Easy TV (DTT)
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| Digital Terrestrial Television | |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 2008, dissolved 2009, declined offer 2010 |
| Headquarters |
Dublin, Ireland RTÉ Enterprises Dublin, Ireland Liberty Global |
| Products | Considered offering a digital terrestrial television service in the Republic of Ireland in 2008 & declined the offer in May 2010. |
| Revenue | None |
| Website | None |
Easy TV was a consortium that have been offered a licence by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to run the pay television services on the DTT platform in the Republic of Ireland. It was last one standing and least preferred in the 2008 contest results.
Easy TV consisted of a consortium made up of a subsidiary of public service broadcaster, RTÉ and a pay TV cable provider company RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd (50%), Liberty Global (50%),
Easy TV considered its position on the licence offer which it was offered on April 29, 2010. The Easy TV consortium informed the BAI on 12 May 2010 that it was declining their offer to pursue negotiations regarding the Commercial DTT Multiplex Licence. RTÉ publicly confirmed on 14 May 2010 Easy TV was "declining their offer to pursue negotiations" on the DTT contract. The BAI officially confirmed Easy TV's withdrawal and the conclusion of the current DTT licensing process on 18 May 2010.
RTÉ propose a number of extra channels to be freely available unencrypted across the Republic of Ireland. These channels include the current Analogue services of RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TV3 (Ireland), and TG4. In the Broadcasting Act 2009 the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources has (following the suggestion by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and James Morris the head of the Irish Film Board) provided for the establishment of 2 new public service broadcasters to provide services currently under the working titles of the Houses of the Oireachtas Channel and the Irish Film Channel. The Irish Film Channel will be owned and operated by the IFB/BSÉ. The addition to these with subscription basis and branded separately for the benefit of viewer clarity remains to be determined.
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