A trade name , trading name , or business name is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. The term for this type of alternative name is fictitious business name . Registering the fictitious name with a relevant government body is often required.
81-911: Virgin Media Television Ltd (formerly known as TV3 Television Network Ltd ; previously traded as the TV3 Group until August 2018) is a commercial television company in Ireland, based in Dublin . Launched in 1998 as TV3 Television Network, the TV3 Group was formed in January 2009. The company was acquired by Liberty Global in 2015, and the channels were rebranded to Virgin Media Television in 2018. Virgin Media Ireland
162-456: A state-sponsored body , see Telecom Éireann .) From 1991 to 2013, Eir's subsidiaries included Phonewatch , then known as Eircom Phonewatch, which provides home monitoring services, monitored burglar-alarms , fire alarms, CCTV systems, and medical alert devices. In May 2013, it announced that Phonewatch had been sold to Oslo-based company, Sector Alarm Corporation . From 1999 to 2006 sponsored RTE Weather and from 2000 to 2008, Eircom sponsored
243-420: A DBA must be registered with a local or state government, or both, depending on the jurisdiction. For example, California, Texas and Virginia require a DBA to be registered with each county (or independent city in the case of Virginia) where the owner does business. Maryland and Colorado have DBAs registered with a state agency. Virginia also requires corporations and LLCs to file a copy of their registration with
324-467: A DBA statement, though names including the first and last name of the owner may be accepted. This also reduces the possibility of two local businesses operating under the same name, although some jurisdictions do not provide exclusivity for a name, or may allow more than one party to register the same name. Note, though, that this is not a substitute for filing a trademark application. A DBA filing carries no legal weight in establishing trademark rights. In
405-827: A FTTH network using ESB's physical infrastructure to carry fibres to individual homes and businesses. Imagine Communications , Digiweb and several other smaller ISPs also operate their own wireless networks using various technologies. Eir also faces retail competition from Vodafone, Sky , Digiweb and a large number of smaller ISPs using a mix wholesale access from Open Eir and SIRO to reach their customers. Eir also faces competition from mobile operators and MVNOs both for its own mobile services and also as fixed line replacement products. All mobile operators are capable of offering very competitive voice services and high speed 4G and increasingly 5G connectivity, which can often be faster than fixed services, particularly first generation NGA products using VDSL and fibre to cabinet, which can only offer
486-704: A Golf Resort in County Wicklow. Customers include University College Dublin (UCD), Ordnance Survey Ireland and Dublin City Council . Eir Business NI is the name of the company's operations in Northern Ireland. With the division based in Belfast , Eir own and operate a fibre-optic network ring around Belfast and Northern Ireland, linking into the national Eir Network in the rest of Ireland. Eir Business NI have won significant contracts thus far,
567-563: A HD studio, which was eventually launched in Spring 2013 at cost of €5 million. The studio was developed to produce key programming in HD and offering independent companies and public broadcasters the opportunity to make use of the new studios. By 2015, Doughty Hanson & Co confirmed it planned on selling the TV3 Group; as the holding company decided to abandon television broadcasting. Despite speculation from different companies seeking interest in
648-557: A breach of the Data Protection Act at the Dublin District Court. On 12 April 2018, Eir announced that they would cut 750 jobs. This would mean that 10,000 jobs would have been lost since its peak number of jobs of 13,000 The job cuts came just days after the takeover of the company by French entrepreneur Xavier Niel . On 21 April 2008, Eircom rejected claims by four major record companies that it, as
729-516: A businessperson writes a trade name on a contract, invoice, or cheque, they must also add the legal name of the business. Numbered companies will very often operate as something other than their legal name, which is unrecognizable to the public. In Chile , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Ireland , businesses are legally required to register business names where these differ from
810-474: A consortium to establish Ireland's commercial digital terrestrial television subscription service then titled Onevision . Following a tender process the BAI deemed the consortium unsuccessful despite Onevision planning to launch additional TV3 branded channels (3Today and 3XPOSÉ). By 2011, the broadcaster planned its commitment to high definition broadcasting technologies and the company laid down plans to establish
891-467: A further €7 million should TV3 meet certain performance targets. The deal will need regulatory approval by Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as well as a media plurality test by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources . On 5 July 2015 The Sunday Business Post confirmed following an interview with TV3's CEO McRedmon that Liberty Global had shown interest in purchasing
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#1732787954862972-527: A major stake in the new company in order to help launch the independent network. By 1998, Canwest was already a major owner of television and radio stations across a number of territories including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The consortium Tullamore Beta and Canwest launched TV3 on 20 September 1998. However, in 2001 Canwest confirmed it would sell a stake to ITV plc . In September 2000, Granada Media plc (a predecessor company of ITV plc which then owned six ITV franchises) agreed to acquire 45% of
1053-436: A maximum of 100 Mbit/s. ADSL services which are much slower again. 4G and 5G fixed-mobile services, using routers and external antennae have also become viable competitors in many rural and quasi rural areas. These offer ample and affordable data plans and very high speeds and a number of operators have designed products targeting homes and businesses using both existing mobile and dedicated LTE and 5G networks. Eir operates
1134-439: A multi-year deal, the studio will be named Sony HD Studio Dublin. TV3 also reinstated its commitment to launching a HD channel. The new HD studios will be used for current programming with TV3 News and other shows permanently moving to the new studios. TV3 Group will also offer independent production companies and international production companies the opportunity to use its facilities for future productions. TV3 Sony HD Studio Dublin
1215-511: A number of smaller players including Digiweb . The company is the third largest player in the Irish mobile market, with 23% of the market, behind Three Ireland 29.3% and Vodafone Ireland 33.9% (These figures exclude mobile broadband and machine to machine communications). After the privatisation of Telecom Éireann , the highly profitable mobile phone division, Eircell , was sold to Vodafone. Some consider this act to be asset stripping by
1296-430: A pay TV element to it. The article also suggested that the TV3 Group might work more closely with Communicorp in terms of utilizing presenters. On 17 January 2016, Sunday Business Post reported Virgin Media Ireland had plans to launch additional TV3 channels including a 24-hour rolling news channel. The TV3 Group later denied such reports. In 2012, TV3 Group's owners Doughty Hanson indicated their wishes to sell off
1377-458: A registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible . Legal agreements (such as contracts ) are normally made using the registered legal name of the business. If a corporation fails to consistently adhere to such important legal formalities like using its registered legal name in contracts, it may be subject to piercing of
1458-480: A separate brand, with a secondary brand eMobile used to complement Eircom landline products. The Meteor brand was subsequently dropped, and the mobile network became a core part of the main Eir brand. Eir Business Ireland is the corporate and SME operations in the Ireland. Eir Business sponsored Irish sporting events including the " Dubai Duty Free Irish Open " in the K Club. It secured business contracts with Druids Glen
1539-602: A sixth investment fund. A number of international broadcasters were reportedly interested in purchasing the Irish-based broadcaster including Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Liberty Global . It was later reported VIMN has shown disinterest in purchasing the network but on 16 April 2015 both the Irish Independent and Sky News claimed Carlyle have shown interest in the broadcaster and negotiations were due to begin. Carlyle have begun investing in
1620-610: A subsidiary of Valentia, and O'Reilly took the reins as Executive chairman. On 19 March 2004, the company returned to the stock market (although the company being listed, Eircom Group plc , was in fact a new holding company, and was registered in England and Wales rather than in Ireland). The company floated at €1.55 a share, but dipped on initial trading before recovering to trade above its float price. In early 2005, several Irish newspapers reported that Meteor Mobile Communications ,
1701-594: A wholesale fixed-line network through its Open Eir unit, providing copper and fibre based access products to a wide range of Irish telecommunications companies. Its services include next generation access products, such as FTTH , FTTC (VDSL) and legacy copper based services, including ADSL and classic digital circuit switched products like PSTN and ISDN. It also offers a range of legacy leased line services. The company's retail division markets these services directly to homes and businesses, and includes value added services like Eir TV and voice over broadband for home users and
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#17327879548621782-485: A wide range of digital services tailored to business customers. Eir operates a national mobile network both under its own Eir brand and GoMo , a value-focused, online-only sub-brand. The network provides 2G , 3G , 4G and 5G services and ancillary services such as WiFi Calling and VoLTE . In the third quarter of 2019, Eir accounted for 39% of the Ireland's fixed voice market retail revenue and 45.3% market share by fixed-line retail and wholesale revenue and 19.1% of
1863-454: Is also sometimes used. A company typically uses a trade name to conduct business using a simpler name rather than using their formal and often lengthier name. Trade names are also used when a preferred name cannot be registered, often because it may already be registered or is too similar to a name that is already registered. Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. The distinction between
1944-558: Is called a razón social . Eircom Eircom Limited , trading as Eir ( / ɛər / AIR ; stylised eir ), is a large fixed, mobile and broadband telecommunications company in Ireland. The company, which is currently incorporated in Jersey , traces its origins to the Ireland's former state-owned monopoly telecommunication provider Telecom Éireann and its predecessors, P&T (the Dept. of Posts and Telegraphs) and before
2025-433: Is not just carrier pre-selection (CPS) of Eir must provide their own SMSC, but even when they do, consumers may be unable to migrate from Eir due to SMSC numbers in equipment that cannot be reprogrammed. Eir's mobile arm provides a full range of 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G-based mobile communication services throughout Ireland. Its GSM network operates at 1800 MHz and 900 MHz ranges, as the earlier GSM licences fully utilised
2106-558: Is now known as Virgin Media Three. Meanwhile, UTV Media sold its TV broadcasting operations to ITV plc in February 2016 and renamed itself Wireless Group, seven months before being acquired by News UK . In early April 2015, a number of media groups were reporting TV3's owners Doughty Hanson were definitely interested in selling the TV3 Group. These reports were strengthened when Doughty Hanson confirmed it has scrapped plans for
2187-469: Is required to provide a number of wholesale products to other operators and to switch calls onto other phone networks. Many broadband products offered by other operators are resales of the Eir product. The company was formed in 1984 as Bord Telecom Éireann , under the Posts and Telecommunications Act 1983. (This article deals mainly with the post-privatisation Eir; for details of the company during its time as
2268-817: Is the largest TV studio in Ireland. From 2016, Virgin Media Ireland took over sponsorship of the HD Studios – they are now known as the TV3-Virgin Media HD Studios. In August 2018, the facility became known as the "Virgin Media Television HD Studio". The studio in 2019 is now known as "Studio 2" at the Virgin Media Television complex in Dublin. It measures 464.515 square metres and can accommodate live studio audiences of up to 250 if required. "Studio 1"
2349-588: Is the name of the original television studio in the complex which opened in 1998 when TV3 launched. Studio 1 was renovated and refurbished in 2017 and is now the main home to all Virgin Media News bulletins. On 16 September 2012, it was reported by the Sunday Independent that TV3 was to launch two channels on Saorview. As of 2018, these channel had not launched. According to a report into commercial DTT by Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates (O&O) for
2430-567: The BAI will have to granted if the deal is to go through and may also involve approval from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission . It will take a number of months before the acquisition is finalized. It is reported the TV3 Group will be sold to Liberty Global for €100 million. On 3 July 2015, it was announced that Doughty Hanson had sold TV3 to a Liberty Global company who operate UPC Ireland for €80 million. The deal may also deliver
2511-471: The Irish Government to buy shares. The share price was set at €3.90, later reaching a high of €4.80, a 23% increase. Those initial investors who held onto their shares, until July 2000, received a 4% bonus-share allocation. The Eircom flotation is considered to have been an example of a stock market bubble — after the initial hype of the flotation died down, the stock price fell rapidly. Many of
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2592-610: The League of Ireland . Although EU laws required the opening of the Irish telecommunications market, Ireland had a derogation from competition until 2003. Telecom Éireann was privatised; the process began in 1995, and by July 1999 the government had disposed of virtually all of its shareholding. This was very controversial and subject to much debate. Eircom plc was then floated on the Irish , London and New York Stock Exchanges on 8 July 1999, and small/first-time investors were encouraged by
2673-466: The United Kingdom , there is no filing requirement for a "business name", defined as "any name under which someone carries on business" that, for a company or limited liability partnership, "is not its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's true name and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of U.S. states, including Washington , still use
2754-540: The 500,000 small investors were angered by the significant financial loss they incurred, blaming the government for not sufficiently warning them of the risks inherent in stock-market investment. Eircom was designated by ComReg as the organisation with ownership of the National Directory Database (NDD) and a Universal White Pages (UWP) directory; the unit within Eircom responsible for providing these
2835-468: The 6 channel Eir Sport pack. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events to international audiences. In May 2021, it was announced that eir Sport would cease operations by the end of 2021. Eir operates a full service mobile telephone network across Ireland providing full 5G connectivity as well as 4G, 3G and 2G services. Eircom purchased Ireland's 3rd mobile network, Meteor in 2005 initially operating it as
2916-525: The 900 MHz band. GPRS and EDGE data services are also available. Eir mobile provide both bill pay (contract) and prepay (non-contract) plans and has approximately 19% of the Irish mobile market, with 1,032,000 cellular subscribers on the Eir Mobile network. The company has used EDGE technology on its network and has received a 3G (UMTS) license, formally removed from Eir's competitor, Smart Telecom . As an operator with significant market power, Eir
2997-714: The Australian investment group Babcock & Brown as part of a deal worth €2.4 billion. The Employee Share Ownership Trust, which represents workers at the company, was to remain a minority shareholder. The sale was approved by shareholders on 26 July 2006, and at close of business on 17 August 2006, the shares were delisted from the Official Lists of the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, ending Eircom's second period on
3078-471: The BAI "TV3 appears not to have an appetite for distributing additional channels on the platform so we assume no new offerings from the group on DTT (Saorview)". In 2011, TV3 Group revealed it had plans to launch further channels. These channels included TV3 HD, TV3 +1 (a one-hour delayed channel) and TV3 Kids-TV3 Classics (a time-shared channel featuring a children's programming and classic Irish and international television shows). According to BAI documentation
3159-520: The BCI, with the view to take over operations of the Irish pay DTT service. It was hoped that the launch of OneVision would happen in late 2010/early 2011 at a proposed operation cost of €40 million. OneVision aspired to offer 23 channels coinciding with the free-to-air channels. However, OneVision subsequently dropped out of negotiations with the BCI. In 2013 Eir began providing a TV service along with its Eir Fibre service called Eir Vision. Eircom notified
3240-407: The Irish market. TV3 Group has declined requests from media organisations to comment on the rumours. It was further reported on 3 May 2015 by The Sunday Business Post that Liberty Global are in negotiations to take over the broadcaster. They report that Liberty Global are to take over the Irish broadcaster after completing due diligence. In June 2015, INM confirmed they would consider purchasing
3321-629: The Republic of Ireland's first independent channel and third terrestrial channel. The launch of TV3 was delayed and the licence was revoked due to this delay. Following a court case, the license was eventually restored in 1993. It was agreed that 49% of the company would be sold to UTV , to raise much-needed cash for investment in facilities. By 1995, UTV decided not to partner up with Tullamore Beta and instead focused on its own channels being made available through digital television providers in Ireland. In 1997, Canadian communications company Canwest bought
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3402-658: The TV3 Group since the previous year. 53°18′34″N 6°21′20″W / 53.309565°N 6.35564°W / 53.309565; -6.35564 Trade name In a number of countries, the phrase " trading as " (abbreviated to t/a ) is used to designate a trade name. In the United States , the phrase " doing business as " (abbreviated to DBA , dba , d.b.a. , or d/b/a ) is used, among others, such as assumed business name or fictitious business name . In Canada , " operating as " (abbreviated to o/a ) and " trading as " are used, although " doing business as "
3483-645: The TV3 Group, by mid-2015 it was confirmed Liberty Global would purchase the company through its Irish subsidiary Virgin Media Ireland . Doughty Hanson & Co sold the company for €80 million and an additional €7 million should the "group" meet certain targets. The acquisition of TV3 was approved by the CPCC in November 2015 and it was passed to then Minister for Communications, Alex White, for approval which he gave in December 2015. CEO David McRedmond announced that he
3564-425: The TV3 Group. However, following criticism from individuals within media and political circles, INM claimed it was "highly unlikely" they would purchase the broadcaster, as there would be concern over how much control INM has over print and broadcasting media in Ireland. On 12 June 2015, Irish media began reporting on the possible buyout by Liberty Global. Both companies refused to comment on the reports. Approval from
3645-418: The U.S., trademark rights are acquired by use in commerce, but there can be substantial benefits to filing a trademark application. Sole proprietors are the most common users of DBAs. Sole proprietors are individual business owners who run their businesses themselves. Since most people in these circumstances use a business name other than their own name, it is often necessary for them to get DBAs. Generally,
3726-563: The appointment of an examiner . The examinership lasted until 11 June 2012; the restructuring removed €1.7 billion of debt from the balance sheet, a reduction of 40% of group debt. Eir retains the largest share of the fixed line market in Ireland, with 27.6% of the broadband market, 32.7% of the FTTP market, 38.9% of fixed line retail and wholesale revenues and 44.3% of fixed line voice subscriptions, with competition from Virgin Media Ireland , BT Ireland , Vodafone Ireland , Sky Ireland and
3807-411: The branding More FM , however the licence was granted to Classic Hits 4FM . By 2008, the company expanded its channel portfolio with the acquisition of Kish Media then owners of Channel 6 . Channel 6 was later refocused under the TV3 Group branding and was renamed 3e. By January 2008, the TV3 Group composed of TV3, 3e, tv3.ie and 3Player . Doughty Hanson & Co came together with Eircom to produce
3888-524: The cable operator Cablelink (the other 25% was owned by RTÉ ). Cablelink was sold to NTL in 1999 and subsequently bought by UPC . As Eircom, Eir joined a consortium with TV3 Group , Arqiva , and Setanta Sports called OneVision to apply for the Commercial licence for DTT . On 1 May 2009 Fintan Drury, chairman of the OneVision consortium, announced that OneVision was to enter negotiations with
3969-554: The channels were scheduled to launch by September 2013. As of 2014, the BAI confirmed TV3 had no interest in launching these channels in the immediate future and had not applied for a licence to broadcast such channels. According to an article printed in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times in August 2014, TV3 Group intended to launch TV3 HD on both UPC and Sky in 2015. The article also stated that 3e would go HD in 2016. TV3 Group also hoped to launch an additional channel in 2016 with
4050-556: The company from the original TV3 consortium. This was part of a deal which gave TV3 the right to simulcast with ITV certain Granada programming. The Granada plc shareholding was taken over by ITV plc upon the merger of Granada with Carlton on 2 February 2004. In early 2001, the station officially launched threetext, the teletext service, much of the content from Thomas Crosbie Media . Test transmissions of this service commenced in late 2000, but as early as 1999 limited programming content
4131-400: The company in due course. Speculation as to who would purchase the group continued into 2013 with UTV Media considered a major contender. However, in 2013 UTV confirmed plans it would launch its own Republic of Ireland service in early 2014 – branded as UTV Ireland . It launched on 1 January 2015, and in mid-2016 was acquired by TV3 Group, rebranding it as be3 just 2 years after its launch. It
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#17327879548624212-484: The corporate veil . In English , trade names are generally treated as proper nouns . In Argentina , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Brazil , a trade name is known as a nome fantasia ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called razão social (social name). In some Canadian jurisdictions , such as Ontario , when
4293-534: The county or city to be registered with the State Corporation Commission. DBA statements are often used in conjunction with a franchise . The franchisee will have a legal name under which it may sue and be sued, but will conduct business under the franchiser's brand name (which the public would recognize). A typical real-world example can be found in a well-known pricing mistake case, Donovan v. RRL Corp. , 26 Cal. 4th 261 (2001), where
4374-822: The foundation of the state, the telecommunications division of the GPO . It remains the largest telecommunications operator in Ireland and has overseas operations focused on the business and corporate telecom markets in the United Kingdom. The company was in majority state ownership until 1999, when it was privatised through a floatation on the Irish and New York Stock Exchanges. Eir is currently majority owned by Xavier Niel 's Iliad SA and his Paris-based NJJ Telecom Europe investment fund (64.5%). The group includes French telecommunications provider Free and Iliad Italia . Other major investors include Anchorage Capital Group (26.6%), and Davidson Kempner (8.9%). Eir operates
4455-590: The large investors with interests in what later became Eircom. Eircom announced in June 2007 that from 30 July line rental charges would increase by €1.18 bringing line rental charges - already the most expensive in Europe - to a total of €25.36 per month for a PSTN analogue line, one source indicated it was the highest line-rental charge in the world. Also announced was an increase of between 4.8 and 4.9% on local and national calls. In March 2011, Eircom pleaded guilty to
4536-556: The largest being the €70m "Network NI" contract for the Northern Ireland Civil Service , with other significant contracts as operator of choice for Northern Ireland Schools and Libraries, NIE, Viridian, Wright Group, Chain Reaction Cycles and many more large enterprise brands. The company in Northern Ireland provides services to local government and SME sectors. As Telecom Éireann, Eir owned 75% of
4617-526: The largest broadband internet service provider in the state, must bear some liability for the illegal free downloading of music by computer users. Eir have thus far managed to come to an agreement with the companies involved, stating that they will be working in conjunction with these companies to prevent large amounts of copyrighted material being shared through the ISP. This in turn raised concerns over internet privacy , since presumably this would be enforced through
4698-848: The largest fixed-line telecommunications network in Ireland, under licence from the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Most homes and businesses in the state are dependent on their network. A range of telecommunications services is provided on the network including Business IP, its MPLS platform. Eir have also completed a wholly owned fibre network ring around Northern Ireland and another around Belfast . Their ISP division, Eir Net, provides dial-up services, as well as broadband services (see broadband roll-out, below). Any alarm-monitoring products using SMS are "hardcoded" to work with Eir's SMSC, so will not work on Digiweb, BT, Smart, UPC or Magnet phone networks. DECT SMS handsets are also preprogrammed for Eir's SMSC. Any competing phone service that
4779-402: The law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to first file or register his fictitious business name with the county clerk, and then making a further public record of it by publishing it in a newspaper. Several other states, such as Illinois , require print notices as well. In Uruguay , a trade name is known as a nombre fantasía , and the legal name of business
4860-476: The mobile market (excluding mobile broadband and machine-to-machine subscriptions) or 15.6% of total subscriptions. Eir had 31.4% of fixed broadband subscriptions (comprising FTTH, FTTC/VDSL and ADSL) and 42.7% of FTTP subscriptions. Its main fixed access infrastructure owning competitors are Virgin Media Ireland (which operates a cable TV and broadband network) and SIRO , a joint venture between publicly owned energy supplier, ESB and Vodafone . SIRO operates
4941-466: The monitoring of IP traffic associated with Eir's customers. It is not known whether or not this bears any significance on the Meteor Mobile network, a mobile broadband supplier acquired by Eir. Eircom has reportedly signed an out-of-court settlement with said companies and are initiating a program to clamp down on piracy, within their network, by instituting an IP monitoring service, accessible by
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#17327879548625022-461: The named defendant, RRL Corporation, was a Lexus car dealership doing business as " Lexus of Westminster ", but remaining a separate legal entity from Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. . In California , filing a DBA statement also requires that a notice of the fictitious name be published in local newspapers for some set period of time to inform the public of the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name . The intention of
5103-548: The public in February 2012 that they had decided to no longer honour their debt, had entered default status and would not continue as a going concern. Eircom gave notification that they had cancelled a mandatory interest payment on their publicly-traded senior corporate bond, then due to mature in 2016. On 29 March 2012, a number of companies within the Eircom Group presented a petition to the Irish High Court for
5184-561: The rebranding of the entire TV3 Group in August 2018, the website address changed to "virginmediatelevision.ie", As well as this website hosting the online player service, it also hosts News and TV Listings for its channels. On 14 September 2012, the TV3 Group confirmed a new HD studios in Ballymount, Dublin. The studio officially opened in March 2013. TV3 Group confirmed it signed a partnership deal with Sony International . As part of
5265-432: The stakes of Canwest (for €103 million) and ITV Plc's stake (for €103 million), and the remaining 10% (for €59 million). In 2006, the company's new owner Doughty Hanson & Co. arranged a loan through Anglo Irish Bank to take control of the company through Tullamore Beta Ltd. Under this ownership Doughty Hanson tried to move beyond television broadcasting and showed interest in acquiring a radio broadcasting license under
5346-479: The stock markets. The same day, Phillip Nolan resigned as chief executive of Eircom, and on 1 September Rex Comb was officially named as the new CEO. Tony O'Reilly resigned as chairman and was replaced by Pierre Danon , previously of BT Group plc and JP Morgan Chase . Babcock & Brown have since collapsed as a company and their BCM vehicle, which owns over 50% of Eir, broke all ties with the former parent and rebranded themselves as Eircom Holdings Limited. Eircom
5427-543: The subject of a bidding war between two consortia: the E-Island consortium headed by Denis O'Brien , and the Valentia Consortium headed by Tony O'Reilly , the chairman of Independent News and Media . Eventually in November 2001, the company agreed to a recommended offer of €1.335 per Eircom share. Eircom Plc was delisted from the stock exchange, became Eircom Limited, a private limited company by shares and
5508-459: The surname(s) of the sole trader or partners, or the legal name of a company. The Companies Registration Office publishes a searchable register of such business names. In Japan , the word yagō ( 屋号 ) is used. In Colonial Nigeria , certain tribes had members that used a variety of trading names to conduct business with the Europeans. Two examples were King Perekule VII of Bonny , who
5589-469: The term trade name to refer to "doing business as" (DBA) names. In most U.S. states now, however, DBAs are officially referred to using other terms. Almost half of the states, including New York and Oregon , use the terms assumed business name or assumed name ; nearly as many, including Pennsylvania , use the term fictitious name . For consumer protection purposes, many U.S. jurisdictions require businesses operating with fictitious names to file
5670-448: The third mobile phone operator, was up for sale by its owners, Western Wireless . It was considered that this afforded Eircom an opportunity to re-enter the mobile communications market. On 9 July 2005, The Irish Times reported three bidders for Meteor: Eircom, Smart Telecom , and a consortium led by Denis O'Brien . On 14 July 2005 RTÉ News reported on their business website that Denis O'Brien had withdrawn from bidding, and that it
5751-417: Was also successful in bidding for a 4G LTE License from Comreg , which permitted Meteor and eMobile to launch 4G services in 2013. In September 2015, Eircom announced that it would re-brand as eir as part of a new imaging campaign developed by Moving Brands. Described as being "dynamic and modern", the new brand was adopted across most of Eircom's businesses (excluding Meteor), and an advertising campaign
5832-600: Was established in the early 1990s as a response to the development of the IRTC in October 1998. The former broadcasting regular Independent Radio & Television Commission (now the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland ) was created to regulate broadcasting in Ireland. In 1990 following an invitation by the IRTC to seek interests from independent broadcasters, a consortium (Tullamore Beta Ltd) came together to launch
5913-624: Was introduced to promote the new name and slogan, "Live life on eir". In December 2017, Iliad SA announced that it would be acquiring a 32.9% stake in the company with an option to take control of the Irish operator through a call option, which is exercisable in 2024. Eir Sport commenced broadcasting on 5 July 2016 following the takeover of Setanta Sports by Eir. Two Irish commercial stations, Eir Sport 1 (formerly Setanta Ireland) and Eir Sport 2 (formerly Setanta Sports 1), join BT Sport 1 , BT Sport 2, BT Sport Europe and BT Sport ESPN to make up
5994-553: Was known as Captain Pepple in trade matters, and King Jubo Jubogha of Opobo , who bore the pseudonym Captain Jaja . Both Pepple and Jaja would bequeath their trade names to their royal descendants as official surnames upon their deaths. In Singapore , there is no filing requirement for a "trading as" name, but there are requirements for disclosure of the underlying business or company's registered name and unique entity number. In
6075-459: Was provided. However, in 2004, the news and sports were dropped as part of a rebranding to an 'entertainment portal'. On 16 January 2006, Canwest announced to TV3 staff, that it was selling its stake in the channel, in an effort to reduce its debt. Following this announcement on 19 May 2006 it was confirmed that Doughty Hanson & Co , a venture capital firm based in Luxembourg had purchased
6156-629: Was replaced by Paul Farrell. The streaming service was relaunched and renamed as "Virgin Media Play" in August 2024, as part of a wider rebrand for the TV network, launching in September. Virgin Media Play , Virgin Media Television's Video on Demand (VOD) streaming service, is available online (at virginmediatelevision.ie), and on several app platforms ( App Store , Google Play , Android TV , Google TV , Virgin Media Ireland , Sky and Now ). With
6237-535: Was reportedly put up for sale by its owner Liberty Global in June 2021. By November 2021, the then chief executive had reportedly "ruled this out". Virgin Media Television (previously TV3 Television Network Ltd and later TV3 Group) is operated by Virgin Media Ireland and owned by Liberty Global . Under its previous operations TV3 Television Network Ltd and later the TV3 Group; the company was owned by different companies including Canwest, Granada and Doughty Hanson & Co. The initial company TV3 Television Network Ltd
6318-567: Was the National Directory Information Unit (NDIU). In December 2019 this agreement expired and ComReg extended the management of the NDD to all current providers, Eir did not declined to propose extending the agreement. A Dutch company PortingXS became the subsequent manager of the NDD as it was the only provider that flagged an interest. In 2001, Eircom sold its mobile subsidiary Eircell to Vodafone . The company
6399-539: Was to leave the company by the end of 2015. Expanding its channel portfolio, Liberty Global went onto purchase UTV Ireland from ITV plc for €10 million. On 17 November 2016 UTV Ireland was taken over by the TV3 Group. The channel was rebranded in January 2017. By late 2017; Virgin Media Ireland confirmed it would rebrand its channel portfolio, however, this was delayed until summer 2018. On 30 August 2018 Virgin Media Television completed its rebranding strategy. In May 2020, Pat Kiely stepped down as managing director and
6480-409: Was transferred to a separate entity, Eircell 2000 plc which was then sold to Vodafone through a share swap. Eircom shareholders got Eircell share in a 1000/1 ratio. The conversion rate was then 0.9478 Vodafone shares for every 2 Eircell 2000 shares. This left the Eircom shareholder with shares in both Eircom and Vodafone. After the sale of Eircell, Eircom itself was believed to be undervalued and became
6561-450: Was understood that Eircom was the top bidder at €410 million. On 21 July, it was announced that Smart Telecom had also withdrawn, leaving Eircom as the sole bidder. Eircom announced the agreement to purchase it on 25 July 2005 at a cost of €420m. As of 31 December 2012, Meteor had over 1,086,000 customers and a market share of 20%, offering both GSM and 3G mobile telephony and broadband services. In May 2006, Eircom announced its sale to
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