List of Irish television channels
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Terrestrial Stations
These channels are available as free-to-air analogue broadcasts, as well as on digital, satellite and cable systems.
Radio Telifís Éireann - the independent state broadcasting company
- RTÉ One - main RTÉ national station
- RTÉ Two - secondary RTÉ national station (known for a long period as "RTÉ Network 2")
- TG4 - National Irish Language station
Independent terrestrial station
- TV3 Ireland - independent commercial broadcaster
Other analogue stations available in most of Ireland
Free Digital Channels
Most of these channels are available on the Freeview service as well as in basic digital cable and satellite packages.
Satellite & Cable
These channels are only available on cable and satellite television, whether in basic packages or as premium channels. Most of them originate from the UK. Note: many channels have "+1" services, carrying the same programmes delayed by one hour to give viewers a second chance to catch a favourite programme.
- The Adult Channel
- Adventure 1 - affiliated with National Geographic Channel
- The Amp (music)
- Animal Planet
- Artsworld
- Asia 1
- Asianet
- At the Races
- B4U Movies
- Bangla TV
- BBC Prime - not available in UK
- BBC World - not on Sky Digital
- BET International
- bid-up.tv
- The Biography Channel - affiliated with the History Channel
- Bloomberg TV
- Boomerang - operated by Cartoon Network
- The Box
- Bravo
- Cable Channel One
- Cartoon Network
- Challenge
- Channel 9
- CCTV 9 (Chinese news in English)
- CNBC Europe
- CNE
- CNN (US-based, international coverage)
- Discovery
- Discovery Civilisations
- Discovery Health
- Discovery Home and Leisure
- Discovery Kids
- Discovery Sci Trek
- Discovery Travel and Adventure
- Discovery Wings
- The Disney Channel
- E4 - operated by Channel 4
- EuroNews
- Eurosport
- Extreme Sports
- Fashion TV (French-owned)
- FilmFour - operated by Channel 4
- FilmFour Weekly
- Flaunt (music)
- Fox Kids Network
- Fox News (relay of US channel)
- Front Row Digital
- FTN
- GBC
- The God Channel
- Hallmark Entertainment
- Health
- Hellenic
- History
- Kerrang! TV (affiliated with Kerrang! magazine)
- Kiss (affiliated with Kiss FM radio)
- The Landscape Channel
- LivingTV
- Men and Motors
- MTV
- MTV2
- MTV Base
- MTV Dance
- MTV Hits
- Multi Channel
- Music Choice Blues - all Music Choice channels are audio and text only
- Music Choice Classical
- Music Choice Country
- Music Choice Dance
- Music Choice Easy Listening
- Music Choice Europe
- Music Choice Gold
- Music Choice Hits
- Music Choice Jazz
- Music Choice Love
- Music Choice Rock
- MUTV
- National Geographic
- Nickelodeon
- Nick Jr
- Nick Replay
- Nicktoons TV
- Oxford Channel
- The Pakistani Channel
- Paramount Comedy
- Paramount Comedy 2
- Performance
- Playboy TV
- Playhouse Disney
- Plus (formerly Granada Plus; with the ongoing ITV merger between Granada and Carlton there is speculation that it may be renamed ITV Plus)
- QVC1
- The Racing Channel
- Rai Uno
- Red Hot All Girl
- Red Hot Amateur
- Red Hot Euro
- Red Hot Films
- Sat 1
- Sci-fi (no longer affiliated with us Sci-Fi Channel)
- Scuzz (music)
- Screenshop
- Setanta Sports
- Shop America
- Simply Shopping
- Sky Box Office Digital
- Sky Movies Cinema
- Sky Movies Cinema 2
- Sky Movies 1 through Sky Movies 9 (these channels supersede Sky Movies Premier 1 through 5 and Sky Movies Max/Moviemax 1 through 4, but not necessarily in that order)
- Sky One
- Sky Mix
- Sky Sports 1
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
- Sky Sports Extra
- sms.tv
- Sony Entertainment TV Asia
- Star Plus
- The Studio
- TCM
- Teleg
- Television X
- Toonami (formerly CNX) - affiliated with Cartoon Network
- Toon Disney
- travelchannel
- Trouble
- TV5
- TVE Internacional
- TV Travel Shop 2
- UKTV Drama
- UKTV Food
- UKTV Gold
- UKTV G2
- UKTV Style
- VH1
- VH1 Classic
- Zee TV
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