Tagged: Sky & News
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Now that Eircom’s VDSL network is live, alternative operators get ready to pounce News
17.05.2013 So Eircom’s had its big day and has gone live with the first phase of its fibre network which will serve about 300,000 homes. From Monday, other licensed operators will launch... -
ComReg to launch online tool for consumers blasted by broadband advertising News
14.05.2013 While broadband access in Ireland now stands at 78pc, more than half of consumers have no idea what speeds they are getting. Telecoms regulator ComReg has confirmed a new test... -
Sky Movies app now available for Android devices News
14.03.2013 Sky has made its Movies companion app available for Android smartphone users. The free app offers a one-stop shop for movies currently showing on Sky Movies and in the Sky Store...Categories: Apps, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Phones, Wireless Communications -
ComReg maintains Eircom wholesale NGA launch date of 20 May News
08.03.2013 Ireland telecoms regulator ComReg has restored the launch of wholesale next-generation access (NGA) broadband from 8 April to the original target date of 20 May in response to... -
Sky buys Telefónica’s UK broadband business for stg£200m News
01.03.2013 BSkyB has acquired Telefónica’s broadband business in the UK for stg£200m in a deal that will make Sky the second biggest broadband player in the UK. The acquisition includes... -
UK court orders ISPs to block access to file-sharing websites News
28.02.2013 Six ISPs including Sky, Everything Everyhere, BT, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin have been ordered by a UK court to block access to file-sharing websites KAT, H3T and Fenopy.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Telecoms industry bewildered as ComReg decides to split market News
12.02.2013 Ireland’s telecoms watchdog ComReg is to press ahead with a controversial wholesale decision that will divide the telecoms market into areas where a variety of price margin... -
Sky’s entry into Irish broadband market to kick off price wars News
07.02.2013 Sky this morning entered the Irish broadband market with DSL broadband and phone services starting at €30, as well as triple play unlimited broadband, phone and TV packages... -
Sky brings remote control app to Android devices News
05.02.2013 Android users will from today be able to use their smartphones or tablets to control their Sky+ HD set-top boxes. The functionality, which has been available on iOS devices for... -
Twitter eyes the total media prize – acquires social TV firm Bluefin Labs News
05.02.2013 Twitter’s claim to be a media company that has technology at its core is becoming clearer. Just one day after it saw over 24.1m tweets flutter during the Super Bowl it has... -
Eircom agrees to allow other telcos to access its fibre broadband network News
31.01.2013 Any fibre Eircom puts in the ground it will have to open up to other licensed operators. That’s the message that came from ComReg today as it ruled Eircom has significant market...Categories: Web, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Digital Media, Communications -
Don’t discount copper networks to meet superfast broadband targets, EU expert says News
30.01.2013 Under ambitious targets set out under European Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ Digital Agenda for Europe strategy, by 2020 all homes and businesses will have a minimal standard of... -
Sky Go Extra allows users to download films and TV shows to watch whenever, wherever News
23.01.2013 Now that Sky Go is seeing more than 3m unique users in the UK and Ireland each quarter, Sky has decided to add a little something to the service to make its content even more... -
Taoiseach officially opens Sky’s first Irish customer service centre, 800 jobs on way News
18.01.2013 Some 800 Dublin jobs are to be created with the opening of Sky’s 10th customer service centre – and its first in Ireland – to meet increased service demands from Irish... -
Deloitte debunks ‘post PC era’ as myth - ‘Tablet computers replace paper, not PCs’ News
15.01.2013 Deloitte has dismissed the claim that we are in the “post-PC era” and says that while tablet computers have made inroads into traditional PC sales the only thing that tablets...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Sky Sports brings expert Premiership match analysis tools to its iPad app News
08.01.2013 For the first time, viewers watching live Sky Sports Barclays Premier League matches can access some of the same analysis technology used by Gary Neville and Ed Chamberlin on... -
New entrants to Irish broadband market will drive down prices, says ComReg News
02.01.2013 New entrants to Ireland’s broadband market – which is hurtling in the direction of superfast broadband and 4G services – will increase downward pressure on prices and upward... -
Zeebox social remote control app now available for Irish TV viewers and broadcasters News
11.12.2012 Zeebox, the app that turns your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch device into a social media-oriented remote control perfect for the second-screen experience, is now available on...Tags: Sky, Virgin, Tablet Computers, Smartphones, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Apps, iTunes, Apple, iOS -
Eircom’s quad-play future: TV services to come in wake of fibre and 4G News
07.12.2012 Eircom’s new CEO Herb Hribar and its new CFO Richard Moat have revealed that Eircom is planning new TV services to compete with UPC and Sky and plans to create a ‘data... -
Dublin firm S3’s technology to serve 41m Sky Deutschland TV homes News
05.12.2012 Sky Deutschland has selected Dublin tech firm S3 Group’s digital TV technology to boost the quality of experience of TV viewers. S3’s StormTest technology enables operators and...