Bubble Hits

Infobox TV channel
name = Bubble Hits
logofile = Bubble Hits logo.png logoalt = Bubble Hits logo
launch = 14 August 2006
share = ~0.0%
share as of = April 2008
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti]
owner = Creative Sounds Limited
web = [http://www.bubblehits.ie/ www.bubblehits.ie]
[http://www.bubblehits.co.uk/ www.bubblehits.co.uk]
[http://www.bubblehits.com/ www.bubblehits.com]
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital
sat chan 1 = Channel 379
sat serv 2 = Freesat
sat chan 2 = Channel 503
sat serv 3 = Eurobird 1
sat chan 3 = 12560.00 V 27500 2/3 (Bubble Hits Pan-Europe/UK)
sat serv 4 = Eurobird 1
sat chan 4 = 11527.00 V 27500 2/3 (Bubble Hits Ireland)
cable serv 1 = UPC Ireland
cable chan 1 = Channel 711
cable serv 2 = Magnet
cable chan 2 = Channel 704
cable serv 3 = Smart Vision
cable chan 3 = Channel 39

Bubble Hits is an Irish owned digital television music channel owned by Creative Sounds. It currently broadcasts two channels; one for the Republic of Ireland and a European feed which covers the United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland and Germany.

The station is operated by James Hyland (25) and Lee Walsh (24)

Location

The company, and their studios are located in Ashbourne, County Meath, Republic of Ireland. [ [http://www.cro.ie CRO - Home ] ] [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-2320054_1,00.html Interview: Mark Paul: Bright Idea sees Bubble Hits begin - Sunday Times - Times Online ] ] . They also have studios based in London, UK.The channel is broadcast free-to-air, therefore viewers do not need to have a Sky subscription to view the channel. Despite being Irish-owned, it is not licensed by the BCI but instead by the UK's Ofcom to "Creative Sounds UK", who are based in Northchapel. This is not unheard of amongst Irish channels, as well as those from other countries with restrictive broadcasting legislation, such as Sweden. It is presumably due to BCI's requirements that a high, percentage of programming must be Irish produced.

Advertising

Originally Bubble Hits claimed to be Europe’s only music channel without adverts. Since February 2007, the channel started carrying adverts. Adverts usually last 60 seconds and appear after 3 song intervals. The station now promises to be no more than 60 seconds away from the next song. Commercial breaks appear to consist of only two advertisements. This is a unique approach to advertising amongst channels within Europe.

Bubble Hits (Ireland)

A specific Bubble Hits channel for the Irish market (Bubble Hits Ireland) launched on Sky Digital, UPC Ireland, Smart, Magnet Networks, SCTV on Monday 19th May 2008. With specific programming and advertising, the schedule features more localised content including music videos, music shows, chart shows and entertainment news specific to the Republic of Ireland & it is also localised by Irish advertisements. [http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=MEDIA+AND+MARKETING-qqqs=mediaandmarketing-qqqid=24085-qqqx=1.asp]

Bubble Hits (Pan-Europe)

It is currently available on satellite, mainly Sky Digital, in the UK. The channel is available free-to-air on Eurobird 1 in Ireland , Germany, Poland, Hungary and other parts of Europe. The channel is localised by UK advertisements.

Bubble Hits

Launched on August 16, 2006 this channel currently serves the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland and Hungary. This channel also served the Republic of Ireland until the launch of Bubble Hits Ireland on May 19th, 2008.

Shows on Bubble Hits

*"Bubble Euro Top 30" - The official European Top 30 chart, videos selected from 11 European countries.
*"Poptastic Hits" - The latest pop hits
*"iBubble" - interactive request show
*"Bubble Fresh" - brand new video show sponsored by Veet
*"Pop Pop Pop" - non-stop pop video show sponsored by Ryanair.com
*"Most Wanted" - daily chart show of the highest requested songs of the day sponsored by Jamster
*"Glenda's Showbiz Gossip" - nightly entertainment news updates every night from 16:00.

Presenters

*"Glenda Gilson"
*"Liam McKenna"

Competition

*Currently Bubble Hits is the only independent music channel broadcasting into Ireland or the UK without being owned by CSC, MTV Networks Europe or EMAP.

*Today, Bubble Hits is watched more than MTV One in the UK and Ireland. In February 2007 Bubble Hits took 6% of MTV’s audience (16 to 34 year olds) by May 2007 it has risen to 9%. [Source: Irish Examiner (04.08.2007)]

*Bubble Hits claims to have more than 2.5 million viewers from the Republic of Ireland and the UK. [Source: Irish Examiner (04.08.2007)]

References

* [http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=MEDIA+AND+MARKETING-qqqs=mediaandmarketing-qqqid=24085-qqqx=1.asp
* [http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/?jp=MHKFAUQLGBCW&rss=rss2]
* [http://www.showbizireland.com/news/may07/22-bubblehits01.shtml]
*Irish Examiner Weekend edition (04.08.2007) ‘Bubble Up’ (article)
* [http://www.creativesounds.ie]

External links

*Bubble Hits promises new music channel for Ireland: archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/06/03/story24085.asp
* [http://www.bubblehits.ie/ Official site]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89777273 Bubble Hits' MySpace page]
* [http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=MEDIA+AND+MARKETING-qqqs=mediaandmarketing-qqqid=24085-qqqx=1.asp]