Would You Pay For U.K Terrestrial Channels ?

Culchie Boy

Hi,
Would you pay for the U.K channels ? I would be willing to pay anything up to EUR10.00 a month for the U.k channels like channel 4 BBC 4 BBc news 24 ITV 1 Itv 2 Utv Channel 5 Etc. people are always yapping on about they should be made availble in R.O.I but as we irish dont pay a license fee to the U.K i think it would only be fair we paid for the U.k channels on sky. I think it should be pointed out to sky, the bbc, itv, Etc. that we would pay for their channels and thus are losing valuable revune. the same goes for the British who want to recieve Rte Etc. in the uk. Sky could have it like this family Pack + now with ITv 1 itv 2 bbc 1 2 4 and news 24 and channel 4 and channel 5 would sell better than family Pack now with Simply shopping and the god channel !.
So lets point this out to them,
P.s is it true that BBC 1 and 2 NI are going to be taken of the epg ? .

Regards Culchie Boy.

WhiteWashMan

most of those ar eon digital.
the only terestrial channels i get are bb1, bbc2, itv, ch4 adn channel 5.

trekster

Id pay because rights issues could be fixed with a few euros a month but i wouldnt be pushed about channel 5, Can i have BBC choice insted.

carrolls

Don't be putting these ridiculous ideas into people's heads.
If we did have to pay for them, it would mean that the people who had FTV cards would also have to pay for the extra channels, and that wouldn't be exactly fair.
I think the subscription fee that Sky demand is more than enough,
and we can expect another price increase soon.

topcat33

hi guys if anyone is interested to swop me a rte card for my bbc card please let me no the card i got gets granada itv in the guide but with addind channels it will get all itv regions so if anyone wants to swop please post back thks t/c33

Gadgie

Originally posted by carrolls
If we did have to pay for them, it would mean that the people who had FTV cards would also have to pay for the extra channels, and that wouldn't be exactly fair.

That would be a fair statement if we were in the UK, but seeing as we don't pay a licence fee in Britain and therefore aren't entitled to FTV cards it doesn't really hold up. However I agree that if these channels were made available in Ireland through a subscription rise (which I do not agree with), it should be as an extra package and not compulsary.

I think the subscription fee that Sky demand is more than enough,
and we can expect another price increase soon.

I agree. We pay more than people in the UK for an inferior service. It's vastly superior to ntl and Chorus's pitiful offerings, but compared to the UK we get a sub-standard service, and pay more.

Glenn

DMC

Originally posted by topcat33
hi guys if anyone is interested to swop me a rte card for my bbc card please let me no the card i got gets granada itv in the guide but with addind channels it will get all itv regions so if anyone wants to swop please post back thks t/c33

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Remember, you are not swapping like for like....

none of those options suit my opinion-so i didn't vote:(
We are already paying for BBC1 ni and 2ni without BBCi's extra services which due to rights issues are restricted to the UK.
I would not pay extra for the commercial channels UTV and c4 and 5 as they could pay for themdselves with ROI advertising.
E4 are already sneekingly doing that, whilst switching off theBB interactive extra screens for no aparent good reason.

I would not pay extra for BBC Choice/four as they are rubbish/already available(ie bbc4's programme type widely available via the family pack already, whilst choice is virtually all a repeat of BBC1 and 2)

I would pay a little extra for news 24, but only if that included the full BBC i, ie all rights issues sorted.
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Tarabuses

but as we irish dont pay a license fee to the U.K i think it would only be fair we paid for the U.k channels on sky.

The UK licence fee only goes to BBC (as ours only goes to RTE). The commercial channels are financed from advertising and, since they are including Irish adds, why should we subsidise them further?

byte

I wouldn't mind Family Pack being €30 (no more) if it included UTV, C4, C5, Choice/Prime, News24/World, and especially Radio 5 Live and talkSport

eoinm1

Hi Lads

I would pay €10 - €15 for the bbc/itv ftv channels and sky one.

I think if sky offered this package i would expect they would get more subscribers. I would get a sub maybe even a second one.
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RTE1
NET2
TV 3
TG 4

BBC1
BBc2
UTV
C 4
C 5

BBC Three
BBC Four
BBC news
all BBC radio

Sky News
Sky one
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