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Setanta Ireland and Setanta Golf channels are to be added to the digital terrestrial television trial in Ireland, the Department of Communications said yesterday, the new announcement must come as a blow to the cable companies NTL and Chorus who are currently advertising with a focus on the two Setanta sports stations.

The NTL and Chorus parent company, UPC Ireland, has previously warned the government not to “jeopardise” commercial investments.

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The differences in news reading styles
at RTE and Sky are outlined by the Dublin-based BalconyTV.com in the below video…

Viewers should note that the
video may be distasteful to those of a sensitive (or too sensible) nature after
01:40.

BalconyTV.com which uses YouTube is shot from a balcony of an apartment on Dame Street in Dublin. The show which is about 5mins long, but varies in time, is normally host to musical acts. It won the best music website at the Digital Music Awards 2007.

Sometimes reading just one newspaper isn’t enough…

COMMENT: If you were to have read Richard Delevan’s Publius in the Sunday Tribune you’d seen that the Channel 6 chairman Pat Donnelly was writing letters to Irish ad agencies dismissing the industry-trusted Nielsen audience measurement as "JUNK".

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Adammaguire.com has the story that Channel 6 looks set to be broadcasted on the Sky Digital platform. The station has said that they will make a “major announcement in relation to the Channel’s carriage” at a press conference this Wednesday.

The channel is currently only on NTL and Chorus cable services. The news follows the recent introduction of Channel 4 to the Sky Digital offering in Ireland.