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<blockquote data-quote="Fisty McB" data-source="post: 874414" data-attributes="member: 389824"><p>In a similar fashion to the UK PSB broadcasters, RTE need to ensure that the physical footprint is small, though with current Ku Band frequencies a beam only focusing on Ireland isn't practical without wasting a lot of coverage into the Atlantic, and that reception in much of Britain would still be possible with just slightly larger dishes.</p><p></p><p>That's where the similarities with their UK counterparts end though. Unlike the likes of the BBC & ITV who directly rent transponder capacity from SES, the costs of RTE, TV3 & TG4 are all met by Sky, hence you must have a Sky subscription either in the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland (no TV3 and some programmes on RTE & TG4 geoblocked) to view the channels, and why no FTV card scheme exists. Without Sky's involvement, I doubt these broadcasters would be on 28 East on their own accord, hence a service called Saorsat at 9 East where Ka Band footprints make reception in much of Britain difficult or impossible, but allowing viewers in Ireland, south & north, to use FTA receivers if they are outside of DTT coverage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fisty McB, post: 874414, member: 389824"] In a similar fashion to the UK PSB broadcasters, RTE need to ensure that the physical footprint is small, though with current Ku Band frequencies a beam only focusing on Ireland isn't practical without wasting a lot of coverage into the Atlantic, and that reception in much of Britain would still be possible with just slightly larger dishes. That's where the similarities with their UK counterparts end though. Unlike the likes of the BBC & ITV who directly rent transponder capacity from SES, the costs of RTE, TV3 & TG4 are all met by Sky, hence you must have a Sky subscription either in the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland (no TV3 and some programmes on RTE & TG4 geoblocked) to view the channels, and why no FTV card scheme exists. Without Sky's involvement, I doubt these broadcasters would be on 28 East on their own accord, hence a service called Saorsat at 9 East where Ka Band footprints make reception in much of Britain difficult or impossible, but allowing viewers in Ireland, south & north, to use FTA receivers if they are outside of DTT coverage. [/QUOTE]
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