Chernobyl, based on powerful real-life events, is to be the first commission from Sky and HBO’s high-end drama partnership announced earlier this year. The five-part mini-series will dramatise the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history and the men and women who made sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. Starring […]
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Sky Sports rolls out new themed channels
Sky Sports is expanding its service with 10 sports channels, giving customers more choice at no extra cost. Starting this week, the line-up includes dedicated channels for the Premier League, football, cricket, golf and Formula One motor racing. Two channels, Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Arena, will offer sports such as GAA, rugby union […]
Sky rolls out ads for Now TV platform
Sky Ireland has a new TV, out of home (OOH), digital and radio campaign in support of its new Now TV online streaming service. Now TV allows viewers to watch live pay TV and on demand shows, box sets, movies and sports, all without a contract. The campaign launched with a 40” TV spot, featuring […]
TV schedules don’t look like they used to – Netflix
Netflix may have broken the mould by releasing every episode of House of Cards all at once in 2013, but its viewers who are changing the nature of TV. And it’s more than just binging. From the characters we choose to wake up with to what we watch in bed, when viewers have the power to programme […]
TV3 hopes to make a killing from Assassins
Advertisers may be interested in new a six-part crime documentary series called Assassins which starts next week on TV3. Murders and gangland hits have transformed Dublin into one of the world’s contract-killing capitals. Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre, pictured, and Prof David Wilson will take viewers on “a shadowy journey” into these hitmen’s minds. Three years […]
Tom Fishbourne to talk at TV3 agency briefing
Advertisers and agencies will attend the first in a series of breakfast briefings hosted by TV3 sales house Virgin Media Solutions in Fire restaurant in the Mansion House tomorrow. A panel of three expert speakers will address guests on the theme ‘The Power of Television as a Storytelling Medium’, including critically-acclaimed ‘Marketoonist’ Tom Fishbourne. The event […]
TV3’s new HD studio is officially opened
Minister for Communications Denis Naughten TD has officially opened a state-of-the-art studio at TV3 headquarters. Originally built in 1998, studio one at the TV3 TV centre in Ballymount has been refurbished with high definition (HD) technology and new transmission equipment, including cameras, vision and audio desks and graphics suites. The studio’s modernisation is part of […]
Another Super Bowl has come and gone…
So, another Super Bowl has come and gone, and Tom Brady has his fifth ring to add to his collection, Graham Curtis reports. As with each year, a huge draw of the Super Bowl for people in the US is the ads that play during the coverage of the game. For advertisers, the Super Bowl is the […]
Molloy presents TV3’s rugby show
Former Leinster and Ireland rugby international Gordon D’Arcy and comedian Gary Cooke of Apres Match fame will help kick off Joe Molloy’s new rugby entertainment show on TV3 tomorrow night. Called Clubhouse, the show takes a lighthearted look at the week’s big rugby stories, which last weekend centred around the start to the Six Nations tournament. Clubhouse will […]
Sky settles price dispute with Eurosport owner
The carriage row between Sky and Discovery Communications, which threatened a blackout of Eurosport and other channels from Sky’s platform, has been resolved. A statement from Stephen van Rooyen, Sky’s chief executive for the UK and Ireland, said a new deal was concluded on “the right terms” after Discovery accepted BSkyB’s proposal. During coverage of […]
TAM claims TV viewing up 11 minutes a day
TV has seen an increase in viewing of 11 minutes per day compared to a decade ago. Official TAM Ireland/Nielsen figures on TV viewing for 2016 shows that most Irish adults watched for three hours and 21 mins a day. The average daily time viewing figures are based on an average of all adults in a TV […]
TV3 rebrands UTV Ireland as Be3
TV3 has launched its new-look three channel group strategy. While TV3 and 3e will receive new brand identities, a third channel, ‘Be3’, will launch in January in place of UTV Ireland. TV3 will be the flagship channel, focusing on Irish content and acquired shows, including Red Rock, Gogglebox Ireland, Celebrity Masterchef and The Restaurant. Coronation Street and Emmerdale join Broadchurch and Tuesday night Uefa Champions League matches. TV3’s current affairs coverage […]
Corrie and Emmerdale set to return to TV3
Two of Ireland’s most watched TV soaps, Coronation Street and Emmerdale, are to return to TV3 from the start of December. The move follows Virgin Media’s announcement this week that it had received regulatory and competition approval to acquire UTV Ireland. Upon final closing of this deal, the TV3 group will operate as a three-channel business. As […]
