About Balcony TV

BalconyTV is a daily internet live music show which broadcasts exclusively from the apartment balcony of Pauline Freeman, Tom Millett and Stephen O' Regan.

BalconyTV launched on June 7th 2007 to little fanfare:

In the time that has passed since, BalconyTV.Com has featured bands, bellydancers, comedians, tango dancers, football free stylers, diabolo-ists, protesters, impersonators, puppets, and lots more besides.

BalconyTV has featured some of the most promising up and coming musical artists in Ireland , including Leanne Harte, The Revolts, Ham Sandwich, Adela Meally, The Flaws, The Happy Gang and AlanAlda.

To go with that, BalconyTV has also featured some more established names including Paul Brady, Eleanor McEvoy, Charlie McGettigan, Shay Healy, RoySeven, The Future Kings of Spain, Luan Parle and Declan O' Rourke.

BalconyTV has recieved critical acclaim from the Irish media, and the crew have featured on many radio and TV shows, including on Dave Fannings Radio Show July 13 2006

The Star Sunday declared Pauline's balcony 'a web smash' June 2006

The Irish Times Magazine stated 'BalconyTV is becoming a cult' July 2006

HotPress Magazine called BalconyTV 'a boutique Irish music phenomenon' April 2007

Irish Sunday Mirror 'it's a broadcasting phenomenon' July 2007

The Sunday Independent ' Irelands zaniest TV station' July 2007

The Irish Post ' a performance stage for some of the country's top music stars' August 2007

BalconyTV won Best Music Website at the Irish Digital Media Awards in February 2007 and were chosen to represent Ireland in the E-Entertainment Category of the World Summit Awards backed by the UN.

BalconyTV winning The Digital Media Award for Best Music Website from BalconyTV 1/02/2007

To celebrate the one year birthday of BalconyTV, the crew staged The BalconyTV Music Video Awards on June 9th 2007 in Dublins Sugar Club.

More about that here

On September 1st BalconyTV expanded to Hamburg , Germany in the shape of BalconyTV.De. Presented by Johanna Leushen and Lars Kauffman, BalconyTV.De is based on a tiny balcony high above the famous Reeperbahm.

BalconyTV shows are now being viewed well over 100'000 times per month, and in November 2007 BalconyTV celebrated One Million Video Views. To celebrate this BalconyTV welcomed Dustin The Turkey to celebrate the landmark.