I was recently in Spain and surprised to learn that local suppliers are still providing SKY with dodgy cards as a means of watching UK TV.
For the last couple of years, the majority of Brits in France have just taken the basic free package which offers a subscription free 70+ English speaking channels including some films, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, ITV1, ITV2, C5, SKY3, CNN (etc).
You can read more about it here : www.laymyhat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7458
Peter