Ireland Digital TV News

Broadcasting Commission of Ireland awards DTT Contracts to One Vision
May 11, 2009 – The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has announced its decision to award the three national Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) multiplex contracts to One Vision, in principle.
News categories: Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial

Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 5, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company added 216,000 RGUs in the first quarter of 2009, driven by strong growth in advanced services, especially digital cable.
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, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

BSkyB adds 80k subscribers in quarter to end-March
May 1, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) net customer additions for the quarter ended 31 March 2009 were 80,000 taking the total base to 9.318 million. Gross customer additions were 13% higher year-on-year at 327,000 and churn was 10.6%.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Sky+HD passes 1 million homes after record growth
Apr 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the total number of Sky+HD customers has passed the 1 million mark for the first time after record sales in the first three months of 2009.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Ireland's RTÉ launches catch-up TV service
Apr 21, 2009 – RTÉ player, a new catch-up web TV service from RTÉ, has been launched, giving Irish broadband users the opportunity to watch their favourite RTÉ Television programmes for up to 21 days after broadcast.
News categories: RTÉ, Digital TV, Ireland, Streaming

Boxer Withdraws Application for Ireland's DTT
Apr 20, 2009 – The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has confirmed the decision of Boxer DTT Limited to withdraw its applications for the three DTT Multiplex Contracts.
News categories: Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Boxer, Digital TV, Ireland, Regulation, Terrestrial

Sky+ Remote Record now available on Apple iPhone
Apr 7, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that its Sky+ Remote Record application is available from the Apple App Store. The free application enables iPhone users with a Sky+ or Sky+HD set-top box to set recordings wherever they are in the world.
News categories: BSkyB, Apple App Store, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

DTT comes of age in Europe
Apr 1, 2009 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database shows the continued expansion of television channels in the European television market. There are now a total of 5587 channels (plus 412 non-European channels) available in the 29 countries.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Dreampark Replaces IPTV Middleware Competitor at Ireland's Magnet Networks
Mar 24, 2009 – Dreampark has announced its first customer in Ireland as Irish IPTV and ISP provider Magnet Networks has upgraded their existing middleware solution to Dreampark's Dreamgallery™.
News categories: Dreampark, Magnet Networks, Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland, Middleware