Irish Channels On EPG

Aquos76

RTE 1, NET2 TV3, and TG4 all appear on the EPG as and from around midday today. There is no information on then except programmes start from Tuesday. In the channel listings there is programme information on all the channels from Tuesday on.

So I take it that there will be no further testing carried out today
All three radio stations are also on the EPG on 914 915 916.

telecinesk

Hi,
I can confirm epg alright> Pity the satellite rte decided to go on dosent cover eastern europe and austria.... I was looking foward to 2FM>> oh well I mustnt complain.

seano

congrats first prize is for you

Keeks

What channels r they showing up on?

Our man in Havana

A victory for ICDG forum!

Our man in Havana

RTE1 101
N2 102
TV3 103
TG4 104

jez

Lads,

One thing confuses me . Why do the national broadcasters of Ireland and Britain, RTE and BBC decide to broadcast on satellite when they then block the signal beyond the boundaries of their respective countries. The cost in linking up with Sky must be significant and particularly in RTE'S case the likelihood of more channels in the short term must be unlikely.It is unlikely that RTE or BBC decided to go on Sky just to satisfy the minute % of viewers that can't receive their signal adequately. The famous
08 message "this programme is not available" means it was a waste of time in those channels even being on satellite.
What do you all think?

DMC

Congrats squire.... so the big lift off from 12 noon as the channels info appears

Our man in Havana

Originally posted by jez
Lads,

One thing confuses me . Why do the national broadcasters of Ireland and Britain, RTE and BBC decide to broadcast on satellite when they then block the signal beyond the boundaries of their respective countries. The cost in linking up with Sky must be significant and particularly in RTE'S case the likelihood of more channels in the short term must be unlikely.It is unlikely that RTE or BBC decided to go on Sky just to satisfy the minute % of viewers that can't receive their signal adequately. The famous
08 message "this programme is not available" means it was a waste of time in those channels even being on satellite.
What do you all think?

Does anyone care if someone in London can get TG4? I dont!

osullima

In work at the moment! Anyone got a screen capture they can post? Also are the channels under the Entertainment banner in the TV Guide?

Well done RTE/TV3!!

DMC

They'd be top of the tree

Damo. (Cant see either!)

Charles Slane

Yeah screen shots would be gthe biz (til I get home).

Looking forward to seeing Irish TV on satellite (not before time).

We can all send congrats e-mails to Tom tomorrow. Let's face it, he gave us good info, and got the job done on time.

CHRISTYG

Lads, I have to report that not only has TG4 (which was the only TV station which was to be available, thanks to that group in Zurich or wherever!) gone off my Digibox here in Northern Ireland, but ALL the radio stations as well. Is this just standard practice, or is my suspicious mind picking up other signals? (And I don't mean radio or TV signals!!!!)

smoke.me.a.kipper

one word: 'golly'!

Charles Slane

Originally posted by CHRISTYG
Lads, I have to report that not only has TG4 (which was the only TV station which was to be available, thanks to that group in Zurich or wherever!) gone off my Digibox here in Northern Ireland, but ALL the radio stations as well. Is this just standard practice, or is my suspicious mind picking up other signals? (And I don't mean radio or TV signals!!!!)

I wouldn't get too worried just yet.

Have you checked to see if the radio stations have appeared on your EPG, and if so, have a look through it to see if TG4 has appeared anywhere on it too.

By the way, forgot to mention it last post, well-spotted Sky Digi Kid !!

DMC

Originally posted by Charles Slane
We can all send congrats e-mails to Tom tomorrow. Let's face it, he gave us good info, and got the job done on time.

I heartily endorse this event or product.

CHRISTYG: Its not "offically" on until tomorrow, as the EPG only launches at noon, so dont give up hope, just yet.

Hopefully Brendan will come up with screen shots before ye all head home:)
In the meantime...
Close eyes ,picture the ordinary search and scan channel banner...
with RTE One in there(without the Fadá)....
And programmes begin on Tuesday underneath that.
It looks good:)
Ye could invite Mr McCarthy to the Boards.ie drinkies:D
mm

bkehoe

OK, here you go.

This one is what it shows for today.

bkehoe

And midday tomorrow.

osullima

Cheers for the pics Brendan. I'm starting to feel all moist and funny

Ludo

Jag on TV3 at 12 until 12.30...anyone hoping to watch this will miss the first half...ah well, it's crap anyway :-)

Funky Phantom

Hmmmm......

Nice little gap there in the EPG, channel 105......... UTV methinks??


Nearly there!!

DMC

Nice! Cheers Brendan!

smoke.me.a.kipper

good 'un brendan.

bkehoe

RTE1 is now available, with full EPG data of all programmes to come today/tonight.

Charles Slane

So will RTE Radio1 not be with the other RTE channels ?

ifconfig

That is what the RTE radio website seems to suggest. Did I recall someone suggesting that
the original channel (892) was transmitted in
mono rather than stereo whereas the tests
had it in glorious stereophonic format?
I couldn't tell this as it is usually only
more obvious when bright music is played.


any ideas?

--e

DMC

Now that is daft... it would've made complete sense to put it beside the other channels.

Charles Slane

Although maybe they like the idea of being scattered around the EPG so people might "stumble" across them.

byte

I think the radio channels are badly in need of a reshuffle.

Ray Woodward

Originally posted by eirin
That is what the RTE radio website seems to suggest. Did I recall someone suggesting that
the original channel (892) was transmitted in
mono rather than stereo whereas the tests
had it in glorious stereophonic format?
I couldn't tell this as it is usually only
more obvious when bright music is played.


any ideas?

--e

Radio One will remain on EPG channel 892, the label will simply be re-assigned to point your set top box to the stereo 2D release from RTE rather than the mono WRN release.

Of course this will mean that those outside the UK/RoI currently subscribing to Sky Digital (outside the 2D footprint) will quite suddenly loose radio One - when the change takes place.

But then they SHOULD be using the 13 east WRN mono release anyway ...

TinMan

Anyone noticed that the Series Link option is available if you add some programs on RTE One, Network 2, or TV3 to the Personal Planner?

It seems I can Series link the Champions League match on TV3 tomorrow night, will be interesting to see if it actually works and adds the next match in on wednesday. I have noticed loads of programs that series link is avaliable on, sure beats the heck out of the Series link on Sky one....... none existant!:D

Charles Slane

Great news about the series link. I noticed it earlier, and wondered why Sky can't sort it out on Sky One as well.

Has anyone noticed if there are any differences in programmes on terrestrial and satellite, or are the schedules identical (as suggested by the BCI licence) ?

By the way, isn't it cool to at last be able to refer to Irish television and the word "satellite" in the same sentence, without it being just a far off pipedream ? I know that the early contributors to this forum have been discussing this for years, so it's brilliant to see the dream realised.

Mossy Monk

like some others here i am slightly confused as to why Radio 1 wont be put beside the other 3 radio channels. as Irishbyte said, the radio channels are in a serious need of a re-shuffle. the shopping channels have been moved around a few times while the radio stations have only move numbers without changing order :mad:

Ray Woodward

For the EXACT same reason that BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC 6 Music are not next to BBC Radio 5 Live ...

Why move EPG numbers just for the sake of it?

No doubt at some future date (I.E. the next radio section EPG shuffle) anomolies such as the BBC and RTE ones will be addressed, but till then you take the next number up ...

BTW, I think you'll find the next section of the EPG to get a shuffle will be the adult services in the 900's ...

Charles Slane

Three hours until Irish TV's first big step into the digital age ....

Regarding the radio station's EPG placement - are the charges higher for a more prominent placing (ie do Classic FM and Virgin pay more to be just after the Beebs on the UK EPG) ?

If not, then there's no reason why the radio EPG shouldn't be better organised. Although sometimes I like the fact that they're scattered all over the place. Thay way you end up hearing stuff you'd never deliberately tune into.

By the way, when I checked this morning, RTE 1 was the only one of the four TV stations that had the "next" programme name. Is that still the case ?

Tony

Originally posted by Charles Slane
Three hours until Irish TV's first big step into the digital age ....

Regarding the radio station's EPG placement - are the charges higher for a more prominent placing (ie do Classic FM and Virgin pay more to be just after the Beebs on the UK EPG) ?

If not, then there's no reason why the radio EPG shouldn't be better organised. Although sometimes I like the fact that they're scattered all over the place. Thay way you end up hearing stuff you'd never deliberately tune into.

By the way, when I checked this morning, RTE 1 was the only one of the four TV stations that had the "next" programme name. Is that still the case ?

Hi Charles, all are now shwing "programmes start at 12". As for EPG placement I think there are some rules governing this in te UK at least, I wonder have the BCI thought about this?

Regards Tony

Charles Slane

15 minutes to go .......

Anything happening yet ?

Is there a prize for the first poster to spot Irish TV on the EPG ?

osullima

Stuck in work and missing history being made !!!!

Tony

Originally posted by Charles Slane
15 minutes to go .......

Anything happening yet ?

Is there a prize for the first poster to spot Irish TV on the EPG ?

RTE 1 on bang on time, what did i win???

Originally posted by Tony


RTE 1 on bang on time, what did i win???

RTÉ t-shirt:D
Have to say, have the sky remote in one hand andone fingered typing with the other-having the channels there looks great.
The sound on Network two appears to have a hum on it:(
And theres no teletext on TV3:(
mm

DMC

A cuddly toy!!



Nice one Tony!

swoopster

All RTE tv services have been blocked for NI viewers. All channels are showing 08 messages - including TG4.

There are no entries for RTE tv services in the NI epg either.

There must be more rights problems than RTE first thought.

WHEN IS RTE COMING TO NI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:mad:

Krusty_Clown

quote:

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Originally posted by Tony
RTE 1 on bang on time, what did i win???

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Actually, they were about 3 seconds late...:rolleyes:

I captured the ultimate moment (from RTE1), in DivX AVI (no sound), if anyone wants to upload it somewhere, and share it out...

(How sad am I?)

DMC

With the testing thread closed now (whats the point, they've launched!) this thread, for the time being any road, is the spot for RTÉ's launch on Sky today.

RTÉ in NI? Not right away, but pretty soon, I reckon.

osullima

Krusty, put it up on the internet for all us at work so we can see it! If you want you can email it to me and I'll put it up.

Cheers,
Mark.

Charles Slane

Originally posted by Tony


RTE 1 on bang on time, what did i win???

Tony, you win an on-line satellite superstore .... oh, you have one already ..... ah well, better luck next time.

swoopster

We can only receive the radio channels. That was expected anyway. Alot of people up here were expecting TG4 to launch today as it was the only channel that was visible in NI during testing.

In fact it is part of the Good Friday Agreement that we get some if not all irish tv channels. I must have a word with big Ian on that!!!

DMC

Originally posted by Krusty_Clown
I captured the ultimate moment (from RTE1), in DivX AVI (no sound), if anyone wants to upload it somewhere, and share it out...

(How sad am I?)

Not in my eyes (zips up anorak!)

PM me, and I will organise if you dont upload it to your own website.

thrillseeker

ROI Customers:
BBC 1 and 2 NI (Inferior Versions)
No BBC radio on EPG
No Radio 5 Live at all
No ITV
No CH4
No CH5

NI Customers:
No RTE 1, Net2, TV3, TG4

Who gets the better deal ROI or NI???

ejhearn

Will the new channels be supported by TiVo?