UPC rebrands Chorus/NTL and Considers the DTT contract

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Submitted by Watty on 5 May 2010 - 10:04pm

Hidden in bottom of article on 100Mbps Broadband and UPC re-branding

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UPC's owner is also mulling over a contract to roll out the next generation of paid-for TV in Ireland. Liberty Global, along with consortium partner RTE [as EasyTV], was offered the contract for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) last week when talks with a separate consortium collapsed [OneVision]. DTT will become the transmission method for Ireland's four free-to-air channels by 2012 at the latest.
UPC's spokesperson yesterday said the DTT contract was "under consideration".

from http://www.independent.ie/business/media/chorusntl-renamed-upc-as-it-rings-changes-with-new-services-2164581.html
There is no suggestion that BAI has set any deadlines this time, or in fact has done anything other than the norm of issuing the offer to the next rated tender.
Boxer hoped to launch in Jan 2009 and have 225,000 customers after an "investment" of €165M
http://www.independent.ie/business/media/obrien-group-told-january-dtt-launch-is-a-fantasy-1444310.html
RTE wanted an October 2009 Launch.
There isn't 50K customers for this and why would UPC want to cannibalise its cable market (where the 1st transmitters 100% cover already)?

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