RTE channels on a sky box in UK

damienn

I am a sky subscriber in the UK and would love to have the RTE channels. I have heard that I could get another sky subscription using an Irish address but would this mean I would have to pay that and my own sky subscription monthly. does anyone know the best way to paying for just one sky subscription but to have the RTE channels

alfreg

The best way to do it is to cancel your UK subscription, then get a new subscription at your Irish address. When you phone to get the Irish one (with your number blocked, if calling from the UK), tell sky you already have a dish and a box, then you will only get a card sent to your Irish address. As of payment just use your UK credit card. I have been paying my Irish subscription with a UK credit card for the past seven years, with no problem al all. Also before you put your Irish card your box in the UK disconnect it from the phone line.

damienn

Thanks for reply. if I do cancel my UK subscription, will I still be able to get signal on my sky box even with the Irish card?

John mac

yes.
you will loose bbc1 hd, all the itv channels ,ch5 from the epg.

you can add them manually to other channels though ,(no recording on other channels )

ballsymchugh

alfreg, did you bring a box over from ireland too? i tried just the card first but it didn't work. the box wasn't connected to the phone line so ended up bringing over the irish box and it worked grand.

alfreg

All sky boxes are the same there’s no such thing as an Irish or UK box, there all the same. I started off seven years ago with a second hand standard sky box that I got off a friend in London that had a UK subscription it work fine when I put my Irish card in it. Later I upgraded to a second hand Sky plus box and now I have a second hand sky HD box both started off with UK subscriptions and both worked no problem with my Irish card.

ballsymchugh

that's what i thought, just couldn't figure out why the irish card didn't work in the uk box. didn't want to ring them and ask about it though!!

Foggy43

Depending on your subscription you may need the card to be paired with the box. Have you got Sports, Movies?

watty

You could Move to N.I. Adds RTE1, RTE2, TG4 to EPG but all else stays the same. It's amazing how many people in London have moved to Belfast.

blueser

watty wrote: »

You could Move to N.I. Adds RTE1, RTE2, TG4 to EPG but all else stays the same. It's amazing how many people in London have moved to Belfast.

That's odd. I got myself a FTA card using a Northern Ireland address, but when you go to the RTE channels on the EPG, all I get is ''This is the wrong card for this box''.

DigiDec

That's because RTE are a sub channel so will not work on a FTV card purchased for a Northern Ireland address, you need a subscription to view them.

watty

RTE, TG4 and TV3 are sub only channels on Sky in Ireland too. So why would they be free in N.I.?

blueser

watty wrote: »

RTE, TG4 and TV3 are sub only channels on Sky in Ireland too. So why would they be free in N.I.?

Booo!