RTÉ up North

I was questioned over on my personal blog as to how much research i had done re RTE2FTA. A commenter with a mistaken email address or one that never worked pointed out to me that if RTÉ go FTA imported TV shows will cost more. Not that they would be blacked out but cost more no less no more - more.

and this was my reply

RTÉ is available in Northern Ireland.? border spill analog. RTÉ is available in Northern Ireland digitally on the Sky EPG also. so they pay more to rights owners ?

BBC ITV C4 SKY are in Ireland via DTH DVB Satellite do they pay more? they get paid by NTL & Sky to be here. RTE will go International as they have been re regulated to do so. This will bring RTE output to the DTH DVB satellite in the UK. While I personally am not so keen on Hollywood TV, there could be a case to park that type of import on Analog Terrestrial for the next say 7 years before switch off.

There is a very valid case for free to air RTÉ

And after 7 years on bunnies ears, desperate housewifes would be lost and would return to Irish digital programmes made by Irish people for Irish people. in 7 years, or next year you will be able to buy these shows long before transmission here from apple TV, so no big sponsors like ER hadn’t last year and the shows will become extra terrestrial, time to phone home, anyone know the area code for Donnybrook Dublin 4.