Tagged: DTT & News
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Shortage of Saorview set top boxes predicted as 100,000 to lose TV tomorrow in switchover News
23.10.2012 Between 80,000 and 100,000 homes in Ireland will lose their TV signal when the long-serving analogue signal is switched off tomorrow. An additional 300,000 secondary TVs in... -
Can tea dances prevent 200k homes from losing TV during ‘Digital Switchover’ on 24 October? News
17.09.2012 This afternoon, Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, kicked off National Digital Switchover Week, 17-23 September. The very tone of the campaign suggests that... -
Growth of tablets and smartphones drives Wi-Fi surge - ComReg News
13.03.2012 Despite a decline in the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in Ireland, a 60pc increase in the use of Wi-Fi minutes in the fourth quarter of 2011 reflects growth in the number of tablets...Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Mobile, Mobility, Networking & Telecoms, Wireless Communications -
UPC in exclusive deal with RTÉ to host new digital TV channels News
24.02.2012 UPC has reached a deal with RTÉ to be the only pay-TV provider to be carrying RTÉ’s new digital channels, including RTÉ HD, RTÉ +1, RTÉ Junior and later in the summer RTÉ News Now.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Deals Done, Consumer Tech -
2011 Sony BRAVIA TVs will work on Saorview News
16.03.2011 Sony Ireland has confirmed its 2011 BRAVIA TV range from 22 inches and up have been approved by RTÉ for its upcoming Saorview service. -
Minister approves five RTÉ channels for Saorview News
23.02.2011 Minister for Communications Pat Carey has approved five new RTÉ channels to run on the Saorview free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) network, which launches in May... -
RTE says it is ready for the digital TV challenge News
18.11.2010 Ireland’s State broadcaster RTE, which is investing €70m in digital terrestrial TV (DTT), today outlined how it is getting ready for the digital TV revolution, smartphones and...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps -
Public asked for views on new digital TV channels News
15.11.2010 The Irish Government has called for public views on a range of new channels proposed by RTE for transmission on digital television. -
Ireland to reap a €500m digital dividend, Minister Ryan says News
29.10.2010 RTE’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service is now available to 90pc of the Irish population. The switchover to digital will reap the country a massive €500m windfall... -
Digital terrestrial TV €70m spend a waste of taxpayers' money? News
24.08.2010 Ireland could make better use of the digital dividend opportunity and RTE could avoid spending €70m on digital terrestrial television (DTT) since 80pc of the population already... -
RTÉ to use satellite in rural areas outside digital coverage News
15.07.2010 As part of its digital switchover plans, State broadcaster RTÉ plans to use a new satellite to reach the 2pc of the country that falls outside the reach of terrestrial coverage. -
RTÉ appoints director of digital switchover News
01.07.2010 Mary Curtis has been appointed RTÉ’s director of digital switchover, with responsibility for moving audiences over to the new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system in the... -
Eircom revenues down 7pc – telco accelerates job cuts News
27.05.2010 By the end of 2010, upgraded broadband speeds starting at 8Mbps will be available to 1 million households, CEO Paul Donovan promised. He said the rebuilding of Eircom is under... -
Eircom to embark on major restructure and technology shift News
12.02.2010 Eircom has begun a major organisational restructure and plans to embrace a more open approach to wholesale broadband opportunities as well as fibre enable its mobile base...Tags: Broadband, Meteor, 3G, Eircom, Global Crossing, WiMax, Fibre, DTT, Paul Donovan, Singapore Technologies Telemedia, Base Stations, -
RTÉNL invests €4.5 million in national digital microwave network News
24.11.2009 RTE Transmission Network Ltd (RTÉNL) has invested €4.5 million in deploying the national digital microwave network – a critical piece of infrastructure required for the...Categories: Comms -
Digital TV failure is dimming the rise of Ireland’s broadband star News
30.10.2009 Ireland looks set to be a laggard in digital terrestrial television (DTT), as well as broadband, and even the EU is urging Ireland to get into gear on DTT, said Labour... -
Urgent fibre strategy needed to accelerate Ireland’s recovery News
22.05.2009 In a day where Microsoft founder Bill Gates predicted that, in the US, economic recovery will be enabled by technology, the head of Ireland’s telecoms industry group warned that...Categories: Comms -
One Vision has been awarded DTT contract News
11.05.2009 The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has awarded One Vision consortium, consisting TV3, Setanta, Arqiva and Eircom, the digital terrestrial television (DTT) licence that...Categories: New Media -
OneVision in discussions with BCI over abandoned DTT licences News
01.05.2009 A consortium consisting of Eircom, Setanta, TV3 and Arqiva have confirmed they are in talks with the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) about the three available digital...Categories: Comms -
Boxer consortium withdraws from digital TV deal News
20.04.2009 The Boxer DTT consortium, which was last year awarded the contract to provide commercial digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Ireland, has pulled out of the project.Categories: Comms