Comments on: island of ireland http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/ looking for free to air television in ireland Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: john boyle http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/#comment-1478 john boyle Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:04:29 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/#comment-1478 I grew up in an area in donegal where RTE would not provide a good analouge signal .In my oppion special cards decoding irish broadcasts only be made available to these licence payers.I can only see this problem getting worse when things go digital .Satalite signals will be the only option available to viewers who live in these areas,It is unfair that they must pay for a SKY package to avail of local channels as well as paying a licence fee. I grew up in an area in donegal where RTE would not provide a good analouge signal .In my oppion special cards decoding irish broadcasts only be made available to these licence payers.I can only see this problem getting worse when things go digital .Satalite signals will be the only option available to viewers who live in these areas,It is unfair that they must pay for a SKY package to avail of local channels as well as paying a licence fee.

]]> By: Brian Greene http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/#comment-1345 Brian Greene Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:19:54 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/#comment-1345 thanks Teilefis - I can see no issue in them being able to do what BBC on the Astra 2D footprint do with regard to Irish TV rights. TV without Frontiers (TV without bunnies ears). if they need to play it safe, condense the output of 1&2 into International and get on with it. They now have the remit, but not the budget or willingness according to the address the DG have the audience council over the summer. Yesterdays comments by an Taoiseach re Dáil TV are all the more bizarre when you take the RTÉ FTA position into account. thanks Teilefis - I can see no issue in them being able to do what BBC on the Astra 2D footprint do with regard to Irish TV rights. TV without Frontiers (TV without bunnies ears). if they need to play it safe, condense the output of 1&2 into International and get on with it. They now have the remit, but not the budget or willingness according to the address the DG have the audience council over the summer. Yesterdays comments by an Taoiseach re Dáil TV are all the more bizarre when you take the RTÉ FTA position into account.

]]> By: Teilefis http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/#comment-1344 Teilefis Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:51:16 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2007/island-of-ireland/#comment-1344 "does RTE have programming rights for the island or Ireland?" RTE has cleared programme rights for Northern Ireland, but clearing them for the whole of the UK would be too expensive. “does RTE have programming rights for the island or Ireland?”

RTE has cleared programme rights for Northern Ireland, but clearing them for the whole of the UK would be too expensive.

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