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• Sky to launch 3D TV on Friday; household arguments imminent

  September 29, 2010 @ 4:00 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  Sky is to make its 3D channel available to Irish subscribers from October 1^st, just in time for the Ryder Cup to start. (more…)

• Google unveils new TV service

  May 21, 2010 @ 11:56 am | by Ciara O'Brien

  Google is already offering search, advertising, mobile phone operating systems, email services, translation services… and if it gets its way, it will soon be on your TV.

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• O2 launches mobile TV

  August 18, 2009 @ 11:36 am | by Ciara O'Brien

  Remember back in 2007 when O2 trialled its broadcast TV service? It was only a pilot scheme, and it was only available in Dublin, as far as I can recall.

  The phones were also a bit unwieldy, but then they had to be if you weren’t going to go blind from squinting at them while trying to watch Home & Away on the bus on your way home every evening. It was entertaining.

  And then we heard nothing.
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• UPC launches HDTV

  August 6, 2009 @ 8:50 am | by Ciara O'Brien

  UPC has launched its own high definition TV service, unveiling it yesterday to customers.

  Could it be a way to regain some of the TV subscribers it has lost in recent months?

• RTÉ boldly goes… where everyone else has gone before

  April 25, 2009 @ 2:16 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  Well, well.  It seems someone at RTÉ has realised that there’s a whole world of new technology out there that they can take advantage of. Say hello to RTÉ Player, the new online catchup service that will show programmes broadcast on RTÉ One and Two for up to 21 days after they’re first shown.

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• DTT hits a bump in the road

  April 21, 2009 @ 5:27 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  We were supposed to begin the phased rollout of digital terrestrial TV in January this year. It may have escaped people’s attention, but that deadline has been and gone.

  And now, Boxer DTT has pulled out of the project.

  They’re blaming economic circumstances – and the failure to hammer out a deal with RTE Networks.

  Will we get to see any rollout of services in 2009?

  Truthfully speaking, we’ve managed without DTT until now. But with that deadline for the switching off of the analogue network looming, there may be one or two nervous twitches developing…

• Easter egg hunting the non-traditional way

  April 10, 2009 @ 9:00 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  Sick of sugar laden chocolate treats? I know. As IF. But if you fancy a breather, Xtravision has brought out a list of alternative Easter eggs – the ones found hiding in games and DVD movies.

  Personally, I don’t have the patience to root out the extra content in either – short attention span, you see. But if someone hands me a list (and a handy step by step guide on how to actually get to them) I won’t say no. It might take me several weeks to work my way around to it though. I’m lazy like that.

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• More green tech for the eco-bandwagon

  March 10, 2009 @ 3:57 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

  Call me a cynic, but when I see another company boasting of its “eco friendly” products, I can’t help but smile.
  Environmentally friendly technology is a growing business these days. With consumers seeking to cut bills and politicians pushing the carbon emissions agenda, everyone wants in.
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