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4 Music in Ireland

  • 05-02-2014 7:38pm
    #1
    the black celt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    Have been trying to tune in this channel in 'Extra Channels' feature on Sky box but no joy. Anyone any ideas? Much appreciated. Thanks.


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  • #2
    evilivor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    the black celt wrote: »
    Have been trying to tune in this channel in 'Extra Channels' feature on Sky box but no joy. Anyone any ideas? Much appreciated. Thanks.

    It's not free to air.


  • #3
    mackersdublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    You need a UK Sky card to watch it - it's Free-To-View. The channel is only available in the ROI with a Sky subscription


  • #4
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    mackersdublin wrote: »
    You need a UK Sky card to watch it - it's Free-To-View. The channel is only available in the ROI with a Sky subscription

    UK cards only, FTV or Subscription, it's not on the Irish EPG or viewable with an Irish subscription.


  • #5
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Quite odd that while 4 Music and its Box Television siblings were pulled from Sky in Ireland, they do continue to be available here on cable.


  • #6
    machiavellianme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,893 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    gtg60 wrote: »
    UK cards only, FTV or Subscription, it's not on the Irish EPG or viewable with an Irish subscription.

    Isnt it? Its on my epg. (Probably from the card trick)
    Are there any others like this?


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  • #7
    gtg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gtg60


    machiavellianme wrote: »
    Isnt it? Its on my epg. (Probably from the card trick)
    Are there any others like this?

    And can you watch it?


  • #8
    radiowaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    icdg wrote: »
    Quite odd that while 4 Music and its Box Television siblings were pulled from Sky in Ireland, they do continue to be available here on cable.

    It costs extra to be available on the EPG in Ireland.

    These charges will have increased once they went free to air as Sky then removed any subsidised EPG carriage charges.

    Presumably 4 Music was lumped in with any policy decision regards carriage on the Irish EPG as they presumably couldn't justify paying carriage fees for that channel alone.

    All of this is totally unrelated to carriage on cable which is a separate entity altogether :)


  • #9
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    what I don't understand is that 4Music, Kerrang and several other music station were available on Sky Digital for years and suddenly removed from Irish boxes.


  • #10
    radiowaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    Gonzo wrote: »
    what I don't understand is that 4Music, Kerrang and several other music station were available on Sky Digital for years and suddenly removed from Irish boxes.

    What's so difficult to understand?
    radiowaves wrote: »
    It costs extra to be available on the EPG in Ireland.

    These charges will have increased once they went free to air as Sky then removed any subsidised EPG carriage charges.

    For financial reasons they decided to go free to air.

    Tied into this they decided it was not worth continuing to pay to be on the Irish EPG.

    I'm not sure how much simpler it can be put ;)


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