Bubbleless Hits..

mjsmyth

It would appear that Bubble Hits and Bubble Hits Ireland are both gone to the tv graveyard....

Not only are the channels gone, but the websites and bebo pages too....

Its a pity, as music channels go, Bubble Hits was not bad at all..

mj

afatbollix

they are looking for staff on the grap vine... so they will prob be back soon under a different name..

snaps

shame thats 2 music channels in the space of a few weeks. Brit hits has gone as well which also was half decent.

pa990

i was wondering what the "1 channel removed" was on my Humax freesat stb

The Cush

From todays Irish Times

Saturday, February 14, 2009
Station taken off air as revenue crisis bursts Bubble Hits

The station, which was originally created by young Irish businessmen James Hyland and Lee Walsh, debuted in August 2006. The channel and its associated website both closed without notice yesterday.

Mr Hyland told The Irish Times that Bubble Hits had failed to attract sufficient advertising revenues and it had been decided to cut their losses.

“It was costing us money to run,” Mr Hyland said. “There was no point throwing dead money after dead money.

“We didn’t get any support from the advertising agencies. They simply weren’t spending their clients’ money.”

Mr Hyland said there would be no job losses.

The six staff will switch to Creative Sounds, a Meath-based production company that he co-owns with Mr Walsh.

Bubble Hits debuted with no advertising, deciding, instead, to seek sponsorship to fund its activities.

This model failed to generate sufficient revenues and it began seeking advertising some time ago.

It was carried in Ireland and Britain by satellite operator Sky and also featured on the NTL/ Chorus cable platform here.

Mr Hyland said the station was watched by 1.5 million viewers each week.

No details for Ireland are available as it was not part of the Nielsen ratings.

Bubble Hits was owned by Creative Sounds UK Ltd. Mr Desmond’s Gaiety Investments owned 50 per cent of the business with the other half jointly held by Mr Hyland and Mr Walsh.

Accounts for the year to the end of January 2007 for the UK-registered company show that it had accumulated losses of £586,326. Creditor payments due within one year amounted to £716,692.

Mr Hyland declined to give an update of Bubble Hits’ financial position, nor would he indicate if the company would be liquidated. “We’re working through the final figures at the moment,” he said.

Mr Hyland said he and Mr Walsh plan to concentrate on their production company, which makes about 1,200 TV and radio advertisements a week.

The pair were behind the successful Crazy Frog mobile phone ringtone some years ago.


This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times

Dman001

It was a decent music channel, and they always boasted that their breaks were 2 minutes long. If their channel slot was higher up they prob would of survived.

finto

Pity That. I enjoyed the bubble while it lasted:)

Tom

The pair were behind the successful Crazy Frog mobile phone ringtone some years ago.

Karma??