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Question about Sky + if you're living in England...

  • 03-12-2009 8:13pm
    #1
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭


    If you're living in England and you have a Sky + box, can you pick up the Irish TV Stations?


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    IIRC, they're only available on an Irish subscription.


  • #3
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    No, you can't. You used to be able to get Setanta Ireland if you subscribed to Setanta, but I don't think you can, now that Setanta Uk has gone bust.


  • #4
    D-Generate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭D-Generate


    Tie your subscription to an address in Ireland such as your parents house. All you need is the card to be an Irish card and then you can receive the Irish channels in the UK no matter what box you have. Just don't plug it in to the phone line when its in the UK.


  • #5
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    You can get all the Irish channels in Spain and Portugal through sky I don't see why Sky would pass up the opportunity to cash in on the big Irish community in the UK as well.


  • #6
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Moving from TV to Satellite forum.


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  • #7
    redzer007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭redzer007


    ScumLord wrote: »
    You can get all the Irish channels in Spain and Portugal through sky I don't see why Sky would pass up the opportunity to cash in on the big Irish community in the UK as well.

    not legally you cant, only if you have GB or IRL registered box in another country.

    to get back to the original post, if you have an irish box with an irish card and you put it in your suit case and bring to Spain (or anywhere within the Astra foot print) it will work fine,

    but dont plug the phone line, and dont ring tech support and when asked where you are based answer "spain" as someone I know did :-)


  • #8
    montgolfiere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭montgolfiere


    redzer007 wrote: »
    not legally you cant, only if you have GB or IRL registered box in another country.

    to get back to the original post, if you have an irish box with an irish card and you put it in your suit case and bring to Spain (or anywhere within the Astra foot print) it will work fine,

    but dont plug the phone line, and dont ring tech support and when asked where you are based answer "spain" as someone I know did :-)

    It isn't 'ILLEGAL' to watch UK/Irish Subscription TV outside the UK/Eire. It is just against Sky's T's & C's and you will have the card 'Killed' if they find out. But you cannot be criminally prosecuted.
    The Skyman


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