Tagged: Digital Switchover & News
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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... -
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... -
BBC places DRM on Freeview HD content News
15.06.2010 UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has agreed to allow the BBC to limit full availability of its high-definition Freeview content to certain kinds of HD receivers when the service is...Categories: Open Source, Digital Media -
Irish and UK Governments sign digital TV switchover pact News
01.02.2010 The Irish Government and the British Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at ensuring a smooth transition to digital switchover and the switch-off of...Categories: New Media -
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... -
US digital conversion may lead to toxic TV exports News
12.06.2009 As the conversion to digital television began in the US this week, one concern that has cropped up is that old CRT television sets containing toxic materials may end up for sale...Categories: Digital LifeTags: Digital Switchover, -
US Senate votes to delay digital switchover News
30.01.2009 The US Senate has passed another bill to delay the transition to digital television.Categories: Comms, Government -
ComReg seeks consultants for digital TV switchover News
27.05.2008 Ireland’s national telecoms regulator ComReg has issued a tender notice seeking consultants to advise it on a suitable approach to its digital dividend strategy, or the...