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Ireland
UTV Media hit by weak TV ad revenues
UTV Media, owner of Northern Irish broadcaster UTV, reported declines in first half revenues and…
Liberty Global launches Horizon TV in Ireland
Liberty Global has launched its next generation Horizon TV set-top service in Ireland, enabled by…
Liberty Global restructures CEE management following Virgin deal
Liberty Global has reshuffled management at its Central and Eastern Europe division as it seeks…
Axonista makes UK push with new partnerships director
Irish social TV and second screen technology firm Axonista has appointed Brian Armstrong, who has…
Liberty promises further Horizon improvements
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company is working to introduce improvements…
Setanta takes BT Sport to Ireland
Setanta Sports has signed a deal with BT to add the latter’s new sports channels…
HBO, ESPN and Sky launch on Apple TV
HBO, ESPN, Sky News and other content providers have launched on Apple’s TV service. The…
Netflix signs UK Disney deal
Netflix has signed a deal with Disney that will see it offer films such as…
BeyonDSL to market SES broadband in UK and Ireland
Satellite operator SES has signed a deal with BeyonDSL for the distribution of its broadband…
Still life in DVDs, says Warner Bros exec
Warner Brothers executive Josh Berger said that there’s still life left in DVD sales and…
LGI sees strong Horizon sales in Switzerland; Ireland and Germany next
Liberty Global has sold 20,000 Horizon subscriptions in Switzerland since the advanced set-top launched in…
Shazam teams up with Adforce.ie in Ireland
Music and TV discovery app provider Shazam has expanded its Shazam for TV offering in…
SES successfully launches Astra 2F for UK and Ireland
SES has successfully launched its Astra 2F satellite, which will serve the 28.2°/28.5° East position…
UPC Ireland to offer 19 Sky HD channels
UPC Ireland is adding 21 HD channels to its line-up, including 21 from UK pay…
Samsung debuts RTÉ Player App
Samsung has signed a deal with Irish broadcaster RTÉ Digital to bring the RTÉ Player…
BSkyB names Sky Ireland chief
Pay TV operator BSkyB has named JD Buckley as managing director of its operations in…
RTÉ urged to rethink cost-cutting plans
British and Irish politicians have called upon Irish public broadcaster RTÉ to reconsider closing its…
Turner names UK business development chief
Turner Broadcast has named Marcos Milanez as business development and distribution manager for the UK…
Irish Saorsat TV service launches in Ka-band
RTÉNL, the network transmission arm of the Irish public broadcaster, has launched its planned free-to-air…
Netflix looking to new European launch
US online video service Netflix is gearing up to launch in additional European territories this…
Roku passes 100-channel milestone in UK
Over-the-top set-top provider and content aggregator Roku has passed the milestone of 100 channels on…
Disney moves and series for Blinkbox
UK online movie service Blinkbox has signed a deal with Disney UK and Ireland to…
RTÉ looks to new models for catch-up and VOD
Irish public broadcaster RTÉ could look to develop pay services and international services as it…
RTÉ to use Ka-Sat for new Saorsat platform
Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, has selected Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat to deliver a satellite-based version of its…
Irish pay TV viewers reportedly churning
Pay TV subscribers in Ireland are swapping their pay TV for free-to-air digital services, according…
New parliamentary channel on UPC Ireland
UPC Ireland has launched a new digital channel that will cover the country’s Parliament. The…
Ireland’s Magnet launches online player
Irish operator Magnet Networks has launched an online television service that will air a raft…
Food Network launches in Ireland
The Food Network has launched in Ireland after the Scripps Network Interactive-run broadcaster struck a…
TV3 looks to launch three channels on digital-terrestrial
Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 is looking to launch three new channels on the country’s digital…
RTÉ faces critcisim for digital fees
The Irish broadcasting authority has criticised Irish public broadcaster RTÉ for the fees it charges…