GA
The only major thing you miss out in ROI is legal access to iPlayer .
I've never really understood why the BBC have never gone down the route of allowing access to it for a fee in ROI but instead have allowed VPN companies to earn money off it .
And before somebody mentions programme rights Channel 4 have dealt with that for All 4
I've never really understood why the BBC have never gone down the route of allowing access to it for a fee in ROI but instead have allowed VPN companies to earn money off it .
And before somebody mentions programme rights Channel 4 have dealt with that for All 4
RD
On pay TV, it’s normally Northern Ireland. Network is available too on Sky as well for various reasons.
(In the past, Wales would have been taken in some places, but not now).
If you’ve got a FTA solution, it’s up to you what region(s) you want.
No blackouts.
rdd
Founding member
As a matter of interest, what region of BBC One and Two do Republic of Ireland viewers get now, and in the past? Are any programmes “blacked out”?
On pay TV, it’s normally Northern Ireland. Network is available too on Sky as well for various reasons.
(In the past, Wales would have been taken in some places, but not now).
If you’ve got a FTA solution, it’s up to you what region(s) you want.
No blackouts.
CH
In the Border Areas and Dublin, it was Northern Ireland, In Cork and the south, it was BBC Wales. Now it's all Northern Ireland. I don't think BBC programmes were ever blacked out (open to correction). I do remember being in Cumbria around 2005 and not being able to watch BBC Scotland on Sat as they had to blackout Scottish Football.
As a matter of interest, what region of BBC One and Two do Republic of Ireland viewers get now, and in the past? Are any programmes “blacked out”?
In the Border Areas and Dublin, it was Northern Ireland, In Cork and the south, it was BBC Wales. Now it's all Northern Ireland. I don't think BBC programmes were ever blacked out (open to correction). I do remember being in Cumbria around 2005 and not being able to watch BBC Scotland on Sat as they had to blackout Scottish Football.
RD
Maybe. Maybe it was a particular beef against the Irish Times, but as it happens, I have a subscription, and looked it up. HTV (by that time, ITV1 Wales) listings were no longer carried as of Monday 23rd January 2006, with a message published as follows;
HTV: The Irish Times can no longer list HTV programming, as ITV plc advise that certain ITV Regional Variations will only be made available to UK publications.
rdd
Founding member
Well ITV must have forgotten to contact every other publication in the country at the time. Obviously time moved on and the listing for HTV aren't really relevant these days, but Design in the Examiner TV pages only changes once every 20 years or so.
Maybe. Maybe it was a particular beef against the Irish Times, but as it happens, I have a subscription, and looked it up. HTV (by that time, ITV1 Wales) listings were no longer carried as of Monday 23rd January 2006, with a message published as follows;
HTV: The Irish Times can no longer list HTV programming, as ITV plc advise that certain ITV Regional Variations will only be made available to UK publications.
HE
I think the BBC is cracking down on VPNs. Fewer and fewer VPN outlets are able to offer it.
Meanwhile you don’t get iPlayer in the Netherlands but Dutch pay-TV subscribers can stream BBC One and Two there via their pay-TV accounts. And even better is that if they holiday in the European Community, they can stream these channels there too.
The only major thing you miss out in ROI is legal access to iPlayer .
I've never really understood why the BBC have never gone down the route of allowing access to it for a fee in ROI but instead have allowed VPN companies to earn money off it .
And before somebody mentions programme rights Channel 4 have dealt with that for All 4
I've never really understood why the BBC have never gone down the route of allowing access to it for a fee in ROI but instead have allowed VPN companies to earn money off it .
And before somebody mentions programme rights Channel 4 have dealt with that for All 4
I think the BBC is cracking down on VPNs. Fewer and fewer VPN outlets are able to offer it.
Meanwhile you don’t get iPlayer in the Netherlands but Dutch pay-TV subscribers can stream BBC One and Two there via their pay-TV accounts. And even better is that if they holiday in the European Community, they can stream these channels there too.
NW
In the Border Areas and Dublin, it was Northern Ireland, In Cork and the south, it was BBC Wales. Now it's all Northern Ireland. I don't think BBC programmes were ever blacked out (open to correction). I do remember being in Cumbria around 2005 and not being able to watch BBC Scotland on Sat as they had to blackout Scottish Football.
The same problem occurred for us when we had NTL Digital in England when watching the BBC Nations, Scottish Football was always blacked out for us. One would assume that NTL were using a satellite feed on that basis. The hold music was nice to listen to though.
As a matter of interest, what region of BBC One and Two do Republic of Ireland viewers get now, and in the past? Are any programmes “blacked out”?
In the Border Areas and Dublin, it was Northern Ireland, In Cork and the south, it was BBC Wales. Now it's all Northern Ireland. I don't think BBC programmes were ever blacked out (open to correction). I do remember being in Cumbria around 2005 and not being able to watch BBC Scotland on Sat as they had to blackout Scottish Football.
The same problem occurred for us when we had NTL Digital in England when watching the BBC Nations, Scottish Football was always blacked out for us. One would assume that NTL were using a satellite feed on that basis. The hold music was nice to listen to though.