Category Archives: fta

Freesat is here

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Brian Greene

I got my freesat email to say they have launched.

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unpopular decisions v deciding to serve the unpopular

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Brian Greene

Hats off to RTÉ who see a future for MPEG4 on DTT. RTÉ don’t do visions they receive apparitions. There has been mention of MPEG4 in the tender docs for the 3 commercial mux. It would seem that RTÉ favour … Continue reading →

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Ireland to blunder on DTT like ONdigital?

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Brian Greene

RTÉ FREE TO AIR [get this badge] [update: more structured version of this post is here rte2fta.com ] text of an email to Cllr. Mark Dearey of the Green Party Co. Louth Mark, I hope you are the correct person … Continue reading →

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RTÉ looking to new technology formats!?

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Brian Greene

The HD trial was organised by the three terrestrial broadcasters, RTÉ, TV3 and TG4, as well as BT and CEDA, who worked closely together to develop a range of content that would suitably test the system and demonstrate the improvement … Continue reading →

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RTÉ Free To Air – Badge

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Brian Greene

many thanks for signing our petition to make all RTÉ transmissions free to air as the election approaches and our petition hits 100 signatures I have created a button/badge for websites / blog sidebars to help push the FTA idea. … Continue reading →

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polish soccer TV in ireland

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Brian Greene

the red card reports Many aspects of Ireland are adapting to our new residents and this is reflected in the increased outlets of foreign language media in Ireland. Setanta Sports are showing Poland’s European Qualifiers in the remainder of the … Continue reading →

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