RTÉ to use satellite in rural areas outside digital coverage

suse103

"As part of its digital switchover plans, State broadcaster RTÉ plans to use a new satellite to reach the 2pc of the country that falls outside the reach of terrestrial coverage.
Following the appointment of Mary Curtis as director of Digital Switchover on 1 July, RTÉ has just announced further plans for its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) roll out, adding it expects to spend €70m on providing a free-to-air digital service to 1.6 million homes around Ireland.
The satellite component of this scheme will have an annual cost of €1.5m, said RTÉ executive Conor Hayes, but this will mean the entire country will be able to receive national television services for the first time.
In April 2010, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan TD signed an Order under the Broadcasting Act, 2009, ensuring that RTA will fulfil its obligations to complete Analogue Switch-Off (ASO) in the final quarter of 2012 and in doing so will have its free to air digital television service up and running and available to 90pc of the Irish population by 31 October 2010.
For some basic information on the digital switchover, visit Digitaltelevision.ie, which is run by the Broadcasting Policy Division in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources."

mikom

suse103 wrote: »

For some basic information on the digital switchover, visit Digitaltelevision.ie, which is run by the Broadcasting Policy Division in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources."

Up to their usual standard I see.....

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watty

Extensive thread:
Summaries
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66930692&postcount=138
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66932467&postcount=141

http://www.digitaltelevision.ie/National+DTT/ is working here

Progress Towards National Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Services - Latest Information

Latest Information - RTÉ Irish free to air DTT service set to launch to 90% of population by October 31st 2010

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan T.D. has signed an Order under the Broadcasting Act, 2009, requiring RTÉ to ensure that their free to air digital television service is operational and available to 90% of the population by 31st October 2010.

This order, Statutory Instrument 85 of 2010, the RTÉ (National Television Multiplex) Order 2010, is available at the following link.

RTÉ has not yet launched it's DTT service. Cosequently there is no Irish DTT service available. The DTT network is currently being built and tested.

RTÉ Networks Limited (RTÉNL) is a subsidiary of RTÉ and is responsible for building RTÉ’s DTT national network. To date, RTÉNL has digitally enabled the 13 main transmitter sites in Ireland and is operating a series of tests from these sites.

Progress on the development of Commercial DTT services

At present there are no commercial DTT operators licensed to provide commercial DTT services in Ireland. The BAI is currently involved in a competitive process and is seeking to contract commercial DTT service providers.

Further information on the status of this process is available from the BAI.

Very out of date and they can't do apostrophes correctly.

Dulchie

Why not base the whole system on Saorsat. The substantial cost of completing the terrestrial network could be avoided.
If subsidised saorsat boxes/dishes were available to television licence holders the annual cost of running the saorsat would be a fraction of the cost of running the terrestrial DTT network.

It should be possible to provide a card/cam system as a requirement for the approved box, possibly specifying a box only manufactured in Ireland.
This would offer the ability for a future commercial operator to offer a paid for service using the cam.

Another possibility is a system where cards are required for all services and would be issued with the annual licence renewal.

The probability of terrestrial co-channel interference for other countries would also be avoided and if the beam was wide enough it might be possible to offer an RTE international service for ex pats if the signal is scrambled.

watty

A satellite system alone is too vulnerable. Terrestrial TV supports Mobile and portable. Satellite is only fixed locations.

RTE International needs to be on other satellites and funded by Foreign affairs.

Cards are very expensive and a bad idea for other reasons.

If you want a €600 box instead of a €20 box, sure make it in Ireland with CAM.

Plenty or reading and discussion here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055968485

marclt

The virtues of this are discussed elsewhere.

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