Guinness Pro 14- Tv Viewing Options

with the new tv rights I'm going to miss scrum v on a sunday night on bbc 2 wales

I doubt s4c will have the English commentary option now. Like tg4 it will be in the native language only I would think.

S4c couldn't have English commentary when Sky were showing the same game.

bilston

Zebre v Kings is the first game on Freesports...nice one...

Ulster v Scarlets and Munster v Cheetahs clash which is a shame.

Anyway some nice looking fixtures to kick the season off with Cardiff v Leinster as well. But obviously some teams will be nowhere near full strength.

nc6000 wrote: »

What coverage will TG4 have? I see them listed on a lot of the fixtures announced earlier.....

https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/

1 game a week

Digifriendly

MJohnston wrote: »

Digifriendly wrote: »

As I understand it Premier are launching a second channel. Premier 1 HD now displaying on Sky EPG here in N.
Ireland. Before it was just Premier.
Feel a bit sorry for rugby viewers in Scotland who have no FTA coverage apart from Freesports. Irish and Welsh viewers at least have TG4 and S4C.

Scottish people can freely and legally watch S4C via BBC iPlayer.

Correct as can viewers in N. Ireland but here in N. Ireland we also have TG4 via an aerial.

nc6000

What coverage will TG4 have? I see them listed on a lot of the fixtures announced earlier.....

https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/

MJohnston wrote: »

Scottish people can freely and legally watch S4C via BBC iPlayer.

I suppose with regard to FTA on these islands

TG4 for Ireland
S4C/Freesports for the UK
with regard to TG4 being available in NI I wonder on sky and virgin will the games be geo blocked

I suppose they went with S4c over BBC Alba for possibly two reasons

S4c available in HD
S4c English commentary on the red button

In addition TG4 HD is available on eir vision at no extra cost i.e on the €15 pm eir essential pack (plus eir sport 1 and 2 HD included in that price as well)

Digifriendly wrote: »

As I understand it Premier are launching a second channel. Premier 1 HD now displaying on Sky EPG here in N.
Ireland. Before it was just Premier.
Feel a bit sorry for rugby viewers in Scotland who have no FTA coverage apart from Freesports. Irish and Welsh viewers at least have TG4 and S4C.

Scottish people can freely and legally watch S4C via BBC iPlayer.

Digifriendly

As I understand it Premier are launching a second channel. Premier 1 HD now displaying on Sky EPG here in N.
Ireland. Before it was just Premier.
Feel a bit sorry for rugby viewers in Scotland who have no FTA coverage apart from Freesports. Irish and Welsh viewers at least have TG4 and S4C.

fixtures out - seems to be a lot of games on at the same time - ie two games on eirsport 1 at 7.35 on the opening day

Saturday the 1st one game at 3pm and two games KO at 17.15 and 19.35

I know some games might be on eirsport 2 but given that premier sport is just one channel how will this be done

Cookiemunster

S4C will be showing one game a week, with some stipulations.

S4C Coverage per season until 2021:
– 17 Live games including two Christmas derbies
– 4 Derby games shown on delay
– Guinness PRO14 Final Series: Delayed coverage if Welsh region involved
– Guinness PRO14 Final: Live coverage if Welsh region involved

https://www.pro14rugby.org/2018/07/24/s4c-will-continue-to-show-free-to-air-guinness-pro14-games-until-202

Your best bet is to get eir broadband and you can then chromecast the games no matter where you are, on holidays in Europe even.

icdg

You get access to the setantago.com website, but you need a device that can run Silverlight (ie a PC/Mac).

vienne86

neddynono wrote: »

I’m a sky customer tied to a broadband contact with them for a few more months. My question is if I join eir sport for 27.50 a month will I be able to view it through sky go as I’m not always staying where my sky box is?

You don't get Eir from Sky if you are a Sky customer - you get it from Eir on a separate contract - you give them your viewing card number when you sign up. Eir/BT are not Sky channels, so you won't get them on Sky Go.

neddynono

I’m a sky customer tied to a broadband contact with them for a few more months. My question is if I join eir sport for 27.50 a month will I be able to view it through sky go as I’m not always staying where my sky box is?

Cookiemunster wrote: »

AFAIK Eir Sports pay BT to carry their channels in Ireland. Virgin dealing with BT in the UK has no relevance to Virgin Ireland dealing with Eir.

Yes, that's essentially my point - Virgin dealing with PremierSports in the UK has no relevance to Virgin Ireland dealing with Eir.

irelandrover

MaybeMaybe wrote: »

Will Eurosport have coverage online in European markets again next season?

I really hope so as it was great last year. But i havent been able ot find anything about it yet.

Cookiemunster

MJohnston wrote: »

I doubt it - Virgin Media UK did a deal with BT Sports in the past, who were similarly connected with EirSports, but Virgin Media Ireland didn't budge.

AFAIK Eir Sports pay BT to carry their channels in Ireland. Virgin dealing with BT in the UK has no relevance to Virgin Ireland dealing with Eir.

I doubt it - Virgin Media UK did a deal with BT Sports in the past, who were similarly connected with EirSports, but Virgin Media Ireland didn't budge.

MJohnston wrote: »

I don't believe that PremierSports is connected to Eir at all anymore.

They're separate companies now but if Virgin are acquiring PS for the pro14 in the uk it would make sense that they would also want them in Ireland. Could they possibly do a deal for the eir sport channels only as it is those that carry the pro14 games. They might not want the BT channels as tv3/virgin have 1 Champions Cup game.

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

For anyone in NI it seems Virgin are going to offer 2 months free to Premier Sports. They have the rights for the UK and NI.

They are the sister channel of eir sports. Could Virgin be about to do a u turn re dealing with eir sports for the republic?

I don't believe that PremierSports is connected to Eir at all anymore.

For anyone in NI it seems Virgin are going to offer 2 months free to Premier Sports. They have the rights for the UK and NI.

They are the sister channel of eir sports. Could Virgin be about to do a u turn re dealing with eir sports for the republic?

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Will Eurosport have coverage online in European markets again next season?

nc6000 wrote: »

Just after noticing that myself, not good.

I think that will go HD eventually as Premier Sports in the uk (sister channel of eir sports) announced at the time that they would have a 2nd premier sports channel in the uk. I would presume this would be HD alongside the existing channel and thus eirsport 1 in HD should follow. That is just my hunch.

nc6000

awec wrote: »

So it turns out that Eir Sports 1 is SD only on Sky. That's a bit garbage really.

Just after noticing that myself, not good.

Cookiemunster

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

What about people in NI who can't get eir broadband? Does the premier sports app apply to NI? I thought the tv rights deal covered the island of Ireland thus people in NI can't subscribe to the premier sports app?

No, the Premier Sport deal covers the whole of the UK including NI and the Eir sport deal cover the country of Ireland, not the whole island.