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Originally Posted by 1701-e
Historic overspill of signal north and south means everyone can view main channels and cable & satellite carry same channels
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The channels are sold to Sky & Virgin by the commercial arm of the BBC in the same way that they are to Holland etc, so people in the ROI indirectly pay for them via their subscriptions, I had no idea that they couldn't get the iPlayer though. If they can't record I can see that that will be a problem.
Some near the border can receive Freeview signals and, whilst Freesat is not officially available in the ROI, some people do have it along with generic FTA satellite boxes.