michaelm said:Indeed, but you should realise that TV3 were providing Champions League to you for free but RTE (on your behalf) bought the rights this year with your licence money so you have the pleasure of paying for something that was available to you for free.
I realise that-I already pointed out that it would be interesting to see how the licence fee 'muscle' allowed RTE to purchase the Champions League rights.
No TV station in this country is truely 'free' as the licence fee has to be paid no matter what you watch.