A Peoplemeter System Audit. The Irish Experience

The paper briefly reviews the development of television in the Republic of Ireland from its start-up in 1961 through 1999.

A Peoplemeter System Audit: The Irish Experience

Tony Fahy Radio Telefs ireann

TELEVISION IN IRELAND

New Year's Eve, 1961 was a notable day in the mass media history of Ireland. On that evening, a group of dignitaries and guests gathered in the ballroom of a Dublin City centre hotel for the formal launch of Ireland's first television station. That first transmission was formally inaugurated by the President of Ireland and went on air from a hilltop transmitter just south of the capital. A new organisation, Radio Telefs ireann (RT) had been set up by an Act of Parliament to...

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