RTÉ 1
| RTÉ One / RTÉ a hAon | |
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| Launched | 31 December 1961 |
| Owned by | Raidió Teilifís Éireann |
| Picture format |
1080i 16:9 (HDTV) (2013–) 576i 16:9 (SDTV) (2005–) 576i 4:3 (SDTV) (1961–2005) |
| Audience share | 25%  (31 December 2011, [1]) |
| Slogan | "Fuel Your Imagination" |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language |
English Irish Irish Sign Language |
| Broadcast area |
Ireland & Northern Ireland Worldwide (online) |
| Headquarters | Donnybrook, Dublin |
| Formerly called | Telefís Éireann (1961–1966) RTÉ Television (1966–1978) RTÉ 1 (1978-1995) |
| Sister channel(s) |
RTÉ2 RTÉ News Now RTÉjr TRTÉ |
| Timeshift service | RTÉ One +1 |
| Website | www.rte.ie/tv/rteone.html |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Saorview | Channel 1 (HD) Channel 11 (+1) |
| Freeview (UK) | Channel 52 (Northern Ireland only) |
| Satellite | |
| Saorsat | Ka-Sat 9A (9.0°E), TP 20185 L Channel 101 |
| Sky (Ireland) | Channel 101 (SD/HD) Channel 115 (+1) Channel 277 (SD) |
| Sky (UK) | Channel 161 (Northern Ireland only) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (Ireland) | Channel 101 Channel 107 (+1) Channel 135 (HD) |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 875 (Northern Ireland only) |
| IPTV | |
| Eir TV | Channel 101 |
| Streaming media | |
| Horizon |
Watch live Watch live (+1) (Ireland only) |
| Aer TV | Watch live (Ireland only) |
| RTÉ Player | Watch live (Ireland only / Worldwide - depending on rights) |
RTÉ One (Irish: RTÉ a hAon) is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ 1 upon the launch of RTÉ 2 in 1978. RTÉ is funded partly by the licence fee; the remainder of the funding is provided by commercial advertising. Because RTÉ is funded partly by the licence fee it shows considerably fewer advertisements than most other channels available in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
RTÉ One is available to 98% of the Irish population in High Definition on the Saorview DTT service. It is carried on all the digital television services in the Republic of Ireland such as Sky Ireland, Virgin Media Ireland and Magnet Networks. It is also available in Northern Ireland via Saorview overspill, the UK Freeview service, satellite provider Sky, and cable provider Virgin Media. The channel is also available online through RTÉ Live.
RTÉ One began life as Telefís Éireann in 1961. It was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, upon the renaming of the Radio Éireann Authority to Radio Telefís Éireann, and became RTÉ 1 upon the launch of RTÉ 2 in 1978. Originally the station broadcast in black and white throughout the country using the European 625-line standard, as well as on the 405-line television system in the northern and eastern parts of the country; since the mid-50s, many people in these areas already had 405-line TV sets receiving BBC and ITV transmissions from Wales and Northern Ireland. A standards conversion unit was used to provide the 405-line service, but when this electronic device failed, optical conversion was used, reportedly by directing a 405-line camera at a 625-line monitor. The first programme to be pre-recorded for the new television service was The School Around the Corner, an interview/quiz show created and presented by Paddy Crosbie and produced by James Plunkett.
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