List of television channels available in the Republic of Ireland
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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, Eir Sport (2 channels), and Irish Parliament Channel Oireachtas TV
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 license 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 Sunday, January 8, 2017 UTV Ireland ceased broadcasting.
MTV Music Irish feed ceased in July 2019 and temporarily replaced by MTV Music UK
Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Cartoonito will continue to broadcast in Ireland from January 1, 2021, due to the company (HBO Europe) registering the channel licenses with the Czech Republic broadcasting. Previously the Irish feeds of these channels were regulated by the UK regulator OFCOM. It was common for many pan=European channels to register with the UK regulator however due to Brexit, there is a change.[6]
