Ireland's television channels are a subset of the Media in Ireland. The media in Ireland include all the media and communications outlets of any other developed nation. ...

Republic of Ireland Terrestrial Channels

These channels are available as free-to-air analogue broadcasts, as well as on satellite and cable systems.

Radio Telefís Éireann - the independent state broadcasting company Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio [and] Television [of] Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ...

• RTÉ One - main RTÉ national station (broadcast from both Cork and Dublin).
• RTÉ Two - secondary RTÉ national station (known for a long period as "RTÉ Network 2")
• TG4 - National Irish Language station

Independent terrestrial station RTÉ One is the Republic of Irelands oldest and most popular television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. ... RTÉ Two (known from 1988 to 2004 as Network 2 or RTÉ Network Two) is Irelands second-oldest television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. ... TG4 is an Irish television channel aimed at Irish language speakers and established as a wholly owned subsidiary by Radio Telefís Éireann in 31 October 1996; it was known as Teilifís na Gaeilge or TnaG before a rebranding campaign in 1999. ...

• TV3 Ireland - independent commercial broadcaster
• South Coast TV - television station broadcast from Cork for the South Coast.

TV3 Ireland is the sole commercial television channel in the Republic of Ireland. ... Cork (Corcaigh in Irish) is the second city of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Northern Irish Terrestrial Channels

Northern Ireland's terrestrial channels are also available to most parts of the Republic. Their Digital Terrestrial Television system, Freeview, can be received in border areas of the Republic. The main analogue channels are: Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels (SDTV) and/or better quality of picture (EDTV, HDTV) and sound (AC3, Dolby Digital) through a conventional aerial instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service in the United Kingdom broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ...

• BBC One
• BBC Two
• UTV
• Channel 4
• five

In addition, a number of local television stations operate in Northern Ireland BBC Northern Ireland (sometimes called BBC NI) is a radio and television broadcaster in Northern Ireland. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. // History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20 pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts... For other uses of the UTV acronym see UTV (disambiguation) Ulster Television plc (UTV) is a media company based in Northern Ireland. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Five, formerly known as Channel 5, is the United Kingdoms fifth terrestrial TV Channel. ...

• Channel 9 operate in Derry and other parts of County Derry
• NvTv operate in Belfast

Channel 9 refers to several television stations, among them are: Nine Network, Australia Channel 9, Malaysia C9TV, Northern Ireland WCPO, Cincinnati, Ohio Channel 9, MSDN Channel 9 is also the name of a fictional television channel on the comedy sketch show series, The Fast Show This is a disambiguation page... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ...

Cable Channels

A number of Irish channels operate solely on cable (or MMDS systems operated by cable firms), or on cable and Sky Digital Multichannel multipoint distribution service, also known as MMDS or wireless cable, is a wireless telecommunications technology, used for general-purpose broadband networking or, more commonly, as an alternative method of cable television programming reception. ...

• Province5 broadcast only to the town of Navan on Chorus Cable, but are the oldest cable-only broadcaster in Ireland.
• Setanta Sports are on the former NTL cable systems, as well as Sky Digital. Setanta have moved into providing broadcasts to the UK on Sky Digital, but are an Irish brodcaster.
• Chorus Sports is on Chorus Cable. The channel has been re-licenced as Chorus TV and is moving to a general output
• Sky News Ireland is a 2 hour daily Irish opt-out on Sky News, carried to Ireland on Sky Digital, and by most cable companies
• City Channel commenced in October 2005 providing local television output for Dublin. It currently only available on NTL digital in Dublin

Navan (An Uaimh in Irish, meaning The Cave) is the administrative town of County Meath, Ireland. ... Chorus Communications is a communications provider in Ireland, it offers internet, television and telephone services. ... Setanta Sports is a name used by a number of pay-per-view and subscription TV channels operated by Setanta. ... NTL NASDAQ: NTLI is a US listed company providing cable services. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Sky News Ireland is a television news channel broadcast in the Republic of Ireland by British Sky Broadcasting. ... Opt-out is a method of requiring a targetted individual to explicitly respond to a solicitation in order to keep from receiving some service or widget, usually used in marketing. ... Sky News is Europes first 24-hour television news channel, originally launched as part of the 4-channel Sky Television satellite package in February 1989. ... City Channel is a proposed cable television channel, intending to operate in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... NTL NASDAQ: NTLI is a US listed company providing cable services. ...

Satellite Channels

• The Wrestling Channel (TWC), while UK owned, its produced and played out from Howth in County Dublin
• Sky News Ireland is also carried on satellite. Both this and TWC are free-to-air stations.

The Wrestling Channel, also known as TWC, is the worlds first dedicated professional wrestling television channel that launched on March 15, 2004. ... Howth (Irish: Binn Éadair) is an upmarket residental area in County Dublin, Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish Baile Átha Cliath) is the area that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland; and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. ... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ...

Proposed Channels

• Channel 6 has been licenced for cable and MMDS operation, and is also going to be carried on Sky Digital. The channel intends to launch in September 2005, and carry general entertainment to Ireland.

Channel 6, also marketed as Six, are an Irish cable and satellite television operating, intending to launch on the Dublin, Waterford and Cork cable systems formerly owned by NTL, and Sky Digital in September 2005. ...

Foreign Channels

With most Irish homes (figures have indicated 90%+) having Sky Digital or a multichannel cable or MMDS system, a huge number of foreign channels are available to most people. The majority of stations on the List of British television channels are available to some or all homes. Multichannel multipoint distribution service, also known as MMDS or wireless cable, is a wireless telecommunications technology, used for general-purpose broadband networking or, more commonly, as an alternative method of cable television programming reception. ... This is a list of channels are available on digital aerial, satellite and cable systems. ...

Many of these channels acknowledge their Irish audience, ranging from providing Irish telephone or SMS numbers (e.g TMF, QVC), to providing a specific Irish advertising stream (Sky One, E4, Paramount Comedy Channel). A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ... TMF (The Music Factory) is a pop music channel that operates in the Netherlands (TMF NL), Belgium (TMF Vlaanderen) and the United Kingdom (TMF UK). ... QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, based multinational corporation, specialising in televised home shopping. ... Sky One is British Sky Broadcastings flagship entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ... E4 is a British digital television channel launched as a pay-tv companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. ... The Paramount Comedy Channel is a television channel shown in the UK. As the name suggests, it is owned by Paramount Pictures (aka Viacom) and concentrates on comedy. ...

Other foreign channels available in Ireland are broadcast from around the world including France, Spain, Poland, India and Pakistan.

Technical Information

Analogue television in both parts of Ireland uses System I with 625 lines and the PAL colour standard. In the Republic both VHF and UHF are used but in Northern Ireland, in common with the rest of the UK, VHF is not used for analogue TV. There are several broadcast television systems in use in the world today. ... For other meanings of PAL see PAL (disambiguation). ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ...

Digital terrestrial television (DTT)

There is no digital terrestrial television in the Republic of Ireland as yet, although RTÉ and the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources have announced the deployment of DVB-T trials. UK DTT aka Freeview can be received in parts of Wicklow, Wexford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Sligo as well as those counties bordering Northern Ireland. Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) technology to provide a greater number of channels, and digital quality of sound and picture, through a conventional aerial instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... The Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources is the chief minister at the Department of the same name in the Irish Government. ... DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 300 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC... Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service in the United Kingdom broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin in Irish) is the county town of County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. ... Wexford (Irish: Loch Garman) is the county town of County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland. ... County Westmeath (Irish: An Iarmhí) is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in the western part of the province of Leinster. ... Roscommon (Ros Comáin in Irish) is the county town of County Roscommon in the Republic of Ireland. ... Sligo (Sligeach in Irish) is the county town of County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1...

See also:

• Lists of television channels
• List of Irish radio stations
• List of Irish newspapers

The lists of television channels are grouped by name, country or language: // Lists of television channels by continent List of television channels in Europe List of television channels in Africa List of East Asia television stations (excl. ... The following is an (incomplete) list of Republic of Ireland radio stations on air as of 2004. ... The following is the list of newspapers published at some point on the island of Ireland. ...

External links

• "Irish TV- Over 40 years of Irish TV History"