Irish public broadcaster RTÉ’s plans for the nationwide rollout of digital television will leave large chunks of the country without any coverage, the Irish Independent has learned. The revised proposals, which were submitted to the Department of Communications last week, mean that areas in the west, northwest and southwest will not receive Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
Under an EU directive, people living in locations such as Maam Cross, Leenane and Cleggan in Connemara; Achill and Belmullet in Mayo; Glencolumbkille and Ardara in Donegal; and Dingle, Kenmare and Sneem in Kerry will lose their existing analogue service by 2012. But, with the cost of building the new network rocketing, RTÉ wants to cut back on the number of transmitter sites, with the outlying areas losing out.
on Jun 28th, 2010 at 21:57
Last weekend the E39 RTÉNL multiplex from (possibly) Kippure was off.