Posts Tagged ‘sky’
Sky’s 3D channel to start on Friday »
Sky's 3D TV channel will go live this Friday with a line-up of sport, films and documentaries planned for its inaugural months. The first event to be shown in 3D will be the upcoming Ryder Cup tournament, a sport that is unlikely to benefit from the format all that much. Besides that soccer, rugby and boxing events are also in line to be ...Read On »
Chorus/NTL to launch VoD this year »
Cable company Chorus/NTL will launch a Video on Demand (VoD) service this year, according to its CEO. In a statement following the release of the company's financial results for 2009 Robert Dunn said the company would roll out the service to "further enhance our customer's experience." A VoD service would allow customers to watch certain ...Read On »
FX now available on Chorus/NTL »
Cable provider Chorus/NTL has made the FX channel available to its digital TV customers. FX, which is owned by Fox International, will be broadcast on channel 126 of the company's platform. The channel has been available to Sky Ireland customers for some time now and includes The Wire and True Blood in its roster of programming. The channel ...Read On »
Feature: Ten trends for 2010 »
February is already upon us but as fast as the months seem to go, the tech world moves ten times faster. As January has already suggested, 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting techy year. Here Adam Maguire lists the ten tech trends that are likely to catch people's attention in the months ahead Computing in tablet-form Apple's big ...Read On »
Chorus/NTL plans to move into mobile »
Cable company Chorus/NTL is in the early stages of a planned entry into the mobile phone market in Ireland. The company’s chief executive Robert Dunn said they were still at an “explorative stage” but he saw it as an important market for the company to have a presence in. Mr Dunn also indicated that any launch would be as a mobile ...Read On »
Sky to launch 3D service in 2010 »
Sky Ireland will launch a 3D TV service within the next year according to Brian Lotz, the company's director of product design & development. The pay TV company will roll out a 3D channel on its Sky Digital platform during 2010, with the initial focus being on getting the service into pubs. 3D video has become popular again in recent ...Read On »
Sky Player launches on Xbox 360 in Ireland »
Sky Digital has launched its Sky Player on the Xbox 360, giving Irish owners a chance to watch TV through their games console for the first time. The Sky Player service will be available to all users with an Xbox Live Gold subscription, although a separate Sky Digital subscription will also be required. This will mean there will be no extra ...Read On »
No Sky Songs in Ireland until 2010 »
TV content provider BSkyB will not launch its music download service in Ireland until 2010, according to a spokesperson for the company. Sky Songs will launch in the UK on Monday 19th October and will put the pay TV operator in direct competition with services like Spotify and Apple's iTunes. A spokesman for BSkyB in Ireland said the ...Read On »
