Irish television music channel
Television channel
Bubble Hits |
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| Owner | Creative Sounds Limited |
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| Launched | 19 May 2008 |
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| Closed | 13 February 2009 |
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Bubble Hits Ireland was a short-lived Irish owned digital television music channel operated by Creative Sounds. Bubble Hits Ireland aim to be a much-needed platform for Irish bands and artists to showcase their music alongside the current programming and music structure of Bubble Hits. It was the first 24/7 Irish music TV station. On 13 February 2009, Bubble Hits went off air and was removed from most of the TV EPGs. The websites, including the official one and social networking versions on MySpace and Bebo were also removed. The closure of the channel was due to the current downturn in advertising revenue.[1]
History
Bubble Hits Ireland was originally scheduled to be launched in October 2007, but instead was launched on 19 May 2008.
Location
The company and its studios are located in Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland.[2][3] They also have studios based in London, UK. The channel is broadcast free-to-air, therefore viewers do not need to have a Sky subscription to view the channel. Despite being Irish-owned, it is not licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) but instead by the UK's Ofcom to "Creative Sounds UK", who are based in Northchapel.
Availability
The channel was carried by Sky Digital, UPC Ireland, Magnet Entertainment, Smart Vision and SCTV. It was also expected that the channel would air on the Irish digital terrestrial television service launching in Autumn 2009.
