RTÉ World Cup 2018 Coverage

DUBLINBUSGUY

Hi, all. (Hope this is the right forum). Is RTÉ broadcasting the FIFA World Cup 2018? What matches are they showing?/Are they showing all the matches?
Also, is there some sort of a schedule out there or anything?

Any response very much appreciated.

brick man

DUBLINBUSGUY wrote:

Hi, all. (Hope this is the right forum). Is RTÉ broadcasting the FIFA World Cup 2018? What matches are they showing?/Are they showing all the matches? Also, is there some sort of a schedule out there or anything?

Yes they are showing 56 out of 64 live . The only reason the other 8 games are not is that last games in each pool are at same time so those 8 games are on rte player

NIMAN

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

Mahony0509

NIMAN wrote: »

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

Agreed, always high quality.

AndyBoBandy

NIMAN wrote: »

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

The 1 (only) thing RTÉ does well is sport, so it’s bizarre that they lost so much of it over the years..

RWC
6 Nations

clfy39tzve8njq

NIMAN wrote:

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

Won't be the same without Bill :-(

DUBLINBUSGUY

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I found a link for the fixtures here: https://www.rte.ie/sport/results/soccer/world-cup/9731/fixtures/

Anyone gonna try watch all the matches?:D

DUBLINBUSGUY

brick man wrote: »

Yes they are showing 56 out of 64 live . The only reason the other 8 games are not is that last games in each pool are at same time so those 8 games are on rte player

Do you know if the other 56 matches will be available on catch up services like RTÉ Player?

lertsnim

sugarman wrote: »

I read earlier BBC will be showing the matches in 4K UHD via their iPlayer so they may already lose viewers with a decent VPN.

I'd say you will be able to count on one hand how many Irish viewers that BBC UHD stream will have.

DUBLINBUSGUY

lertsnim wrote: »

I'd say you will be able to count on one hand how many Irish viewers that BBC UHD stream will have.

I might use it but the effort of getting on and all when I could just turn on RTÉ.

PabloAndRoy

lertsnim wrote: »

I'd say you will be able to count on one hand how many Irish viewers that BBC UHD stream will have.

I know of one

The iPlayer infrastructure scale is mindblowing .. interesting article here about it:
https://iplayer.engineering/the-tech-stack-that-powers-bbc-iplayer-471575318e2a

in 2009 there were using 7 petabytes of data per-month. Considering that their requests per month has grown 6-fold in that time, it is likely that are currently using over 40 petabytes per month. Not bad for a free service.

And above all, it is a superb experience on every platform. Its like a mini Netflix.

Poor RTE player

Digifriendly

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

I know of one

The iPlayer infrastructure scale is mindblowing .. interesting article here about it:
https://iplayer.engineering/the-tech-stack-that-powers-bbc-iplayer-471575318e2a

in 2009 there were using 7 petabytes of data per-month. Considering that their requests per month has grown 6-fold in that time, it is likely that are currently using over 40 petabytes per month. Not bad for a free service.

And above all, it is a superb experience on every platform. Its like a mini Netflix.

Poor RTE player

Is BBC iplayer not geo blocked for viewers in ROI?

icdg

It is, and we might end that particular discussion there

Popeleo

Regarding the 4k streaming, the BBC mentioned that it was a limited service, so only a certain, undefined, number of connections allowed on a first-come, first-served basis.

So you might have to log on far earlier than the match kick-off to get a 4k stream.

OldMrBrennan83

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swoofer

It seems you need 40mb speed for bbc iplayer and its restricted to 10,000. I'm sticking with HD.

OldMrBrennan83

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DJIMI TRARORE

Is Ossie Ardiles on Rte this year,I find him hilarious. The,yes pass no they GOAL

PabloAndRoy

swoofer wrote: »

It seems you need 40mb speed for bbc iplayer and its restricted to 10,000. I'm sticking with HD.

I'll be in the UK for quite a bit of it including the final... Will certainly be trying that 4k link. In my opinion, as long as England are not playing, the BBC coverage is way better than rte. No ads for one thing and George Hamilton does my head in. "Peru are leading on the number of corners in the second half so far.." ah ffs!

In fairness to rte the blanket coverage of these kind of events is by far the best stuff they do on TV, but personally I prefer the BBC.

Del2005

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

I know of one

The iPlayer infrastructure scale is mindblowing .. interesting article here about it:
https://iplayer.engineering/the-tech-stack-that-powers-bbc-iplayer-471575318e2a

in 2009 there were using 7 petabytes of data per-month. Considering that their requests per month has grown 6-fold in that time, it is likely that are currently using over 40 petabytes per month. Not bad for a free service.

And above all, it is a superb experience on every platform. Its like a mini Netflix.

Poor RTE player

iPlayer is not a free service it's paid for by the TV licence.

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

In fairness to rte the blanket coverage of these kind of events is by far the best stuff they do on TV, but personally I prefer the BBC.

It's cheaper than other products and is a pain in the hole for people who have no interest in soccer overpaid actors chasing a ball around.

Elmo

Live coverage for all 64 games on RTÉ 2 AND NEWS NOW

56 games on RTÉ2
The 8 clashing group games on RTÉ NEWS NOW

Pauliedragon

I'm a bit dubious about the Hope Solo appointment. Who came up with that idea?

lertsnim

Elmo wrote: »

Live coverage for all 64 games on RTÉ 2 AND NEWS NOW

56 games on RTÉ2
The 8 clashing group games on RTÉ NEWS NOW

Good to see they will be on television. I hope they remove the tickers from the screen.

Pauliedragon wrote: »

I'm a bit dubious about the Hope Solo appointment. Who came up with that idea?

I don't know why they bothered. It's not like we have heard her opinions somewhere before and she has a dubious past.

afatbollix

For the BBC 4K stream you need a 40Mb line speed. That's going to be imposable to get through a VPN.

Maybe just maybe ITV might get Sky to put it out on UHD through its Sky Q box.

icdg

We might leave the comments on a named individual elsewhere, thanks

mackersdublin

Elmo wrote: »

The 8 clashing group games on RTÉ NEWS NOW

And not available in HD :mad:

Elmo

mackersdublin wrote: »

And not available in HD :mad:

No but at least they are using the channel.

dublinman1990

Well that is good news about RTÉ News Now screening some of these matches. Broadband coverage in most parts of the country is still pretty terrible apart from those using covered under the open Eir scheme. Having 8 of the games on News Now will be great news for those who cannot get reliable satellite service from the UK. These are people who could be stuck with using either Saorview or Saorsat as their only choice for TV.

afatbollix

mackersdublin wrote: »

And not available in HD :mad:

Would be on the RTE player.

Digifriendly

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Well that is good news about RTNews Now screening some of these matches. Broadband coverage in most parts of the country is still pretty terrible apart from those using covered under the open Eir scheme. Having 8 of the games on News Now will be great news for those who cannot get reliable satellite service from the UK. These are people who could be stuck with using either Saorview or Saorsat as their only choice for TV.

Out of interest who in ROI cannot get reliable satellite service from UK? Must be a tiny proportion.

lertsnim

Digifriendly wrote: »

Out of interest who in ROI cannot get reliable satellite service from UK? Must be a tiny proportion.

Plenty of people living in properties that don't allow satellite dishes.

Capt'n Midnight

afatbollix wrote: »

For the BBC 4K stream you need a 40Mb line speed. That's going to be imposable to get through a VPN.

Even then it's not quite that simple, only a few tens of thousands allowed and only on supported devices.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/latest-news/live-uhd

The Ultra HD stream will be available from the BBC iPlayer home screen as soon as programme coverage begins until the trial is full for that match.

DUBLINBUSGUY

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Even then it's not quite that simple, only a few tens of thousands allowed and only on supported devices.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/latest-news/live-uhd

I think it is also geo-blocked to viewers in the Republic of Ireland.

Capt'n Midnight

DUBLINBUSGUY wrote: »

I think it is also geo-blocked to viewers in the Republic of Ireland.

Oh very much so.


And they have partnered up with a DRM crowd to make sure the UHD stuff can be locked down.

Freesat, the BBC and ITV owned satellite TV platform, is readying itself for the arrival of ultra-high definition content by selecting Intertrust Technologies’ ExpressPlay CA content security technology to manage and protect UHD content.

ExpressPlay CA is Intertrust’s new cloud-based conditional access security technology designed specifically for modern broadcasters.

The technology keeps digital rights secure by ensuring that only licensed users can access the content they are entitled to, fighting piracy and keeping illegal viewing at arm’s length.

political analyst

DUBLINBUSGUY wrote: »

I think it is also geo-blocked to viewers in the Republic of Ireland.

Of course it is! After all, the i-player is funded by the UK licence fee.

PabloAndRoy

political analyst wrote: »

Of course it is! After all, the i-player is funded by the UK licence fee.

That is not the reason why it is geo-blocked though is it?

It is a rights issue, nothing to do with the licence. Most of BBC Radio (except for live sports) can be accessed in Ireland using the BBC radio iPlayer app. BBC Radio is also funded by the licence.

Digifriendly

lertsnim wrote: »

Plenty of people living in properties that don't allow satellite dishes.

Laws in ROI must be different to NI as I know of very few properties heree that do not permit satellite dishes.

Elmo

Digifriendly wrote: »

Laws in ROI must be different to NI as I know of very few properties heree that do not permit satellite dishes.

Lots of people with no interest in putting up a satellite dish or getting a Pay TV subscription. For the most part they are one reason we have PSB and national broadcasters.

lertsnim

Digifriendly wrote: »

Laws in ROI must be different to NI as I know of very few properties heree that do not permit satellite dishes.

People in apartment blocks and so on. Then you have the unlucky sods with no line of sight. It wouldn't be strange for Northern Ireland to have different laws anyway as it is a different country.

SPDUB

lertsnim wrote: »

People in apartment blocks ..

That's not law but management agreements and people have argued that such agreements might be unlawful under competition law .

icdg

Can we take that particular line of chat over to Legal Discussion please

lertsnim

SPDUB wrote: »

That's not law but management agreements and people have argued that such agreements might be unlawful under competition law .

I never said it was law. Digifriendly brought law into it.

icdg

Take a warning lertsnim please. No more talk on the satellite dishes issue.

Next post that doesn’t mention the words “World Cup” gets a 48 hour ban.

Muahahaha

I had a lovely cup of coffee just there, the beans were out of this world

clfy39tzve8njq

Muahahaha wrote:

I had a lovely cup of coffee just there, the beans were out of this world

Bet you watched the match on satellite and the Mrs was there to dish out the coffee

icdg

Yeah, look if people don’t want to talk about the World Cup that’s fine, I’ll just close the thread. In the meantime Muahahaha and goldenwonders can both take bans. I can hand out more (and close the thread) if anyone else wants one

dulpit

Did I hear Ger Canning commentate on Saturday for one of the football matches and then do a GAA match Sunday?

Also, are RTE using the standard graphics from the World Cup people? The sylised font they are using is woeful, I noticed BBC are not using the same...

clfy39tzve8njq

dulpit wrote:

Did I hear Ger Canning commentate on Saturday for one of the football matches and then do a GAA match Sunday?

You did. Apparently Ger is doing commentary from Dublin

dulpit

Joselyn Most Someplace wrote: »

You did. Apparently Ger is doing commentary from Dublin

Ah. Less impressive so from Ger. Must be awkward doing commentary without being there...

clfy39tzve8njq

dulpit wrote:

Ah. Less impressive so from Ger. Must be awkward doing commentary without being there...

Definitely I'd say if he's only seeing what we see. I often wonder that about analysts too, surely you'd want an overview of the whole pitch to figure out formations etc. But I don't know anything about television so perhaps they have other views of the pitch that we don't see.

kooga

dulpit wrote: »

Did I hear Ger Canning commentate on Saturday for one of the football matches and then do a GAA match Sunday?

Also, are RTE using the standard graphics from the World Cup people? The sylised font they are using is woeful, I noticed BBC are not using the same...

interesting I like the Russian style graphics on rte , the BBC is the same as usual but ITV have superimposed their scoreboard over the Russian style so looks muddled