
Ireland’s eircom has been joined by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD to launch its national fibre broadband network.
The Business of Multiscreen Television

CABLE CONGRESS 2013 – LONDON. Ireland has benefited to the tune of €54 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) thanks to the rollout of infrastructure.

Christmas viewing of soaps from the UK and Ireland, such as EastEnders, Emmerdale and Fair City, have helped bolster UPC Ireland’s On Demand service.
Ireland’s sale of spectrum largely drawn from the country’s recent analogue switch-off has secured €855 million for the Irish Exchequer.

Awareness of Ireland’s digital TV switchover has risen to 94,000, however only 50,000 of the 200,000 households reliant on digital TV have so far upgraded.
The most recent non-proprietary video compression standard, High-Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC), also known as H.265, was placed into final draft for ratification in January 2013 and is expected to become the video standard of choice for the next decade. … [Read More...]
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