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rte and astra

digiman · 2002-01-08 19:51:47

why do rte need a new dish to put there channels on sky? They must have a dish to put rte radio 1 on sky so why wont they use the same dish to put rte, net 2.

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08-01-2002 8:51pm

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digiman

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why do rte need a new dish to put there channels on sky?
They must have a dish to put rte radio 1 on sky so why wont they use the same dish to put rte, net 2.

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#2 08-01-2002 10:07pm
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I think I mentioned it on an earlier thread, but RTÉ Radio 1 is not directly broadcast onto Astra by RTÉ.

At present, RTÉ uplink Tara TV from Dublin to Intelsat 601, then BSkyB then uplink to Astra 2, and RTÉ Radio 1 is broadcast through the World Radio Network.

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#3 09-01-2002 8:41am
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I know that when RTE Radio was broadcast via Astra-1 analogue, the signal was sent by a fibre land-line to London, and BT uplinked to 19.2 deg.east. I assume it's the same when RTE transferred to 28.2, which explains why RTE didn't need their own uplink dish.

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