RTÉ World Cup 2018 Coverage

DUBLINBUSGUY

Hi, all. (Hope this is the right forum). Is RTÉ broadcasting the FIFA World Cup 2018? What matches are they showing?/Are they showing all the matches?
Also, is there some sort of a schedule out there or anything?

Any response very much appreciated.

brick man

DUBLINBUSGUY wrote:

Hi, all. (Hope this is the right forum). Is RTÉ broadcasting the FIFA World Cup 2018? What matches are they showing?/Are they showing all the matches? Also, is there some sort of a schedule out there or anything?

Yes they are showing 56 out of 64 live . The only reason the other 8 games are not is that last games in each pool are at same time so those 8 games are on rte player

NIMAN

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

Mahony0509

NIMAN wrote: »

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

Agreed, always high quality.

AndyBoBandy

NIMAN wrote: »

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

The 1 (only) thing RTÉ does well is sport, so it’s bizarre that they lost so much of it over the years..

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clfy39tzve8njq

NIMAN wrote:

You can slag off RTe, but I always enjoy their WC coverage.

Won't be the same without Bill :-(

DUBLINBUSGUY

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I found a link for the fixtures here: https://www.rte.ie/sport/results/soccer/world-cup/9731/fixtures/

Anyone gonna try watch all the matches?:D

DUBLINBUSGUY

brick man wrote: »

Yes they are showing 56 out of 64 live . The only reason the other 8 games are not is that last games in each pool are at same time so those 8 games are on rte player

Do you know if the other 56 matches will be available on catch up services like RTÉ Player?

lertsnim

sugarman wrote: »

I read earlier BBC will be showing the matches in 4K UHD via their iPlayer so they may already lose viewers with a decent VPN.

I'd say you will be able to count on one hand how many Irish viewers that BBC UHD stream will have.

DUBLINBUSGUY

lertsnim wrote: »

I'd say you will be able to count on one hand how many Irish viewers that BBC UHD stream will have.

I might use it but the effort of getting on and all when I could just turn on RTÉ.

PabloAndRoy

lertsnim wrote: »

I'd say you will be able to count on one hand how many Irish viewers that BBC UHD stream will have.

I know of one

The iPlayer infrastructure scale is mindblowing .. interesting article here about it:
https://iplayer.engineering/the-tech-stack-that-powers-bbc-iplayer-471575318e2a

in 2009 there were using 7 petabytes of data per-month. Considering that their requests per month has grown 6-fold in that time, it is likely that are currently using over 40 petabytes per month. Not bad for a free service.

And above all, it is a superb experience on every platform. Its like a mini Netflix.

Poor RTE player

Digifriendly

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

I know of one

The iPlayer infrastructure scale is mindblowing .. interesting article here about it:
https://iplayer.engineering/the-tech-stack-that-powers-bbc-iplayer-471575318e2a

in 2009 there were using 7 petabytes of data per-month. Considering that their requests per month has grown 6-fold in that time, it is likely that are currently using over 40 petabytes per month. Not bad for a free service.

And above all, it is a superb experience on every platform. Its like a mini Netflix.

Poor RTE player

Is BBC iplayer not geo blocked for viewers in ROI?

icdg

It is, and we might end that particular discussion there

Popeleo

Regarding the 4k streaming, the BBC mentioned that it was a limited service, so only a certain, undefined, number of connections allowed on a first-come, first-served basis.

So you might have to log on far earlier than the match kick-off to get a 4k stream.

OldMrBrennan83

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swoofer

It seems you need 40mb speed for bbc iplayer and its restricted to 10,000. I'm sticking with HD.

OldMrBrennan83

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DJIMI TRARORE

Is Ossie Ardiles on Rte this year,I find him hilarious. The,yes pass no they GOAL

PabloAndRoy

swoofer wrote: »

It seems you need 40mb speed for bbc iplayer and its restricted to 10,000. I'm sticking with HD.

I'll be in the UK for quite a bit of it including the final... Will certainly be trying that 4k link. In my opinion, as long as England are not playing, the BBC coverage is way better than rte. No ads for one thing and George Hamilton does my head in. "Peru are leading on the number of corners in the second half so far.." ah ffs!

In fairness to rte the blanket coverage of these kind of events is by far the best stuff they do on TV, but personally I prefer the BBC.

Del2005

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

I know of one

The iPlayer infrastructure scale is mindblowing .. interesting article here about it:
https://iplayer.engineering/the-tech-stack-that-powers-bbc-iplayer-471575318e2a

in 2009 there were using 7 petabytes of data per-month. Considering that their requests per month has grown 6-fold in that time, it is likely that are currently using over 40 petabytes per month. Not bad for a free service.

And above all, it is a superb experience on every platform. Its like a mini Netflix.

Poor RTE player

iPlayer is not a free service it's paid for by the TV licence.

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

In fairness to rte the blanket coverage of these kind of events is by far the best stuff they do on TV, but personally I prefer the BBC.

It's cheaper than other products and is a pain in the hole for people who have no interest in soccer overpaid actors chasing a ball around.

Elmo

Live coverage for all 64 games on RTÉ 2 AND NEWS NOW

56 games on RTÉ2
The 8 clashing group games on RTÉ NEWS NOW

Pauliedragon

I'm a bit dubious about the Hope Solo appointment. Who came up with that idea?

lertsnim

Elmo wrote: »

Live coverage for all 64 games on RTÉ 2 AND NEWS NOW

56 games on RTÉ2
The 8 clashing group games on RTÉ NEWS NOW

Good to see they will be on television. I hope they remove the tickers from the screen.

Pauliedragon wrote: »

I'm a bit dubious about the Hope Solo appointment. Who came up with that idea?

I don't know why they bothered. It's not like we have heard her opinions somewhere before and she has a dubious past.

afatbollix

For the BBC 4K stream you need a 40Mb line speed. That's going to be imposable to get through a VPN.

Maybe just maybe ITV might get Sky to put it out on UHD through its Sky Q box.

icdg

We might leave the comments on a named individual elsewhere, thanks

mackersdublin

Elmo wrote: »

The 8 clashing group games on RTÉ NEWS NOW

And not available in HD :mad:

Elmo

mackersdublin wrote: »

And not available in HD :mad:

No but at least they are using the channel.

dublinman1990

Well that is good news about RTÉ News Now screening some of these matches. Broadband coverage in most parts of the country is still pretty terrible apart from those using covered under the open Eir scheme. Having 8 of the games on News Now will be great news for those who cannot get reliable satellite service from the UK. These are people who could be stuck with using either Saorview or Saorsat as their only choice for TV.

afatbollix

mackersdublin wrote: »

And not available in HD :mad:

Would be on the RTE player.

Digifriendly

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Well that is good news about RTNews Now screening some of these matches. Broadband coverage in most parts of the country is still pretty terrible apart from those using covered under the open Eir scheme. Having 8 of the games on News Now will be great news for those who cannot get reliable satellite service from the UK. These are people who could be stuck with using either Saorview or Saorsat as their only choice for TV.

Out of interest who in ROI cannot get reliable satellite service from UK? Must be a tiny proportion.

lertsnim

Digifriendly wrote: »

Out of interest who in ROI cannot get reliable satellite service from UK? Must be a tiny proportion.

Plenty of people living in properties that don't allow satellite dishes.