Irish TV
| Irish TV | |
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| Launched | 1 May 2014 |
| Owned by | The Irish Post |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9) SDTV |
| Country | Ireland |
| Broadcast area | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
| Replaced | Showcase |
| Sister channel(s) | Mayo TV |
| Website | http://www.irishtv.ie |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 163 |
| Sky | Channel 191 |
| Astra 2G | 11686 V 22000 5/6 |
| Cable | |
| eVision | Channel 191 |
Irish TV was an Irish television channel. It launched on 1 May 2014 as a channel containing Irish content targeted at Irish people at home and abroad as part of the global Irish diaspora. The channel originally ran as part of Showcase on Freesat channel 163 and Sky channel 191.
On 6 October 2014, Showcase was renamed Irish TV on the Freesat and Sky platform. It is also available on Freesat 163, Sky 191 and www.irishtv.ie www.irishtv.com.
In December 2016, the High Court in Ireland asked for the company to be wound up following a period of liquation.
On December 21 2016, Irish TV confirmed the station's closure. It had offices across Ireland and in the US and UK. It was headquartered in Mayo, Ireland.
On February 2 2017, The Irish Post acquired Irish TV.
Founders Mairead Ní Mhaoilchiaráin and Pierce O'Reilly trialled Mayo TV for a number of years before setting up Irish TV. On 20 August 2014 the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) entered into negotiations with Irish TV for a broadcast licence.
In July 2016 Irish TV received ministerial approval from Minister for Communications Denis Naughton to launch on the Irish Digital Terrestrial Saorview platform.
The new terrestrial station has been allocated channel number No.7 on the platform.
County Matters is the flagship news programme on Irish TV which has developed in to a nationwide 32-county wide series composed of weekly half hour programmes from each county (Dublin County Matters; Mayo County Matters; Cork County Matters etc.). The series fulfils the Irish TV motto of Local Stories, Global Audience and promises to document ordinary people doing extraordinary things through broadcasting the news and views from each region. The series covers 16 hours of broadcasting on the channel each week.
Irish TV also broadcasts a wide range of music, entertainment, sports, special interest and live documentaries and in 2015 founded the first ever Irish County Music Awards on television.
To coincide with its launch on Saorview in Autumn 2016 the channel is launching a live weekend chat show to be hosted by popular presenter and musician Malachi Cush.
The channel has also entered into a media partnership with the global Tata Communications network to deliver Irish TV across the USA while delivery links are also being established to cover the UK, Canada and Australia.
Sports events covered by Irish TV include:
Athletics
Soccer
Gaelic Games
Cycling
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