Spike TV

Looks like it won't be on the Sky Irish epg. I asked on the Sky Ireland forum and the response was that there are no plans to add it.

Gonzo

it's yet another reason to ditch sky and get a FTA receiver instead, the amount of channels not on Irish EPG is growing beyond 20 channels at this stage, we pay more for less. Moving away from Sky would only mean on losing out on Sky One, Living and Atlantic. Nearly all other programming is free and available FTA & Online.

kooga

with spike tv even more of a reason to get a freesat box to series link breaking bad!

callaway92

Damn, that' very disappointing actually.

Bellator MMA being on it is nice. Fairly frustrating now that it isn't coming to us

mikom

zorro2566 wrote: »

Looks like it won't be on the Sky Irish epg. I asked on the Sky Ireland forum and the response was that there are no plans to add it.

"Believe in better".

Freesat for the win.

lertsnim

Gonzo wrote: »

Moving away from Sky would only mean on losing out on Sky One, Living and Atlantic.

Lets face it you wouldn't be missing out on much. The few shows that would be missed would be cheaper to buy as box sets.

samarillo

label 7730 spike tv now unencrypted and saying progammes start at 7pm

Reputable Rog

samarillo wrote: »

label 7730 spike tv now unencrypted and saying progammes start at 7pm

Excellent, I saved it last night. Also saved Channel 5+24 , for the love of god

samarillo

its also on channel 141 humax freesat recorder

Caught the promo loop at 9am on 7730,pity it won't be on the Irish Sky EPG! :mad:

Gonzo

zorro2566 wrote: »

Caught the promo loop at 9am on 7730,pity it won't be on the Irish Sky EPG! :mad:

very annoying alright. Im sure Spike TV are unaware that their service is not available in Ireland. I can understand why Channel 5 don't have their channel available here but surely Spike TV being a Viacom channel would make it a different case?

If Viacom or anybody else partner up with Channel 5 for more channels we won't get those channels either. The Irish viewer once again really missing out.

peteeeed

Gonzo wrote: »

very annoying alright. Im sure Spike TV are unaware that their service is not available in Ireland. I can understand why Channel 5 don't have their channel available here but surely Spike TV being a Viacom channel would make it a different case?

If Viacom or anybody else partner up with Channel 5 for more channels we won't get those channels either. The Irish viewer once again really missing out.

do viacom own channel 5 ?

I emailed CH5 and they said that they only purchase programme rights for the UK. If they were interested,like BBC and CH4, then they could easily work it to appear on the Irish epg!

MTV+1 has now moved from 160 to 270, by the way!

peteeeed

peteeeed wrote: »

do viacom own channel 5 ?

Yes,Viacom bought Channel 5 from Richard Desmond last year.

hufpc8w3adnk65

So spike isn't been added too sky? That's mad!!

Henry Ford III

Can I view this channel on FTA?

Henry Ford III

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Can I view this channel on FTA?

Yes,its Free To Air.

Update

10.964 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK.

"7730" has now been relabelled as 'Spike'.

Its on 160 now according to Digital Spy.Not at home so don't know for sure if it didnt appear on the Irish epg!

lertsnim

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Can I view this channel on FTA?

It is FTA

Its showing 160 on the online Sky tv listings page for the UK but nothing on the Irish listings!

Henry Ford III

What other Sky channels are geo blocked in Ireland? Just wondering.

ftakeith

Henry Ford III wrote: »

What other Sky channels are geo blocked in Ireland? Just wondering.

4music

peteeeed

Henry Ford III wrote: »

What other Sky channels are geo blocked in Ireland? Just wondering.

channel 5 and ITV(various regions) , available when you add them as other channels but you can't record them

Henry Ford III

Tuned Spike TV in - it's ready to go from 7pm this evening.

Harry Palmr

Just had to do a re-scan to catch the signal. Freesat 141

dinorebel

peteeeed wrote: »

channel 5 and ITV(various regions) , available when you add them as other channels but you can't record them

Would this also be the case with Spike Tv?

peteeeed

dinorebel wrote: »

Would this also be the case with Spike Tv?

i don't see why not, ill try it when i get home

kooga

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Just had to do a re-scan to catch the signal. Freesat 141

should the freesat box not of auto updated then channel

Machinehead

Got Spike on my FTA box but gonna be a bummer if I cannot set series link via my Sky Box since that's the one hooked up to a PVR to get Breaking Bad from the start.

Harry Palmr

kooga wrote: »

should the freesat box not of auto updated then channel

It should obviously but sometimes they don't.

evilivor

kooga wrote: »

should the freesat box not of auto updated then channel

Mine did. Nice channel addition.

kooga

evilivor wrote: »

Mine did. Nice channel addition.

will check the humax and manhatten when i get home

Checked my Sky box at lunchtime and can confirm that Spike is not on the Irish EPG but can be viewed in the 'other channels'.

dinorebel

peteeeed wrote: »

i don't see why not, ill try it when i get home

Got it going ok.

Infoanon

ftakeith wrote: »

4music

4Music and the other Bauer channels are not blocked by Sky, when these channels changed to FTA Bauer were no longer willing to pay the additional fee to be on the EPG.

icdg

None of the channels mentioned (including Spike TV) are actually geoblocked at all (in the way that, for example, the BBC and Channel 4 were prior to going free to air). They just aren't listed on the Sky EPG.

kooga

Can anyone with a freesat box series link breaking bad it doesn't give me the option on my humax

mikom

kooga wrote: »

Can anyone with a freesat box series link breaking bad it doesn't give me the option on my humax

Did it on my humax this morning.

Harry Palmr

I have series link on my Manhattan

GIMP

What is the frequency for this channel on a Sky stb?

AngryDiMaria

GIMP wrote: »

What is the frequency for this channel on a Sky stb?

already posted on page 2 of this thread

zorro2566 wrote: »

Yes,its Free To Air.

Update

10.964 H, 22.000, 5/6, DVB-S, QPSK.

"7730" has now been relabelled as 'Spike'.

Its on 160 now according to Digital Spy.Not at home so don't know for sure if it didnt appear on the Irish epg!

Gonzo

Spike TV is also available on FreeView/Saorview TV's and box's in overspill areas along eastern Leinster and around border counties. Thankfully the signal isn't blocked by Saorview Mux's.

B17G

UHF Ch 29 from Divis.