|
UTV Ireland is a general entertainment channel in Ireland. The channel is owned and operated by UTV Media's subsidiary UTV Ireland Ltd and launched at 7.25 pm on .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome )〕 ==History== On UTV Media announced its subsidiary UTV Ireland Ltd would launch a new television channel targeting audiences within the Republic of Ireland and submitted to obtain a licence for a 'Content Provision Contract' to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Announcement on the BAI's decision will be revealed in due course. The channel's studios and headquarters are based at Macken House in Dublin with local offices in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford. UTV Media's headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland are also utilised as transmission facilities for the channel. The channel employs around 100 people, with 30 of these jobs being based around the country. UTV now holds Republic of Ireland broadcasting rights to key programming from ITV Studios Global Entertainment, including ''Emmerdale'', ''Coronation Street'' and ''The Jeremy Kyle Show''. TV3 previously held the rights until December 2014. The announcement of the channel was welcomed by the Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte TD and TV3's CEO David McRedmond welcomed the channels launch saying it is good news for the independent sector and all money that was spent on ITV programming by TV3 can be reinvested elsewhere. In January 2014 ''The Sunday Times'' reported that TV3 had launched a lobbying campaign against the establishment of UTV Ireland. On the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland signed a contract with UTV for the company to provide a general entertainment channel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BAI Signs Content Contract with ‘UTV Ireland’ )〕 On Mary Curtis became UTV Ireland's first chief.〔 On 1 December 2014 UTV Ireland was granted Public Service Status by Minister for Communications, Alex White, TD, allowing it to appear on Saorview. UTV Ireland went on air at 7.25pm on 1 January 2015. The opening night included an hour-long episode of ''Emmerdale'' and a New Year special presented by Pat Kenny. Five days later, the channel launched its national news service, ''Ireland Live''. UTV Ireland uses the UTV brand. The blue and yellow have been replaced by green and yellow. The letter "U" has been superscripted while the letters "TV" sit on top of the word "Ireland". It was announced in June 2015 that UTV Ireland was set to receive an major overhaul and rebranding in September 2015 due to declining viewership and advertising revenue, however as of November 2015 no such major rebranding has taken place apart from some new idents, the schedule has remained largely unchanged along with the channel's website, with some media commentators assuming a major rebrand will be made in early 2016 when ITV plc will take full control of the channel under the sale agreement UTV made with ITV plc in October 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UTV Ireland plans channel revamp )〕 On 19 October 2015, it was announced that UTV Ireland and along side UTV would be sold to ITV plc for€136m /£100 million subject to regulatory approval, and like UTV Northern Ireland ITV plans to retain the UTV Ireland brand 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UTV Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|