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RTÉ said the combined offering was designed to be the most cost-effective solution for viewers and broadcasters; to offer for the first time 100% coverage of free-to-air public service television services in Ireland, and to provide full national backup coverage on satellite in the event of an emergency or catastrophic failure of the DTT system.
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.
BSkyB launches Sky Anytime, a program to download television shows to PCs via the Internet, for subscribers to Sky TV. It later rebrands to Sky Go 2006: Internet television: Channel 4 launches 4 on Demand, allowing free and paid-for downloads via the Internet of television shows. It later rebrands to All 4, and rebrands once more, in 2023, to ...
18 January – After a long absence for several years, British children's cult favourite Worzel Gummidge returns to Irish television screens. The series airs on Network 2 as part of Dempsey's Den. 5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
20 September – Launch of TV3, the Republic of Ireland's first commercial television channel. [2] Early programming on the channel includes the UK soap EastEnders, the miniseries Merlin, the film The Quick and the Dead, [3] US comedy Just Shoot Me, and Breakers, a new Australian soap.
Our list of 25 of the best British TV shows will excited royal family fans and Downton Abbey experts alike, and includes newer shows like Industry and Trying. The 25 Best British TV Shows to ...
The various stories concern the life of an Irish ex-British Army officer, Major Sinclair Yeates, recently appointed a Resident Magistrate (R.M.) in Ireland, when the entire island was still part of the United Kingdom. In the television series the Major is English and has previously spent little or no time in Ireland.
On 4 March 2015 RTÉ revamped its RTÉ Player for international audiences. [15] The new service provides over 500 hours of television from Ireland. RTÉ Player International will be a 'freemium' offering which means that audiences will be able to download the app for free and access 100 hours of free content, refreshed daily.