Ireland Digital TV News

RTÉ proposes DTT with satellite in-fill for Ireland
Jul 15, 2010 – RTÉ has proposed to Ireland's Minister for Communications that the company should offer a free-to-air TV service via terrestrial covering 98% of the population, with the remaining 2% in remote areas being covered by satellite.
News categories: RTÉ, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial

RTÉ Irish free to air DTT service set to launch to 90% of population by October 31st 2010
Jun 3, 2010 – Ireland's Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has signed an Order requiring RTÉ to ensure that their free to air digital TV service is operational and available to 90% of the population by 31st October 2010.
News categories: RTÉ, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial

Easy TV withdraws from Irish pay DTT negotiations
May 18, 2010 – The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has been advised by the Easy TV consortium that it has decided to decline the BAI's offer to pursue negotiations for the provision of three Commercial DTT Multiplex Contracts.
News categories: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial

Liberty Global adds 286k digital cable and loses 5k DTH subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter 2010. Digital cable was the strongest product with 286,000 organic additions to give 6.0 million digital cable RGUs at the end of the period.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

BSkyB adds another 428,000 HD customers in 1Q10
Apr 29, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced results for the nine months ended 31 March 2010. In the quarter, Sky saw net additions of 62,000 taking its total customer base to 9.770 million. Gross customer additions were 304,000 for the period.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Liberty Global adds 382k digital cable and 23k DTH subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 24, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter 2009. Digital cable was Liberty Global's most successful product in 2009 with 1.6 million digital cable additions, including 377,000 in the fourth quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

BSkyB adds 482,000 HD customers in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has released results for the six months ended 31 December 2009. The quarter saw record growth in Sky+HD. Sky added 482,000 net Sky+HD customers, an increase of 1.3 million HD customers in the last 12 months.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Metaverse, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

3ality Digital to Support the Launch of BSkyB 3D TV Services
Jan 14, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) and 3ality Digital have announced they are to collaborate on the launch of what will become the first 3D TV services in the UK and Ireland.
News categories: 3ality, BSkyB, Content Distribution, Ireland, Metaverse, Satellite, UK

Growth of the number of television channels and multi-channel platforms in Europe continues despite the crisis
Jan 13, 2010 – The information in the MAVISE database shows that despite the economic crisis in 2009, the number of channels and the number of television platforms continues to grow in Europe (EU 27 + two candidate countries, Croatia and Turkey).
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK