Freeview

When the increasingly expensive contracts to provide broadcast channels and digital terrestrial services like Freeview come to an end, the UK's broadcasters are likely to pivot to offering digital-only video on demand.

On Wednesday, the station’s news television bulletins were geo-blocked in Northern Ireland on Freeview channel 54, Sky, RTÉ Player and the RTÉ News website.

However, only a limited list of EPGs are currently regulated by Ofcom - Freeview, Freesat, Sky, Virgin Media, and YouView.

Unusually, that means British viewers can watch the Oscars on Freeview and Freesat.

After the completion of the digital switchover in Wales on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became available on Freeview and S4C ceased airing English-language programmes.