BalconyTV: The saga of an Irish music service that went global
BalconyTV was founded in Dublin in 2006.
Wayne’s World began in a basement. The Irish version started on an inauspicious balcony where, before it became the stage and occasional launchpad for numerous musical guests, was used to store the rubbish.
BalconyTV was a wheeze cooked up by three friends living on Dame St in central Dublin, and then improbably became a global online phenomenon, before a peculiar and confused descent back to something like obscurity. The story is now the focus of a three-part podcast, allowing those involved to have their say, with the series also showcasing the vagaries of the music industry.
