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Hotels, especially those in major cities or tourist areas, will want to have a mix of countries to cater for their international clientele.

A number of European broadcasters transmit on satellite "free to air", ie they are not encrypted. The main UK channels do so on a satellite whose "beam" is supposed to be restrictive and centered on the UK/Ireland so it should be hard to receive in mainland Europe, but in practice it goes further, especially if you can use a large enough satellite dish. The German channels are on a Europe-wide "beam" so virtually everyone can pick it up with no difficulty at all. I can't speak for how easy it might be to get the UK channels in Benidorm, though.

It wasn't uncommon to have German TV in UK *homes* in the 90s as they used the same satellites as Sky's analogue service. If you felt like putting up a dish you could have it again today.

Once you've got the signal a few hundred £ in electronics and you've got it piped around the hotel alongside the Freeview channels.

I've not seen anything surprising, though I did once stay in a Swiss hotel that paid for each room to have cable TV but the slot for the decryption module (check your TV for a long thin slot, might say CAM or CI) was bust on the TV in my room