Channel 4

denis1501

Channel 4 can this morning be viewed by Irish subscribers through the 'add channels' feature.
Enter 12422 H and save the channel called '7521'
Now go to 'other channels' and select it. It's channel 4!
regards
D.

irishgeo

Thanks for the tip off.

I wonder how long it will last, lets keep it quiet.:ninja:

gonker

thanks for the tip off but its boring cricket on.....:) betcha when something good is on it will knock off
gonk

DMC

No, this is good!*


* cricket fan

eigrod

Excellent. Will tune in tonight.

Anyone know if this is permanant ? Was there any official statements on this ?

JTMan

In the clear

hmmmm .... C4 launch in Ireland in time for BB 5 ?? or gone tomorrow ?!

timpat

The Lyngsat site lists this as Channel 4 (Midlands).

Details were only added yesterday:

12422 H
tp 37

SR 27500
FEC 2/3

By the way, anyone heard any noises from Channel 4 or Sky
on the whole 'When is C4 coming to ROI' thing?

arkles

its not viewable on a uk FTV card, has to be a uk or irish sub, maybe an interactive feed for ch4 cricket ?, 6pm see will friends show up

channelsurfer

must be only on the irish card. cos its not available if you dont have a subscription the message says the best of welsh entertainment call to upgrade your sub..
looks like s4c to me

Charles Slane

Strange that it's not in widescreen. Still, it's real good for free.

EKRIUQ

Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the first time that its been available on the Irl card,
One theory could be that there checking signals for Big Brother starting next week.

The reason its not apearing on the FTV cards is because ( to the best of my knowledge) CH4 since the end of FTV cards is only available via a subscription package.

Thank Denis 1501 for the info how did you cop it??

sceptre

Originally posted by TIPPTOP
The reason its not apearing on the FTV cards is because ( to the best of my knowledge) CH4 since the end of FTV cards is only available via a subscription package.

Naw, regular C4 appears fine on an FTV card.

TB1809

I having trouble getting this, no signal found message appears.

Is anyone else having this ??


TB.

gonker

yeah cricket still on

parasite

wierd, i tried it with my ftv card in, and it popped up a 'please call this number to subscribe to paramount 2' message ...works fine with my irish sub card in

Tony

bloody cricket ( 7.36)

mickeyboymel

The screens call to upgrade, are not releated to the particular channel you have stored on a location in Other Channels. They go in order of 1 to 50 so depending on what position you have (in this case) CH4 stored in your other channels, the relevant "call to upgrade"screen appears for that position, not nesscarily relating to the channel stored at that position.

parasite

ahhh, ok

mickeyboymel

Could this "test" be anything to do with the More Four channel which is due to launch sometime in the next year.

It would explain the fact that an FTV card cannot recieve the channel? If it is to be subscription based, similar to E4?

Just a thought, very exciting news to have CH4 on though, even if they are only showing cricket!!

EKRIUQ

Maybe it could be the impossible, Channel 4 will be available to people in the Rep of Ireland via Sky,

Wishfull thinking:D

Verdammt

I tuned this in fine this evening . Looks good so far.

DMC

Next person who disses cricket, life ban. (no smiley)

Skyuser

Its great, I hope it stays.

mickeyboymel

Originally posted by Skyuser
Its great, I hope it stays.

The cricket or channel4???:D

JBoyle4eva

OH MY GOD!

Channel4!

Channel4 on SKy in Irl!

Channel4 on sky in Irl in time for BB5!

Pleas let's all pray that it stays for it!

channelsurfer

hate to be interrupt the party.. but dont look forward to it too much.. no offical annoucement has been made so it could be just an error..
enjoy it while it lasts..

mike2084

I quite enjoy the cricket.

Bet you C4's gone by the morning

DMC

It wont last long. I bet you this is tests for interactive feeds for Big Brother.....

Pat Gleeson

Still here at 07.55.

It won't last long, but here's hoping.

We're still waiting to know how you copped it,
Dennis 1501

denis1501

Hi all,
Glad you're all enjoying Channel 4!!
I wish I could say that I found it originally myself but I didn't........I was tipped off by Christian over at Lyngsat and he heard it from someone who scans all frequencies every day looking for new channels, tests etc. He's the guy who deserves the credit, not me. I only passed it on to the masses!!
regards
D.

shinzon

Originally posted by timpat
The Lyngsat site lists this as Channel 4 (Midlands).

Details were only added yesterday:

12422 H
tp 37

SR 27500
FEC 2/3

By the way, anyone heard any noises from Channel 4 or Sky
on the whole 'When is C4 coming to ROI' thing?

using these setup instructions i get no signal on the other channels, can someone confirm these are correct and if so is c4 still there this morning


cheers

shin

Mr E

Yep, they're right. There should be 2 other channels there too..... It worked last night - haven't checked this morning.

gonker

yeah still wonderful cricket on hi dmc
g

EKRIUQ

Cricket!!!


Big girls game


Channel 4 still there 1 day later

JTMan

Still in the clear

So the reason why CH4 has not been on the IRL EPG to date is to do with programming rights?

Me wonders if this has something to do with the 3 year contract for Friends and ER is coming to an end with RTE (Right??).

Anyone contact C4/Sky?

arkles

i posted a reply somwhere a month ago, at that time i had been informed by a sky agent that ch4 had a deal done with sky for irish carriage, but the date i heard for transmission was oct/nov

shinzon

Silly me

Didnt see the H after the 12422 lol, yep alls fine and dandy now Channel 4 in the clear

Shin

Originally posted by Fungus

Anyone contact C4/Sky?

I'd very very strongly advise against that

When people contacted Sky demanding that ITV be on the Irish EPG at a time when we could see it through other channels-
They cut it of!!! and we haven't seen it on Irish cards since!!

So my advice is do not contact sky or ch4...

Be thankfull for what you got and dont disturb the Giant

DMC

Originally posted by TIPPTOP
Cricket!!!


Big girls game


Channel 4 still there 1 day later

Banned.

(I don't lie)

JBoyle4eva

still on @ 7:10PM! Wonder could this be permanent?

DONT' CALL SKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PK - the king

Yeah, lets hope it stays free to air.

PLEASE DON'T RING SKY!!! :ninja:

Lets hope ITV goes the same way


DMC - you didn't REALLY ban TIPPTOP did you? :dunno:

celticfc

Originally posted by PK - the king
DMC - you didn't REALLY ban TIPPTOP did you? :dunno:

He did, LOL

Tony

Damo lighten up

Tony

Mossy Monk

/me shakes head

spongebob

I have Never seen girls play the oul slow hurling .......Never.

To really appreciate cricket one must head down to the Oval on a Sunday in August at c 10am . That would be day four of a five day test where England have been losing since Thursday lunchtime and are trying to grind out a draw.

One then ends up, by 7pm scuttered, in a pub outside. The rest of the pub are as bad and were all at the cricket all day.

One wakes the next morning very very badly hungover, chronically dehydrated and sunburnt.

One does it again the following year.

Thats cricket. Its not the same on telly.

M

DMC

Sounds good to me, muck! I agree, its better live, but then again, you dont have G Boycott or R Benaud with you...

Tom Dunne

Originally posted by PK - the king
Yeah, lets hope it stays free to air.

PLEASE DON'T RING SKY!!! :ninja:

Do you really think Sky are not aware of the fact the CH4 are broadcasting/testing?

It's not as if they will come in on Monday morning and say "Oh crap, we have been broadcasting in Eire all weekend".

They are obviously testing. Having said that PLEASE DON'T RING SKY!!!

Let's hope it is the start of CH4 in Ireland.

TVDX

Im glad everyone has kept quiet about this,
this hasnt reached Digitalspy and i think its best that it doesnt.
Ive lost count of how many freebies and "tests" which have been shut down by massive threads on there which are seen by people in power who promptly pull the plug.
The title of this thread remains onimous as well which is good.

Its funny when you stop thinking of things and then there is action, like the whole UTV/Channel 4 debacle, resoloution is surely coming.
I think someone hit on a good point earlier that a possible reason why we have had no 4 till now is because the issue of RTE and their rights to show Friends.
If i found out that was the reason i had to put so much blod sweat and tears into getting FTV cards the past few years OILLLL FREAK.:D

Originally posted by tom dunne
Do you really think Sky are not aware of the fact the CH4 are broadcasting/testing?

They mightn't know...
All this may have needed is a tick in the box receivable on all family pack subs and higher instead of the nuisance of opening another window to tick the don't receive in ROI box.
An engineer does that not the directors/programme controlers or anyone who would be on the receiving end of an email from here.

DMC

I really think people shouldnt get wound up, saying that this is the coming of Channel 4 on Sky for RoI customers.

Until proved otherwise, its testing and nothing else. I believe we are as far away as ever from Channel 4 appearing on a domestic RoI Sky setup.

Big Brother is on in a couple of weeks, they must be firing up and testing frequencies for interactive feeds. And no, this is no indication that we'll get BB this year either.

channelsurfer

have to agree with dmc here its probably just interactive testing the feeds for different channels.. has tony heard any word .. he usually is the one who is close to sky on these things?