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, Arab world
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 and the channel is developed for the Irish diaspora. The channel originally ran as part of Showcase on Freesat channel 400 and Sky channel 191 and replaced the channel's schedule.

On 6 October 2014, Showcase was renamed Irish TV on the Freesat and Sky platform. It is also available on Eircom's eVision cable TV platform.

History

Founders Mairead Ní Mhaoilchiaráin and Pierce O'Reilly trailed Mayo TV for a number of years before setting up Irish TV. The channel is largely run under the satellite channel Showcase, which was generally a mix of programming from different providers. Irish TV is to take most of its schedule over the next number of years.

On 20 August 2014 the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) entered into negotiations with Irish TV for a broadcast licence.[1]

Programming

Each Irish county (Northern and Republic) will have its own half an hour slot on the channel called County Matters. It will also broadcast some internet programming from RTÉ.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bai.ie/?p=55664
  2. ↑ http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0414/608766-150-jobs-for-mayo-satellite-tv-station/

External links

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