Sky Ireland and Virgin Media Television have signed a new long-term partnership securing carriage of VMTV channels and on-demand content on all Sky TV products until 2027. The deal includes Sky Glass, when it is launched in Ireland later this year. Sky Ireland CEO JD Buckley said the deal means Sky customers can access Virgin […]
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Katie Taylor fight creates new record for DAZN
In an already historic night that saw Irish boxer Katie Taylor edge out Puerto Rica’s Amanda Serrano in an epic brawl to retain her undisputed world lightweight crown, an unprecedented audience of 1.5 million tuned in globally on pay per view channel DAZN to set a new record. The fight was broadcast from a sold-out […]
Conversations With Friends on TV soon
A 12-part TV series based on Sally Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations With Friends, is coming to TV screens soon. Following Normal People, Lenny Abrahamson returns as lead director in adapting Rooney’s story of a fractured friendship between two Trinity College students, Frances and Bobbi, who make a strange connection with an older married couple. As […]
TAM’s TV planning awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s TAMI Awards, Ireland’s TV planning awards, covering integrated strategies to small budget successes to clever content partnerships. The awards are designed to celebrate the best use of TV in advertising plans. They honour the teams and agencies behind TV planning, including the winner of the best TV buying or planning […]
Fáilte Ireland and Virgin behind new travel show
Fáilte Ireland and Virgin Media One television have teamed up for a new six-part travel series called Are We There Yet? The shows will seek out the best day trips and holidays to encourage staycations this year. The series is hosted by husband-and-wife team Jon Slattery and Ciara Whelan, from The Holiday Show with some help from their three […]
Sky to open four stores in Ireland
Sky plans to open four new stores in Ireland, with the first store now open in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin. The three other stores, which are based at Crescent Shopping Centre, Limerick, Mahon Point Shopping Centre, Cork and Dundrum Town Centre in Dublin, are expected to open their doors to members of the public […]
Virgin Media More coming soon
Virgin Media Television will soon launch Virgin Media More, a new channel showing the first screenings of Irish and international drama, documentaries and sport. More kicks off on Channel 100 at 9pm on Tuesday, April 12 with Holding, the screen adaptation of Graham Norton’s best-selling debut novel. The four-part series is set and filmed in […]
EGTA cuts ties with Russian members
International trade body for TV and radio sales houses, the European Group of Television Advertising (EGTA), has suspended relations with its six Russian association members – Europa Media Group (EMG), Everest Sales, Gazprom-Media, Media-1, NRA (National Advertising Alliance) and Russian Media Group – following the invasion of Ukraine. “These past few days, we have witnessed […]
Virgin moves news bulletin to 7pm
Virgin Media Television is moving its nightly news bulletin to 7pm five nights a week across Virgin Media One as Coronation Street and Emmerdale take on new time slots. Coronation Street now airs hour-long episodes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm, while Emmerdale is on at 7.30pm with an extra episode every Thursday at […]
TAM lines up webinar series
TAM Ireland will run a series of three Wednesday webinars in February providing advertisers with an opportunity to learn from TV success stories, understand the long and short-term benefits of TV advertising and explore what makes effective TV campaigns for brands. After each session, a deck of slides on the relevant topic will be made […]
Premier Sports to show four FA Cup games
Premier Sports will broadcast live four fourth round Emirates FA Cup games this weekend. The coverage kicks off this Saturday from 12pm as Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea side host League One side Plymouth Argyle. The Blues qualified for the fourth round by Chesterfield in a comprehensive 5-1 victory and will be hoping for something similar against […]
Rob Kearney joins Virgin’s pundits
Former Leinster and Ireland full back Rob Kearney has signed up to the Virgin Media Television panel alongside Joe Molloy, Matt Williams and Shane Horgan as the Six Nations starts next week. The Louth man joins Grace Davitt, Jenny Murphy and Sene Naoupu as the tournament kicks off with Scotland v England on VM1 at […]
Virgin’s new dramas spring into action
Virgin Media Television has announced two new dramas as part of the schedule in its new season of upcoming shows this spring. Holding is a series based on the best-selling novel by Graham Norton, which was filmed in the chat show host’s native Cork and stars Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) and Conleth Hill […]
