Any Freesat changes likely post Brexit?

Huawei Gallagher

I have a Freesat capable smart TV (when I say Freesat I mean this https://www.freesat.co.uk)and have it set up with a fake Northern Irish postcode (I am in the south).

Just wondering from you people in the know, if people that have set it up for Irish Republic could have channels removed via software update or something post brexit? I know that the same signal will still be hitting the dish post brexit but I wonder if something will happen regarding (Freesat capable) smart TVs and boxes that could maybe be avoided if you don't allow the software to update? I checked the Freesat website and see no info.

Couldn't survive lockdown if all I had was RTE

L1011

No.

You enter a UK postcode, it doesn't accept Eircodes.

The box doesn't know its not wherever you told it it is. Software updates are done via satellite.

Huawei Gallagher

I imagine I am fine as I am using NI postcode, but on the initial setup of my TV you have a choice of an Irish setup or else a British setup with postcode. The Irish setup loads RTE player App as default, British will allow iPlayer etc. but not RTE Player. There are obviously 2 software versions for the TV depending on what you choose at initial setup.

So the TV would consider consider itself in Republic of Ireland (as you made the choice at the start) and have that info stored if the user set it that way initially. And would get an Irish version of the firmware update for the TV. Just wondering in theory if they could use a firmware update to pull the British channels from any TVs that are set up as being in the republic. I don't anticipate an issue for myself with NI postcode but wonder it could happen to those with Irish Republic setup.

dubrov

Freesat isn't available in Ireland by design now. It's just overspill from a satellite pointing at the uk. Of all things Breixt-related, it is probably one of the things least likely to be affected