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A Strange happening on RTE via Sky!

  • 24-04-2014 5:19pm
    #1
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,073 ✭✭✭


    Last night (Wed) while RTE2 on Saorview at 10.35pm had the programme after the Champions League semi-final showing (can't remember its name) RTE2 via Sky here in NI still had the CL scheduled with wording 'this programme is not available' (the whole programme was geo-blocked). Why was schedule different for satellite and terrestrial?


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Because in N.I. Sky tell your card to block certain programs RTE don't have N.I. Rights for. If you had an Irish address with Sky the card would have stayed working.

    On Saorview you are getting "overspill" and it's FTA anyway. If you had Saorsat it wouldn't have been blocked.


  • #3
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,073 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    watty wrote: »
    Because in N.I. Sky tell your card to block certain programs RTE don't have N.I. Rights for. If you had an Irish address with Sky the card would have stayed working.

    On Saorview you are getting "overspill" and it's FTA anyway. If you had Saorsat it wouldn't have been blocked.

    My question concerns scheduling not geo-blocking. EPG for RTE2 on Sky had CL football still on at 10.35pm while Saorview had the programme after CL on.


  • #4
    radiowaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    watty wrote: »
    Because in N.I. Sky tell your card to block certain programs RTE don't have N.I. Rights for. If you had an Irish address with Sky the card would have stayed working.

    On Saorview you are getting "overspill" and it's FTA anyway. If you had Saorsat it wouldn't have been blocked.
    That's not what was asked by the OP (who appears well aware that geo-blocking happens).

    Anyway, I seriously doubt Republic of Telly is supposed to be geo-blocked on Sky in NI.


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