First Irish Channel To Go HD
In September 2010, Setanta Ireland announced that it would be Ireland's first indigenous channel to broadcast in HD. The service launched in January 2011. The service is only available on the UPC platform. The Dublin v Armagh encounter on the 16th of January 2011 was Ireland’s first broadcast of Gaelic Games in High Definition.
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