Is the 6N Free-To-Air on TV3 HD?

No FTA coverage on HD for TV3. We will have to tune into British TV to watch Ireland play in HD. ( Via Northern Ireland for Aerial reception or Freesat for reception via a dish)
Disgraceful situation in my opinion.

*If you live in the border counties or east coast reception via aerial might be possible.

You really would think that it would have been a prerequisite before bidding but........
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Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Can anyone tell me will the 6Nations be free to air on TV3 HD without a HD sub?

As i remember a similar item regarding a recent competition with the ROI team & RTE 2 HD needed a sub, until someone reminded them that there are other HD channels showing it & RTE changed their tune as they didn't want Irish viewers lost to BBC/ITV

Thanks.

Not to get off track but RTE 2 HD has always been free to air since it launched in 2011. It took the pay services a wee while to cary it as well as the SD pictures but that's a few years ago now.

As regards TV3 HD, well you need to take it up with them on free to air HD directly. Personally I feel that it is bad form from them to not offer it.

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

The bbc will have POC as commentator/analyst so good analysis there.

They also won't have 50 ad breaks like TV3 RWC coverage

Former Former wrote: »

The other side of that argument is, why should licence fee money be spent on outbidding a private company with very, very deep pockets when the content will be freely available anyway?

Moaning about having to watch a match in standard def is a textbook first world problem.

The majority of the population will be watching it in HD anyway.

Tend to agree with this. I think I'm right in saying that take up of satellite in ROI is quite high so many will probably use Freesat or Sky - with Freesat making it easier to record from for IIRC ITV has to be added under 'other channels' for watching on Sky in ROI. Here in NI I am a bit disappointed 6N is still not on RTE as it gave a viable alternative to BBC/ITV coverage. Having had HD now for some 6 Years there is no way I'm going to put up with SD no matter how good the commentary is or the analysis.

OldRio wrote: »

Well if we put up with second best we will always receive second best.

Totally agree with this. The Depts of Culture and Sport give great lip-service to protecting FTA for key sports events for the huddled masses of Ireland, but in reality they don't look into the quality of whats on offer.

Eg, Formula 1, supposedly protected FTA on Eir Sport Ireland, however if you have no choice but to subscribe to Virgin (many apartments in urban areas), they do not carry Eir Sport because of a row with them, or Sky Sports F1 either, so there is no physical way to watch all Grand Prix FTA for those people. Im worried about rugby being fragmented in the same way and falling through the cracks for some folk.

doylefe wrote: »

How RTE with the licence fee AND advertising can get outbid by TV3 is beyond me.

What in the name of jaysus are we paying the TV licence for.

TV3 is owned by Virgin Media, more cash than RTE have or will ever have.

In answer to your second question, we're paying for the likes of Turbridy and Miriam to provide us with pure drivel week in week out. Should be a salary cap, I'm talking 100k, for all presenters. If they don't like it, they can head off to TV3. No UK channel would touch them. Its an employers market FFS.