Talk:Television in the Republic of Ireland

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While the intro was perhaps too North America heavy (note it's author, me, is an Australian), I still feel something needs to be said about the Irish TV market effectively being a subset of the UK market, and why this is the case.

The situation in Ireland is similar to that in Canada, and those familiar with the Canadian situation (and not with the Irish one) would benefit from the mentioning of this simularity.

matturn 02:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think thats covered well in the Media in Ireland page, lists rarely have heavy intros either. --Kiand 15:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

southcoast and ch5?!

I live in Cork and i've never heard of South Coast TV! I know of South Coast, but all they do is provide BBC1, BBC2, HTV and Ch4 to the area. Also with the addition of Channel 6 it begs the question... where is 5? Ablaze 16:56, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone added it, I left it in there as I know that some deflector systems (RLO for instance) used to do unofficial opt-outs, but googleing around suggested that it might not exist.

As goes C6 - good question. I doubt Five would be too happy if they called themselves "Channel 5", though.

Is there a Irish Channel called Five? Ablaze 17:21, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, but there is Five, who have begun to hire people to work on an Irish advertising region and launch on cable, and who would be quite protective of their trading names - the company is still called Channel 5 Television. --Kiand 17:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Similar to what Sky and E4 have done i guess!Ablaze 16:51, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would say it is unlikely that Five or Channel 5 would want to protect their trade name in Ireland it isn't as available here as other channels. Also Channel 6 could have easily named themselves TV5 or 5TV or Network 5 to avoid confusions with either French of UK television channels. There are plenty of TV3's around the world. I would say 3e is named 3e rather than e3 to avoid association with e4. Also Setanta Ireland was the 5th Licence. IrishTV (talk) 15:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RTÉ News Now

I've added a bit about RTÉ News Now under the forthcomming stations section, but does anyone think it should be included in the box detailing existing RoI stations, or should it be kept for stations that are currently received on television? Donegal92 (talk) 20:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cable Television in Ireland

I have added a new article Cable Television in Ireland, please let me know what you think, thanks IrishTV (talk) 15:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]