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Brexit and Television

  • 24-09-2018 4:42am
    #1
    Niles Crane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 537 ✭✭✭


    If there is a no deal Brexit (which looks like it could happen) does anyone know how that will affect TV in Ireland.

    Will we still be able to get UK channels through Sky boxes etc or will there be restrictions on what we can get that haven't existed up to now?


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  • #2
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Nobody really knows what will happen with Brexit, including the audiovisual sphere. At the moment there is an EU audiovisual services directive that allows channels to be licensed in one country and that license allows them to broadcast to other EU countries. There are a ton of channels licensed in the UK to take advantage of its relatively liberal broadcasting environment (you can pretty much get a license on demand, contrary to the hoops the BAI will make you jump through here).

    But something will be done - Sky has a huge business to protect and they are probably the biggest affected broadcaster by Brexit, given they operate in five markets four of which will still be in the EU.

    And if your chosen method of reception is free to air satellite, rest assured that the scientists are yet to invent the satellite that can cover all of the UK for Lands End to John O Groats and also not cover all of Ireland too.


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