List of television channels available in the Republic of Ireland

This is a list of channels available in Ireland. Public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (4 channels), first commercial broadcaster Virgin Media Television (4 channels), Irish language channel TG4, and Irish Parliament Channel Oireachtas TV

Main channels

Entertainment channels

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
RTÉ One	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
RTÉ One HD	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
RTÉ One +1	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
RTÉ2	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
RTÉ2 HD	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
RTÉ2+1	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Virgin Media One	Virgin Media Television Ireland
Virgin Media One +1	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media One HD	Virgin Media Television
TG4	Teilifís na Gaeilge
TG4 HD	Teilifís na Gaeilge
Virgin Media Two	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media Two HD	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media Three	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media Three HD	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media Four	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media Four HD	Virgin Media Television
Virgin Media More	Virgin Media Television

Northern Ireland channels

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
BBC One Northern Ireland	BBC
BBC One Northern Ireland HD	BBC
BBC Two Northern Ireland	BBC
UTV	ITV plc
UTV +1	ITV plc
UTV HD	ITV plc
Channel 4	Channel Four Television Corporation
Channel 4 +1	Channel Four Television Corporation
Channel 4 HD	Channel Four Television Corporation
Channel 5	Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Paramount Networks EMEAA)
Channel 5 +1	Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Paramount Networks EMEAA)
Channel 5 HD	Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd (Paramount Networks EMEAA)

Children

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
RTÉjr	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Cúla4	Teilifís na Gaeilge

News

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
RTÉ News	Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Oireachtas TV	Oireachtas
Sky News	Sky Ireland

Community channels

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
Cork Community TV	Cork Community TV Ltd.
P5tv	P5tv Ltd

Other channels broadcasting to Ireland

Specialised channels for Ireland

These channels show local advertising and/or sponsorship for Ireland.

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
Sky Showcase^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Showcase +1^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Showcase HD^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Replay^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Max^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Max HD^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Witness^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Witness +1^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Witness HD^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Comedy^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Comedy HD^[1]^[2]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports+^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Football^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Golf^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Main Event^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Main Event HD^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports News^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports News HD^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Premier League^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Premier League HD^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Sports Racing	(Sky plc)
Sky Atlantic^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Atlantic HD^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky News^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky News HD^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Mix^[1]	Sky Ireland
Sky Kids^[1]	Sky Ireland
MTV Ireland^[1]	Paramount Global
Nickelodeon^[1]	Paramount Global
Nicktoons^[1]	Paramount Global
Nick Jr.^[1]	Paramount Global
Nick Jr. Too^[1]	Paramount Global
Comedy Central^[1]	Paramount Global
Comedy Central +1^[1]	Paramount Global
Comedy Central Extra^[1]	Paramount Global
Discovery Channel^[1]	Discovery Communications Benelux B.V.^[3]
TLC^[1]	Discovery Communications Benelux B.V.
Animal Planet	Discovery Communications Benelux B.V.
E4	Channel Four Television Corporation
E4 +1	Channel Four Television Corporation

Pan-European/international channels

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
Euronews	Euronews SA
Eurosport 1	Discovery Networks Northern Europe
Eurosport 1 HD	Discovery Networks Northern Europe
Eurosport 2	Discovery Networks Northern Europe
TV5Monde Europe	TV5MONDE, S.A.
CNN International	Turner Broadcasting System Europe (Time Warner)
Bloomberg Television	Bloomberg L.P.
CNBC Europe	NBCUniversal
BBC News (international feed)	BBC
National Geographic	NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group)
National Geographic +1	NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group)
National Geographic HD	NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group)
Nat Geo Wild	NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group)
Nat Geo Wild HD	NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Fox Networks Group)
Sky History	A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/Sky plc)
Sky History +1	A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/Sky plc)
Sky History HD	A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/Sky plc)
Crime & Investigation Network	A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/Sky plc )
Crime & Investigation Network +1	A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/Sky plc)
Crime & Investigation Network HD	A+E Networks UK (A+E Networks/Sky plc)

UK channels available in Ireland

Channel Name	Owner/parent company
BBC One London HD	BBC
BBC One HD (Generic UK HD channel)	BBC
BBC Two England HD	BBC
BBC Four	BBC
BBC News (UK feed)	BBC
ITV3	ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc)
ITV4	ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc)
Gold	UKTV (BBC Studios)
Gold +1	UKTV (BBC Studios)
Sky Arts	Sky plc
Sky Arts HD	Sky plc
Sky Mix	Sky plc
Sky Mix +1	Sky plc

Proposed and Defunct channels

Proposed

Atomic TV: A 24-hour music channel was expected to launch in the 1990s.^[4]
Property TV and WTV: both of these channels were proposed to launch in 2008.^[5]

Unknown dates

Capital Television - this was another short-lived Dublin channel which only broadcast a caption for a week, along with a testcard at night another week. It was a pirate TV channel.

1980s

Channel 3 - (Later known as Channel D) was a short-lived Dublin based television station broadcasting from July 1981 to November 1981. It was a pirate TV channel.
Nova TV - this was another Dublin pirate TV channel that was broadcast for a short time in the 1980s.

1990s

RLO TV - this was another legal/pirate television station (Satellite and UHF), broadcast in Limerick by Radio Limerick One in 1999 and 2000. An official licence was granted for the satellite service in 1997 at which time digital broadcasts began making this the first digital television channel in Ireland beating RTÉ by years. During the UHF years while the station was not airing its own content they would broadcast a relay of UK Channel 5.

2000s

Waterford@8 - this was a sister local TV service of WLR FM in Waterford. It was available on cable in Waterford city and Dungarvan and on MMDS in east Waterford and south Kilkenny. The service launched in 2000, and ceased in 2005.
Sky News Ireland - this was an Irish version of Sky News, carried to Ireland on Sky Digital, and by most cable companies. It ceased broadcasting in November 2006 due to low audience figures.
Chorus Sports - this was on Chorus Cable, which showed local sports, greyhound racing, and national motor racing events. This ceased broadcasting in January 2007.
Bubble Hits Ireland - this was a 24-hour music channel targeting both Ireland and the rest of Europe (European version). On 13 February 2009, Bubble Hits ceased broadcasting due to a downturn in advertising revenue.
Channel 6 - active from 2006 to January 2009; replaced by 3e.

2010s

In December 2016, Irish TV confirmed it would cease broadcasting.
On 8 January 2017, UTV Ireland ceased broadcasting.
MTV Music’s Irish feed ceased in July 2019 and was replaced by its British counterpart.

2020s

Channels operated by Sky, BBC, Paramount Global, Warner Media and Discovery are registered to broadcast in Ireland as they are registered in Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, from 1 January 2021. Previously the Irish feeds of these channels were regulated by the UK regulator OFCOM.^[6]
In late 2021, Eir dropped its Eir Sport channels.
On 11 April 2022, Virgin Media Sport closed.
On 12 April 2022, Virgin Media Television launched Virgin Media More.

References

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^ "Table with permission decision and exemption decisions Discovery" (PDF). cvdm.nl (in Dutch). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ "Atomic TV postponed | the Irish Film & Television Network". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "Property TV channel postponed until late 2009 - the Republic of Property - Thepropertypin". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "List of service providers". The Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting. Czech Republic. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

[Sky_Media_Ireland-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj "Our range of channels". Sky Media Ireland. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[Sky_Media_Ireland_2-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Sky Media Ireland adds two channels to TV portfolio for advertisers". 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[3] "Table with permission decision and exemption decisions Discovery" (PDF). cvdm.nl (in Dutch). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[4] "Atomic TV postponed | the Irish Film & Television Network". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[5] "Property TV channel postponed until late 2009 - the Republic of Property - Thepropertypin". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[6] "List of service providers". The Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting. Czech Republic. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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