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Sale of Channel 5

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  • #52
    radiowaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    BTW The situation regarding the name was clarified in a press release by the station at the time. I've been searching for it online but cannot find it.

    Edit - found these though:

    Setanta launch Ireland’s first dedicated Sports Channel – Setanta Sports

    · Fifth Irish Television Channel to be launched in history of the state

    Today’s announcement establishes Setanta Sports, as Ireland’s fifth national channel, the first indigenous Irish channel to enter the marketplace since the launch of TV3 in September 1998.
    NTL MEDIA RELEASE
    16th June 2004

    Setanta launch Ireland’s first dedicated Sports Channel – Setanta Sports
    All ntl customers to receive channel

    Fifth Irish Television Channel to be launched in history of the state
     Live matches from the English & Scottish Premier Leagues
     Exclusive live rights for Rugby’s Celtic League
     Over 340,000 ntl customers to receive Setanta Sports from August 2004

    Setanta today announced the launch of Ireland’s first dedicated sports channel, which will be available from August 2004 and will broadcast to over 340,000 ntl customers as part of its basic television package.


  • #53
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    You can't call any of these channel the 5th service. The BAI don't issue PSB licence like Channel 5, there is only a Channel 3 and that ended up being the Forth Channel.

    Setanta is a Pay TV Network
    Channel Six wanted to be more than just an Entertainment Channel

    If there is a 5th PSB channel its going to be UTV Ireland.


  • #54
    radiowaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭radiowaves


    Elmo wrote: »
    You can't call any of these channel the 5th service. The BAI don't issue PSB licence like Channel 5, there is only a Channel 3 and that ended up being the Forth Channel.

    Setanta is a Pay TV Network
    Channel Six wanted to be more than just an Entertainment Channel

    If there is a 5th PSB channel its going to be UTV Ireland.

    You're using a pretty specific set of parameters there :D

    Setanta (and certainly not Channel 6) didn't call themselves the fifth PSB channel. ;)

    But Setanta, as they claimed, were the fifth Irish television channel. And judging by the name Channel 6 called themselves the 6th. That is indisputable fact. :confused:


  • #55
    Capt'n Midnight
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    EdmondShiels3 wrote: »
    I would like it on the sky epg so I would be able to record programs on it.
    You can do that with Freesat too, series link etc.

    http://www.freesat.co.uk/2014/end-the-spend

    It's possible to do with a linux satelllite box / PVR PC too but not as easy since you need a program to do it as both SKY and Freesat each have a proprietry EPG


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