Saorview Updates - 2024

The Cush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122321221#Comment_122321221

Iirc, the Oireachtas pays a reduced fee of around €250k pa to have the channel carried on Saorview

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122321669#Comment_122321669

I believe you are correct but the fact remains that RTÉ had to put in a proposal to the minister to fund the channel going on Saorview, AFAIK it remain a part-time channel on Saorview.

SPDUB

I did notice OTV get Saturday & Sunday hours after the last Sky channel came on air

Aidan McCarthy

It could be the case that sky mix and sky arts and maybe France 24 in English could be on saorview but I don't know. Just have to wait and see

lgs 4

We would to see more channels on Saorview in full HD and 4K in the future .The advertising pool in to small .

Atlantic Dawn

Sky should have put Sky Mix rather than Challenge on it, Sky Mix is basically a promotional channel for the mainstream Sky channels.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122326895#Comment_122326895

So are Sky News and Challenge, both are heavy with Sky Promotions. Same for Sky Mix and Arts.

Mickey Mike

Our Irish channels should be put on HD instead of these Sky channels whatever about the cost, in the analogue days they had no trouble funding just one station on a single channel, now we have four or five stations on a single channel, don't understand it.

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122327013#Comment_122327013

Greed and they think they are providing us with more than what we had back in the Analogue days.

In reality we really don't have much more than RTÉ ONE, N2, TV3 and TG4. I'd argue that we have even less than TV3 when you put all the VMTV channels together and RTÉ2 is a sad version of its former self, really we are currently left with RTÉ1 and TG4. You could easily merge all VMTV channels and RTÉ2 tomorrow and see little difference with their content.

RoTelly

I was just think it could be the Great set of TV channels and Sky Mix.

9 Sky Mix

10 Great TV!

31 Great Movies

32 Great Action

Or it could be none of the above and they are just place holders

lgs 4

I think that's a none starter.As they are already on Sky stream

Aidan McCarthy

Yes. These sky channels are on sky stream but some people don't have sky only saorview and that's the reason why they want sky channels on saorview

Aidan McCarthy

Yes. These sky channels are on sky stream but some people don't have sky only saorview and that's the reason why they want sky channels on saorview

Aidan McCarthy

Yes. These sky channels are on sky stream but some people don't have sky only saorview and that's the reason why they want sky channels on saorview

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338035#Comment_122338035

I think you doubled up on that!

Only reason I suggest this is that Great! just went on TV ratings and that the 30s could be used for film.

Neowise

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338035#Comment_122338035

You don't need sky for great.

You just need a satellite dish point into the sky at 19degrees 28 degrees and a tv that can decode and tune into sat signal (or a decoder box to do that for you.) scan for free.to.air channels and great (which is not that great) and another 100 or so channels (more if you include foreign language, which i'm not.), all come in with no sky sub.

(edit reason: wrong satellite direction)

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122338297#Comment_122338297

This is true also, great is not great and its a challenge to watch challenge!

Aidan McCarthy

Sorry about the double up. Made a mistake.

Aidan McCarthy

Yes. Your right there. You don't need sky for these channels on saorview

Shan Doras

What exactly was the logic of Sky putting SkyNews and Challenge on saorview, only in the last couple of years? I mean surely 2012 when the platform was brand spanking new and getting around the clock promotion was the time to go on it? Having such channels there in 2012 would also have made saorview look like a big step up from analogue for the average punter.

Aidan McCarthy

Times has changed since when saorview was launched back in 2012 but now things have changed when sky decided to put sky news challenge tv channels on saorview and I said this before that some news channels could be on saorview too