Sky is the most popular digital Television provider in Ireland. It is estimated that around one in three houses in Ireland have Sky Satellite TV installed.
The creates the potential for tens, or even hundreds, of Sky Go users connecting via the same IP address – and unrealistic scenario in the real world. Which is why Sky Go, BBC iPlayer, Netflix (et al) are now blacklisting any IP address that has an abnormal level of activity. This is why your VPN is not working with Sky Go anymore. Providers of subscription internet content including Sky, Netflix and Spotify will also be obliged to allow their viewers to use their services from anywhere in the EU. The BBC said it would.
Sky Ireland has several packages available to suit your household. The basic Sky Entertainment package has 90 channels with all your Irish and UK favourites. You can watch On-Demand & Catch Up TV, Pause, rewind and record all your favourite shows. You can use the Sky Go app to watch TV on the move at no extra cost.
Alternatives to Sky
Virgin Media also provide TV and phone services in Ireland and it is available in Dublin and most of the main cities in Ireland. The Virgin Media TV prices and bundles compare very well with Sky – you can check out the prices here.
Tip: After 12 months you are free to cancel your Sky subscription and you will still be able to get quite a few “free to air” channels using the sky dish with the sky box and the cancelled viewing card. You will still need a TV aerial to get the Irish Saorview channels.
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Some of the UK channels that are not visible on the Sky Digital menus in Ireland – but you can tune them in and add them manually as “Other Channels”. Such channels include ITV2 ITV3 ITV4 BBC4 Cbeebies CBBC.
The SKY tuning information and frequency codes for some of the more popular channels are given below.
(Note – all these have MSYS set to DVB-S and MTYP set to QPSK )
Checked Aug 2020
HD channels on Sky
Important : For the UK BBC and ITV HD channels listed below – the MSYS is set to DVB-S2 and the MTYP is set to 8PSK
HD Channels
The BBC broadcasts all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations on digital satellite television from the SESAstra satellites at 28.2° east;[1] providing local news programmes and other regional programming with local continuity and presentation for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The BBC refers to the whole UK regional network as 'BBC Nations and Regions'.[2]
The local version of BBC One is normally on channel 101, with BBC Two on channel 102. On Freesat equipment, users enter a postcode during initial set up—this determines the assigned local version. On Sky equipment, the address to which the viewing card was issued determines the correct local version—without any viewing card the London versions are shown by default.[3] All other national and regional versions are shown in the EPG.
History[edit]
From the launch of digital satellite on 1 October 1998 until 31 March 2001, there were four variants (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) of both BBC One and BBC Choice carried on all digital platforms. Only one version of BBC Two was available digitally, and this was shown throughout the UK. The BBC English Regions gradually became available via Digital Terrestrial Television (Freeview) over the next few years, as did the national versions of BBC Two.
On digital satellite television, regional news programmes on BBC One were replaced by UK Today until 28 January 2002 when additional transponder space was allocated to the English regions. Initially programmes were available as an interactive service via the red button and only for the five largest English regions; London, North West, South, West Midlands and Yorkshire[4] On 30 May 2003 the BBC stopped encrypting its TV channels on digital satellite and made all regions available as standard, full-time channels.[1]
BBC regional services and channel numbers[edit]
BBC One[edit]
Regional news inserts are broadcast during BBC Breakfast along with 15-minute shows on weekdays after national news bulletins at 1.30 pm and 10.30 pm, along with a 30-minute show at 6.30 pm. On weekends the availability of a regional news bulletin following the national news depends on the timeslot.
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In England—other than regional news programmes—regional opt-outs include the documentary strand Inside Out, a regional segment of Sunday Politics and in the northern regions (those based in Hull, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle) The Super League Show.
Elsewhere, additional local programming is broadcast; (notable examples include Give My Head Peace and Spotlight in Northern Ireland, River City and Sportscene in Scotland and Belonging and Crash in Wales) with network programmes rescheduled to accommodate them.
BBC One HD started broadcasting on 3 November 2010. There are currently four regional variations – a network variant for England, a Northern Ireland variant that launched on 24 October 2012,[5] a Scottish variation that launched on 14 January 2013 and a Welsh variation that launched on 29 January 2013.[6]
| BBC One Nation/Region | News programme | Freesat[7] | Sky[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | BBC London News | 950 | 954 |
| South West (Channel Islands) | BBC Spotlight/BBC Channel Islands News | 951 | 968 |
| East Midlands | BBC East Midlands Today | 952 | 960 |
| East (Norwich) | BBC Look East | 953 | 961 |
| East (Cambridge) | BBC Look East | 954 | 962 |
| North West | BBC North West Today/BBC North West Tonight | 955 | 958 |
| North East and Cumbria | BBC Look North (Newcastle) | 956 | 955 |
| Northern Ireland | BBC Newsline | 957 | 953 |
| South (Oxford) | BBC South Today/BBC South Today (Oxford) | 958 | 965 |
| South East | BBC South East Today | 959 | 963 |
| Scotland | BBC Reporting Scotland | 960 | 951 |
| South (Southampton) | BBC South Today | 961 | 964 |
| South West (Plymouth) | BBC Spotlight | 962 | 967 |
| West Midlands | BBC Midlands Today | 963 | 959 |
| Wales | BBC Wales Today | 964 | 952 |
| West | BBC Points West | 965 | 966 |
| Yorkshire | BBC Look North (Leeds) | 966 | 956 |
| Yorkshire and Lincolnshire | BBC Look North (Hull) | 967 | 957 |
| England HD | N/A ('This is BBC One HD' caption) | 972 | 976 |
| Scotland HD | BBC Reporting Scotland | 973 | 977 |
| Wales HD | BBC Wales Today | 976 | 978 |
| Northern Ireland HD | BBC Newsline | 978 | 979 |
BBC Two[edit]
Three regional variations of BBC Two exist – Northern Ireland, Wales and a network variant covering the rest of the UK. Each variant is also available in high-definition, although due to capacity issues the Northern Ireland variant is not available on satellite. A variation for Scotland was available until 2019 when it was replaced by BBC Scotland.
| BBC Two Nation | Freesat[7] | Sky[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Network | 968 | 969 |
| Northern Ireland | 969 | 972 |
| Wales | 979 | 971 |
| Network HD | 949 | 969 |
| Wales HD | 971 | 980 |
References[edit]
- ^ ab'BBC goes in the clear on digital satellite' (Press release). BBC. 12 March 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
The BBC today (Wednesday 12 March 2003) announced that from 30 May it will, for the first time, broadcast its eight TV channels unencrypted on digital satellite. The BBC national services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus, for the first time, all 15 regional variations of BBC ONE in England will all be available on DSAT. It also means that the BBC will save an estimated £85 million over the next five years because it will no longer be using BSkyB's Conditional Access system.
- ^'Key Facts, BBC Nations and Regions'. BBC Press Office. BBC. August 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ abc'BBC channel numbers on Sky'. Help Receiving BBC TV and Radio. BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^'English Regions launch first phase of digital satellite news service' (Press release). BBC. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^'BBC - Help receiving TV and radio - Satellite frequencies of BBC channels'. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^'Launching BBC One Scotland HD and BBC One Wales HD'. BBC. 11 January 2013.
- ^ ab'BBC channel numbers on Freesat'. Help Receiving BBC TV and Radio. BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External links[edit]
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