Tara Television
Tara Television (or Tara TV) was an
The station was launched by a consortium that included
Tara Television had an exclusive option to purchase the majority of RTÉ's programming, and this accounted for about 80% of the total programmes broadcast by the station, with the remainder being filled by programmes purchased from other networks. It mainly broadcast
It was anticipated that Tara would pay
At the time Tara was taken off the air, RTÉ's stake stood at 20% and 80% was owned by UPC, but Tara had acquired debts exceeding its assets by €22.8m (including loans of €18m from United Pan-Europe (UPC) and €2.7m from RTÉ).[3] At the time of its closure it employed twenty people at its offices in Derry and London.[4][5]
In later years, RTÉ approached the issue of overseas broadcasting through the use of its website to stream current affairs and news programmes. This included RTÉ's online TV catchup service, the RTÉ Player, which enables international viewers to watch a limited number of programmes broadcast in Ireland.[citation needed]
See also
- Media of the Republic of Ireland
- Television in Ireland
- List of defunct Irish television channels
- List of defunct British television channels
References
- Farrel Corcoran, 'RTÉ and the Globalisation of Irish Television' (Bristol: Intellect Books, 2004) ISBN 1-84150-090-9
- ^ Tara TV removed from Irish Sky package
- ^ Examiner said pulling plug on Tara was counter-productive for RTE[permanent dead link]
- ^ RTÉ News: 'Tara Television wound up in High Court', 19 March 2002
- ^ RTÉ press release: Liquidator appointed to Tara TV, 19 March 2002
- ^ BBC News: 'Court turns off Tara TV', 20 March 2002