TG4
Launched	October 31, 1996
Owned by	Teilifís na Gaeilge
Audience share	3.2% (2005, [1])
Country	Ireland
Formerly called	Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG) (1996-1999)
Website	www.tg4.ie
Availability
Terrestrial
Irish analogue	(see article)
Irish digital	Mux 1
NI analogue	UHF channel 59 (from Divis transmitter)
Satellite
Sky Digital	channel 104 (ROI) channel 164 (NI)
Cable
UPC Ireland	channel 104
Virgin Media	channel 877 (NI)

TG4 (Irish: TG Ceathair or TG a Ceathair; IPA: /tiː dʒiː kʲahəɾʲ/) is a television channel in Ireland, aimed at Irish-language speakers and established as a wholly owned subsidiary by Radio Telefís Éireann on 31 October 1996. It was formerly known as Teilifís na Gaeilge or TnaG, before a rebranding campaign in 1999. It was established as an independent public corporation, Telefís na Gaeilge, on 1 April 2007^[1], following the passage of relevant legislation in 2001. Additional funding is anticipated. Approximately 730,000 viewers tune in to the station every day and the core audience is in the region of 100,000; giving it an audience share of between 2-3%. Ladies gaelic football broadcasts attract up to 180,000 viewers. In July 2007, TG4 was accepted as a new member of the European Broadcasting Union. Image File history File links Tg4_logo. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... The deployment of digital terrestrial television in Ireland has had a chequered history, with the first tests being carried out in 1998, but no public trials until August 2006. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3. ... Divis is a sprawling moorland to the north of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... For a wider corporate history and profile, see British Sky Broadcasting. ... Anthem The Soldiers Song Republic of Ireland() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital (and largest city) Dublin Official languages Irish, English Demonym Irish Government Republic and Parliamentary Democracy  -  President Mary McAleese  -  Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, TD Independence from the United Kingdom   -  Declared 24 April 1916   -  Ratified 21... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... UPC Ireland N.V. is Liberty Global Europes operation in Ireland. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Radio Telefís Éireann[1] (RTÉ; IPA: ,  ) is the Public Service Broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Gaelic Football (Irish: Peil, Peil Gaelach or Caid ), commonly referred to as football, or Gaelic , is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... July 2007 is the seventh month of that year. ... EBU redirects here. ...

Operation

Teilifís na Gaeilge
Type	Statutory Corporation
Founded	1 April 2007
Headquarters	Baile na hAbhann, County Galway, Ireland
Key people	Peter Quinn, Chairman, Pól Ó Gallchóir, Ceannasaí (Director-General)
Industry	Broadcasting
Products	Television
Revenue	First accounts to be published 2008.
Employees	75 - 2007
Slogan	Súil Éile
Website	www.tg4.ie

The daily Irish-language programme schedule is its central service, broadcasting approximately 2.5 hours a day of 'First Showing' Irish-language programming, together with an estimated 2.5 hours a day of Irish-language programmes repeats. RTÉ supplies TG4 with 1 hour a day of all 'First Showing' Irish- language programming. The remainder of the TG4 schedule is made up of English-language acquired programmes from the USA (such as Nip/Tuck and The O.C.). On 1 April 2007, coinciding with its independence from RTÉ, TG4 changed its overnight sustaining service from Euronews, which it had previously relayed for some years, to France 24. RTÉ channels relay Euronews still. Image File history File links Tg4_logo. ... A State-Sponsored Body is the name given in the Republic of Ireland to a state owned enterprise (or government owned corporation), that is to say, a commercial company which is benficially owned, either completely or majority, by the Irish Government. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Baile na hAbhann (Ballinahown) is a townland between Indrebhán and Casla on the R336 about 30 kilometers west of Galway. ... Statistics Province: Connacht County Town: Galway Code: G (GY proposed) Area: 6,148 km² Population (2006) 231,035 (including Galway City); 159,052 (without Galway City) Website: www. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Director-general is the professional head of a UK Executive Agency which contains other agencies headed by directors. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Nip/Tuck is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. ... The O.C. was an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... EuroNews is a multilingual and pan-European television news channel launched on January 1, 1993. ... EuroNews is a multilingual and pan-European television news channel launched on January 1, 1993. ...

Operating as a publisher and broadcaster, TG4 annually invests up to €15m in original indigenous programming from the independent production sector in Ireland. The Irish-language soap opera Ros na Rún is one of its most popular programmes, and it also commissions a number of documentaries. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Ros na Rún is an Irish language soap opera produced for Irish language TV channel TG4 (previously Teilifís na Gaeilge) which will begin its ninth season in September 2004. ...

On 1 April 2007, Teilifís na Gaeilge became an independent statutory corporation, with former Gaelic Athletic Association president Peter Quinn becoming first chairperson of the corporation. The other members appointed to the authority were Joe Connolly, Padraig MacDonnacha, Eilís Ní Chonghaile, Méabh Mhic Ghairbheith, Méadhbh Nic an Airchinnigh, Bríd Ní Neachtáin, Feargal Ó Sé, and Regina Culliton [2]. Under the Broadcasting Bill 2006 the corporation (like RTÉ) will be replaced with a company limited by guarantee instead, also to be called Teilifís na Gaeilge. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... A State-Sponsored Body is the name given in the Republic of Ireland to a state owned enterprise (or government owned corporation), that is to say, a commercial company which is benficially owned, either completely or majority, by the Irish Government. ... For other uses, see GAA (disambiguation). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... In British or Irish company law, a Limited Company is a person on its own right. ...

Programming

See also: List of programs broadcast by TG4

TG4 has nurtured a reputation for innovative programming in film, arts, drama, documentaries, and sports. For example, it broadcast popular US imports such as Nip/Tuck, Carnivàle, The Wire, The O.C., One Tree Hill, Everwood, Survivor, Invasion and Curb Your Enthusiasm before mainstream UK channels, and in 2005, it broadcast exclusive Irish coverage of the Wimbledon championships tennis tournament and Tour de France French cycling. It also frequently shows classic films in English, such as Westerns. This is a list of current and historical television programmes broadcast on TG4. ... Nip/Tuck is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. ... Carnivàle, pronounced // (“car-nih-VAL”), was an American dramatic television series produced by HBO. Created by Daniel Knauf, it starred Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown. ... The Wire is a police/crime television drama shown by the HBO cable network in the United States. ... The O.C. was an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Everwood was a prime time television drama which aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado. ... Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show based on the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1992 by Charlie Parsons. ... Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 2005 before it was cancelled. ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American sitcom starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself. ... Wimbledon logo The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... For other uses, see Tour de France (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The channel also extensively covers Irish sports, such as Gaelic football and hurling leagues and club championships, and women's gaelic football (formerly it also broadcast Celtic League rugby). These are events which generally do not appeal to a mass audience, but have a reasonably loyal following. Gaelic Football (Irish: Peil, Peil Gaelach or Caid ), commonly referred to as football, or Gaelic , is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... For the Cornish sport, see Cornish Hurling. ... The Celtic League, currently known as the Magners League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. ...

TG4 also produces a small amount of light entertainment, such as the chat show Ardán and the fashion/dating show Paisean Faisean. Most of TG4's programming is subtitled in English. Ardán is a weekly Irish language chat show produced by RTÉ for TG4. ... Paisean Faisean is an Irish language dating show broadcast on TG4, presented in the first three series by Aoife Ní Thuairisg, replaced in the fourth series by Blathnáid Nic Dhonnacha and Máiread Ni Chuaig. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

On October 31, 2006 it aired the first episode of a comedy-drama series aimed at a teenage audience, entitled Aifric after the programme's fourteen-year-old protagonist. is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Aifric is an Irish-language T.V. series aimed at young teenagers, directed by Paul Mercier. ...

It also actively commissions documentaries such as the acclaimed and popular Amú series of travel programmes which launched the career of Hector Ó hEochagáin, one of a number of TG4 presenters who have gone on to success at other channels. Others include newsreader Gráinne Seoige. As many of these programs are subtitled in English, they are often popular with recent immigrant populations, who find spoken English very fast on Irish produced television, as well as native Irish speakers. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gráinne Seoige. ...

Additionally, in June 2006, the station began a trial online simulcast of most of their content, available at tg4.tv. Certain content is blacked out for rights reasons.

On 24 September 2007, TG4 began broadcasting South Park in Irish. is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

TG4 will soon be broadcasting episodes of Sesame Street (Sráid Sesame) that will be dubbed into Irish. [3] Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

Northern Ireland

TG4 was originally only available in Northern Ireland via 'overspill' of the terrestrial signal from across the border. In the 1998 Belfast Agreement there was provision for TG4 (then TnaG) to be made available in Northern Ireland, along with increased recognition of the Irish language. Similarly, while TG4, along with the Republic's other terrestrial channels, is carried on Sky Digital there, it was not available to Sky subscribers in Northern Ireland until 18 April 2005, and on Cable until February 2007. Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. ... Anthem The Soldiers Song Republic of Ireland() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital (and largest city) Dublin Official languages Irish, English Demonym Irish Government Republic and Parliamentary Democracy  -  President Mary McAleese  -  Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, TD Independence from the United Kingdom   -  Declared 24 April 1916   -  Ratified 21... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In March 2005, TG4 began broadcasting from the Divis transmitter near Belfast, as a result of agreement between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Northern Ireland Office. However, because of overcrowding on the frequency bands only a low power signal can be transmitted and reception is still unavailable in many areas, even in parts of Belfast. The channel is however available on cable and on to Sky satellite subscribers. It is hoped that the channel can eventually be made available on digital terrestrial services (Freeview) and Free to Air on satellite. Divis is a sprawling moorland to the north of Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ... The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs (An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha) in the Irish Government. ... The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... Free-to-air (FTA) television (TV) and radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver. ...

An Ofcom report, released in Nov 2007, seems to confirm that TG4 will be carried on Freeview in the future - http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/dttfuture/summary/

Trivia

• When TnaG was launched, it was derided as a white elephant by Kevin Myers of the Irish Times, who called it 'Telefís De Lorean', in a reference to the ill-fated De Lorean Motor Company.
• Its first manager (Ceannasaí) was Cathal Goan who is now the Director General of TG4's former parent company, RTÉ.
• The teletext service is called Téacs TG4.
• Pól Ó Gallchóir is the current (2007) manager or Ceannasaí, he originates from Gweedore, County Donegal. He is the father of the Galway based comedian Ciaran 'Kiwi' O Gallchóir.

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TG4 Analogue UHF Transmitters

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References

1. ^ "New board announced for independent TG4", Radio Telifis Éireann, 2007-04-03. 

• ”Irish Viewers to get a '6' Sense Soon.” (9 February 2006). The Irish Independent Business p10

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See also

• List of Irish television channels
• List of TG4 television programming
• Raidió na Gaeltachta
• Scottish Gaelic Digital Service

Irelands television channels are a subset of the Media in Ireland. ... This is a list of current and historical television programmes broadcast on TG4. ... RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (RnaG; Irish for Gaeltacht Radio) is the Irish-language radio service of Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) in Ireland, and is available on 92-94FM in Ireland and via the Internet. ... Gaelic Digital Service is an upcoming Scottish Gaelic language television channel. ...

External links

• Official Site
• TG4 online stream
• Ros na Rún
• Ros na Rún - production designer's site