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List of channels on Saorview and Saorsat (Ireland)

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Saorview

Saorview (/ˈsɛərvjuː/ SAIR-vyoo) is the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Ireland. It is owned by RTÉ and operated by 2RN.

The service began operation on 29 October 2010 on a trial basis with a full launch on 26 May 2011. By legislation it was required to be available to approximately 90% of the population by end of October 2010 in a public testing capacity and nationwide by December 2011. The national public launch was preceded by a public information campaign, which began on 15 March 2011, with television and radio advertising beginning on 17 March 2011.

Saorview was officially launched on 26 May 2011 by then Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte and the service became the primary source of broadcast television in Ireland following the ending of analogue transmissions on 24 October 2012.

The most recent channels to launch were TG4+1 and Cúla4 in September 2023.

Saorsat

Saorsat (/ˈsɛərsæt/ SAIR-sat) is the free-to-air satellite service for Ireland. It is run by 2RN (formerly called RTÉNL) a subsidiary of RTÉ and is designed to compliment the digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, Saorview.

Saorsat was launched for the 2% of households that cannot receive Saorview due to not being able to get good DTT reception due to terrain issues. Saorsat mirrors the Irish DTT PSB multiplex, with the exception of Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Two, Virgin Media Three and Sky News which are only available on Saorview. There is the possibility of other broadcasters joining the service in the future but as the intended audience is small, this may not be viable for commercial channels.

Saorsat is available on the Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A, which is a narrow-band satellite with a spot beam over Ireland.

Because of frequency re-use on adjacent spot beams for other countries, it is difficult to receive Saorsat service outside of the Irish footprint. The satellite setting parameters are:

Name Setting
Frequency 20192.5 MHz
Polarisation L
Symbol Rate 12500
FEC 5/6
Standard DVB-S2
Modulation scheme QPSK

Key

Example Description
123 Channel is broadcast in SD
123 Channel is broadcast in HD
123 Channel is a time shift channel (+1), and is broadcast in SD
123 Data channel that broadcasts text or an image.

Channel List

TV

LCN Logo Channel name Notes Owner/parent company Broadcast hours Multiplex
101 1 RTÉ One Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 2
102 2 RTÉ2 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1
3 Virgin Media One Virgin Media Television 24 hours 1
104 4 TG4 Programmes in Irish Teilifís na Gaeilge 24 hours 1
5 Virgin Media Two Virgin Media Television 07:00-03.00 1
6 Virgin Media Three Virgin Media Television 06:00-03:00 2
7 Virgin Media Four Virgin Media Television 06:10-02:50 2
8 Challenge Sky Group
(Comcast)
24 hours 2
111 11 RTÉ One +1 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 2
112 12 RTÉ2 +1 Raidió Teilifís Éireann Mon-Fri:
19:00-02:30,
Sat-Sun
12:00-02:30
2
114 14 TG4 +1 Timeshares with Cúla4.
Programmes in Irish
Teilifís na Gaeilge 20:00-06:00 2
107 17 RTÉjr Raidió Teilifís Éireann 07:00-19:00 2
108 18 Cúla4 Timeshares with TG4+1.
Programmes in Irish
Teilifís na Gaeilge 06:00-20:00 2
103 21 RTÉ News Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1
109 22 Oireachtas TV (Labelled "Tithe an Oireachtais") Oireachtas Commission Mon-Fri
09:00-00:00
1
23 Sky News Sky Group
(Comcast)
24 hours 2
29 Saorview Information Saorview contact information 2rn
(Raidió Teilifís Éireann)
2
30 Channel list overview

Radio

LCN Logo Channel name Notes Owner/parent company Broadcast hours Multiplex
200 200 RTÉ Radio 1 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1
201 201 RTÉ Radio 1 Extra 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 2
202 202 RTÉ 2FM 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1
203 203 RTÉ Lyric FM 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1
204 204 RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 🔊 Programmes in Irish Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1
205 205 RTÉ Pulse 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 2
206 206 RTÉ 2XM 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 2
207 207 RTÉjr Radio 🔊 Timeshares with RTE Chill Raidió Teilifís Éireann 07:00-21:00 1
208 208 RTÉ Gold 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 2
209 209 RTÉ Chill 🔊 Timeshares with RTEjr Radio Raidió Teilifís Éireann 21:00 - 07:00 2
210 210 Radio Maria Ireland 🔊 (Labelled as "RMI" on Saorview Information) Radio Maria 24 hours 2
211 211 UCB Ireland 🔊 United Christian Broadcasters 24 hours 2

Freeview overspill

On Saorview, Freeview overspill channels will appear on channels 52-159, 220–250 and 356 upwards and may be sorted variously or be unavailable on some devices. Freeview overspill channels are only available near the Northern Ireland border and may be available on the very east of Ireland.

Channel changes

Near-future EPG changes

Key

Example Description
Launch Channel due to be launched or temporarily launched on the EPG
Removal Channel due to be removed or temporarily removed from the EPG
Rename Channel due to be renamed or temporarily renamed on the EPG
Reversion Channel is currently using a temporary name that is due to revert to its previous name
Restoration to EPG Channel due to be relaunched or restored to the EPG after being removed.
Move Channel due to be moved to another EPG number.

Expected EPG changes

Date Channel number Channel name Type of change New channel number New channel name Multiplex Notes

Past EPG changes

2012-2024

List of line-up changes on Saorview: 2012 - 2024

Former channels

This is a list of channels that have formerly aired on the service. It does not include rebranded channels or channels which have ceased on all platforms at the same time.

Date removed EPG No. Logo Channel name Owner/parent company Reason Format
18/04/2011 7 RTÉ Two SD Raidió Teilifís Éireann Removed to make space for RTÉjr and RTÉ One +1 544x576i
16:9 SD
08/09/2013 207 RTÉ Choice 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann Channel ceased broadcasting. Audio
03/04/2014 11 RTÉ One SD Raidió Teilifís Éireann RTÉ One HD launched 2 weeks prior. 544x576i
16:9 SD
09/01/2017 6 UTV Ireland SD UTV Group
(1 Jan 2015 - 18 Oct 2015)
Replaced with be3 (now Virgin Media Three)

(TV3 Group are now Virgin Media Television)
544x576i
16:9 SD
ITV Digital Channels Ltd (ITV plc)
(19 Oct 2015 - 10 Jul 2016)
TV3 Group
(11 Jul 2016 - 09 Jan 2017)

See also

Master lists

United Kingdom

- TV

- Radio

Ireland

- TV

- Radio

Notes:
G Available globally either via website or app.
RTÉ/TG4 Some content restricted to Ireland or Ireland and Northern Ireland only, but some content available globally.