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How To Get RTÉ In The UK
As the question comes up a lot, I decided to make this topic, maybe the mods will make it a sticky and it won't have to be asked every other day!
Firstly, you [highlight]CAN NOT[/highlight] watch the 4 Irish channels if you live in a mainland UK (England / Scotland / Wales) registered address, even if you manually tune them in. The software will prevent this. The only way you can watch them is if you live anywhere on the island of Ireland, (but if you live in Northern Ireland some programming will be blocked over rights issues).
[highlight]Before you change over, remember that if you change address to one in the ROI you will lose some channels as well as gain some. Check to see if it will be worth your while before changing anything![/highlight]
To watch RTÉ ONE, RTÉ TWO, TV 3, TG 4 and Channel 6 in the UK you will have to change your address with Sky to a valid address in the Republic of Ireland. This means that your bill will be in Euro, and after the exchange rate is done for the Direct Debit, may mean you pay slightly more for your subscription.
If you have friends or family that live in the ROI and they don't have Sky, you can change your address to theirs and Sky will update their system and you will be able to watch. Then if Sky issue new viewing cards or send you letters about your account, your friends or family can forward them on to you and Sky will be none the wiser. Don't use a random address, because if Sky do anything regarding your account via letter, you'll never know and it will just cause hasstle.
Remember, when you call them you will have to withhold your number because if they see you calling from your own house they will know that you aren't living in Ireland and they won't change it over for you.
If you want to change your address to one in Northern Ireland, remember that you won't get all the Irish channels and those that you do get will have some programming blocked. One advantage of changing to an NI address over an ROI address is your bill will still come out in £ Sterling and you will keep all the UK channels (see below).
[highlight]CHANGING ADDRESS TO ROI ADDRESS[/highlight]
Gaining some Irish channels will mean that you lose some UK ones.
Gain - RTÉ ONE, RTÉ TWO, TV 3, TG 4, Channel 6 Ireland.
Lose - BBC 3, BBC 4, ITV1/2/3/4, five, fiveUS, five Life, BBC HD and restricted access to Channel 4.
The ITV and BBC channels can be tuned in under Other Channels, but they cannot be recorded from if you have Sky+. You can not check future EPG information for them either, apart from Now & Next info.
[highlight]CHANGING ADDRESS TO NI ADDRESS[/highlight]
No UK channels are lost here, but Irish channels are restricted for sports and some US programming and 2 channels are blocked still.
Gain - RTÉ ONE, RTÉ TWO, TG 4 (all 3 have some programme restrictions), full UK channel line-up
Lose - TV 3, Channel 6 Ireland, BBC and ITV regions will change to BBC NI and UTV.
Paddy
Firstly, you [highlight]CAN NOT[/highlight] watch the 4 Irish channels if you live in a mainland UK (England / Scotland / Wales) registered address, even if you manually tune them in. The software will prevent this. The only way you can watch them is if you live anywhere on the island of Ireland, (but if you live in Northern Ireland some programming will be blocked over rights issues).
[highlight]Before you change over, remember that if you change address to one in the ROI you will lose some channels as well as gain some. Check to see if it will be worth your while before changing anything![/highlight]
To watch RTÉ ONE, RTÉ TWO, TV 3, TG 4 and Channel 6 in the UK you will have to change your address with Sky to a valid address in the Republic of Ireland. This means that your bill will be in Euro, and after the exchange rate is done for the Direct Debit, may mean you pay slightly more for your subscription.
If you have friends or family that live in the ROI and they don't have Sky, you can change your address to theirs and Sky will update their system and you will be able to watch. Then if Sky issue new viewing cards or send you letters about your account, your friends or family can forward them on to you and Sky will be none the wiser. Don't use a random address, because if Sky do anything regarding your account via letter, you'll never know and it will just cause hasstle.
Remember, when you call them you will have to withhold your number because if they see you calling from your own house they will know that you aren't living in Ireland and they won't change it over for you.
If you want to change your address to one in Northern Ireland, remember that you won't get all the Irish channels and those that you do get will have some programming blocked. One advantage of changing to an NI address over an ROI address is your bill will still come out in £ Sterling and you will keep all the UK channels (see below).
[highlight]CHANGING ADDRESS TO ROI ADDRESS[/highlight]
Gaining some Irish channels will mean that you lose some UK ones.
Gain - RTÉ ONE, RTÉ TWO, TV 3, TG 4, Channel 6 Ireland.
Lose - BBC 3, BBC 4, ITV1/2/3/4, five, fiveUS, five Life, BBC HD and restricted access to Channel 4.
The ITV and BBC channels can be tuned in under Other Channels, but they cannot be recorded from if you have Sky+. You can not check future EPG information for them either, apart from Now & Next info.
[highlight]CHANGING ADDRESS TO NI ADDRESS[/highlight]
No UK channels are lost here, but Irish channels are restricted for sports and some US programming and 2 channels are blocked still.
Gain - RTÉ ONE, RTÉ TWO, TG 4 (all 3 have some programme restrictions), full UK channel line-up
Lose - TV 3, Channel 6 Ireland, BBC and ITV regions will change to BBC NI and UTV.
Paddy
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€68
That's just under £51 so costs £6 more for Irish viewers for less channels than our UK neighbours...
Hope that helps !
Yes, that's true (about the uplink costs, I think they still pay EPG fees, albeit reduced).
http://archives.tcm.ie/westernpeople/2002/04/24/story6518.asp
Paddy
I think it's a whole new contract, since they have to change to payment in euros.
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Thanks
That's not true.
It is provided as part of a NI Sky Subscription.
Paddy
Yes it is, but the original post - paragraph 4 - advocates a viewer living in the UK mainland telling Sky that they have moved to an address in the ROI in order to get the other Irish terrestrials. This goes against Sky T & C's.
I've nothing against the thread, in fact I did exactly what is being touted for a couple of years. I'm simply pointing out why the mods may choose not to make it a sticky.
This thread addresses a subject which gets asked about on a regular basis and I for one hope it gets stickied.
I'm sure DS wouldn't want to be seen to encourage their viewers to lie to them in order to view channels where broadcasters don't have the rights to transmit... so I can't help thinking this is why they have resisted so far. I assume someone has contacted the mods with the request....
21 Wee Loney
The Sheugh
BT 75 3AB
should work just fine
Not going to happen anytime soon.
With a false address what will happen to any replacement card sent out for you?
Sky are rumoured to be replacing their cards later this year. Any false address will almost certainly result in the card being returned to them address unknown which will almost certainly result in your account being closed when Sky investigate why.
Will the fact that I have the phone and broadband with Sky let on to them that I am telling porkies if I live in London?
I only want to change address for the Irish channels.
Your phone and broadband are tied to the postcode too, so they would be cancelled if you tried this.
Thanks for this info, I didn't know that.