Comments on: FTA debated in the Dáil http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/ looking for free to air television in ireland Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: alan kelly http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1474 alan kelly Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:51:14 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1474 I can see the problem of rights issues with RTE going FTA, But what i cant understand is that the only sulotion being put forward by RTE seems to be ,that we should all pay murdoch or NTL to watch TV . In the meantime Freesat has come to Ireland along with another version of the Box called SAt4FREE, being sold in power city and soon to be sold in tescos .Now there is already many types of combo boxes [ terrestrial + satellite] on the market.,its only a matter of time that FREESAT or sat4free incorporates an mpeg 4 tuner and then where will this boxer tv be and if combo box allows a card slot that can access a subscription setanta service ,it would be the death of boxer and more importantly it would be serious competition to SKY and NTL. In the mean time if RTE international goes on freesat ,will this in itself not damage rte1 +2 tv 3 and TNG ,who wants to use 2 remote controls and all the foreign programs will be on the english channels anyway and soon there will be more and more HD content + FRESAT DTR RECORDER is out at christmas . ITS a no brainer , all this is going to force RTE'S hand ,if rte inter is on freesat it will cost rte in advertising revenue at home ,because less people will be watching rte I can see the problem of rights issues with RTE going FTA, But what i cant understand is that the only sulotion being put forward by RTE seems to be ,that we should all pay murdoch or NTL to watch TV . In the meantime Freesat has come to Ireland along with another version of the Box called SAt4FREE, being sold in power city and soon to be sold in tescos .Now there is already many types of combo boxes [ terrestrial + satellite] on the market.,its only a matter of time that
FREESAT or sat4free incorporates an mpeg 4 tuner and then where will this boxer tv be and if combo box allows a card slot that can access a subscription setanta service ,it would be the death of boxer and more importantly it would be serious competition to SKY and NTL. In the mean time if RTE international goes on freesat ,will this in itself not damage rte1 +2 tv 3 and TNG ,who wants to use 2 remote controls and all the foreign programs will be on the english channels anyway and soon there will be more and more HD content + FRESAT DTR RECORDER is out at christmas . ITS a no brainer , all this is going to force RTE’S hand ,if rte inter is on freesat it will cost rte in advertising revenue at home ,because less people will be watching rte

]]> By: Brian Greene http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1463 Brian Greene Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:50:43 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1463 Martin if only it was that simple - its not. exclusion from a freesat EPG is not good enough for RTE or the rights owners. Here is a simple solution: don't show programmes with rights issues on the Astra Feed. Don't (i mean RTE don't) tell us there would be black blank screens! sort out the rights of RTE's own archive with Irish actors for repeats and BRITISH ISLES footprint broadcasting (which RTE has a MANDATE to provide). Buy the next round of UK rights for GAA! (stop sponsoring GAA start buying its UK rights) RTE live up to your remit of diaspora Radio & TV as much as your budget will allow not as little as your budget will allow. This solution is called RTE International with a tint of imagination. It will be FTA it will be on air by XMAS 2008 (i edu-guess) and it will be on FreeSat EPG. And I'm sure Mr. Murdoch will give yet another FREE Sky EPG listing to RTE International in return for the €0.5Billion euro Sky get in Ireland helped on by the secret Sky/RTE encryption deal. So RTE Int. could also be listed on Sky EPG for Sky Plus users to record Questions & Answers or PrimeTime! otherwise its on Other Channels menu. Martin if only it was that simple - its not.

exclusion from a freesat EPG is not good enough for RTE or the rights owners.

Here is a simple solution: don’t show programmes with rights issues on the Astra Feed. Don’t (i mean RTE don’t) tell us there would be black blank screens! sort out the rights of RTE’s own archive with Irish actors for repeats and BRITISH ISLES footprint broadcasting (which RTE has a MANDATE to provide). Buy the next round of UK rights for GAA! (stop sponsoring GAA start buying its UK rights) RTE live up to your remit of diaspora Radio & TV as much as your budget will allow not as little as your budget will allow.

This solution is called RTE International with a tint of imagination. It will be FTA it will be on air by XMAS 2008 (i edu-guess) and it will be on FreeSat EPG. And I’m sure Mr. Murdoch will give yet another FREE Sky EPG listing to RTE International in return for the €0.5Billion euro Sky get in Ireland helped on by the secret Sky/RTE encryption deal. So RTE Int. could also be listed on Sky EPG for Sky Plus users to record Questions & Answers or PrimeTime! otherwise its on Other Channels menu.

]]> By: Martin Reynolds http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1462 Martin Reynolds Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:06:15 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1462 The problem with rights can be easily solved In Britain the Freesat set top box is pre-programmed to pick up only the stations that they want to you see. Freesat receives it's signal from the Astra satellite. The Astra satellite broadcasts both encrypted & non-encrypted signals from it's satellite. For instance on the Astra satellite broadcasts both Sky (encrypted signal) & BBC (non-encrypted signals) Many stations are broadcasted from the Astra satellite from all over Western Europe and the world, not just from Britain. Stations from CNN International to Euronews and France24 and of course BBC & ITV On the Freesat box that you buy in Britain it is pre-set to only show a limited number of stations like BBC & ITV but not say CNN or France24. For instance on Freesat you can get the BBC & ITV etc, but not get France 24, CNN International or Euronews but you can get these channels on Free to Air Satellite from the same satellite Astra 28 East. So basically on Freesat in Britain they can CHOSE where there or not to put Irish TV stations on to there platform or not, just like they CHOSE NOT to put CNN or France 24 on to there platform. This means that if RTE 2 shows say Desperate HouseWives on Freesat that it won't affect any rights issue as it won't be on the Freesat platform in Britain so therefore no RTE can still put it's channel on to Freesat for Britain but obviously it would be slighty different to the Irish channel for exclusive Irish only deals like Desperate. It wouldn't affect programme such as Eastenders as on RTE it is on slighty later and with the ads it is behind BBC Problem solved The problem with rights can be easily solved
In Britain the Freesat set top box is pre-programmed to pick up only the stations that they want to you see.

Freesat receives it’s signal from the Astra satellite.

The Astra satellite broadcasts both encrypted & non-encrypted signals from it’s satellite.
For instance on the Astra satellite broadcasts both Sky (encrypted signal) & BBC (non-encrypted signals)

Many stations are broadcasted from the Astra satellite from all over Western Europe and the world, not just from Britain.
Stations from CNN International to Euronews and France24 and of course BBC & ITV

On the Freesat box that you buy in Britain it is pre-set to only show a limited number of stations like BBC & ITV but not say CNN or France24.

For instance on Freesat you can get the BBC & ITV etc, but not get France 24, CNN International or Euronews but you can get these channels on Free to Air Satellite from the same satellite Astra 28 East.

So basically on Freesat in Britain they can CHOSE where there or not to put Irish TV stations on to there platform or not, just like they CHOSE NOT to put CNN or France 24 on to there platform.

This means that if RTE 2 shows say Desperate HouseWives on Freesat that it won’t affect any rights issue as it won’t be on the Freesat platform in Britain so therefore no

RTE can still put it’s channel on to Freesat for Britain but obviously it would be slighty different to the Irish channel for exclusive Irish only deals like Desperate.

It wouldn’t affect programme such as Eastenders as on RTE it is on slighty later and with the ads it is behind BBC

Problem solved

]]> By: Richard Logue http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1373 Richard Logue Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:33:01 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1373 And Conor Hayes was one of the RTE executives (Liam Miller was the other) who was instrumental in the forced closure of Tara Television. Funny how RTE managed to get Tara to close before the existing poor value Sky deal came into operation. And Conor Hayes was one of the RTE executives (Liam Miller was the other) who was instrumental in the forced closure of Tara Television. Funny how RTE managed to get Tara to close before the existing poor value Sky deal came into operation.

]]> By: Brian http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1358 Brian Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:01:59 +0000 http://www.rte2fta.com/2008/fta-debated-in-the-dail/#comment-1358 Muppets - It really is a sorry state of affairs that these people are the ones in charge of making this country digital. Muppets - It really is a sorry state of affairs that these people are the ones in charge of making this country digital.

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