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Voice of Reason
03/09/2008, 10:49 AM
Hi.

Sorry if this has been asked already.

What channel can we catch the Georgia match on in Ireland?

Thanks.
lionelhutz
03/09/2008, 10:51 AM
RTE 2 - coverage starts 4:20 Saturday. Kick off 5pm
Voice of Reason
03/09/2008, 10:52 AM
Thanks!
fergalr
03/09/2008, 12:10 PM
For those of us on holliers abroad will it be on Sky Sports as well?
mypost
03/09/2008, 12:18 PM
Apparently not.
Pauro 76
03/09/2008, 12:37 PM
Setanta?
mjpcc
03/09/2008, 1:04 PM
Will it be on the net anywhere?
mypost
03/09/2008, 1:07 PM
Setanta?

No. They have our game in Podgorica instead.
Brendan 82
03/09/2008, 1:14 PM
I guess if Setanta do not have it then it is not on anywhere in the states?
wooman
03/09/2008, 1:34 PM
is it defs 5 kik off?

bbc website have it as 8 O Clock
tetsujin1979
03/09/2008, 1:58 PM
coverage starts at 4:30 on Network 2, so it's definitely 5
Pauro 76
03/09/2008, 2:11 PM
Ah RTE2 is grand, to the pub so.
wooman
03/09/2008, 2:27 PM
This mean us folk on the mainland are going to miss it?

I had planned to go for a few pints. Need to find a bar with RTE
Hibs4Ever
03/09/2008, 2:28 PM
Its on Channel 5 in the UK
wooman
03/09/2008, 2:50 PM
good work, cheers for the update
bennocelt
03/09/2008, 3:44 PM
This mean us folk on the mainland are going to miss it?

I had planned to go for a few pints. Need to find a bar with RTE

please say thats a joke, right?:)
EastTerracer
03/09/2008, 11:21 PM
Both games are on Setanta Premium here in the US of A. That means you'll have to visit a decent bar to see it. I've already told everyone I have an important meeting on Wednesday so will be unavailable for 2 hours.

Of course, the Interweb is an alternative - there's usually someone streaming the RTE pictures.
theworm2345
04/09/2008, 12:24 AM
Both games are on Setanta Premium here in the US of A. That means you'll have to visit a decent bar to see it. I've already told everyone I have an important meeting on Wednesday so will be unavailable for 2 hours.

Of course, the Interweb is an alternative - there's usually someone streaming the RTE pictures.
And pay a $20 cover charge :rolleyes: Myp2p has it listed right now and I'm sure JustinTV will have something
tricky_colour
04/09/2008, 10:51 PM
Its on Channel 5 in the UK

That's great news, they don't seem to be covering the match on the 10th though unfortunately.
tetsujin1979
04/09/2008, 10:56 PM
That's great news, they don't seem to covering the match on the 10th though unfortunately.
It's on Setanta, from http://www.onthebox.com/program/3675718/live-world-cup-quals---montenegro-v-roi.aspx

Live World Cup Quals - Montenegro v ROI
Wed, Sep 10 2008 - 17:45
Description:
Live action from Ireland's World Cup qualifier in Podgorica with Montenegro. Giovanni Trappattoni's men will have to contain the home side's star Stevan Jovetic to win. K.O 6pm
Deckydee
15/09/2008, 1:28 PM
Will someone please explain to me what is going on? I went to a lot of trouble to get Setanta Sports so I could see the WC Qualifiers. According to them they were they only ones showing all of Irelands matches. Now I see that RTE are showing them also!

What is going on here?
gspain
15/09/2008, 1:30 PM
Will someone please explain to me what is going on? I went to a lot of trouble to get Setanta Sports so I could see the WC Qualifiers. According to them they were they only ones showing all of Irelands matches. Now I see that RTE are showing them also!

What is going on here?


Very simple. Setanta had the rights, got the publicity, got the subscriptions. They sold the terrestial rights to RTE for these 2 games.

They did not sell their England games to any UK channel.

It remains to be seen what will happen with the other games they have rights to.
OwlsFan
15/09/2008, 4:08 PM
The sketch on RTE from the Apres Match was the "Cellotanta" panel. It was very funny but slightly ironic insofar as RTE could only show a half screen (on my TV anyway) while Setanta, although originally only half screen, sorted out the technical difficulties and showed full screen.

Cellotanta indeed.
eirebhoy
15/09/2008, 5:40 PM
The sketch on RTE from the Apres Match was the "Cellotanta" panel. It was very funny but slightly ironic insofar as RTE could only show a half screen (on my TV anyway) while Setanta, although originally only half screen, sorted out the technical difficulties and showed full screen.

Setanta just stretched the picture.
geysir
15/09/2008, 5:53 PM
Remember, Owlsfan is still trying to fix his Betamax.

Many modern TVīs have a varying number of selectable screen formats to stretch the 4-3 picture to acceptable proportions.
tricky_colour
15/09/2008, 8:54 PM
Remember, Owlsfan is still trying to fix his Betamax.

Many modern TVīs have a varying number of selectable screen formats to stretch the 4-3 picture to acceptable proportions.

Stretching a 4:3 picture to 16:9 is just distorting the picture and making the players look shorter and fatter, I am sure Andy Reid is not happy about this :D

4:3 is generally better than widescreen for football as you can't guarantee the play will take place in any particular axis. Obviously in a film you can stick a hat stand in the horizontal axis to artifically fill the screen.

If you don't like the black bars at the sides buy a 4:3 TV like mine.

Films are only widescreen because cinemas are wider than they are tall.
geysir
15/09/2008, 11:47 PM
Who said anything about stretching to widescreen format.
I wrote "stretch to acceptable proportions"
Widescreen is not an acceptable proportion for a 4-3 stretch.
The name to the screen format was either Super Live 2 or Cinema 2.
Looked very good.
OwlsFan
16/09/2008, 7:22 AM
Remember, Owlsfan is still trying to fix his Betamax.
.

:D Too true but no one can do it!!

The picture quality on Setanta was fine despite the stretch. Certainly preferred it to RTE.