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music channel operated by Creative Sounds. Bubble Hits Ireland aim to be a much-needed platform for Irish bands and artists to showcase their music alongside the current programming and music structure of Bubble Hits. It was the first 24/7

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. On 13 February 2009, Bubble Hits went off air and was removed from most of the TV

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were also removed. The closure of the channel was due to the current downturn in advertising revenue.

History

Bubble Hits Ireland was originally scheduled to be launched in October 2007, but instead was launched on 19 May 2008.

Location

The company and its studios are located in Ashbourne, County Meath,

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, UK. The channel is broadcast

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, therefore viewers do not need to have a Sky

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to view the channel. Despite being Irish-owned, it is not licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) but instead by the UK's

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", who are based in Northchapel.

Availability

The channel was carried by Sky Digital, UPC Ireland,

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and SCTV. It was also expected that the channel would air on the Irish digital terrestrial television service launching in Autumn 2009.

Former shows on Bubble Hits

Chartshows *'' Bubble Euro Top 30'' – The official

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an Top 30 chart, videos selected from 11 European countries. *''

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'' – The official Irish Top 30, featuring the top 30 videos from the highest selling singles of the week. Playlists *'' Poptastic Hits'' – The latest pop hits *'' iBubble'' –

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request show *'' Bubble Fresh'' – brand new video show sponsored by iMTV *'' Pop Pop Pop'' – non-stop pop video show sponsored by

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'' – daily chart show of the highest requested songs of the day. News an entertainment *'' Glenda's Showbiz Gossip'' – nightly entertainment news updates every night from 18:00 - 22:00. Specialist programming *'' Bubble Hits at Oxegen 2008'' *'' Live at the Marque''

Former presenters

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References

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External links

Official Site
Archived
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' pageon MySpace, Now inactive and been removed

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