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Ireland
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Virgin Media passes 900,000 Irish homes in Project Lightning expansion
Virgin Media has passed 900,000 premises in Ireland with ultrafast fibre broadband as part of…
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Sky secures Premier League rights for Ireland
UK pay TV leader Sky has secured the rights to show 128 Premier League games…
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Virgin Media buys Casey Cablevision
Virgin Media has agreed to buy regional Irish cable operator, Casey Cablevision, which is based…
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Virgin Media and TV3 secure Champions League and Europa League rights
Liberty Media-owned Virgin Media and its Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 have secured rights in Ireland…
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ComReg: 42% of Irish homes have Netflix
More than two in five Irish households now use Netflix, according to research by Ireland’s…
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Parrot Analytics: Star Trek: Discovery tops Irish in-demand ratings
Star Trek: Discovery, the CBS All Access show that is distributed internationally by Netflix, topped…
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Xavier Niel ‘close’ to taking majority control of Eir
Xavier Niel, the French telecom entrepreneur and owner of multi-play service provider Iliad Telecom/Free, is…
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Disney SVOD service launches in Ireland
The Walt Disney Company has launched its family-focused SVOD service DisneyLife in Ireland. A multi-account…
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Fox secures Irish green light for Sky deal as UK decision time approaches
21st Century Fox has secured approval for its acquisition of Sky from the Irish regulatory…
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Sky renews European NBCU deal
European pay TV operator Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with…
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Nickelodeon UK poaches Scripps programming exec
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has hired a Scripps Networks international VP of programming. As of…
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Sky launches Now TV in Ireland
Sky has launched its stand-alone online streaming service, Now TV, in Ireland for the first…
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HbbTV Association backs Nordic move to HbbTV2
The HbbTV Association has welcomed NorDig’s new specification, which marks the Nordic region’s first steps…
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Hopster launches on Roku
Kids educational and entertainment app provider Hopster is launching a channel on the Roku streaming…
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Netflix goes live on Liberty’s Horizon platforms in Ireland, Switzerland
Netflix has launched on Liberty Global’s Horizon advanced TV platform in Ireland and Switzerland, following…
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TV3 overhauls channels, launching new service
Irish broadcaster TV3 has overhauled its two existing channels and is launching a new net,…
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Bennett to lead Sky UK and Ireland after rejig
Sky Atlantic director Zai Bennett will now lead the wider Sky Entertainment business in the…
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Arab user-generated content streamer ALTV launches mobile app
Emerging markets streaming service ALTV has launched a mobile app for Android and iOS devices….
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Sky reports Q1 revenue and customer gains despite ‘slow start’
Sky reported like-for-like revenue growth and the addition of more than 100,000 new customers, despite…
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Kaplan exiting, Discovery rejigs international programming
Marjorie Kaplan is leaving Discovery in a rejig that sees UK chief Susanna Dinnage take…
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Virgin Media launches ad sales agency
Virgin Media has launched Virgin Media Solutions, a new advertising sales house for the UK…
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Wuaki.tv launches on Roku players in UK and Ireland
Rakuten-owned OTT TV service provider Wuaki.tv has launched on Roku streaming players in the UK…
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New chief for Irish-language broadcaster
Irish-language public broadcaster TG4 has named Alan Esslemont as its new director-general. Esslemont, who is…
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Freesat delivers Saorview mobile app to RTÉ
Freesat has delivered the new Saorview mobile app, web-powered TV guide and Spotlight recommendation service…
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A+E starts Blaze on UK Freeview
A+E Networks’ latest channel brand, Blaze, launches in the UK and Ireland next month. The…
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Virgin Media shrugs off Brexit blues
Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media shrugged off the Brexit effect in the second quarter by adding…
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RTÉ deputy chief exiting for Ofcom
The deputy director general of Irish pubcaster RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, is set to exit and…
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Paramount to end geoblocking in EU deal
US studio Paramount has agreed a settlement with the European Commission to no longer geoblock…
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Management changes at RTÉ and TV3
RTÉ’s director of production and acquisitions, Dermot Horan, has become interim managing director of television…
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Virgin Media Ireland drops eir Sports claiming ‘excessive pricing’
Virgin Media Ireland is due to drop the eir Sports package – which includes the…