Tagged: Digital Switchover & News
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Gadgets of the year News
23.12.2012 As we prepare to wave goodbye to 2012, we give kudos to the game-changing gadgets and dazzling devices that made the headlines and single out our top picks of the year, from... -
Digital switchover drives significant boost to TV and set-top box sales – GfK News
04.12.2012 The digital switchover this October saw a number of Irish households investing in new televisions and set-top boxes to ensure they would retain their TV signals, providing a... -
Irish analogue TV signal is switched off, delivers its last words via Twitter News
24.10.2012 We do enjoy a good abstract Twitter account, and @AnalogueSignal is no exception. Only two hours in existence, the short-lived account sent its final tweets today at 10am when... -
Aertel to survive digital switchover, new format for teletext News
24.10.2012 RTÉ Digital has confirmed that the popular Aertel service will survive today’s digital switchover and has been given a digital makeover.Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Ireland's digital switchover takes place - goodbye analogue TV network News
24.10.2012 Ireland's digital switchover has taken place, with a digital signal in line with the rest of Europe having replaced the analogue TV network in a move Pat Rabbitte, TD, Ireland's... -
Last call to make the switch to digital TV, Ireland News
22.10.2012 With two days to go until the analogue TV signal is switched off for good and replaced with digital TV, Ireland's Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat... -
One week to go until Ireland’s digital TV switchover News
16.10.2012 With only one week to go until Ireland's analogue TV signal is switched off for good, there are still people who seem to think the switch to digital will not happen, said... -
50,000 TV viewers in Ireland switch to digital in latter half of September - research News
10.10.2012 An estimated 50,000 households in Ireland reliant on the analogue TV signal made the switch to digital in the last two weeks of September, leaving about 100,000 households left... -
Digital switchover will result in TV waste surge, claims ERP chief News
05.10.2012 With the switch from analogue TV to digital TV edging closer, we talk to Martin Tobin, chief executive of the European Recycling Platform (ERP) in Ireland, about the rise in TV... -
UK to get 4G broadband services nationwide by first half of 2013 News
03.10.2012 The UK’s telecoms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that the 4G auction process is on track to begin at the end of the year to enable competitive 4G services across the UK by the... -
Additional 50,000 homes make the switch to digital TV – 150,000 to go News
02.10.2012 Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has revealed that 50,000 TV homes switched to digital between August and September, leaving 150,000 out of the 200,000 who... -
Almost 50pc of aerial users unaware of need for digital-ready device – survey News
24.09.2012 As the digital switchover on 24 October approaches, a survey by Toshiba Ireland reveals that almost half of consumers currently relying on an aerial to access television... -
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... -
‘Going Digital’ guides to Ireland's TV switchover will be distributed nationwide News
19.06.2012 With the digital switchover just four months away, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte, TD, has announced that every home in Ireland will...Categories: Government, Digital Media -
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 -
No one gets left behind, says Rabbitte on digital TV switchover News
10.01.2012 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has signed an agreement with national voluntary organisation The Wheel to develop and operate a nationwide outreach digital switchover... -
Public needs to be aware of changes to Irish TV standards News
10.11.2011 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has warned that with 11 months until the old analogue TV network is switched off, retailers need to ensure TVs and receivers they are... -
Ireland’s digital TV switchover will happen on 24 October 2012 News
14.10.2011 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has revealed that 24 October 2012 will be the official date for Ireland’s digital TV switchover – the date when analogue TV will be switched... -
TV viewers plan to go free-to-air after analogue switch-off News
16.05.2011 Some 16pc of Irish TV viewers – 256,000 homes – are rurally-based terrestrial TV viewers and over two thirds of them have indicated that they plan to opt for a free to air... -
96pc of home internet subscribers now use broadband News
06.08.2010 Of the 95pc of the Irish population who access the internet from their home, 96pc of those do so through a broadband connection, which includes mobile broadband, according to...