From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Buzz TV
Buzz TV
Buzz TV Background
Buzz TV was officially available throughout Ireland to
380,000 households on UPC Ireland. On 10 July, 2010 both
Launched June 2008 it and its sister channel Smile TV[3] were removed from
UPC EPG while the website www.buzztv.ie was removed
Owned by Blackdog Communications from the internet.
Picture 576i SDTV (digital)
format
Programmes
Audience 87,000 per week (October 2008, Station
share estimate[1]) • Fashion TV
• Music Festival Diary
Country Ireland • MTV The Festival Show
Sister Smile TV • Gillette World Sports
channel(s) • Curb Surfers
• Sumo TV Ireland
Website www.buzztv.ie
• Irish Wrestling
• Film Seasons
Buzz TV was an Irish user-generated television channel
• Cartoons
that was launched in June 2008, it closed 2 years later in
July 2010. The channel allowed viewers to upload their
own content, as well as focusing on independent produc- See also
tions, and broadcast on cable and Internet protocol TV. It • Media in Ireland
was only available on Irish cable provider UPC, on their • List of Irish television channels
digital service, channel 131 (their sister service was avail-
able on 132).
Viewers could text in comments during various pro- References
grammes, voting for music video of the week, or even use [1] Sunday Business Post: ’Seeking to build on Buzz
the channel as a social network to chat to the presen- around TV channel’ (19-10-08); retrieved
ter or other viewers. The channel also aired other ma- 2008-12-08
terial such as independent artists’ music videos, comedy [2] Silicon Republic: ’New Irish TV channel creates
sketches, and short films are.[2] interactive buzz’ (16-05-08); retrieved 2008-12-08
[3] "Home Page". Blackdog Communications.
http://www.theblack-dog.com/. Retrieved 11 July
2010.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buzz_TV&oldid=394121638"
Categories:
• Television stations in Ireland
• Media companies of Ireland
• Television channels and stations established in 1998
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