rte1 hd

eugenecanna

Any word when on sky platform

lertsnim

eugenecanna wrote: »

Any word when on sky platform

No

emmetlego

I just emailed RTE about this, will let you know the replies (if any)

scart

emmetlego wrote: »

I just emailed RTE about this, will let you know the replies (if any)

Any reply from RTE?

Beamobhoy

scart wrote: »

Any reply from RTE?

If it's anything like the reply I got a few months ago, it'd be "ask Sky".
On asking Sky, "ask Rte".

Idiots, one and all.

Atlantic Dawn

Hopefully it's on before Love/Hate starts back.

Beamobhoy

Yeah and let's hope we get TG4 HD before Ros Na Run comes back..........

same ol sh1te

eugenecanna wrote: »

Any word when on sky platform

I think you'll be waiting, it was posted here in a thread before that there is no space left on the transponder for another hd channel. Do a search here for RTE and you'll see the transponder is full: http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php

Kurn

here is my response from the a few months back if it helps

Thank you for your e-mail. RTE 1 HD will become available on the Sky platform in the future, but as yet no date has been confirmed.
Please keep an eye on the Sky website.It will also be widely advertised when the time comes.

mad muffin

No space left? ****ing ridicules.

The British get all their HD channels, more HD channels than us. Then when it comes time for our national broadcaster to join the 21 century.


Sorry. No room for you. :rolleyes:

JDxtra

It's true. The deal with Sky going back years is for one transponder where they pay for their encryption.

RTE want more HD channels? No problem - but they'll have to lease new transponder space and pay for Sky encryption.

The main UK channels are FTA so don't need to pay for encryption, just EPG placement costs.

Before this deal, the first channel on an Irish Sky Digital box was 106 (Sky One). It was like this for years.

basill

Yep why copy a tried and tested method like the Brits have had in place for years with freesat/freeview when you can use a halfway house method making people go out and spend loads of money on new kit and let someone else control your destiny. Surely that's the Irish way is it not?

Kensington

basill wrote: »

Yep why copy a tried and tested method like the Brits have had in place for years with freesat/freeview when you can use a halfway house method making people go out and spend loads of money on new kit and let someone else control your destiny. Surely that's the Irish way is it not?

It's completely different situation.

BBC/ITV buy programming rights for ~63 million UK residents, overspill into ~4 million Irish is a negligible side effect.
RTÉ buy programming rights for ~4 million Irish residents, overspill into ~63 million UK residents isn't quite the same.

Therefore it's cheaper for the BBC/ITV to pay for the extra rights to cover the overspill and broadcast completely unencrypted, than to have to pay and maintain an encrypted platform.

RTÉ don't have the same luxury, if the buy rights on the basis of a ~4 million population, they have to protect from overspill to the UK, over 10 times the size of its purchased rights base. Unencrypted simply isn't an option, unfortunately, as they'd need to include the ~63 million pop. overspill in negotations, but, neither is the cost of establishing themselves on an encrypted "Free to View" platform for what would ultimately be a very small number of users.

lertsnim

basill wrote: »

Yep why copy a tried and tested method like the Brits have had in place for years with freesat/freeview when you can use a halfway house method making people go out and spend loads of money on new kit and let someone else control your destiny. Surely that's the Irish way is it not?

You'd be happy to pay the massive increase in the TV licence to cover the cost of programming rights?

Johnboy1951

If Sky want RTE HD then let them pay for it ..... and let the subscribers pay Sky for it.

There is no reason whatsoever for RTE to want it on the Sky platform.

... and certainly no reason for non-Sky subscribers to subsidise it .....

mad muffin

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

If Sky want RTE HD then let them pay for it ..... and let the subscribers pay Sky for it.

There is no reason whatsoever for RTE to want it on the Sky platform.

... and certainly no reason for non-Sky subscribers to subsidise it .....

My TV license is paying for rte hd. As a Sky subscriber I have the equipment necessary to watch rte hd.

Why should I go to the added expense of getting a saorview box and aerial?

Johnboy1951

mad muffin wrote: »

My TV license is paying for rte hd. As a Sky subscriber I have the equipment necessary to watch rte hd.

Why should I go to the added expense of getting a saorview box and aerial?

No you do not have the required equipment.
If you did you could receive what the licence is paying for ...... DTT and/or Saorsat.

That you choose to subscribe to a pay TV service is not relevant.

mad muffin

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

No you do not have the required equipment.
If you did you could receive what the licence is paying for ...... DTT and/or Saorsat.

That you choose to subscribe to a pay TV service is not relevant.

My TV license says otherwise.

Johnboy1951

mad muffin wrote: »

My TV license says otherwise.

Interesting licence.

same ol sh1te

mad muffin wrote: »

My TV license says otherwise.

Please explain, I'm curious

mad muffin

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Interesting licence.

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Please explain, I'm curious

As a Sky subscriber, without an aerial or any other means to receive terrestrial channels besides Sky. What would happen if I stopped paying my TV license?

evilivor

mad muffin wrote: »

As a Sky subscriber, without an aerial or any other means to receive terrestrial channels besides Sky. What would happen if I stopped paying my TV license?

Licence is a charge for having a tv in your house - you need to pay it whether you watch Sky, RTE or just put your flower vase on it.

irishgeo

mad muffin wrote: »

As a Sky subscriber, without an aerial or any other means to receive terrestrial channels besides Sky. What would happen if I stopped paying my TV license?

nothing as the tv licence is not for RTE directly but for the equipment to receive it. You still have the TV which is a device for receiving broadcast TV.

Johnboy1951

mad muffin wrote: »

As a Sky subscriber, without an aerial or any other means to receive terrestrial channels besides Sky. What would happen if I stopped paying my TV license?

A licence (permission) to receive broadcast transmissions does not guarantee anything.

So if you have equipment that is covered by the licence and you do not have a licence then you are liable to prosecution under the terms outlined in the act.

Please quote what part of your licence you referred to when you posted

My TV license says otherwise.

same ol sh1te

mad muffin wrote: »

As a Sky subscriber, without an aerial or any other means to receive terrestrial channels besides Sky. What would happen if I stopped paying my TV license?

Being able to revive RTE is not a condition of the licence. You pay the licence fee even if you only watch DVDs

Johnboy1951

mad muffin wrote: »

As a Sky subscriber, without an aerial or any other means to receive terrestrial channels besides Sky. What would happen if I stopped paying my TV license?

A licence to receive broadcast transmissions does not guarantee anything.

So if you have equipment that is covered by the licence and you do not have a licence then you are liable to prosecution under the terms outlined in the act.

Please quote what part of your licence you referred to when you posted

My TV license says otherwise.

mad muffin

We'll they can **** off then. I'll pay my license when I can get all the channels that are provided.

Johnboy1951

mad muffin wrote: »

We'll they can **** off then. I'll pay my license when I can get all the channels that are provided.

Sponger used to be the term used I believe.

same ol sh1te

mad muffin wrote: »

We'll they can **** off then. I'll pay my license when I can get all the channels that are provided.

Everyone in the county can get RTE One HD, you just choose a pay TV system that doesn't feel it's worth the extra to provide it. Wishing you good luck with your crusade

FRIENDO

I have also contacted RTE in the past about getting RTE 1 HD on the Saorsat platform.
Hard to understand why its not on Saorsat yet.

muffler

mad muffin wrote: »

We'll they can **** off then. I'll pay my license when I can get all the channels that are provided.

So why can you not stick up an appropriate aerial or a dish for Saorsat in order to get RTE free as opposed to paying Sky for the privilege?

mad muffin

muffler wrote: »

So why can you not stick up an appropriate aerial or a dish for Saorsat in order to get RTE free as opposed to paying Sky for the privilege?

Because I'm not going to go to the extra expense for just one channel.

There are a lot of shows I watch through Sky, that I couldn't otherwise. Not legally anyway :pac:

Apogee

JDxtra wrote: »

It's true. The deal with Sky going back years is for one transponder where they pay for their encryption.

I can't recall the details of that deal ever being made public? How are you sure it's limited to one transponder?

Widescreen

I wouldn't panic about getting RTE 1 'HD' on Sky they don't actually have any HD programmes on the channel😄

lertsnim

Widescreen wrote: »

I wouldn't panic about getting RTE 1 'HD' on Sky they don't actually have any HD programmes on the channel😄

Yes they do. What a strange thing for you to post.

Mantis Toboggan

Was there ever a reason hot for this?

I can get both rte channels and tg4 in HD free on evision from Eircom For 10 euro a month with free sky sports, BT sports etc.

Parents are paying a fortune for sky HD and can only get rte two HD?

muffler

Buddy Holly wrote: »

I can get both rte channels and tg4 in HD free on evision from Eircom For 10 euro a month with free sky sports, BT sports etc.

Thats nonsense and you know it. Do you work for Eircom or what?

You can only get evision providing you also subscribe to efibre
You do not get Sky Sports free
You get Setanta and BT Sports free for the first 2 months only.
The €10 is an introductory price.
You are tied into an 18 month contract.

Mantis Toboggan

muffler wrote: »

Thats nonsense and you know it. Do you work for Eircom or what?

You can only get evision providing you also subscribe to efibre
You do not get Sky Sports free
You get Setanta and BT Sports free for the first 2 months only.
The €10 is an introductory price.
You are tied into an 18 month contract.

Yep, free BT sports, setanta etc for 2 months and sky sports 3 months for the price of 1.

That's not my question though.

Any reason why rte one HD and tg4 HD are not included on Sky?

same ol sh1te

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Any reason why rte one HD and tg4 HD are not included on Sky?

Covered in other threads, because there isn't the space on the transponder for any more HD channels. RTE pay Sky for encryption and only pay for one transponder

livEwirE

I just quit SKY last week and moved to Freesat, when I called to cancel the SKY agent was adamant that RTE1HD would be on the Sky Ireland EPG before the end of the year:rolleyes:

kooga

livEwirE wrote: »

I just quit SKY last week and moved to Freesat, when I called to cancel the SKY agent was adamant that RTE1HD would be on the Sky Ireland EPG before the end of the year:rolleyes:

i hope the humax is doing the business............tell him that its free on saorview

galtee boy

livEwirE wrote: »

I just quit SKY last week and moved to Freesat, when I called to cancel the SKY agent was adamant that RTE1HD would be on the Sky Ireland EPG before the end of the year:rolleyes:

Sky agents will say anything to try and keep a customer. To my knowledge, RTE1 HD cannot appear on SKY until Astra 2G launches, which won't be until Nov/Dec followed by a few weeks of tests, only then will there be extra transponder space for new HD channels. Perhaps late January for RTE1 HD on Sky. Same applies to TV3 HD, but they seem to be in no hurry, as long as it's ready for the Rugby World Cup to go out in HD.

livEwirE

kooga wrote: »

i hope the humax is doing the business............tell him that its free on saorview

Yeah, the Humax is a perfect replacement thanks, I told him it's free on saorview and he still tried to convince me to stay:pac:

ftakeith

RTE2 HD is now channel 102 for non sky hd subscribers

RTE1hd will likely start at 101 also for non sky hd subscribers

Cantona's Collars

Well done to RTE:rolleyes:

They decide to move the All Ireland Final to RTE1 which of course we all know isn't HD on Satellite.
Sky have put it on their main Sky Sports channel (Sky Sports 1) which is available in HD.

The Cush

zerks wrote: »

Well done to RTE:rolleyes:

They decide to move the All Ireland Final to RTE1 which of course we all know isn't HD on Satellite.

Probably due to the conflict with the Georgia/Rep. Ireland 2016 qualifier, coverage of that match starts on RTÉ 2 at 16:30.

The All-Ireland Football final is scheduled for RTÉ 2 in two-weeks time (and Sky Sports 3).

lertsnim

zerks wrote: »

Well done to RTE:rolleyes:

They decide to move the All Ireland Final to RTE1 which of course we all know isn't HD on Satellite.
Sky have put it on their main Sky Sports channel (Sky Sports 1) which is available in HD.

If the Ireland match wasn't HD people would have complained too. It's a lose/lose isn't it.

An Tarbh

lertsnim wrote: »

If the Ireland match wasn't HD people would have complained too. It's a lose/lose isn't it.

Exactly and there wasn't really an alternative for RTÉ, if they'd shown the hurling on RTÉ2 they would have had to split the football with the first half on RTÉ1 and the second half on RTÉ2, they'd have been slated for that too and rightly so, they took the right option.

Stinicker

An Tarbh wrote: »

Exactly and there wasn't really an alternative for RTÉ, if they'd shown the hurling on RTÉ2 they would have had to split the football with the first half on RTÉ1 and the second half on RTÉ2, they'd have been slated for that too and rightly so, they took the right option.

The right option would have been to put the soccer on RTE1 in SD and our national sport Hurling should have been given priority, a disgraceful and downright shameful decision by RTE.

Mantis Toboggan

Look, the Sunday game was in HD while the match for me was in 3D so happy days!!

Peter File

Stinicker wrote: »

The right option would have been to put the soccer on RTE1 in SD and our national sport Hurling should have been given priority, a disgraceful and downright shameful decision by RTE.

Not disgraceful or shameful, but sensible. The angela's and 6-1 news would have had to be shown on RTE1 at pm. All you had to do was watch the game on saorview.