Will we ever get UTV and Channel 4 ?

sharkboy · 19-12-2004 2:29pm #1

It all hope gone or do any of you think that Sky might get this sorted out?

Mossy Monk · 19-12-2004 3:46pm

nothing Sky can do about it really

Colm80 · 19-12-2004 3:56pm

Some say it might happen when Rte 1 & 2 Go on the epg in the north in the new year. I wont hold my breath on that one. Your green texted is hard to see.

thegills · 20-12-2004 11:03am

I just got an email to say that you can get C4, channel 5 and ITV on Sky digital now as follows:

Channel 5
Freq Polarity Symbol Rate FEC
12304 H 27.5 2/3

C4
12168 V 27.5 2/3

UTV
10906 V 22.0 5/6

I'm in work so could someone try it out at home?
thegills

20-12-2004 11:41am

an email from who?

Fr0g · 20-12-2004 11:50am

Just tried it now, the channels are not available

Drag00n79 · 20-12-2004 11:52am

thegills wrote:

I just got an email to say that you can get C4, channel 5 and ITV on Sky digital now as follows:

Channel 5
Freq Polarity Symbol Rate FEC
12304 H 27.5 2/3

C4
12168 V 27.5 2/3

UTV
10906 V 22.0 5/6

I'm in work so could someone try it out at home?
thegills

Doesn't work. Same as usual on Irish cards.

Headshot · 20-12-2004 12:01pm

i have UTV now thanks thegills

20-12-2004 12:06pm

snoopdog wrote:

i have UTV now thanks thegills

On a UK card presumably?

Headshot · 20-12-2004 12:08pm

Earthman wrote:

On a UK card presumably?

ya

d-j-k · 22-12-2004 1:39pm

I would guess that TV3 would have serious objections to ITV1 or UTV being made available on digital satellite as they are pretty much ITV1 - Ireland thesedays with almost the same programme line up as UTV.

Channel 4, alongside its original productions, carries a lot of imported US programming, which is also carried on RTE 1 / 2

I would guess that there are some serious rights issues.

However, to say that NTL or Chorus don't "broadcast" ITV / C4 is a complete joke. I mean, does it just accidently appear on their EPGs through some freak accident?

What if Sky were to "relay" the channels on satellite i.e. pick up a ITV/Channel 4 signal at the Northern Ireland boarder and then uplink it to satellite available only in the republic and fully encrypted?

Can't see how that would be any different to what NTL/Chorus are doing!? It's just using slightly different technology. It's just distribution via a closed network.

I don't know about NTL, but I've seen Sky EPG appear on BBC1,2, ITV and C4 on chorus. So, I doubt they're actually relaying signals from over the border or wales, they're just relaying stuff directly off satellite.