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Virgin Media Two, also called Virgin Two, is an Irish free-to-air television channel operated by Virgin Media Television (a subsidiary of Virgin Media Ireland). History 2006–2009 In August 2006, it was announced that a new television channel would start on terrestrial television in Ireland, catering to audiences similar to those of E4 and Paramount Comedy. Co-founder Michael Murphy wanted to compete against these two channels which, combined, were attracting €50 million in advertising to Ireland, as well as competing against terrestrial channels RTÉ Two and TV3 for viewers, under the grounds that some popular channels, such as Sky One, were tailored for British viewers, while Channel 6 was aiming at an Irish audience. The channel employed a staff of 22, while its programming was going to consist of a mix of music videos and hit TV series such as ''Sex and the City'' and ''Frasier''; its launch was projected for late 2005 or early 2006. Channel 6 was launched on 30 March ...
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Virgin Media Television (Ireland)
Virgin Media Television Ltd. (formerly known as TV3 Television Network Ltd.; previously traded as the TV3 Group until August 2018) is a commercial television company in Ireland, based in Dublin. Launched in 1998 as TV3 Television Network, the TV3 Group was formed in January 2009. The company was acquired by Liberty Global in 2015, and the channels were rebranded to Virgin Media Television in 2018. Virgin Media Ireland was reportedly put up for sale by its owner Liberty Global in June 2021. By November 2021, the then chief executive had reportedly "ruled this out". History Virgin Media Television (previously TV3 Television Network Ltd and later TV3 Group) is operated by Virgin Media Ireland and owned by Liberty Global. Under its previous operations TV3 Television Network Ltd and later the TV3 Group; the company was owned by different companies including Canwest, Granada and Doughty Hanson & Co. The initial company TV3 Television Network Ltd was established in the early 199 ...
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TV3 Ireland
Virgin Media One, also called Virgin One, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Ireland (part of Liberty Global), operated through its subsidiary Virgin Media Television. The channel launched on 20 September 1998, as TV Three, becoming Ireland's fourth television channel and the first commercial channel. It was known as TV3 from 2006, and then as Virgin Media One from 30 August 2018. The channel broadcasts a mix of Irish programming and acquired programming from ITV and other networks. History Background In October 1988, the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) was set up to regulate new independent stations. Following this TV3 was intended to be the Republic of Ireland's third terrestrial channel. The original broadcasting licence was granted to a consortium ''Tullamore Beta Ltd'' in 1990 (some of this consortium made up of Windmill Lane Productions and Paul McGuinness). It was originally envisaged that the channel would broadca ...
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TV3 (Ireland)
Virgin Media One, also called Virgin One, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Ireland (part of Liberty Global), operated through its subsidiary Virgin Media Television. The channel launched on 20 September 1998, as TV Three, becoming Ireland's fourth television channel and the first commercial channel. It was known as TV3 from 2006, and then as Virgin Media One from 30 August 2018. The channel broadcasts a mix of Irish programming and acquired programming from ITV and other networks. History Background In October 1988, the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) was set up to regulate new independent stations. Following this TV3 was intended to be the Republic of Ireland's third terrestrial channel. The original broadcasting licence was granted to a consortium ''Tullamore Beta Ltd'' in 1990 (some of this consortium made up of Windmill Lane Productions and Paul McGuinness). It was originally envisaged that the channel would broad ...
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Virgin Media Three
Virgin Media Three, also called Virgin Three, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Television. The channel was first launched by Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media on 1 January 2015 as UTV Ireland; it primarily carried programmes licensed from British broadcaster ITV, along with some local news and lifestyle programmes. In July 2016, after ITV plc acquired UTV's television business and ITV franchise, UTV Ireland was sold to Virgin Media Ireland and merged into its TV3 division; it was rebranded as be3 on 9 January 2017, which primarily focuses on programmes targeting women. History On 6 November 2013, UTV Media—owner of UTV, the Northern Ireland franchise of UK television network ITV—announced that it had submitted a proposal to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to operate a channel in the Republic of Ireland known as UTV Ireland. Ahead of the announcement, UTV reached an agreement to acquire the Republic of Ireland broa ...
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Virgin Media One
Virgin Media One, also called Virgin One, is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Ireland (part of Liberty Global), operated through its subsidiary Virgin Media Television. The channel launched on 20 September 1998, as TV Three, becoming Ireland's fourth television channel and the first commercial channel. It was known as TV3 from 2006, and then as Virgin Media One from 30 August 2018. The channel broadcasts a mix of Irish programming and acquired programming from ITV and other networks. History Background In October 1988, the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) was set up to regulate new independent stations. Following this TV3 was intended to be the Republic of Ireland's third terrestrial channel. The original broadcasting licence was granted to a consortium ''Tullamore Beta Ltd'' in 1990 (some of this consortium made up of Windmill Lane Productions and Paul McGuinness). It was originally envisaged that the channel would broadca ...
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Virgin Media More
Virgin Media More is an Irish television channel from Virgin Media Television. The channel is exclusive to Virgin Media Ireland customers and is not available on other digital television platforms. The channel focuses on broadcasting first see episodes of Irish and international dramas, documentaries, films and sports. Some shows will eventually air on Virgin Media's free-to-air channels at a later date. For example, '' Holding'' premiered in Ireland on Virgin Media More on 12 April 2022, and started airing on Virgin Media One 5 months later on 12 September 2022. The channel launched on 12 April 2022. History Virgin Media Ireland confirmed it would launch a new channel in spring 2022 exclusive to Virgin Media customers in Ireland. The channel replaced Virgin 100 on Virgin Media Ireland channel 100. On April 11, the day before the channel's launch, Virgin Media Sport ceased operations and the channel's sport content moved to Virgin Media More. The channel launched on 12 A ...
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Xposé
''Xposé'' is an entertainment, fashion and beauty programme that aired on Irish television from 2007 to 2019. It was broadcast every Friday at 18:00 on Virgin Media One. It ran for a 3-day week at 20:00 on Virgin Media Two (previously known as "3e"). It originally aired weekdays for 30 minutes, with advertising; later it broadcast for 60 minutes, with advertising. History and format The show was first broadcast on 16 April 2007, at 6pm, with an initial budget of €600,000. ''TV3 News @ 6.30'' was axed, in order to make room in the schedule for the show, with ''Hollyoaks'' moving to 6.30 before it was later axed and replaced with ''Friends''. Lorraine Keane's entertainment update on TV3 News broadcasts was also removed. The show's format was similar to that of American celebrity news and gossip programmes, such as ''E! News'' and ''Entertainment Tonight'', covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was produced in-house by Virgin Media with a team of ...
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Hot Press
''Hot Press'' is a monthly music and politics magazine based in Dublin, Ireland, founded in June 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. History ''Hot Press'' was founded in June 1977 by Niall Stokes, who continues to be its editor to the present day. Since then, the magazine has featured stories in the music world, both in Ireland and internationally. The first issue of ''Hot Press'' featured Irish blues rock musician Rory Gallagher ahead of his headlining performance at Ireland's first open air rock festival, the Macroom Mountain Dew Festival, in 1977. The magazine has covered the career of U2 since the late 1970s. Sinéad O'Connor first talked to ''Hot Press'' about her lesbianism. The magazine has been at the centre of several controversies: for example, ''Hot Press'' writer Stuart Clark was interviewing Oasis band member and songwriter Noel Gallagher when Gallagher found out that his brother Liam would not take the stage for that ev ...
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RTÉ2
RTÉ2 (formerly branded as RTÉ 2 from 1978–88, Network 2 from 1988–97, N2 from 1997–2004 and RTÉ Two from 2004–14) is an Irish free-to-air television channel operated by public service broadcaster RTÉ. It was launched on 2 November 1978 as the Republic of Ireland's second television channel, at which point the pre-existing channel was renamed RTÉ 1 (currently RTÉ One). The channel airs content aimed at 16-45 year-olds. History In the 1970s, the Irish government considered three options for the introduction of a second television service: the re-transmission of BBC1 Northern Ireland; authorization of an independent commercial service; or charging RTÉ with the establishment of a second national channel. It was the last of these that was finally chosen. After a period of test transmissions in the late summer and autumn the channel began scheduled broadcasting at 20:00 on 2 November 1978, opening with a broadcast of a gala ceremony from Cork Opera House. Owing ...
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Sky Ireland
Sky Ireland Limited is a subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky UK and supplies television, internet and telephony services in Ireland. Its corporate headquarters are in Dublin which were opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 18 January 2013. Sky Ireland employs around 900 staff in Dublin. History *Sky Television started broadcasting in Ireland on 10 August 1992 and Sky Multichannels started on 7 March 1994. *In 1998, Sky Digital launched its digital television services within Ireland. *Sky Ireland provides opt-out feeds of key Sky television channels, which includes Sky Max, Sky Sports, Sky News and Sky Atlantic. *Sky Media Ireland is the media sales arm of Sky Ireland. They sell advertising opportunities across all of Sky's wholly owned channels, including Sky Max, Sky Witness, Sky Atlantic, Sky News and Sky Sports. In addition, they sell on behalf of media partners, including Viacom International Media Networks Europe and Discovery Networks Northern Europe. *Sky operated an Irish ve ...
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