List of years in Irish television (table)
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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2018.

Events

January

  • 8 January – Micko airs on RTÉ One.[1]
  • 23 January – Saorview announces the launch of Free TV, a channel designed to promote the launch of its premium service Saorview Connect.[2]

February

March

April

May

  • 7 May – RTÉ announce plans for a timeshift channel for RTÉ2.[5]

June

  • 6 June – Ireland's Got Talent will make its UK television debut on 5Star.[6]

July

  • 1 July – ITV closes UTV's Havelock House studios and UTV begins broadcasting from a new broadcast centre at City Quays 2 in the Belfast Harbour Estate.[7]

August

  • 30 August – TV3 is rebranded as Virgin Media One, while its sister channels 3e and be3 become Virgin Media Two and Three respectively. A fourth pay TV sports channel, Virgin Media Sport, launches on the Virgin Media platform.[8]

September

October

November

  • 3 November – RTÉ2 celebrates its 40th anniversary and begins to offer vintage clips of shows from RTÉ2 on the RTÉ archives website.[18]
  • 29 November – BBC Two Northern Ireland starts broadcasting in HD.[19]
  • 30 November – The Late Late Toy Show is livestreamed on RTÉ Player, where anyone anywhere in the world can watch live as it is not Geo-blocked.[20] It is also broadcast on RTÉ One, and goes on to become the most watched programmes on Irish television in 2018.[21]

December

Debuts

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Ending this year

Dolores O'Riordan 8th January

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Micko". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Saorview – News – Saorview launches the world's first free shopping channel – Free TV. And it's free-ly good". www.saorview.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "RTÉ announce Joanne Cantwell as The Sunday Game's new presenter". The 42. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Hundreds of thousands still use it – but RTÉ has asked Minister if it can reduce Aertel service". TheJournal.ie. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Slattery, Laura (7 May 2018). "RTÉ plans plus-one channel for RTÉ2". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Elms, John (6 June 2018). "5Star to show Ireland's Got Talent". C21 Media. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. ↑ UTV to relocate from Belfast's Havelock House, bbc.co.uk, 14 October 2016
  8. ↑ "TV3 is officially changing its name – to Virgin Media One". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. ↑ TV3 reels in the years as it becomes Virgin Media One, Irish Times, 23 August 2018
  10. ↑ Staff, Fora (28 June 2018). "Virgin Media to launch brand new Irish sports channel as part of TV3 rebrand".
  11. ↑ "Virgin Media Sport Takes On Rival RTE With Exclusive Match Deals". 2 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "TV3 aims to score with new ad model on sports channel – Independent.ie". July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Broadband, TV & Phone Bundles in Ireland – Virgin Media Ireland". www.virginmedia.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Players of the Faithful". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Tubridy excited and nervous ahead of London Late Late". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  16. ↑ "London Late Late Shows". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  17. ↑ "Jennifer Zamparelli announced as the new co-host for Dancing with the Stars". The Journal. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "RTÉ2 Celebrates 40th Anniversary". irishnews.com. 3 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "BBC confirms arrangements for new HD channels". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  20. ↑ "Here's how you can watch the Toy Show from anywhere in the world". Daily Edge. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "Grand Slam decider the most-watched sporting event on Irish TV in 2018". The 42. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Johnny Sexton is the RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  23. ↑ "First family team from Tyrone named Ireland's Fittest Family". 17 December 2018.
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