Author Archives: Vicky McEvoy

Aertv’s Live Coverage of Irish Basketball Premier League Covered in Press by Irish Independent, Irish Daily Star, The Herald, The Evening Echo & The Irish News

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Aertv and Basketball Ireland were in the news over the past week for all the right reasons, as Aertv streamed not one but two live Basketball Premiere League matches last Saturday. We saw the UL Huskies take on the WIT Wildcats in the ladies’ fixture, and for the men’s, the Belfast Star faced off against the UL Eagles. Aside from the high number of viewers and basketball fans who watched our live stream on Saturday, several national newspapers also featured the event, and Aertv, including The Irish Daily Star, The Herald, The Evening Echo, The Irish Independent and the Irish News. See further details below.

DCU Get Mobile Marketing Conference

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Get Mobile, a mobile marketing mini-conference took place in the Helix at DCU yesterday. Chaired by Irish Internet Association CEO Joan Mulvihill, the conference featured speakers from a wide range of sectors, including representatives from O2, Microsoft Ireland, Ogilvy Ireland, Health Founders and Redwind Software. Some of the highlights of the event are detailed in this post.

Aertv on UTV’s New Irish TV Channel: Listen to Philippe Brodeur on Newstalk

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Aertv Director Philippe Brodeur spoke with George Hook on Newstalk’s The Right Hook on Friday regarding the announcement of UTV’s first terrestrial TV channel specifically for the Irish Republic. Philippe discusses how this development will impact existing Irish channels, and what it means for consumers and audiences alike.

Love/Hate Season 4 Highlights

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As Season 4 of Love/Hate comes to a close, we take a look at some of the highlights from the season to date, and discuss the future of Nidge’s crumbing crime empire. Irish crime drama Love/Hate has been lauded by many to be the single greatest show to come out of Irish television. It consistently …

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Hoop Dreams: Aertv and Basketball Ireland Extend Partnership

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Aertv and Basketball Ireland have extended their partnership for the 2013/14 season. The online streaming provider will broadcast games from the men’s and women’s premier league throughout the season.

The move follow’s Aertv broadcasting the playoff finals for both leagues last season. Aertv’s first broadcast of the new season was the visit of DCU Saints to newcomers Templeogue. DCU won 84-79.

Aertv to Launch Ireland’s First ‘Live Video on Demand’ Sports Platform

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Featured in Sports News Ireland on 3rd November 2013

Written by Michael O’Neill (Read the full text here)

AerTV is to launch Ireland’s first Live and Video on Demand Sports platform, according to Rob Hartnett’s ‘Sport for Business’organisation. AerTV SportsLive will enable Irish sporting organisations to provide a global audience with video content from their events, as well as the kind of rich digital content that brings people into sport as players, fans or commercial partners.

Halloween Film and TV Spooktacular

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Ok, so perhaps that title is a little overstated – unusually, there isn’t a huge amount of ghoulish horror-related programming on TV this week, but we’ll do the best we can with what we have been given. The dearth of horror/slasher/paranormal film and TV this Halloween is surprising, but could have something to do with the fact that the horror genre has become big business all year round. Horror is no longer just for Halloween.

Global Technology Leaders Descend on Dublin for Web Summit and Dubstart

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The fourth annual Dublin Web Summit is taking place this week in the RDS. The 2013 event is sold out, with 10,000 attendees and 350 speakers participating in the Web Summit. It is estimated that millions of euro worth of investment will have been confirmed by the time the two day event ends tomorrow.

Netflix Surpasses the 40 Million Subscriber Mark

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Popular online streaming service Netflix has reached a new subscriber milestone of 40 million subscribers worldwide this month. This is the largest number of subscribers to an online TV and film platform of any of its competitors. Between July and September this year alone, Netflix added 1.3 million subscribers to its domestic customer-base and 1.4 million internationally. For the first time, domestic subscribers have surpassed the 30 million mark. This is an important measurement for shareholders and observers alike.