2016 in Irish television

List of years in Irish television (table)

The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2016.

Events

  • 17 January – The Sunday Business Post reports Virgin Media Ireland have plans to launch additional TV3 channels including a 24-hour rolling news channel.[1] The TV3 Group later denies such reports.
  • 20 January – RTÉ announces that it has partnered with Freesat, the UK free-to-air television company, to develop a new product for Saorview, Ireland’s free digital television service and the largest television platform in Ireland.[2]
  • 24 April – Michael Lawson wins the fifth series of The Voice of Ireland.
  • 7 June – Children's strand 3Kids launches on 3e.
  • 3 July – Irish TV has received ministerial approval from Minister for Communications Denis Naughten to launch on the Irish Digital Terrestrial Saorview platform.[3]
  • 5 July – Following the purchase of Setanta Sports' Irish operations by Eircom, Setanta Sports Ireland is renamed Eir Sport 1 and Setanta Sports 1 is renamed Eir Sport 2.
  • 11 July – ITV plc announces that it has sold UTV Ireland to TV3 Group for €10 million. As part of the deal, TV3 Group inherits UTV Ireland's ten-year program supply contract with ITV.[4]
  • 3 August – RTÉ announces its intention to replace The Voice of Ireland with an Irish version of Strictly Come Dancing.[5]
  • 18 November – Jennifer Zamparelli and Nicky Byrne are chosen to present RTÉ One's forthcoming series Dancing with the Stars.
  • 22 November – It is announced that Coronation Street and Emmerdale will move from UTV Ireland back to TV3 beginning on 5 December.[6]
  • 1 December – TV3's The 7 O'Clock Show is moved forward an hour and renamed The 6 O'Clock Show in order to facilitate the return of Emmerdale and Coronation Street to the channel.
  • 6 December – It is announced that TV3, along with 3e and its newly purchased channel UTV Ireland, will receive new logos, idents and new schedules.[7]
  • 21 December – Irish TV confirms it will cease broadcasting.

Debuts

RTÉ

TV3

  • 20 September - The Tonight Show

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Ending this year

Deaths

  • 31 January – Terry Wogan, 77, Irish-British radio and television broadcaster.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sexton, Colette. "TV3 plans 24-hour news channel - BusinessPost.ie".
  2. ^ Saorview. "Saorview | News | RTÉ and Saorview partner with Freesat to deliver a next-generation product for Irish audiences". www.saorview.ie. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ Big boost for mayo based Irish TV station as Saorview deal extends its reach by Michael Brennan and Colette Sexton, Business Post, 3 July 2016.
  4. ^ "TV3 owner Virgin Media buys UTV Ireland for €10m". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ^ "RTÉ drops The Voice for Dancing with the Stars". RTÉ. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The rovers return: TV3 is getting Emmerdale and Corrie back". The Journal. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ Brennan, Cianan. "UTV Ireland is to be relaunched... as the "female orientated" Be3". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. ^ "1916 documentary on RTE One review: 'A big, lavishly produced slab of prestige television'". Irish Independent. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Sir Terry Wogan: Veteran broadcaster dies, aged 77". BBC News. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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