Channel 4 Now Blocked

sharkman

Just happened now , Geting "This Programme is not available " Message ..:( :mad:

DMC

The film "Conspiracy Theory" is meant to be on.....

teh ironing.

monkeyfudge

There are certain programmes that are blocked because of rights issues in Ireland. It's mostly imported US shows.

jhegarty

monkeyfudge wrote:

There are certain programmes that are blocked because of rights issues in Ireland. It's mostly imported US shows.

yep... i don't know about the sky epg ,but the dreambox one tells you when a program is blocked in ireland.

byte

The EPG Info makes no mention of the film not being available to ROI, though maybe there was no room to put it in.

From this, I presume there must be some movies they haven't got rights clearance for either.

superdudeman007

I wonder why they block it on Sky and not cable...

DMC

byte wrote:

From this, I presume there must be some movies they haven't got rights clearance for either.

This is a Warner Bros. film, so I wonder who shows Warner Bros films in Ireland..... I cant see from Digiguide when this film was/will be on Irish TV.

/me keeps digging.

monkeyfudge

I think I remember RTÉ screening this film at some point over the xmas.

jonnygee

I remember checking the info on this film on the english epg and it stated clearly "NOT AVAILABLE IN ROI."

aphex™

superdudeman007 wrote:

I wonder why they block it on Sky and not cable...

They get the cable signal from the Divis tower in the North. Its not blocked at that source.

byte

jonnygee wrote:

I remember checking the info on this film on the english epg and it stated clearly "NOT AVAILABLE IN ROI."

Oh, it wasn't stated on the Scottish EPG.

DMC

LEMNUS strikes again

Ulsterman 1690

Jebus this is bloody stupid :mad:

I think I remember RTÉ screening this film at some point over the xmas.

Its already been on RTE so whats the problem :rolleyes:

Mossy Monk

Warner Brothers are obviously anal about who sees their movies on tv

monkeyfudge

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

Its already been on RTE so whats the problem :rolleyes:

The problem is that RTÉ most likely still holds the rights to screen the film in the Republic. And C4 probably only payed for UK screening rights.

zilog_jones

As others have noticed, why do they care so much about rights issues now it's on Sky when hundreds of thousands of people in this country have been getting unaltered Channel 4 relayed from the North for years on cable and MMDS?

I'd see reasons for them to do this if say RTÉ did actually go FTA on satellite (assuming they had the money), as they often get rights to show US shows before the UK channels, but not the other way round O_o

aphex™

zilog_jones wrote:

As others have noticed, why do they care so much about rights issues now it's on Sky when hundreds of thousands of people in this country have been getting unaltered Channel 4 relayed from the North for years on cable and MMDS?

Because the technology doesn't exist for it to be blocked on the relays- and as it is a feature on satellite- in their contract with warners- they ask for it to be blocked.

fta keith

Channel 4 available on sky digital is just spin when in about 18 months channel 4, E4, more4 will be fta on digital satellite, as I have a UK freesat card I have channel4, five, fiveus, five life, sky3 we have have full coverage execept e4 which is bad but more4 is the channel I like to have even instead of channel4, If you want the full uk Mainstream tv line up on sky digital get a uk freesat card which costs from €30 which has lasted from about 3 years so far all for a once off fee

digiman 2007

where can i get a UK FTV card?

Foggy43

Digtiman 2007,

There is a sticky here in this forum....

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055038749

Read the last entry. It doesn't tell you how but you will work out what you need and need to do.

watty

The easiest and 100% legitmate method is send £21 to Sky with a UK postcode (inc. N.I.) return address. Foolproof.

mickoneill30

This sounds like a great technology. Can I get it to block Big Brother.