Rte One

joe25

hi rte one is on 34.5 west

RTE ONE 34.5w 11.159v 3.150

jeffred

good spot, one of the other signals is Rte 2 but I'm only getting sound:(

Zaphod

With the last few weeks, the signal on 11159 has gone up 10-15% although the other TPs used by RTÉ on I903 are still weak enough. So a 90cm is fine for having a look.



The ones with audio and no video are in the 4:2:2 broadcast format which require a PCI card.

Ulsterman 1690

What size dish does one need ?

joe25

I Can Pick Up Rte One on a 60cm dish.

Ronan|Raven

I assume these are the news/sports feeds and not active 24/7

mayto

rte1 is on 24/7. still there atm.

TheDriver

Anyone know why they use this satellite in the first place and will it be FTA for the foreseeable future?

Speaking of which, when did RTE own some of Intelsat?? http://www.rte.ie/about/ar2005/english/note11.html

remlap

Hi, first post here.

Im in Wales and have been watching these RTE feeds on 34.5w for sometime now.

Actually it was first reported in mid October 06.

That certain transponder has been known to carry other things other than RTE One or Two which ive seen there.

Sports coverage, news gathering, and random nonsense like last night about how RTE was boasting about a new system with all network based content internally.

Theres also a RTE LDN HBR on that satellite which im guessing is thier London offices and uplink thats in 4:2:2, it often seen carrying BBC Two England.

L1011

TheDriver wrote:

Anyone know why they use this satellite in the first place and will it be FTA for the foreseeable future?

Speaking of which, when did RTE own some of Intelsat?? http://www.rte.ie/about/ar2005/english/note11.html

They've used this sat and its predecessor since the era of Tara TV. They owned 0.086% of Intelsat until 2005, one of their small number of investments out in to other ventures. Or they may have got them cause they were a member of the cooperative Intelsat that existed pre privatisation.

Hagar

It's not unknown for one company to buy shares in another company because they get their hands on detailed sets of accounts available only to shareholders and are entitled to privileged information regarding strategy / direction of the company. Basically you get to know about anything that has to be put to the shareholders even though this information is not publically known.

L1011

Rare to spend over a million notes on them for that purpose though!

Hagar

Spending other people's money comes easy to some people.:D

I think you have to have a certain percentage of shares before the above mentioned applies.
I'm speaking from limited knowledge so am open to correction.

L1011

I've a feeling RTE were a member of Intelsat when it was a broadcaster cooperative and got those shares in exchange when it privatised in 2001.

jeffred

Has this changed to RTE 2?

I deleted it and when I rescanned today I only get RTE 2.

Zaphod

jeffred wrote:

Has this changed to RTE 2?

I deleted it and when I rescanned today I only get RTE 2.

They are continually chopping and changing. They've even been carrying Reuters news feeds on it in the clear, despite them being encrypted on most other satellites.

DMC

MYOB wrote:

I've a feeling RTE were a member of Intelsat when it was a broadcaster cooperative and got those shares in exchange when it privatised in 2001.

You reminded me..... UTV were a shareholder in Astra since the early 80's... I think they "cashed in" in the late 1990's. At the time, Thames and TSW as well as UTV were major shareholders in Astra.

remlap

Zaphod wrote:

They are continually chopping and changing. They've even been carrying Reuters news feeds on it in the clear, despite them being encrypted on most other satellites.

Thats nothing compaired to a certain commerical channel that has a Pint glass in the bottom right hand corner on Saturday's ive seen broadcasted over on 34.5w in the clear and regular standard MPEG-2 to boot, no fancy professional stuff that thier London offices are using.

Still 15w and the other satellites past 34.5w are more fun to watch for random feeds and stuff.

Still nice to see RTE.

bassy

is rte 1 still on this sat?
also anyone else know what the other channels are that encoded in 422

hawker27

is rte 1 in the clear on 34.5 west?.

remlap

No, just an empty carrier.

joe25

Sky Sports 3 on it now

hawker27

getting a signal,but empty carrier nothing showing up after typing in the frequencey.

hawker27

just a red screen there now.

rteinspain

& do you think I can receive the signal with a 1.2 metre from Madrid, Spain??

Having seen this thread, it gives me a small hope to be able to see RTE as I cannot put a 2m antenna on my property to get the SKY RTE channels. As a result, I'm thinking of giving up the idea of getting rte in spain, cancelling my sky subscription (seeing as I can't get the 2D channels)........or should I keep my hope up with what you mention in this thread?

Any help gratefully received.

Zaphod

Possible with a 1.2M but it's little or no use for viewing RTÉ. OK for news/sport uplinks and news/nuacht are carried regularly (and Jigs and Reels!) but nothing much else. They do leave BBC1/2 on for long periods FTA for some reason.

If you have space then camouflage is one option. Adventureglass manufacture fibreglass rocks which can cover large dishes.
http://www.adventureglass.com/rocks1.htm

Clearsat used to manufacture customer parasol covers for large dishes but no longer seem to manfacture them. It shouldn't be particularly difficult to make a DIY version.
http://blog.reallyrocketscience.com/node/259
http://www.satellitedish.com/Page_13.htm

rteinspain

sorry for delaying in responding. Thanks a lot Zaphod for your feedback. Certainly while I don't know whether or not I'll buy such a camouflage cover for the satellite dish it's amazing to see that they actually exist.

Finally, to respond to your first paragraph, so you are saying that RTÉ is still shown (although with not so much programmes on offer) and getting BBC is possible. Is the transponder information provided earlier in this message thread still applicable?

Again thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated,

watty

I did a Blind Search on Wednesday and got an RTE channel with a still picture.

remlap

That's been common recently, I feel sorry for the monitor the actual feed is using.

They had the same face / mug shot for days I guess it was a wind up maybe at RTE play out centre?

remlap

Looks like the constant feed is gone now from 34.5w and I have seen the London feed active only once in a while.

27.5w might be the new home for RTE feeds me thinks one was reported today and its owned by Intelsat.

Zaphod

Last Sunday there were 3 TPs on 34.5W active plus 2 on 27.5W. It looked like they needed extra capacity for the elections coverage. But now it appears that they've abandoned 34W and moved entirely to 27W. Haven't seen any activity on 34W this weekend despite all the political comings and goings.