as E4, which Skins airs on and BBC3 and all the like. I hate to sound like an idiot, but aren't those network stations similar to BC, NBC, FOX and PBS? They're just basic channels, right? Also, we have satellite, digital cable, DirecTV... are there types of cable or satellite like that for British folks? I'm really curious about this.  

[Invictus_88]

I really have no idea. What I can't find on BBC iPlayer, I tend not to watch.  

[_Okami_]

Yeah, check out this article on digital TV like satellite and cable. :]

I'm pretty sure everyone gets these channels as standard:
BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4, FIVE, ITV2, Five USA, E4, ITV3, ITV4, More 4, BBC Three, BBC Four, Dave, Fiver, Film 4, BBC News, CBBC Channel, CITV, Channel 4 +1, E4 +1, Dave Ja Vu, ITV2 +1, CBeebies, 4Music, Yesterday, More4 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, Film4 +1, BBC Parliament, QVC, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky 3, TMF, Virgin 1, Virgin 1 +1, etc...
And of course you buy packages to get more, like the movie package which has like 9 Sky Movies channels. Which is awesome.

But I'm afraid I can't help you with comparing them to your American channels. xD