Channel 4. One of the good guys in broadcasting. And, they’ve done another nice thing. They’ve brought back their streaming video service, 4oD, to Ireland.
Richard Davidson-Houston contacted my friend, Shane McEntee, today via Twitter and declared the news, and I came to see the press release on the Channel 4 Products website.
Alison Crowe, from Channel 4 said:
As of this morning the Channel 4 On Demand service is now available for users in the Republic of Ireland. The 4oD app used to be available but unfortunately we could not make the service on C4.com available immediately, because we were not able to differentiate between content where we had rights for ROI and content where we did not. Apologies for this interruption to service. The good news is that we can now do this! So the majority of the content on 4oD is now available for you to watch. We don’t have the rights for absolutely everything, but hopefully your favourite shows will be there. Enjoy!
Finally, I can watch Derren Brown again, and all those episodes of Shameless. I really shouldn’t have paid all that money on The Inbetweeners box set after all.
Thanks Channel 4 for bringing back the service, and getting rid of the awful desktop player.
Now, BBC, can you match that, and allow your programming for us on the Emerald Isle?
photo credit: Ewan McIntosh
. E+OE.
Glad to be back David. Thanks for the post.
…BUT why should they (Ch4) broadcast online in Ireland? WHY should the BBC go through the expense and effort of allowing another another territory to enjoy the programming paid for by UK fee payers? What’s in it for the BBC/ Ch4?
Thanks for the comment.
Channel 4 is an independent broadcaster, like TV3, and is not funded entirely by the licence-payer, unlike BBC or RTÉ. Therefore, they are free to run commercials, which in turn pay for the video content and general traffic on the website. BBC are not allowed broadcast material online outside of the UK, as it’s not permitted for licensing reasons and because their products are to cater for the UK market only.
These online services give great publicity to the stations, along with driving revenue.
Maybe Richard could give an answer to the reasons?
Now now Macca. Next you’ll be ranting about foreigners taking your jobs and your women! Some of us might say that after 700years of Britsh rule, during which the UK did not always behave itself,that you at least owe us BBC online. Not a fair trade I grant you but it’s a start. We’ll forget the tyrany if you give us Dr Who!;-)
Forgive and forget eh? Mr O’Keefe
Why am I forgiving and forgetting?
I love 4oD, and I’ve made this very known. I use it and that’s that. It’s others who are commenting over it.
Maybe you should ask them?