OneVision Irish DTT License Application
On 1 May 2009 Fintan Drury, chairman of the OneVision consortium (made up of the TV3 Group, Arqiva, Eircom and Setanta Sports), announced that OneVision is to enter negotiations with the BCI, with the view to take over operations of the Irish pay DTT service. If negotiations are deemed successful, it may see the launch of DTT in late 2010/early 2011 at a proposed operation cost of €40 million. OneVision aspire to offer 23 channels coinciding with the free-to-air channels. For further information on the subject, see: One Vision (DTT). Eircom is majority stakeholder in this project.
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