UPC Ireland — the multi-disciplined communications company, formerly trading under the Chorus/NTL brands — has reported a 10% increase in total subscriber numbers for 2010.

IF A CERTAIN beer manufacturer did TV channels, they’d probably come up with something like Sky Atlantic.

ENHANCED broadband is the battleground which newly rebranded TV, broadband and phone service provider UPC has drawn up for its main rivals.

UPC has scrapped the Chorus and NTL brands as it unveils plans to offer customers 100 megabits per second broadband –the fastest speed available in Ireland.

IT didn’t take any great persuasive powers on the part of Munster Rugby to entice Keith Earls to attend yesterday’s launch of the 2010 Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Cups.

Communications group UPC Ireland, owners of Chorus and NTL, today reported a 1.6% rise in profits for the third quarter of 2009, with revenues of €61.6m up from €60.6m in Q3 2008.

CHORUS ntl and ESPN have come to an agreement to make the new ESPN sports channel part of the Chorus ntl offering to customers in Ireland.

LIBERTY Global, the US company which owns the Chorus/NTL cable and digital television companies, through its UPC subsidiary, has indicated an interest in buying the Irish division of Setanta Sports.

UPC Ireland — which operates the NTL and Chorus cable/digital television platforms here — recorded a 20% year-on-year increase in third-quarter revenues this year to €91.1 million.

THREE rival bidders have outlined how they will offer digital TV services here as an alternative to existing cable and satellite providers.

CHORUS ntl will switch all of its Cork customers over to a fully digital service tomorrow.

GARDAÍ have sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) following an investigation into an alleged black market supply of TV services.

WHITE YOUNG GREEN IRELAND has appointed Elizabeth Muldowney as principal energy consultant. She joins the company — which acts as a consultant to the civil engineering sector — from Sustainable Energy Ireland.

TOO many telephone “helplines” are a hindrance instead of a help if our survey of 110 consumer hotlines is anything to go by.

MANY Irish rugby fans who are anxious not to miss a second of World Cup 2007 action will have to pay up to €400 for the privilege.

UPC IRELAND, which owns the NTL and Chorus digital television and broadband brands, generated revenues of $74.7 million (€54.4m) in the second quarter of the year, up from $64.8m for the same period last year.

‘COMPETITION’ was the buzzword bouncing off the polished wood floors and shiny chrome fittings of central London’s Century Club yesterday.

UPC Ireland, the new parent company of cable operator NTL Ireland and Chorus, today announced the launch of a new broadband and digital phone package for €24 per month.

UPC, the parent company of NTL and Chorus has announced a €300m investment plan for the television and telecommunications providers.

NTL's Waterford call centre is to close its doors for the final time today, with the loss of 135 jobs.

NEWSTALK 106-108FM has scored a major scoop over RTÉ by securing the exclusive radio rights to broadcast every match live from next year’s Rugby World Cup.

A UNION representing 60 workers has threatened industrial action over plans by multi-channel TV provider ntl-Chorus to reduce its workforce.

UPC, which owns the cable operators NTL Ireland and Chorus, is seeking 350 redundancies.

Around 350 jobs are to go at cable operators NTL Ireland and Chorus under restructuring plans, it was confirmed tonight.

UPC Ireland, the new parent company of cable operator NTL Ireland and Chorus, today announced a re-organisation of the companies, ultimately aiming to consolidate both operations under a single brand.

A LIMERICK toddler with a rare, life-threatening disease, is heading to the US for treatment which could change his life.

A NEW Cork-based company aimed at the renewable energy market is targeting turnover of nearly €10 million this year.

Telecommunications experts have said the cost of mobile phone calls is likely to drop in 2006.

A WORLDWIDE 24/7 Catholic TV station will be available to an extra 200,000 Irish homes next year.

LOSSES at cable television firm Chorus nearly halved in 2004, the year the company emerged from examinership.

NTL IRELAND reported strong growth in digital TV and broadband customers yesterday as third quarter revenues surged 13% to €29.9 million.

CABLE TV giant UPC’s €325 million takeover of NTL’s Irish operations was given the go-ahead by the competition watchdog yesterday — but it attached 19 conditions.

THE sale of NTL’s Irish business delivered a profit on disposal of almost €200 million, the cable TV operator said yesterday.

STAFF at NTL Ireland face an uncertain future after the cable TV operator’s new owner said it would strip costs from the company but that it was “too early to say” whether job losses would be involved.

CABLE TV operator NTL has sold its Irish operation for €325 million.

CABLE TV operator Chorus has extended its broadband high-speed internet and digital TV offering to Naas.

Up to three buyers remain in the race to take over the company, which provides TV and broadband high-speed internet access services to over 300,000 homes in Dublin, Galway and Waterford.

Want faster internet but don’t know where to start? Try broadband, says David Clerkin.

CABLE TV operator NTL remained tight-lipped yesterday as speculation mounted it was planning to sell its Irish operation for up to €200 million.

ONE of Ireland's largest ever street parties and a massive fireworks display will kick off Cork's reign as European Capital of Culture later today.

Chorus has announced a new one-year sponsorship deal with Shannon Rugby Football Club to become associate sponsors.

A COMMUNITY-RUN company was given a licence yesterday to broadcast a new digital TV service across Munster.

New rules are being drawn up to ensure people with hearing or vision problems have easy access to radio and TV programmes.