RTE and Sky

wirm

any word of them coming to freeview? Its a bit annoying having to use the normal aerial for rte, network 2, tv3, tg4.....

ivanwilson

wirm wrote:

any word of them coming to freeview? Its a bit annoying having to use the normal aerial for rte, network 2, tv3, tg4.....

Very unlikely due to insufficient space on the multiplexes. Perhaps in 2012 when analogue is turned off.

nath1695

tee wrote:

I think you have picked me up wrong.

I realise that Sky users in NI have an NI regional viewing card which now has RTE (+blocked Premiership footy)

However what I am suggesting is getting a friend with an address in ROI (or buy it on ebay) to buy a ROI viewing card. Sky sell UK FTA viewing cards for approx £10/£15 which is for people who do not have a subscription to Sky, but want to use the receiver to get FTA channels such as BBC1, UTV etc.

The key is that in ROI a similar card would have RTE enabled as a FTA channel, without the NI based encryption, therefore enabling your receiver to believe that you are in ROI, and allowing you to receive premiership footy.

I would appreciate any techies picking holes in this.

Would this work in Mainland UK?? My wife comes from Eire and would be delighted to be able to watch a bit of Irish TV any advice apreciated

DesG

nath1695 wrote:

Would this work in Mainland UK?? My wife comes from Eire and would be delighted to be able to watch a bit of Irish TV any advice apreciated

Only if you can subscribe from a NI address.

Cheers, Des.