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RTE Player : Phone app vs TV app content

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  • 22-02-2022 5:05pm
    #1
    banchang
    Registered Users Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭


    I'm wanting to watch some episodes of Nationwide from early February 2022.

    I can see these earlier episodes on the RTE Player app on my phone (& many more prior to that), but only the last 3 episodes from 16 Feb are on the RTE Player app on my Virgin 360 box.

    Anyone know why this difference, & how can I watch these earlier episodes on TV (without screen mirroring etc) ?



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    #2
    mackersdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭mackersdublin


    It's to do with Rights Issues

    The only RTE Player with the most content will be the website www.rte.ie/player and 2nd best option would be the RTE Player App on iOS & Android

    The App version on Virgin Media, Sky boxes etc. is restricted aswell as the TV Apps on Samsung, LG TVs etc



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    Full_Circle_81
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭Full_Circle_81


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118674541#Comment_118674541

    I've always found that incredibly annoying though. Imagine if Netflix or similar offered less/more content depending on the device you were using to access it?!

    I tend to only watch the player on my Apple TV, as too many things are missing from the LG tv version of the app.



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    #4
    dam099
    Registered Users Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭dam099


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118674541#Comment_118674541

    Not sure if Nationwide is a RTE in-house production or commissioned by RTE using an independent producer but either way would be a bit ridiculous if they don't have the rights to it on all platforms. I can see it for imported shows but their own productions shouldn't really have that issue.



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    #5
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    I think it is RTÉ Cork that make Nationwide.



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    #6
    KildareP
    Registered Users Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭KildareP


    The RTÉ player on Sky and Virgin Media is more a catch-up service than the full player offering.

    The content is stored and streamed by Virgin/Sky as opposed to coming directly from RTÉ themselves.



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    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,512 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Less to do with rights issues - when it comes to Nationwide at any rate, which is an in house production - more to do with what can be done/is done on these platforms.

    There is no app on Sky. It is completely delivered through the catch up section of the EPG. Only seven days of content is available. My recollection is that it’s similar on VM Horizon and probably similar on 360 (there is a red button app on the Mediabox platform).



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