Bull fighting on TVE 835

EKRIUQ

To those interested, Bullfighting was on TVE channel 835 Thursday for 3 hours. It was a big bullfight from Valencia and it was the hole show, Although a barbaric sport and gruesome its somthing differant that you'll never see on any other channel.

Any one who Knows of any future bullfights if they could please post as I have a friend who has never seen a real bull fight and I could record it for them

mickeyboymel

Happened to glance at it for a few minutes, got into the habit of flicking on to 835 since the explosions in Madrid.

Reminded me of when I used to live in Spain a few years back, the bullfighting was always on terresterial television at all times of the day! Its hard to get away from it on Spanish Telly!

Dont know if it is a regular event on TVEi but the EPG synopsis is in English so its a matter of trawling tru the weekly listings, Torro is the Spanish for bull if thats any help!!!! (never learned the language, too much time spent working in the Irish bars)

Capt'n Midnight

They also have bullfights in Mexico , France , Portugal

But AFAIK only the Spanish (and the version exported to Macco ?) are the only ones who kill the bull.

watty

I think it is barbaric.

Saw it accidently on Galavision, a Mexican station on about 42W (Pas6 or Pas1).

Sky have a cheek charging for TVEi, TV5 and DWTv as these are all FTA on other easy to receive satellites on 13E/19E etc in UK/Ireland. Even on one dish with a digibox, non-diseqc 3-way switch and 2 extra LNBs. I had the Digibox service menu selecting LNB.

The Quiet Man

If bullfighting is your thing, or you're just curious, you can catch more of it tomorrow (24th) at 23:00 on TVE International. The programme is called Tendido Cero:

"Programme bringing the news from the world of bullfighting, with interviews and reports. Presented by Fernando Fernandez Roman."

Mike 1972

Sky have a cheek charging for TVEi, TV5 and DWTv as these are all FTA on other easy to receive satellites on 13E/19E etc in UK/Ireland. Even on one dish with a digibox, non-diseqc 3-way switch and 2 extra LNBs. I had the Digibox service menu selecting LNB.

Good point but
Sky have a cheek charging for RTE TV3 TG4 as these are all FTA on a bog standard aerial
Sky have a cheek charging for UK history as this is FTA on Freeview DTT

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by Mike 1972
Sky have a cheek charging for TVEi, TV5 and DWTv as these are all FTA on other easy to receive satellites on 13E/19E etc in UK/Ireland. Even on one dish with a digibox, non-diseqc 3-way switch and 2 extra LNBs. I had the Digibox service menu selecting LNB.

Good point but
Sky have a cheek charging for RTE TV3 TG4 as these are all FTA on a bog standard aerial
Sky have a cheek charging for UK history as this is FTA on Freeview DTT

No to mention Bloomberg etc.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Mike 1972
Sky have a cheek charging for UK history as this is FTA on Freeview DTT

shouldn't that be UK History have some cheek?

it is up to them whether they are FTA or pay tv
peoples thoughts please

mickeyboymel

How can UKTV justify including UKTV History on Freeview, and putting UKTV GOLD & STYLE into TUTV on a subscription basis?

watty

The anomaly is *ANY* UKTV(Flextech) channel being FTA on freeview, not it being pay TV on Sky.

RTE bean pushers thought free encryption and carriage on Sky was a good deal. Sky have full rights to decide price and package in return. RTE regard Satellite as a upmarket cable TV system, so don't see the problem.

It may cost RTE directly less, but since we pay a TV licence and RTE is a Public service broadcaster and many areas have substandard reception, especialy of TG4, it is a bad deal for the Irish consumer.

Also Murdoch gives NOTHING free, so the bean counters at Sky no doubt feel they ought to be paying RTE.. As they do to BBC for "carriage" in Republic!

A great deal for Sky and a poor one for Irish Consumers.

RTE beleived that a FTV card scheme (the only alternative) was too expensive. At Sky's (highly inflated) prices it is. But using Viaccess, a non-Sky method:

1) Irish viewers would have been able to use same receiver for European Pay TV.

2) Same box would work with a BBC Prime sub (still directly sold to Ireland by BBC)

3) Very affordable to RTE

4) Would break Sky monopoly and Sky would certinally have responded by imeadiately enabling the CI slot at back for a Viaccess CAM and RTE FTV card (but I'd bet only if an Irish Sky sub card in the front slot).

Sky can enable the Digibox via satellite to work alternate CAM anytime they want. It is mainly so that if Videoguard is completely compromised the boxes arn't scrap, and also if EU ever insists exiting setup is too monopolistic, they again don't suffer cost of new boxes, but simply enable the rear connector for a CAM.

RTE does not have option of BBC (FTA) as adding Ireland to UK coverage is no "rights cost" issue (often included and BBC / ITV in 80% homes anyway), but adding RTE to UK where largely it is not would x10 the "rights" costs for RTE. RTE and ITV are already and always have been on the 2D satellite BBC moved to.

Capt'n Midnight

I'll say it again.

In ITALY when the terresterial channels show something they don't have rights to on Satellite they encryt that program. They do it for F1, Football, and movie premieres.

RTE could do the same, FTA for the homegrown stuff and for the foreign imports a nice restful image, and have the sound in the background.

Anyone who has a SKY box will be able to get much of the blocked stuff anyway. Films tend to be released at the same time - IRE / UK / Italy / Germany TV all show feature films with a month of each other - this is true for many old classics, premieres and even foreign language art films.

ShaneOC

Someone should start a thread to discuss this :rolleyes:.

Maybe the new mods could do a bit of moving?

EKRIUQ

Bullfighting is on right now as I type on 835 untill 7 O clock, here's a link with frequently asked questions on Bullfighting

http://www.bullfights.org/faq/index.shtml#23

Ok , No politics here please, last post is being moved to the re-cycle bin.
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