UPC Ireland – the home of Ireland’s best broadband – is to become Virgin Media. All UPC Ireland operations, products and services – residential and business – will transform into one of the world’s most recognised and reputable brands, Virgin Media, from next Monday 5th October. In the first of a planned new series of
UPC Ireland, the leading connected entertainment provider of digital TV, superfast broadband and phone services in Ireland, will move to the Virgin Media brand as a platform for further growth and enhanced delivery of great customer experiences, the Company confirmed today. Magnus Ternsjö, CEO of UPC Ireland, said: “Introducing the Virgin Media brand to Ireland
Hundreds of young coding ninjas descended on Dublin’s RDS this weekend to showcase their digital skills and most importantly, their creations for the next big thing in app technology, computer programmes, websites and games, at this year’s CoderDojo Coolest Projects Awards 2015. Now in its 4th year, the Coolest Projects Awards 2015 attracted over 500
54% of people believe computer coding should be introduced to the school curriculum at primary and secondary levels, according to research commissioned by UPC to mark Tech Week 2015 (April 26th – May 2nd) where the finals of the National Scratch Coding Competition are taking place in Dublin Castle, today. According to the consumer research
UPC and Fast Track to IT (FIT) celebrate Get Online Week 2015, March 23 – 27 Ireland’s leading connected entertainment provider UPC and Fast Track to IT (FIT) are joining forces to promote the importance of digital skills and encourage everyone to get online during Get Online Week which runs this week until Sunday, March
UPC Business delivers High-Speed Fibre Powered Broadband to NUIG Corrib Village First student village in Ireland to receive a dedicated fibre service UPC Business today announced the switch-on of an advanced dedicated Fibre Node to provide uninterrupted bandwidth services in NUI Galway’s Corrib Village campus accommodation for their students. The development provides students with superfast
UPC Ireland, in partnership with Webwise and Google, today launched an extended teacher-designed educational resource to support the development of critical thinking and digital empowerment in young people. The new Web We Want educator resource, endorsed by the European Commission, builds on the youth-led handbook produced by the three partners last year. The resource has
UPC, Ireland’s leading entertainment company and TV3, have today launched TV3+1. Available now on UPC channel 119, TV3+1 will broadcast 24 hours a day with a full delayed 1 hour feed of the main TV3 service, providing consumers with a second opportunity to see their favourite shows. TV3 is the second most watched channel in
For children growing up, computer coding is now widely considered by the public to be just as important as maths, science and languages – including Irish – research commissioned by UPC Ireland has identified, marking the conclusion of EU Code Week 11th – 17th October. In the research, carried out for UPC among 1,000 people
Del Boy’s Bar Counter Mishap is Viewers’ All Time Favourite TV Moment In just over one year since launch, UPC has today surpassed the 100,000th customer milestone for its revolutionary new Horizon TV service. Overall, UPC now has 336,700 digital cable customers with close to one-third of these enjoying the ground breaking Horizon TV experience.