Bubble Hits Ireland was a short-lived Irish owned

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music channel operated by Creative Sounds. Bubble Hits Ireland aim to be a much-needed platform for Irish bands and artists to showcase their music alongside the current programming and music structure of

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. It was the first 24/7

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. On 13 February 2009, Bubble Hits went off air and was removed from most of the TV

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s. The websites, including the official one and social networking versions on

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and

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were also removed. The closure of the channel was due to the current downturn in advertising revenue.

History

Bubble Hits Ireland was originally scheduled to be launched in October 2007, but instead was launched on 19 May 2008.

Location

The company and its studios are located in

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They also have studios based in

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, UK. The channel is broadcast

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, therefore viewers do not need to have a Sky

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to view the channel. Despite being Irish-owned, it is not licensed by the

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(BCI) but instead by the UK's

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to " Creative Sounds UK", who are based in

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Availability

The channel was carried by Sky Digital,

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, Magnet Entertainment, Smart Vision and SCTV. It was also expected that the channel would air on the Irish

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service launching in Autumn 2009.

Former shows on Bubble Hits

Chartshows *'' Bubble Euro Top 30'' – The official

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an Top 30 chart, videos selected from 11 European countries. *'' Bubble Hits Irish Top 30'' – The official Irish Top 30, featuring the top 30 videos from the highest selling singles of the week. Playlists *'' Poptastic Hits'' – The latest pop hits *'' iBubble'' –

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request show *'' Bubble Fresh'' – brand new video show sponsored by iMTV *'' Pop Pop Pop'' – non-stop pop video show sponsored by

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.com *'' Most Wanted'' – daily chart show of the highest requested songs of the day. News an entertainment *'' Glenda's Showbiz Gossip'' – nightly entertainment news updates every night from 18:00 - 22:00. Specialist programming *'' Bubble Hits at Oxegen 2008'' *''

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Former presenters

*'' Glenda Gilson'' *''

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References

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Weekend edition (04.08.2007) ‘

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External links

Official Site
Archived
Bubble Hits' page
on

, now inactive and been removed

{{Irish_Television_Channels Television channels and stations established in 2008 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009 Television stations in Ireland Defunct music video networks Defunct television channels Music television channels Music organisations based in Ireland