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Oireachtas TV

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  • #92
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    formerly scottish paddy wrote: »
    But not on a foreign subscription platform! :mad:

    and encrypted so you have to be a sky subscriber to actually view it!!!!!


  • #93
    formerly scottish paddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭formerly scottish paddy


    I have edited my OP to include the word ONLY.


  • #94
    galtee boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭galtee boy


    Just had a look at the test on Sky, it says "Test feed from UPC Dublin" on top of screen. Surprised Sky are using UPC for the uplink.


  • #95
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    galtee boy wrote: »
    Just had a look at the test on Sky, it says "Test feed from UPC Dublin" on top of screen. Surprised Sky are using UPC for the uplink.

    I am guessing that Oireachtas are also paying UPC.


  • #96
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    formerly scottish paddy wrote: »
    But not ONLY on a foreign subscription platform! :mad:
    I suppose it all depends on whether Saorview are playing ball, they are damned if they do or damned if they don't .. If sky's fees are manageable but Saorview not then it's probably the right decision.


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  • #97
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,241 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Elmo wrote: »
    I am guessing that Oireachtas are also paying UPC.

    I believe it may be carried FOC to the Oireachtas like the other Irish channels on UPC, the trial channel has been carried this way for the last 3 years.

    http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2011/11/15/00003.asp


  • #98
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,241 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    irishfeen wrote: »
    I suppose it all depends on whether Saorview are playing ball, they are damned if they do or damned if they don't

    RTÉ said it is not in a position to offer subsidised or discretionary tariffs on Saorview, the Oireachtas and the Dept of Comms are the people who can change the legislation to allow it to be carried on Saorview at a reduced or no fee.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=91165399


  • #99
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    It will be interesting where sky position OTV ... Seemingly only 503 & 504 are available under "News", it would take the place of BBC News/BBC Parliment.


  • #100
    stuartfanning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭stuartfanning


    504 would seem a good bet on the Irish Sky EPG, as there is no way that BBC Parliament will ever be added to it. We should see later.


  • #101
    medoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭medoc


    stuartfanning wrote: »
    504 would seem a good bet on the Irish Sky EPG, as there is no way that BBC Parliament will ever be added to it. We should see later.

    That would make sense as if/when RTE News Now launches it could go on 503.


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  • #102
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    stuartfanning wrote: »
    504 would seem a good bet on the Irish Sky EPG, as there is no way that BBC Parliament will ever be added to it. We should see later.
    Yeah 504 makes sense doesn't it - it's a real pitty BBC News 24 isn't on the Irish EPG ... Much better then Sky.


  • #103
    stuartfanning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭stuartfanning


    irishfeen wrote: »
    Yeah 504 makes sense doesn't it - it's a real pitty BBC News 24 isn't on the Irish EPG ... Much better then Sky.
    It can still be viewed in ROI via 'Add Channels' can't it? It is strange that BBC never had it added to the Irish EPG.


  • #104
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    irishfeen wrote: »
    Yeah 504 makes sense doesn't it - it's a real pitty BBC News 24 isn't on the Irish EPG ... Much better then Sky.

    but I thought the transponders with irish epg specific data was full and thats the reason why RTE1 HD has not appeared on sky. Forgive my ignorance but if this is the case how can they be now able to put OTV on the epg?


  • #105
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    channelsurfer2 wrote: »
    but I thought the transponders with irish epg specific data was full and thats the reason why RTE1 HD has not appeared on sky. Forgive my ignorance but if this is the case how can they be now able to put OTV on the epg?
    There might be room for one more SD channel on that Irish transponder (I actually don't know) but as said the government might actually be paying sky for the uplink so it could be placed on any transponder.


  • #106
    stuartfanning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭stuartfanning


    channelsurfer2 wrote: »
    but I thought the transponders with irish epg specific data was full and thats the reason why RTE1 HD has not appeared on sky. Forgive my ignorance but if this is the case how can they be now able to put OTV on the epg?
    Like BBC Parliament in ROI, I would think that OTV will be available in the UK via 'Add Channels'! Time will tell!


  • #107
    stuartfanning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭stuartfanning


    It seems OTV will not be available at all in the UK on Sky. For some unexplained reason it has been encrypted, so it cannot be tune in via 'Add Channels' in the UK!!


  • #108
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    stuartfanning wrote: »
    It seems OTV will not be available at all in the UK on Sky. For some unexplained reason it has been encrypted, so it cannot be tune in via 'Add Channels' in the UK!!

    Or available to FTA Sat viewers in Ireland.


  • #109
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,089 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    I had the EPG for OTV with the 9607 label trialling on my FTA Triax combi box for some weeks now. Then it magically disappeared into thin air sometime last week.


  • #110
    channelsurfer2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭channelsurfer2


    perhaps someone should ask their local td why they are letting it be encrypted on a foreign owned platform? maybe they dont want the Brits to see such riviting world changing stuff as the public accounts committee or Taoiseachs question time in case they get ideas....


  • #111
    stuartfanning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭stuartfanning


    channelsurfer2 wrote: »
    perhaps someone should ask their local td why they are letting it be encrypted on a foreign owned platform? maybe they dont want the Brits to see such riviting world changing stuff as the public accounts committee or Taoiseachs question time in case they get ideas....
    LOTS of Irish living in the UK. :D


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  • #112
    galtee boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭galtee boy


    Oireachtas TV on Sky Epg 574.


  • #113
    ftakeith
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭ftakeith


    galtee boy wrote: »
    Oireachtas TV on Sky Epg 574.

    will this be added to my sky tv favourites, the answer is no

    what next on sky on demand, the oireachtas tv player,!


  • #114
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    galtee boy wrote: »
    Oireachtas TV on Sky Epg 574.
    My god the sky EPG news section is now all over the place.. It's actually ridiculous.


  • #115
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,979 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    ftakeith wrote: »
    what next on sky on demand, the oireachtas tv player,!

    Why not? There are people who would get more use from that than say Sky Sports on demand.


  • #116
    Infoanon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    irishfeen wrote: »
    My god the sky EPG news section is now all over the place.. It's actually ridiculous.

    570s are the overflow for the news section, BBC News HD is 570 for example.


  • #117
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    Oireachtas TV now on test channel 17 on Saorview.


  • #118
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    natashaob6 wrote: »
    Oireachtas TV now on test channel 17 on Saorview.
    Nice spot, they must have came to some agreement.


  • #119
    h7nlrp2v0g5u48
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭h7nlrp2v0g5u48


    irishfeen wrote: »
    Nice spot, they must have came to some agreement.
    I wonder is it on a test period and if it is is it free?


  • #120
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    natashaob6 wrote: »
    I wonder is it on a test period and if it is is it free?

    How long is a test period? :pac:


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  • #121
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,979 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    natashaob6 wrote: »
    Oireachtas TV now on test channel 17 on Saorview.

    Good news. A channel like this should never be hidden beyond a Sky paywall or UPC subscription


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