You would have to wonder.Is the RTÉ app a mere fig leaf which then allows them to demand I pay a licence fee because they meet some legal requirement in terms of being seen to provide a service?
You would have to wonder.
IIRC RTÉ Player launched in 2009.
Hi @Dinarius , I've read and re-read your post and I'm not sure what your asking, if indeed you are asking anything.
Are you just informing us of your televisual viewing methods, giving out about RTE, trying to justify why you're not buying a TV licence or maybe just having a rant?
PS.:- Anyway, for what it's worth I also think that the 'RTE Player' is absolute rubbish and is barely fit for purpose.
Yes. It's the law.Given that the app fails utterly, can I be made to pay for a service I cannot avail of?
Yes. It's the law.
How very, very Irish.
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How very, very Irish.
Why do you feel it necessary to degrade your country, when in fact it is pretty much the same requirement throughout Europe
Not true, nothing to do with the app. Remember it's not an RTÉ licence.The legal fig leaf that is the RTE Player app appears to force me to pay for a tv licence.
RTÉ is part of the Saorview platform, in fact 6 of the 11 TV channels are from RTÉ, so you do have an interest in it, Saorview can be received by most modern TVs. and often by the use of a small indoor aerial.I have no interest in Saorview. I don’t want yet another box and aerial. I would simply like it that RTÉ allow me to tune in their stations via my Sky box
I would simply like it that RTÉ allow me to tune in their stations via my Sky box (which I can do for dozens of other channels)
It has nothing to do with the RTE app. Your TV is a device capable of receiving a TV signal so you must pay a licence.Sorry, I thought it was obvious. The legal fig leaf that is the RTE Player app appears to force me to pay for a tv licence.
SAORVIEW is available to everyone for free. Your TV probably already supports it (given that it is a smart TV capable of running an app). Just because you won't purchase a combi box or an aerial doesn't mean that it is not widely available.The point made further up about the need for truth in an era of Fox News and the like is pertinent. It highlights the need for maximum and uninhibited access to the likes of RTE. All the more reason that their app should work as expected.
D.
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