One Vision (DTT)

OneVision DTT

Type	Digital terrestrial television
Industry	Media
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland TV3 Group Dublin, Ireland Eircom Ltd Dublin & Belfast, Arqiva (Ireland) Dublin, Ireland Setanta Ireland
Key people	CEO (Vacant) Fintan Drury - Chairperson
Products	Planned to offer a digital terrestrial television service in the Republic of Ireland
Revenue	None
Number of employees	TBD
Website	TBD

OneVision was a consortium that have been offered a licence by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to run the pay television services on the DTT platform in the Republic of Ireland.

OneVision was managed through a consortium made up of telecommunications company Eircom (65%), Arqiva (25%), Setanta (10%) and TV3 Group held a nominal share.

OneVision had considered the feasibility of operating the commercial digital terrestrial television service after Boxer Ireland decided to withdraw from the contract due to the current economic climate in Ireland.

OneVision was unable to conclude negotiations with the BAI due to difficulties with the terms of RTÉ NL apparently regarding multiplexing, marketing for DTT and other issues. The licence offer has now been made to Easy TV (DTT) the third placed consortium that includes RTÉ and Liberty Global, who own the cable operator UPC. In the event that that consortia turn down or do not conclude licence with the BAI, then the licence contract terms may have to be revised to reflect these developments and the contest process restarted after some time or interventive direction by the Minister of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources on how pay DTT will proceed. If the Easy TV (DTT)consortia accept the BCI licence however, and conclude the contract with them, then the Pay DTT operation following successful contract negotiation with RTÉ NL it may launch by September 2010 or later with 2011 look more likely by the day either with a pay DTT operator or not

RTÉ NL propose a number of extra channel 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.