Access tv3.ie. Virgin Media Television - Live and On-Demand on Virgin Media Player (formerly TV3 and 3player)

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.9 s

25/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.7 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.6 s

38/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value700 ms

42/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value1.677

0/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.2 s

32/100

10%

tv3.ie

346 ms

www.virginmediatelevision.ie

594 ms

wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js

32 ms

gtm.js

107 ms

bootstrap.min.css

60 ms

Our browser made a total of 51 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Tv3.ie, 67% (34 requests) were made to Virginmediatelevision.ie and 14% (7 requests) were made to Cdn.privacy-mgmt.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (594 ms) relates to the external source Virginmediatelevision.ie.

Content Size

967.9 kB

After Optimization

733.4 kB

In fact, the total size of Tv3.ie main page is 967.9 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 712.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 62.2 kB

Original 81.9 kB
After minification 81.5 kB
After compression 19.7 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 62.2 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 89.3 kB

Original 712.7 kB
After minification 623.4 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, TV3 needs image optimization as it can save up to 89.3 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-23%

Potential reduce by 23.6 kB

Original 102.8 kB
After minification 102.3 kB
After compression 79.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 23.6 kB or 23% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 59.5 kB

Original 70.6 kB
After minification 56.2 kB
After compression 11.1 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Tv3.ie needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 59.5 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 43 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of TV3. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Lists do not contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>).

High

List items (<li>) are not contained within <ul> or <ol> parent elements.

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

Search Engine Optimization Advices

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

High

Links are not crawlable

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

N/A
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Tv3.ie can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Tv3.ie main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

tv3.ie

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of TV3. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook:

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Virgin Media Television - Live and On-Demand on Virgin Media Player (formerly TV3 and 3player)

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

tv3.ie

www.virginmediatelevision.ie

wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js

gtm.js

bootstrap.min.css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

tv3.ie

www.virginmediatelevision.ie

wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js

gtm.js

bootstrap.min.css

css

icons.css

global_responsive.css

global.css

home.css

jquery.min.js

webfont.js

gdpr-tcf.326dc0fcac2e9cce1493.bundle.js

get_site_data

meta-data

bootstrap.min.js

global_2017.js

js

messages

pv-data

pv-data

cookienotice.css

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footer-facebook.png

footer-twitter.png

virgin-media-logo-red.png

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