Tagged: Digital TV
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TV3 rolls out hourly online video news service News
14.05.2013 Irish broadcaster TV3 has, in tandem with an overhaul of its entire tv3.ie website, rolled out a new hourly online video news service that will run alongside its on-air output. -
UPC Ireland surpasses more than 1m subscribers during Q1 News
07.05.2013 UPC Ireland grew its total number of subscribers to a record 1,012,600 during the first three months of this year, including 23,800 subscriptions for its fibre-powered... -
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... -
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... -
UPC Ireland total subscriber levels approaching 1m, also nearing 300k broadband users News
05.11.2012 Some 300,000 out of UPC Ireland’s total 969,200 subscribers are now signed up for broadband, the company revealed. The company said its seven-year €500m investment in fibre is... -
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... -
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... -
National Digital Switchover Week promotes digital TV switchover News
10.09.2012 TV owners in Ireland who have yet to make the switch from analogue TV to digital TV will receive one more nudge to do so during National Digital Switchover Week from 17-23... -
Cork-based Digisoft.tv gets set to reveal new multi-screen middleware News
07.09.2012 Digisoft in Cork has been at the heart of many of the changes impacting the connected TV world over the last decade and now it is about to unveil new Irish middleware that will... -
Amazon opens major design and development operation in London News
23.07.2012 E-commerce and cloud powerhouse Amazon is to open a new centre in London that will focus on design and development projects. The centre will spearhead Amazon’s global push into... -
88pc of Irish residents now aware of digital TV switchover – study News
05.07.2012 The majority (88pc) of residents in Ireland are now aware of the digital TV switchover that will take place in October, Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural... -
‘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 -
RTÉ and Samsung in deal to bring Player app to smart TVs News
07.06.2012 Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ has revealed Samsung will be the first TV brand to offer the RTÉ Player app, bringing catch-up TV to the physical TV. -
Sky releases limited-edition boxes for the Formula 1 season News
01.06.2012 To celebrate its extensive Formula 1 coverage on Sky Sports F1 HD, Sky has released a range of limited-edition, F1-inspired ‘designer’ set-top boxes. -
UPC to launch on-demand TV and movies services this Friday News
22.05.2012 This Friday more than a third of digital homes served by UPC will be able to access the RTÉ Player and TV3’s 3player. In addition, deals with six major movie studios will see... -
Smart TV owners in UK not making the most of their devices News
30.04.2012 While smart TVs are making their way into more and more UK homes, getting people to realise the full capabilities of these devices is a bigger challenge, research from YouGov... -
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 -
99pc of UPC broadband subscribers on 20Mbps speeds and higher News
23.02.2012 UPC’s Irish division reported a 100,000 increase in broadband, phone and TV subscriptions in 2011. Total broadband subscribers amount to 255,400, a 28pc increase year-on-year....Categories: Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Sky to create 800 jobs in Dublin News
31.01.2012 Digital TV provider Sky is opening a new customer service centre in Dublin and plans to create more than 800 new jobs for it encompassing a variety of roles.