Rugby on RTÉ in Northern Ireland

formerly scottish paddy

Interesting discussion going on in Boards Rugby forum: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056884232
Lots of people looking for Saorview (NOT NIMM!) in the North.

kidneyfan

Will Saorview boxes work in the North? Do you have to provide an RTE license number when buying a Saorview box?

These are hypothetical questions.

Peter Rhea

You need to be able to pick up the Saorview signal, from an RTENL transmitter e.g. Clermont Carn (Louth), Moville, Hollywell Hill (Donegal), Truskmore (Sligo).

No need to pretend you're from ROI to buy a receiver. Also, plenty of 'Freeview' branded tvs will decode the signal, practically all 'Freeview HD' equipment will work. (Any problems with the latter are software related, the video encoding is the same.)

ardmacha

Will Saorview boxes work in the North? Do you have to provide an RTE license number when buying a Saorview box?

These are hypothetical questions.

Do you have to provide a BBC licence number when buying a Freeview box?

This will provide a further boost for Saorview, for those who can receive it, which rather oddly will benefit TV3 as much as RTÉ as it isn't on the NIMM at all.

How does public display of games work in pubs, would it be worth them getting Saorsat rather than Sky?

icdg

ardmacha wrote: »

Do you have to provide a BBC licence number when buying a Freeview box?

The TV Licencing questions should really be taken to the sticky but in the context of this thread, nope. You have to give your address but most places will accept anything, including an Irish address. There's no law preventing you removing TV equipment from the jurisdiction after all.

Will Saorview boxes work in the North? Do you have to provide an RTE license number when buying a Saorview box?

The answers are yes, IF you can receive a signal (so if you're near enough to the border basically) and no, the UK requirement to provide an address when purchasing a TV doesn't apply in ROI.

How does public display of games work in pubs, would it be worth them getting Saorsat rather than Sky?

In ROI its almost de riguer for pubs to have Sky (the only exceptions appear to be some gastropubs). In the UK, well in England anyway it appears to be different and many pubs seem to have replaced Sky with foreign satellite systems (though that may change with the Premier League imposing restrictions on what European broadcasters can show). This of course is no good for rugby fans since these channels don't tend to show rugby. However If a pub is hoping to attract a rugby crowd a Sky system and Sky Sports subscription will give them the biggest selection of rugby - this holds doubly true in England than Northern Ireland since practically all English rugby other than England's home games in the Six Nations has been sold to pay-TV companies.

A Sky system in NI with a Sky Sports and ESPN (in future BT) will give you

On BBC: The RBS Six Nations, Wales and Scotland's autumn internationals. Coverage of the Pro 12 on BBC NI, BBC Wales, and BBC Alba
On RTÉ: The RBS Six Nations and usually at least one Pro 12 game a week.
On S4C: A Pro12 game each week.
On TG4: At least one Pro 12 game per week .
On Sky: England and Ireland's summer and autumn internationals. Lions Tours. The Heineken Cup, the LV Cup, the Aviva Premiership (until the end of the season), the Rugby Championship, Super Rugby, the (New Zealand) National Provincial Championship, and the Currie Cup. And others that I've forgotten.
On ESPN/BT: the Aviva Premiership and one-off internationals (typically France's autumn internationals).
On UTV: The Rugby World Cup.

Peter Rhea

icdg wrote: »

. . . The answers are yes, IF you can receive a signal (so if you're near enough to the border basically)

Belfast isn't exactly 'near the border', to give one example of where Saorview is available well inside NI.

Anyone interested can at least have a look at the coverage map.

Digifriendly

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Belfast isn't exactly 'near the border', to give one example of where Saorview is available well inside NI.

Anyone interested can at least have a look at the coverage map.

Ballymena can get Saorview (in fact plenty of RTE aerials up in analogue only days there) and it's even futher away from the border!

formerly scottish paddy

Ofcom coverage map for NIMM and Saorview in Northern Ireland:
http://http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/files/2012/07/NIMuxFactsheet4.pdf