topic Re: Recording BBC in ROI in Sky Glass

Recording BBC in ROI

PennyT — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:05:44 GMT

Hi,

I'm based in the Republic of Irekand. I'm thinking of switching to Sky as current provider no longer supports recording of BBC / RTE. Can someone please let me know if I can do this with Sky? Any particular package needed?

Thanks 😊

Re: Recording BBC in ROI

GD1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:09:30 GMT

@PennyT wrote:

Hi,

I'm based in the Republic of Irekand. I'm thinking of switching to Sky as current provider no longer supports recording of BBC / RTE. Can someone please let me know if I can do this with Sky? Any particular package needed?

Thanks 😊

No, you won't be able to record/playlist any BBC Channelks as you wont; have them on the TV Guide, you will only get the Irish channels RTE, TG4, Virgin Media etc.

As far as I'm aware, you wont even get BBC Ipalyer. I'm sure a fellow stream user from the ROI can confirm.

Re: Recording BBC in ROI

PennyT — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:00:18 GMT

Thanks GD1,

That's what I'm afraid of! My folks can record BBC but they got their TV box a year ago and I think this a recent change for new accounts. I'll wait for an ROI user to reply.

Re: Recording BBC in ROI

Paul+Boland — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:28:14 GMT

@GD1

That's wrong info you posted

The following BBC Channels are on Sky EPG in Republic of Ireland on both Sky Q and Sky Glass/Sky Stream

BBC 1 Northern Ireland

BBC 2 Northern Ireland

BBC 3

BBC 4

CBBC

CBeebies

BBC on demand is also available in TV section scroll to BBC tile (Sky Glass/Sky Stream) but it's very limited the amount on demand content that's made available by BBC to Sky Ireland and when that content gets removed can vary

Whats listed in the on demand section some will be available for only 7 days or 30 days and some exceptions for longer like Eastenders and some other BBC content

A lot of the time though you will need to watch live broadcast instead as a lot won't be made available as on demand

Example Match of the day Satuarday night and Sunday night broadcasts is available for 7 days the on demand version gets replaced by next broadcast

Both will show as available on the Monday as on demand and will list as recorded if added to playlist

Some very limited BBC broadcasts when you add to playlist gets recorded at various times to Sky Ireland Cloud server but most times you will need to watch the live broadcast instead or see what's available in the on demand section a few days or weeks later

@PennyT

In regards to RTÉ

When you add RTÉ live broadcasts to playlist you access that content later from RTÉ Player on Sky Glass it can take a few days sometimes to show up available for playback

The difference is RTÉ Player on Sky Glass/Sky Stream is run from Sky Server it looks the exact same as the standalone RTÉ player app you get on mobile phones and other streaming devices Apple TV Box/Google streamer/Firestick other smart Tv's etc but when content shows as available can differ by a few days on the version Sky use on their server and some on demand episodes might not show at all but does show up on the RTÉ player app you get on other devices