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Quite why they've been allowed to broadcast on analogue is beyond me, given that using the TX site for another digital multiplex would allow another 5 or 6 TV channels, not just one. Could be used for RTE should they want it.
A colleague has also pointed out that we get crap Channel 5 reception in eastern parts of NI due to the fact that we were told there was no channel availability on Divis, and the channel they had to use from Black Mountain (37) is the same as that used by Cambret Hill in Dumfries and Galloway, resulting in co-channel interference along the coasts.
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A move that will extend the reach of TG4 to Irish speakers in the North has been welcomed.
SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Dominic Bradley today welcomed the news that TG4 will begin broadcasting from Belfast in the spring.
A proposed international agreement between the British and Irish governments will enable the acclaimed station to broadcast from an analogue transmitter on Divis mountain, which overlooks Belfast, enabling all parts of the city and most of Northern Ireland to receive TG4 on standard television sets.
The station will then become available to the people in the North, including 167,000 Irish speakers.
Mr Bradley said: "This move is welcome, but it is long overdue considering it was a commitment made by both governments in the Good Friday Agreement.
"It is not purely a matter of Irish-language programming. TG4 provides unique coverage of cultural affairs loosely associated with the language and has proved highly innovative in many aspects of its programming.
Its popularity at all levels from music to sport shows that it has itself become a vibrant part of Irish culture," he said.
SDLP Irish Language Spokesperson Dominic Bradley today welcomed the news that TG4 will begin broadcasting from Belfast in the spring.
A proposed international agreement between the British and Irish governments will enable the acclaimed station to broadcast from an analogue transmitter on Divis mountain, which overlooks Belfast, enabling all parts of the city and most of Northern Ireland to receive TG4 on standard television sets.
The station will then become available to the people in the North, including 167,000 Irish speakers.
Mr Bradley said: "This move is welcome, but it is long overdue considering it was a commitment made by both governments in the Good Friday Agreement.
"It is not purely a matter of Irish-language programming. TG4 provides unique coverage of cultural affairs loosely associated with the language and has proved highly innovative in many aspects of its programming.
Its popularity at all levels from music to sport shows that it has itself become a vibrant part of Irish culture," he said.
Quite why they've been allowed to broadcast on analogue is beyond me, given that using the TX site for another digital multiplex would allow another 5 or 6 TV channels, not just one. Could be used for RTE should they want it.
A colleague has also pointed out that we get crap Channel 5 reception in eastern parts of NI due to the fact that we were told there was no channel availability on Divis, and the channel they had to use from Black Mountain (37) is the same as that used by Cambret Hill in Dumfries and Galloway, resulting in co-channel interference along the coasts.
