2018 in Irish television

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2018.

List of years in Irish television (table)
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Events
  • 7 May – RTÉ announce plans for a timeshift channel for RTÉ2.[4]
  • 6 June – Ireland's Got Talent will make its UK television debut on 5Star.[5]
  • 1 July – ITV closes UTV's Havelock House studios and UTV begins broadcasting from a new broadcast centre at City Quays 2 in the Belfast Harbour Estate.[6]
  • 30 August – TV3 is rebranded as Virgin Media One, while its sister channels 3e and be3 become Virgin Media Two and Three respectively. A fourth pay TV sports channel, Virgin Media Sport, launches on the Virgin Media platform.[7]
  • 1 September – To coincide with the rebranding of TV3 to Virgin Media One, the Saturday AM and Sunday AM breakfast programmes are renamed as "Weekend AM".[8]
  • 18 September – Launch of Virgin Media Sport.[9][10][11][12]
  • 28 September – Players of the Faithful airs on RTÉ One.[13]
  • 12 October – The Late Late Show is broadcast live from Central Hall Westminster in London, the first time the programme has broadcast from the United Kingdom since 1980.[14][15]
  • 3 November – RTÉ2 celebrates its 40th anniversary and begins to offer vintage clips of shows from RTÉ2 on the RTÉ archives website.[16]
  • 29 November – BBC Two Northern Ireland starts broadcasting in HD.[17]
  • 30 November – The Late Late Toy Show is livestreamed on RTÉ Player, where anyone anywhere in the world can watch live as it is not Geo-blocked.[18] It is also broadcast on RTÉ One, and goes on to become the most watched programmes on Irish television in 2018.[19]

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See also

References
  1. "Micko".
  2. "Saorview – News – Saorview launches the world's first free shopping channel – Free TV. And it's free-ly good". www.saorview.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. "Hundreds of thousands still use it - but RTÉ has asked Minister if it can reduce Aertel service". TheJournal.ie. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. Slattery, Laura (7 May 2018). "RTÉ plans plus-one channel for RTÉ2". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. Elms, John (6 June 2018). "5Star to show Ireland's Got Talent". C21 Media. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. UTV to relocate from Belfast's Havelock House, bbc.co.uk, 14 October 2016
  7. "TV3 is officially changing its name – to Virgin Media One". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. TV3 reels in the years as it becomes Virgin Media One, Irish Times, 23 August 2018
  9. Staff, Fora (28 June 2018). "Virgin Media to launch brand new Irish sports channel as part of TV3 rebrand".
  10. "Virgin Media Sport Takes On Rival RTE With Exclusive Match Deals". 2 July 2018.
  11. "TV3 aims to score with new ad model on sports channel – Independent.ie". July 2018.
  12. "Broadband, TV & Phone Bundles in Ireland – Virgin Media Ireland". www.virginmedia.ie. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  13. "Players of the Faithful".
  14. "Tubridy excited and nervous ahead of London Late Late". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  15. "London Late Late Shows". RTÉ Archives. RTÉ. 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  16. "RTÉ2 Celebrates 40th Anniversary". irishnews.com. 3 November 2018.
  17. BBC confirms arrangements for new HD channels
  18. "Here's how you can watch the Toy Show from anywhere in the world". Daily Edge. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  19. "Grand Slam decider the most-watched sporting event on Irish TV in 2018". The 42. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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