CH4 & ITV in IRELAND

David08 · 02-10-2004 12:58pm #1

Help!

I am sick and tired of getting different answers from Sky in relation to
receiving UTV and Channel 4 in Ireland.

A friend of mine was telephoned yesterday by Sky offering him their package
as a new customer. He specifically asked if it would receive UTV and
Channel 4 and was told emphatically 'yes'.

This prompted me to telephone Sky myself (again) this morning to ask the
same question.

The first operator told me that UTV was not available but that Channel 4 was but was unable to give me the channel number when asked!!

The second operator told me that I could add both of these channels through
the Add Channel feature but was unable to give me the relevant figures.

Some time ago I had heard that the reason for not getting UTV was that TV3
had blocked same (as they did not want to lose Coronation Street
customers!!)

Can anyone advise the up-to-date situation regarding the above?

Many thanks.

David

sharkboy · 02-10-2004 1:31pm

Its a rights issue it has been going on for a number of years and it does not look like it will end any time soon.

Zombienosh · 02-10-2004 1:33pm

what confuses me though
is that E4 is on it
why not channel 4 ?

DMC · 02-10-2004 10:17pm

And E4 has Irish ads too..

Yes, always a curious one that. But it can be answered in that E4 is a subscription channel and extra revenue can be gained by Channel 4 from Sky as its part of the family pack and if people watch E4 in suffient numbers.

Channel 4, as an FTV channel, would not.

byte · 02-10-2004 10:23pm

Yes, but again, C4 would most likely be a subscription channel in ROI, just like BBC was before it went FTA. I would have thought C4 have less to worry about than ITV but maybe they're just not interested, or maybe they're guaging the success of E4 advertising in ROI first?

tipperaryboy · 02-10-2004 10:33pm

I've a friend to that would love to get UTV+CH4 on Sky.Is it possbile in anyway at all???

daveirl · 02-10-2004 10:43pm

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JTMan · 03-10-2004 11:27am

Is there any update on when the ITV encryption deal ends with ITV? Wasnt that supposed to end in september?

mike2084 · 03-10-2004 7:48pm

Have a look at this:

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=157563

robert muldoon · 03-10-2004 9:59pm

Michael Walsh wrote:

Have a look at this:

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=157563

Very interesting Michael

What happens the rights issue then? TV3 would'nt be too happy

channelsurfer · 04-10-2004 6:40pm

the rights issues become non-existent as the irish government made a lot of noise abbout the bbc going fta and how they would be not happy and would have to do something about it.. I think they call it overspill and there is nothing legally tv3 could do about it because the main tranmission is for the uk and any overspill is not intended

mike2084 · 04-10-2004 7:45pm

robert muldoon wrote:

Very interesting Michael

What happens the rights issue then? TV3 would'nt be too happy

Could see them running into problems as regards the Champions League and F1.

Tony · 04-10-2004 8:43pm

channelsurfer wrote:

the rights issues become non-existent as the irish government made a lot of noise abbout the bbc going fta and how they would be not happy and would have to do something about it.. I t

I also remember David Murphy writing an excellent article in the indo where an industry source predicted massive job losses if BBC went FTA. Of course this never came to pass

JTMan · 05-10-2004 7:37pm

Interesting ...So ITV might be unencyrpted for Irish viewers on November 20th ... This is going to be an interesting one to watch.

lighthouse · 05-10-2004 9:09pm

That is if you will be able to "watch it".Sorry I couldn't resist the pun!

Mossy Monk · 06-10-2004 9:56am

it would be handy for the champions league but thats about all, oh and the bill of course

kleefarr · 06-10-2004 3:58pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

it would be handy for the champions league but thats about all

Oh that would be so good! But I have a feeling the CL is on ITV2 isn't it?

I'll believe when I see anyway. When we got Sky in 2002 we were told that ITV would be out later that year. Still waiting.

Mossy Monk · 06-10-2004 4:08pm

well i would think that if ITV1 became unencrypted so too would ITV2

Widescreen · 06-10-2004 4:16pm

What about the great Jerry Springer!!!

kleefarr · 06-10-2004 4:59pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

well i would think that if ITV1 became unencrypted so too would ITV2

Lets keep the fingers crossed eh! Would be great, as long as they keep showing CL games on it of course. Lets hope it happens sometime in the near future, I seem to remember November being mentioned somewhere in the forum I think.

CH4 & ITV in IRELAND

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