Setanta Sports has confirmed the first of their 71 exclusively live Barclays Premier League games for the 2013/14 season which for the first time includes 12:45 Saturday kick-offs on BT Sport. Fans of Ireland’s most supported Barclays Premier League clubs can look forward to Setanta and BT Sport’s first selections as Manchester United, Liverpool and […]
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Sky adds UKTV’s Watch
Sky Media Ireland (SMI) now handles sales of UKTV’s Watch entertainment channel. Watch premieres “out-of-the-ordinary programming”, including fantasy and sci-fi dramas such as Grimm, Beauty and the Beast, Primeval: New World, Perception and Sanctuary. It showcases series like Doctor Who, Torchwood and Paranormal Witness. It commissioned the multi-award winning Dynamo Magician Impossible. Formed in 1997, […]
TV figures up in first quarter
TV viewing figures for the first three months of 2013 show that Irish adults aged 15 and over watched TV for an average of three hours 49 minutes each day, three minutes more than the same period last year, Television Audience Measurement (TAM) Ireland reports. As much as 91 per cent (three hours 29 mins) […]
McHugh TV3's new PR boss
TV3 Group has appointed Sharon McHugh as its new head of press and publicity. McHugh was company spokesperson for Paddy Power and headed up the bookmaker’s PR activity for six years. She was also communications manager for Three Ireland mobile operator, where she was responsible for the sponsorship of the Republic of Ireland football team […]
DCU students ad on RTE
RTÉ is screening a TV ad made by DCU School of Communcations students in 50 primetime slots in the coming week. The ads promote this month’s Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival in Malin, Co Donegal and the City of Derry. Janelle Kelly, Katie Liston, Daniel Power and Declan Hall, all second year BCs multimedia students, […]
Sky Sports wins Rabo Pro12
Sky Sports has secured a four-year deal to screen the RaboDirect Pro12 from the start of the 2014/15 season. For the first time, the British satcaster will show 30 live matches, plus the tournament’s semi-finals and final. The RaboDirect Pro12 features top teams from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy, including Europe’s number one ranked side, […]
Ireland-England game on Setanta
Setanta Sports will show Ireland’s two friendly internationals against England at Wembley and Spain at the Yankee Stadium in New York live. The England game is on Wednesday, May 29th, while the match against Spain is on Tuesday, June 11th, with kick-off at 1am on the 12th, Irish time. ITV will also broadcast the England […]
UPC rolls out Horizon and speed upgrades
Following the launch of Sky’s major new broadband campaign with TV ads starring Pierce Brosnan, UPC has announced the roll out of a new app and TV online service plus a free upgrade to a minimum 50Mb as standard for all its broadband customers. The Horizon TV app and online TV service allows UPC TV […]
Rocha dresses in Debenhams ad
Debenhams launches its new ‘Life Made Fabulous’ TV ad with creations by Irish designer John Rocha on TV3 tonight. The ad showcases Debenham’s summer ranges in occasion wear, hats, swimwear, handbags, footwear and jewellery and also features designs by Matthew Williamson, Sadie Frost and Jemima French. Milliner Stephen Jones joins the line-up in his first […]
Setanta set for Cheltenham
Setanta Sports has released a package for next week’s Cheltenham Festival. The sports channel will broadcast 12 hours of live coverage with 20 live races. There will be eight hours of preview and reviews with racing experts Don McClean and Stephen Cullinane. Setanta Sports are now the advertising sales agency for the Racing Post daily newspaper, […]
TV3 launches player app
TV3 has launched an app for its 3player designed to make it even easier for viewers to watch 3player on their iPhones and iPads, including access through an icon on the home-screen. TV3 online director Stephen Grant says the app improves how iOS users find and play shows, making the experience faster and simpler. Shows […]
Ford replaces Frow at TV3
TV3 has announced a replacement for Ben Frow by appointing Jeff Ford as its group director of content. Ford will have responsibility for the channel’s content strategy and output across TV3 and 3e, He will take up the position from the end of February. Ford was most recently director of programming at Channel 5, which […]
Jelly Bean Factory features on CNN
A feature about Ireland’s Jelly Bean Factory went out on CNN last night. The broadcast was shown worldwide, except for the US, and is estimated to have reached 240 million viewers. To view, click on http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/17/business/ireland-jelly-bean-factory/
