Irish TV

This article is about the Irish TV channel. For TV in the Republic of Ireland in general, see Television in the Republic of Ireland. For TV in Northern Ireland in general, see Television in Northern Ireland.
Irish TV
Launched 1 May 2014
Picture format 576i (16:9) SDTV
Country Ireland
Broadcast area Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Replaced Showcase
Sister channel(s) Mayo TV
Website http://www.irishtv.ie
Availability
Satellite
Freesat Channel 400
Sky Channel 191
Eutelsat 28A 11344 H 27500 2/3
Cable
eVision Channel 191

Irish TV is an Irish television channel. It launched on 1 May 2014 as a channel containing Irish content targeted at Irish people at home and abroad as part of the global Irish diaspora. The channel originally ran as part of Showcase on Freesat channel 400 and Sky channel 191.

On 6 October 2014, Showcase was renamed Irish TV on the Freesat and Sky platform. It is also available on Freesat 400, Sky 191 and www.irishtv.ie www.irishtv.com

History

Founders Mairead Ní Mhaoilchiaráin and Pierce O'Reilly trialled Mayo TV for a number of years before setting up Irish TV. On 20 August 2014 the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) entered into negotiations with Irish TV for a broadcast licence.[1]

In July 2016 Irish TV received ministerial approval from Minister for Communications Denis Naughton to launch on the Irish Digital Terrestrial Saorview platform.[2]

The new terrestrial station has been allocated channel number No.7 on the platform.

Programming

County Matters is the flagship news programme on Irish TV which has developed in to a nationwide 32-county wide series composed of weekly half hour programmes from each county (Dublin County Matters; Mayo County Matters; Cork County Matters etc.). The series fulfils the Irish TV motto of Local Stories, Global Audience and promises to document ordinary people doing extraordinary things through broadcasting the news and views from each region. The series covers 16 hours of broadcasting on the channel each week.

Irish TV also broadcasts a wide range of music, entertainment, sports, special interest and live documentaries and in 2015 founded the first ever Irish County Music Awards on television.

To coincide with its launch on Saorview in Autumn 2016 the channel is launching a live weekend chat show to be hosted by popular presenter and musician Malachi Cush.

The channel has also entered in to a media partnership with the global Tata Communications network to deliver Irish TV across the USA while delivery links are also being established to cover the UK, Canada and Australia.

Sport

Sports events covered by Irish TV include:

Athletics

Soccer

Gaelic Games

Cycling

Golf

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bai.ie/?p=55664
  2. ↑ Big boost for mayo based Irish TV station as Saorview deal extends its reach by Michael Brennan and Colette Sexton, Business Post, Jul 3rd, 2016.

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