UPC provides Irish perspective

March 5, 2013 14.49 Europe/London By
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CABLE CONGRESS 2013 – LONDON. Ireland has benefited to the tune of €54 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) thanks to the rollout of infrastructure.

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UPC Ireland reaches 12.5 million video views

January 10, 2013 11.44 Europe/London By
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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.

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UPC Ireland reports 1 million VOD views

June 29, 2012 09.22 Europe/London By

UPC Ireland said that its customers have enjoyed over one million views of programme content in the first month since On Demand was launched.

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Fibre powers UPC Ireland On Demand launch

May 23, 2012 09.50 Europe/London By
UPC Ireland on demand launch

UPC Ireland is introducing On Demand TV to a third of all homes in Dublin from Friday. Customers will have access to the RTÉ Player & 3player as well as the best of boxed sets from the UK and the United States.

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Food Network launches on UPC Ireland

September 6, 2011 14.04 Europe/London By
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Food Network has reached a carriage agreement with UPC Ireland with distribution beginning on September 6 to all UPC digital subscribers.

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Setanta HD comes to UPC Ireland

December 1, 2010 17.10 Europe/London By

Setanta Sports may be a distant memory to the UK market, but the sports channel has just launched an HD channel, on the UPC network in Ireland.

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UPC Ireland wins filesharing case

October 11, 2010 16.36 Europe/London By

UPC Ireland has won a victory against four of the largest companies in the music business after the High Court in Dublin ruled that laws designed to identify internet users that had illegally downloaded music files were unenforceable.

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UPC Business secures €7m Irish business contract

October 11, 2010 11.12 Europe/London By

UPC Business has secured a three-year contract with Phonovation to carry its national and international voice traffic as well as handling switching.

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UPC Ireland prepares to up speeds

February 26, 2010 11.48 Europe/London By

UPC Ireland has confirmed plans to introduce a new video-on-demand service and offer subscribers a top broadband speed of 120 Mbps. The move coincides with the replacement of the customer facing brands Chorus and NTL with that of the parent company.

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UPC Ireland stands firm against Pirate Bay request

August 19, 2009 15.52 Europe/London By

UPC Ireland is refusing to block access to the Pirate Bay website on its broadband network. It follows a request from solicitors acting on behalf of the Irish divisions of EMI, Warner, Universal and Sony Music.

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