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Irish TV is Irelands International TV channel covering News and Entertainment for Irish audiences and all those interested in Irish events, news, sports and culture.

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How to Watch: Irish TV


Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using one of the free services: DAB (for radio), Freeview, Sky No Card - Sky without a viewing card (Freesat from Sky (or fSfS)) and Freesat.. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

Key: wb_sunny daytime; watch_later nighttime; account_box funded from the TV License; flags show Freeview channel limits.
Choose from four options: ■ Show everything ■ Just on Freeview ■ Just on Freesat ■ Just on Sky
Main TV standard-definiton channels
Channel name arrow_drop_down web radio Freeview Sky Freesat
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Regional content: National channel with no regional content or variations.

media.info: For full details of broadcaster contacts, see the media.info link icon media.info Irish TV page.

Official site: See the www.information.tv link icon Irish TV website.

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Monday, 30 January 2017
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Roy Grove
12:02 PM

I have been watching Irish Country Music on channel 516 on Freesat. I can't get it anymore. Neither can I get BBC iplayer. Can you help? I am in Enfield, North London

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Saturday, 4 March 2017
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Hazel Taylor
10:38 PM

No way can we get 163 the channel we love watching.

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Sunday, 5 March 2017
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js
sentiment_satisfiedGold

3:21 PM

Hazel Taylor: IRISH TV, though not deleted, was removed from Freesat 163 on 28 Feb 2017.


Irish TV is available via BSkyB 191 and FTA receivers (including Freesat devices in non-Freesat mode), on 11686 V 22000 5/6 QPSK DVB-S.

Freesat Diffs:

Comparing files List Freesat 27-02-2017 14 00.txt and List Freesat 28-02-2017 11 01.txt


************************ CHANGED ************************

SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Bouquet Change
KEEPITCOUNTRY 1 12003 50331 2065 2 11082H 0 1 Freesat 1EEE1EEE1EEE 516
KEEPITCOUNTRY 1 12003 50331 2065 2 11082H 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 516

Bouquet Change, LCN Change
IRISH TV 1 20010 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 Freesat 111111111111 163
IRISH TV 1 20010 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 Freesat EEEEEEEEEEEE

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Wednesday, 8 March 2017
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js
sentiment_satisfiedGold

4:06 PM

Irish TV, though presently available FTA, has been removed from BSkyB 191.

ASTRA/BSkyB FTA Diffs:

Comparing files List ASTRA 07-03-2017 18 01.txt and List ASTRA 08-03-2017 11 01.txt

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SERVICE NAME TYPE EPGID SID TSID ONID FREQ.P ENC EIT PROVIDER BOUQUETS LCN

Bouquet Change, EPGID Change, LCN Change

Irish TV 1 6758 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 BSkyB 111111111111111 191
Irish TV 1 0000 55380 2104 2 11686V 0 1 BSkyB 000000000000000

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Monday, 13 March 2017
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tom mc entee
1:21 PM

why is irish tv channel not on freesat any more

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

2:21 PM

tom mc entee: Irish TV has closed. It ceased broadcasting last week after its owners went bust last year.

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Saturday, 18 March 2017
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Robert Eastlake
4:23 AM

why did none of the big tv companies including RT along with the Irish government put a rescue package together This was a great channel catering for many tastes
It is disgusting that this company was allowed to bust Typical big business tactics, out to close a good channel full of interesting subjects not the rubbish and third time around repeats put on by ITV

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StevensOnln1
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

10:59 AM

Robert Eastlake: Why would the Irish Government or RTE want to rescue a commercial TV station? Someone would have bought the channel as a whole and kept it on air if it made commercial sense to do so. It has nothing to do with big businesses closing anyone out, just commercial reality that the business plan for Irish TV didn't work (probably because they weren't getting enough viewers and therefore couldn't attract enough advertisers to fund the station and run it at a profit).

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Wednesday, 22 March 2017
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David Roberts
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3:14 PM

There's definitely an imbalance going on here.UK Freesat receivers and the channels associated with it,are freely available in the Irish Republic,yet the Republics TV services are blocked to UK Freesat and BSKYB. The Irish Diaspora yet again lose out. I have a work colleague,a Native of Co Mayo,who is really disappointed that Irish TV has ceased Broadcasting. Yes,the Irish Government could have taken over the running of the channel completely,as it was great publicity for Ireland as a whole. Perhaps an opportunity missed. RTE continue to plead poverty,as usual and they are set to pull the plug on their RTE Radio 1 Long Wave service,in 2017. Surely with spot beams of the satellites now tightly targetted on the UK,surely RTE,TV3 and TG4,could be made available in the UK?

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