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Irish media round-up (December 2007)

The following is a round-up of Irish media news for December 2007...

Channel 6 takes on Nielsen, Sky, the world?

Sometimes reading just one newspaper isn’t enough...

COMMENT: If you were to have read Richard Delevan’s Publius in the Sunday Tribune you’d seen that the Channel 6 chairman Pat Donnelly was writing letters to Irish ad agencies dismissing the industry-trusted Nielsen audience measurement as "JUNK".

Channel 6 for Sky Digital Ireland

Adammaguire.com has the story that Channel 6 looks set to be broadcasted on the Sky Digital platform. The station has said that they will make a “major announcement in relation to the Channel’s carriage” at a press conference this Wednesday.

The channel is currently only on NTL and Chorus cable services. The news follows the recent introduction of Channel 4 to the Sky Digital offering in Ireland.