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New Irish TV Station coming: Channel 6

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    #92
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    OT: 10.30 in the morning? WTF

    Yes I know but since we where talking about The Offside Show I thought I would mention it.

    10:30AM I am guessing is to make it more like the Sky Sports show that the Offside Show is based on/copied etc.

    Whats worse is that it is followed by Mass at 11:30. I have nothing againist mass but I think this is a real case of very bad scheduling. The show should be on RTE TWO not RTE ONE.


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    #93
    DMC
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    taung wrote:
    Hopefully these guys http://www.channel6.ie will go FTA on Astra 28.2.....
    ...

    The service will be retransmitted on the Sky Digital Platform and will be included in the Sky basic television subscription package.

    A closer look at the item you quoted reveals the answer....


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    #94
    Charles Slane
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    taung wrote:

    "The service will also include local programming on topical matters exploring all aspects of modern Irish culture, BCI said."

    Wouldn't it be great it this were true ? Somehow I don't think so, do you ?


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    #95
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    The big news of course is this:
    Broadcasting Commission of Ireland Press Release wrote:
    Channel 6 will be carried on the NTL and Chorus analogue and digital platforms throughout the State as part of their basic television subscription package.

    Analogue? This wasn't announced before, and is a big coup for them if they have signed an analogue carrige deal. It will mean they will be able to be regarded as a mainstream channel as opposed to just a digital one. City Channel are only going to be available on digital, and Setanta are only on NTL analogue. This will certainly be a major new competitor, if this news is true (and I see no reason to doubt a BCI press release, at this point.)


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    #96
    Mountjoy Mugger
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    icdg wrote:
    Setanta are only on NTL analogue.

    Small correction, boss. :)

    Setanta are also on NTL digital. Channel 401.


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    #97
    Charles Slane
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    Yeah, analogue placement on cable is VERY important. Since there probably isn't any spare room, something will have to go. Any ideas what it might be ?


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    #98
    Mossy Monk
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    Waterford will probably lose its Euromix channel


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    #99
    bazzer
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    I wonder would NTL Dublin use a UHF channel, amongst those duplicates of E4, Discovery and Channel 4.


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    #100
    Elmo
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    Micheal Murphy (Channel Six) and David Harvey (City Channel) where on the Last Word with Matt Copper.

    Channel Six will be available on Analogue and Digital.

    Will it get 105 or 106?

    Does NTL get money for carrying E4 and Sky One?


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    #101
    father_ted9t9
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    Elmo wrote:

    Does NTL get money for carrying E4 and Sky One?

    No, they actually have to pay for them, and quite a hefty amount too!


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    #102
    Elmo
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    No, they actually have to pay for them, and quite a hefty amount too!

    I thought that. I guess that they might get rid of UTV from the analogue service. I am sure ITV would like to see that. :)


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    #103
    Mossy Monk
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    Elmo wrote:
    I guess that they might get rid of UTV from the analogue service

    is that a pig flying past my window :)

    no, just a packet of bacon


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    #104
    Elmo
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    is that a pig flying past my window

    Why do you need UTV when you have TV3?

    It seems like the most obivous choice to me.


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    #105
    Mossy Monk
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    of course but TV3 still do not show everything that ITV does


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    #106
    Elmo
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    of course but TV3 still do not show everything that ITV does

    That's not to say that ITV would like to get rid of UTV from the ROI.

    I mean primetime on TV3 is getting towards 50% of ITV's prime time.

    I know you'd miss The Bill, Mossy.


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    #107
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Mountjoy Mugger wrote:
    Small correction, boss. :)

    Setanta are also on NTL digital. Channel 401.

    Bad phrasing on my part!!! What I meant to say was...

    "Setanta are only available in analogue format via NTL, they are available via digital on NTL, Chorus, and Sky".

    Not the same thing I realise...


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    #108
    SPDUB
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    bazzer wrote:
    I wonder would NTL Dublin use a UHF channel, amongst those duplicates of E4, Discovery and Channel 4.

    Are there definitely duplicates of CH4 and Discovery on air ?

    I have never been able to see them though that might be because the frequencies I have seen for them are right beside RTE off Three Rock.

    Incidently I don't know if it is connected to not getting CH4 and Discovery but the E4 signal is very weak and grainy


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