RTÉ Player
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| Original author(s) | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
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| Developer(s) | RTÉ |
| Initial release | 21 April 2009 |
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0.25.460.458 / 22 April 2012
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Requires Adobe Flash Player; available for Windows (XP and later) Mac OS X iPhone (all models) Android OS (2.3 or later) Linux (Streaming) PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, PlayStation 4 |
| Type | Television catch-up |
| Website | rte.ie/player |
RTÉ Player is an on demand video service provided by Irish public broadcaster RTÉ for programmes broadcast on RTÉ Television.
RTÉ Player is available in two formats: one for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and another format for international audiences. The service provides news, current affairs, entertainment, sport, local and international dramas.
On 2 September 2011, RTÉ announced it would launch a similar platform of its digital radio stations under the name "RTÉ Radio Player".
The service allows viewers to watch programmes from 7 to 21 days after they are broadcast. It was launched on 21 April 2009.
RTÉ Player was made available to Virgin Media Ireland (previously UPC Ireland) customers through their televisions from 25 May 2012. The service became available to all Sky Ireland customers on July 8, 2016.
More than 200 hours of programmes from all categories of RTÉ broadcast schedule are available on RTÉ Player, most of which are not available to web users outside the island of Ireland. But in January 2010, news, sport and flagship entertainment programming were released to worldwide audiences. According to RTÉ, it is "one of the first broadcasters in the world to launch a comprehensive international online TV catch-up service."
Popular soap operas are available on a 7-day catch-up basis, while home produced entertainment and children's programming is available for 21 days. All RTÉ News and Current Affairs output and RTÉ Sport shows including The Sunday Game, Monday Night Soccer and OB Sport are available.
In late 2009 RTÉ began putting more and more international programming on RTÉ Player. When initially launched RTÉ had already secured rights for online streaming for many British and Australian shows such as EastEnders and Home and Away. They then launched some American programmes with exclusive online showings of Seasons 1 and 2 of AMC's Mad Men. Other US shows soon followed such as Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Lost, Desperate Housewives, and Blue Bloods.
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