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Channel is broadcast in 1080i (Sky+HD, Freesat, Sky Q) or 1080p (Sky Q) HD. Channel 4 Channel is broadcast in 16:9 SD unless stated. Channel 4 +1 Channel is a 1-hour time shift of the main channel and is broadcast in 16:9 SD. Regions CI Channel Islands Eng England (including Channel Islands and Isle of Man unless stated) NI Northern Ireland Scot
Sky Ireland Limited is a subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky UK and supplies television, internet and telephony services in Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its corporate headquarters are in Dublin which were opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 18 January 2013.
All HD channels in Ireland broadcast at 1080i. There are currently two channels available to Saorsat viewers, three channels available to Saorview viewers, one-hundred-and-eleven channels available to Sky Ireland viewers and sixty-six channels available to Virgin Media Ireland viewers on their respective EPGs.
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.
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. It ceased broadcasting in November 2006 due to low audience figures.
On 5 February 1989, when Sky Television launched, British Satellite Broadcasting, which was also available in Ireland, launched in 1990 and the two merged to form British Sky Broadcasting in 1990. For most of the 1990s however, Sky's DBS customer base in Ireland was dwarfed by the large numbers receiving its channels via cable.
The channels schedule is dependent on content from UK broadcaster ITV and generally broadcasts double episodes of programmes to fill its schedule. On 16 March 2023, the channel began testing on Sky, using the frequency 12363 V 27500 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was launched on Sky on 27 April 2023 on channel 160 and 159 (Sky Glass) [ 5 ]
As part of Sky's major EPG reshuffle on 1 May 2018, Quest Red (and +1) became available to both Ireland and Northern Ireland customers, in addition to moving to 149 for Great Britain customers, a slot they acquired from ITV Digital Channels, who previously had ITVBe on that slot apart from regions where STV is on channel 103.