A serious 21\12\12 disaster blog (updated)

We learned today of a disaster about to happen the scale of which might make all that have gone before seem trivial, I've been poo-pooing the 21\12\12 theory but it seems for Andalusia, Spain it may be about to come true. A couple of weeks ago we lost some of the British TV channels, it turns out we about to loose them all, this may seem a small matter but let me explain. The economy of southern Spain is pinned up by tourism, this is largely British as it's the UK's most popular holiday destination, there is also a large contingent of British expats living here, a large part of this industry is due to British TV being available here, take this away & the trade will move north where TV will still be available. This all comes about due a new satellite which is going to replace the existing one which has reached the end of it's life (12 to 15 years), the beams on the new sat are much tighter than the old one therefore Andalusia will loose it's signal altogether. As I see it there is not a business here that will not be affected, even animals, some of whom rely on being feed by the Brits will suffer as there is a migration north. The whole British satellite industry could be wiped out over night, property values, already in serious trouble could fall through the floor, will airports & tourist attractions be able to cope? Property owners advertising rental property to tourists with British TV will have taken bookings but be unable to provide the service etc etc. Unless a solution is found & soon in my opinion this will lead to a disaster.