capture crypted channels

[Solona]

Hi,

I live in New Caledonia an island in the pacific ocean (north west to Brisbane)
I want to install a 3m parabolic antenna to receive Asiasat3C which covers my area to receive indian channels like star vijay/ZEE etc.
My problem is most of the Indian channels are Crypted (DVB videoguard/DVB Conax)
I tried to get a decoder box and subscription from the broadcasters around (Australia/Singapore/Fiji Islands) but they refuse to sell telling that they do have have rights to broadcast in NC.
Here no broadcaster telecast these channels for me.
i am sure if I contact ZEE or Star One they would not even mind to reply me.
Now my question is can I view these channels by purchasing an Inegrated receiver decoder (DVB...) and watch this channels or I would need anyway a subscription ?
One of my friend tell that I do not need subscription as the channels will not be scrambled as we have no broadcasters here.
But I need to be sure before installing and noone is (even the antenna installer) can reply me properly
As this installation is quite a big budget (4000 USD) I would like to be sure that I get all the channels I want.

Please any professionals or people who are aware of how to do help me

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[jman98]

I am hoping that someone else will respond with a better answer. Mine is better than nothing.

I know a guy who is sort of interested in the same thing but in a different part of the world from you. Do some a web search on what's called "free to air" satellite channels. That should get you started.

There are supposedly hacks for people who need to get channels they can't or won't pay for, but I have no personal experience with this as I have only had cable television. Decrypting channels you haven't paid for may be illegal in some places so this website cannot provide a lot of help on this, but there are other websites and forums dedicated to this topic.

[Noahtuck]

Double Posting is a

[the_man_one]

http://www.lyngsat.com/asia3s.html
this is a c-band sat... u may need better than a 3 meter dish (depending on signal quality).... anything pale yellow colored will be freely available to watch... u will need subscriptions to see ZEE tv & anything with power vu encryption