{"id":4151,"date":"2012-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/08\/15\/upc-gains-sky-hd-channels-in-ireland\/"},"modified":"2012-08-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T00:00:00","slug":"upc-gains-sky-hd-channels-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/08\/15\/upc-gains-sky-hd-channels-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"UPC Gains Sky HD Channels in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Sky and UPC have renewed their existing carriage deal for Ireland, enhancing the agreement with the addition of HD&nbsp;versions of a range of networks. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">UPC will continue to offer its customers across the Republic of Ireland Sky&#8217;s entertainment, news, sports and movies channels through its cable TV service. Now, UPC customers will gain access for the first time to high-definition channels such as Sky 1 HD, Sky Living HD, Sky Arts 1 &amp; 2 HD, Sky News HD, Sky Sports News HD, Sky Sports 1 &amp; 2 HD and the full suite of Sky Movies channels. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Rob Webster, the director of Sky&rsquo;s commercial group, commented: &quot;As we continue to increase our investment in high-quality pay-TV content, we&rsquo;re keen to distribute our channels as broadly as possible to widen our reach and enable more households to enjoy some of the great programming Sky has to offer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;This agreement demonstrates how through successful negotiation we can create value for the companies involved in addition to real benefits for consumers.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Simon Kelehan, the head of content at UPC, said: &quot;The addition of a range of Sky&rsquo;s HD channels together with ESPN HD and Disney HD means UPC customers can get really close to the sports and movie action in glorious high definition. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;We&rsquo;re constantly seeking to add new services to make the UPC experience a really great one for our viewers and are very pleased to announce this enhanced deal with Sky. Together with the recent launch of UPC On Demand, we&rsquo;re providing unique home entertainment to our customers.&quot;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Sky and UPC have renewed their existing carriage deal for Ireland, enhancing the agreement with the addition of HD&nbsp;versions of a range of networks. UPC will continue to offer its customers across the Republic of Ireland Sky&#8217;s entertainment, news, sports and movies channels through its cable TV service. 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