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The channels (with the exception of Virgin Media) are also available on digital terrestrial, cable and satellite services throughout Northern Ireland, although some programmes are "blacked out" due to rights issues, such as some sporting events, Sunday's Gaelic football games and Australian soap opera Home and Away.
UTV Ireland was broadcast from the company's Dublin base at Macken House and carried a large amount of ITV's networked programming (including Emmerdale and Coronation Street, previously broadcast by TV3) alongside some bespoke programming, including Ireland Live, a twice nightly national news programme airing at 5.30 pm and 10 pm. [99] [100] [101]
Virgin Media Three, also called Virgin Three, [1] [2] [3] is an Irish free-to-air television channel owned by Virgin Media Television.. The channel was first launched by Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Media on 1 January 2015 as UTV Ireland; it primarily carried programmes licensed from British broadcaster ITV, along with some local news and lifestyle programmes.
The ITV television network of the United Kingdom is divided into a number of geographical regions.. Since 2002, all regions share the same programming except for regional news, weather, advertising and some local political content.
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 ...
In Northern Ireland, ITV plc used the brand name UTV as the name of the channel, until the ITV channel was rebranded as ITV1; it is still, however, used for local programming shown there. This was the name used by former owner UTV Media (now known as News Broadcasting ).
Television in Northern Ireland is available using, digital terrestrial (known as Freeview), digital satellite (from Sky & Freesat) and cable (from Virgin Media).. Analogue terrestrial used UHF 625 lines, in common with the rest of the UK, although transmission ceased in October 2012, as part of the UK Digital Switchover.
30 September – BBC Northern Ireland launches a daily news bulletin called Today in Northern Ireland and replaces Ulster Mirror. 18 December – Television comes to the north western parts of Northern Ireland following the switching on of the Londonderry transmitter which provided the BBC Television Service to the north west. [1] 1958