private company limited by shares industry media founded 2008 headquarters dublin ireland boxer dtt limited stockholm sweden boxer tv access ab dublin ireland communicorp dublin ireland bt ireland copenhagen denmark boxer tv danmark key people per norman ceo of the board of boxer ab crister fritzson president of the board of boxer ab lucy gaffney chairperson of communicorp group ltd patrick halpenny chief executive of communicorp group ltd products unlikely to commence trading had planned to offer a digital terrestrial television service revenue none website www.boxer.ie boxer dtt limited which intended to trade as boxer was a company that had been awarded the contract to operate a mainly pay tv digital terrestrial television service in republic of ireland . boxer was a joint venture between boxer tv access ab now owned ultimately by the government of sweden via teracom 3i recently sold their stake to teracom in boxer ab and denis o brien s communicorp group limited specifically established with the support of bt ireland to promote support and drive take up of dtt in ireland . they had been awarded in principle three multiplex contracts for multiplexes a b c . as with all bci licences the operating company only holds contracts the actual broadcasting licences being issued by the commission for communications regulation to the bci . raidi teilif s ireann will hold one further multiplex licence intended mainly for free to air services . however on 20 april 2009 the broadcasting commission of ireland confirmed that boxer had withdrawn its application to operate the digital terrestrial television multplexes in ireland . 1 in the absence of a contract the company is extremely unlikely to ever commence trading . contents 1 competition 2 launch plans 3 promotion 4 end of contract negotiations 5 see also 6 references 7 external links competition edit boxer received in principle the conditional contract for muxes 2 4 a c . they beat off strong competition from two other consortia to win the 12 year contract . these two were easy tv made up of rt commercial enterprises & liberty global incorporated parent of upc ireland and onevision which is made up of setanta sports tv3 ireland arqiva and eircom . 2 on 20 april 2009 the bci revealed that onevision had been the second placed applicant and that following boxer s withdrawal it intended to ascertain whether it was still interested in operating the dtt multiplexes . 3 launch plans edit boxer s business plan submitted to the commission detailed a service on the following lines . 4 5 free to air saorview channels rt one rt one 1 proposed rt two rt three proposed timeshares during weekends with rt sport 6 rt news now rt sport proposed timeshares during weekdays with rt three 6 rt hd proposed 7 tv3 tg4 irish film channel houses of the oireachtas channel the den timeshares with rt two from 6am to 5.30 pm monday to friday and from 7am to 1pm saturdays two tube timeshares with rt two from 5.30 pm to 7pm monday to friday c la 4 timeshares with tg4 from 7am to 7pm property tv proposed women s tv proposed the boxer starter pack includes 7 channels for 9.99 per month provisional bbc one bbc two utv channel 4 discovery eurosport bbc news channel the boxer pack includes the starter pack and 11 channels for 22.99 per month provisional sky one sky living sky news film 4 mtv ireland time share nickelodeon ireland time share disney channel e4 setanta ireland bbc ireland new channel composed of bbc 3 4 cbbc and cbeebies it would also require more participation than normal from bbc itv ireland new channel composed of itv 2 3 and 4 it would also require more participation than normal from itv two premium packs for 24.99 each per month three sports channels from either sky sports setanta sports or rightsholders . three movie channels from sky movies upc or rightsholders . boxer pay features might have included pay as you go plug and play installation and a selection of portable card options for different customer requirements . some commentators point to potential media concentration conflicts due to communicorp involvement in radio and the irish independent newspaper as shareholder in receiving competition regulatory approval . however boxer did not intend to produce content but rather run a platform so would have argued that such concern does not currently arise in its current business model . 8 promotion edit a national information campaign for irish dtt will be carried out by the dcenr . 9 had boxer launched it had proposed to use mostly tv and radio advertisements making use of communicorp s group of radio channels and via promotion in retailers large and small using commission sales and potentially travelling information roadshows . end of contract negotiations edit according to an article in the irish independent on 26 february 2009 10 there could be further delays in a launch of pay dtt slated for late 2009 . boxer had not completed contract with rt nl regarding equipment and the contract for the license with the bci is not yet concluded leaving a little unclarity regarding pay dtt launch date . according to the article however while there is an obvious synergy between the commercial and public aspects the department expects rt to deliver on the 2007 broadcasting act obligations to achieve analogue switch off by 2012 and to ensure the project does not lose its momentum informed the department of communications to the newspaper article s author . thus at least with the rollout continuing with more transmitters starting test transmissions for dtt the free to air launch looks at least on target . whether fta dtt gets formal public marketed launch or not is the open question but without doubt fta dtt will be receivable at least in test form and odds on are that free to air dtt will get a public launch with or without pay dtt launch . on 20 april 2009 the bci announced that boxer had ended negotiations on the dtt contract without a successful outcome . boxer dtt confirmed this 5 on their website and wished the bci well in reaching dtt objectives . following one vision s protracted and unsuccessful negotiations following boxer s widthrawal the bai its successor regulator on 30 april 2010 now intends to establish whether the third placed consortium easy tv is still interested in the dtt multiplex operator s contract . 11 see also edit boxer sweden boxer denmark television in ireland references edit 1 bci confirms boxer decision to withdraw application for dtt multiplex contracts digital tv licences won by o brien consortium the irish times tue jul 22 2008 2 boxer pulls out of dtt contract rt 20 april 2009 bci digital terrestrial television dtt acquisition of programme material a b 3 easy tv commercial dtt application form see page 68 . http www.bci.ie dtt easy tv easy app.pdf easytv bid submission page 65 boxer dtt faces tough fight under competition rules 4 delays give mixed signals on the future of commercial dtt irish business independent.ie http www.thepost.ie news ireland digital television negotiations reach crisis point 48985.html 6 certificate of incorporation 7 article regarding pay dtt license clarity 8 statement on behalf of boxer dtt external links edit boxer in ireland boxer 9 determination of merger notification m 09 003 competition authority communicorp boxer sweden boxer retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boxer tv ireland & oldid 724309574 categories irish television networksmedia companies of irelanddigital televisionpay televisionhidden categories engvarb from june 2014use dmy dates from june 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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