DTV (RTÉ)
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DTV is a television channel
owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann
. It broadcasts exclusively to the Dundrum Town Centre
complex, the largest shopping centre in Ireland
, and among the largest in Europe
. The centre has an average footfall of 1.3 million shoppers every month
, and the channel is used for advertising as well as showing informative prgramming. The channel shows: fashion
shows supplied from the centre's anchor tenants; Mini Mouth, a show made by local schoolchildren; FlixFix, a film
review show; the lunchtime news
, sport
and weather; horoscopes and a Recipe of the Week. During the 2006 World Cup, soccer matches were also shown on the channel. RTÉ provide streaming news, sport and weather information on the station via a news ticker
that runs all the time while the station is broadcasting.
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
. It broadcasts exclusively to the Dundrum Town Centre
Dundrum Town Centre
"Dundrum Town Centre" is the name of a shopping centre located in Dundrum, in Dublin, in Ireland. It is Ireland's largest shopping centre with over 160 tenants, more than 80,000 square metres of floor space and over 3,400 car parking spaces...
complex, the largest shopping centre in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, and among the largest in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. The centre has an average footfall of 1.3 million shoppers every month
Month
A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last approximately...
, and the channel is used for advertising as well as showing informative prgramming. The channel shows: fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
shows supplied from the centre's anchor tenants; Mini Mouth, a show made by local schoolchildren; FlixFix, a film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
review show; the lunchtime news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
and weather; horoscopes and a Recipe of the Week. During the 2006 World Cup, soccer matches were also shown on the channel. RTÉ provide streaming news, sport and weather information on the station via a news ticker
News ticker
A news ticker resides in the lower third of the television screen space on television news networks dedicated to presenting headlines or minor pieces of news. It may also refer to a long, thin scoreboard-style display seen around the front of some offices or public buildings...
that runs all the time while the station is broadcasting.