Watching sky in Ireland

beefster

How can i get UK sky TV at my house in Ireland?? Sky wont send me a card to my Irish address??

macman

Use a UK friend's address.

spike7451

macman wrote: »

Use a UK friend's address.

Then you have the problem of callbacks from a international number if OP has'nt got Sky in at the mo,he may need a non-phoneline install or subscription

norbet

Could you advise what reason Sky have given - Sky do cover ROI, but via a separate site - if you're trying to order from the UK site, this may help.
https://skyireland.sky.com/roi/site/tvpackages

if there's some other reason, do let us know

macman

norbet wrote: »

Could you advise what reason Sky have given - Sky do cover ROI, but via a separate site - if you're trying to order from the UK site, this may help.
https://skyireland.sky.com/roi/site/tvpackages

if there's some other reason, do let us know

Because you can't order Sky UK for a ROI address surely? You have to order Sky ROI, but presumably the OP wants the UK content, not ROI content.
Same reason you can't order Sky from an address in mainland Europe-it's outside the UK.
OP just says 'Ireland', but I assume this means ROI?

norbet

Yeah but that's the bit that's confusing me - as far as I was aware ROI Sky packages include UK TV channels such as BBC, Ch4 etc the only exception being itv & ch5 but you can manually tune them in using (other channels menu).
So I'm not sure what someone in Ireland would benefit from having a UK sub?

cooki2222

norbet wrote: »

Yeah but that's the bit that's confusing me - as far as I was aware ROI Sky packages include UK TV channels such as BBC, Ch4 etc the only exception being itv & ch5 but you can manually tune them in using (other channels menu).
So I'm not sure what someone in Ireland would benefit from having a UK sub?

usually the other way about lol, because sky uk usually block out rte 1/2 programs eg Premier Leauge/ Gaelic Football/ Hurling

Pokerlad

Perhaps the op just wants a freesatfromsky card. Of course sky uk wont send a fsfs card to a non uk address and there is no equivilent to fsfs from sky roi, it is subscription or nothing.

will-in-estoril

Pokerlad wrote: »

Perhaps the op just wants a freesatfromsky card. Of course sky uk wont send a fsfs card to a non uk address and there is no equivilent to fsfs from sky roi, it is subscription or nothing.

Not exactly the same, I know, but either a Freesat box or a generic satellite receiver could give an EPG/channel line up to the OP's liking.

BTW the £/€ exchange rate seems skewed in $ky's favour when comparing UK and Irish subscriptions. Why does that not surprise me?

beefster

Pokerlad wrote: »

Perhaps the op just wants a freesatfromsky card. Of course sky uk wont send a fsfs card to a non uk address and there is no equivilent to fsfs from sky roi, it is subscription or nothing.

Thats the one , i think.
Dont want subscription. On analogue at mo and channels are depleting on every visit.

beefster

So what is the best way to resolve this one??