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UTV IRELAND HAS been granted a ten-year contract to broadcast to Irish audiences.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) gave the green light to UTV to begin transmitting to the Republic of Ireland terrestrial audience in January 2015. UTV Ireland will have exclusive broadcasting rights for ITV Studios programmes here, including Coronation Street and Emmerdale. These currently show on TV3, and their loss is likely to have a major impact on that commercial station.
The chairperson of the BAI, Bob Collins, said he believed UTV Ireland would bring “increased diversity of content” to Irish viewers. The BAI is familiar with UTV Ireland Limited as it already runs a number of radio stations in Ireland. These include Dublin’s Q102 and FM104, Limerick’s Live95, Cork’s 96FM/C103 and LMFM in Drogheda.
John McCann, CEO of UTV Media. Image: Brian Lawless/PA Images.
When UTV announced its plans to move into the Republic of Ireland TV space, its CEO John McCann said that it already employed 300 people in those radio stations and other media services. He said that he envisaged the new TV channel breaking even by the end of 2015, and moving into profit in 2016. It is hoped that 100 jobs will be created by the new station.
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Hopefully they can create some decent original content. We really don’t need any more current affairs shows and anything other than the traveller-centric grot that TV3 serve up will be welcome.
I fear that it will just This Morning followed by Jeremy Kyle and then filler until its time to show the soaps. I hope I am wrong though.
So true if I see another traveler show I’m going to put my TV through the window. TV 3 really is woeful. The only things I watch on it are Vincent Browne and champions league.
Pretty much the only original content UTV NI produce is the news. So I don’t think UTV Ireland is going to be anything different. And their other programming will hardly be new to Ireland since it’s already on TV3 ant it’s all drivel. It’s a vehicle for generating advertising revenue.
Doctor Who?
I think this is going to be no different than the current UTV, bar a couple of republic based news items and an all Ireland weather forecast. We don’t need more of the same shite. We need something more challenging and different, like the early days of Channel 4.
More nudity you mean?
Is it going to be called UTV Ireland?
Apparently so, Andy. Catchy.
I hope they rebrand. I hate their branding. Awful colours.
So the 100 jobs they’re talking of creating, will probably result in 100 job losses for tv3. The magic roundabout that is Ireland!
Yeah TV3 is really going to feel it I think, hopefully it’ll eat into RTE though
Yup.
Tv3 who rely on a lot of ITV content are doomed.
However unless UTV pay to get on the Sky EPG, they are too.
Look – it might make them stand on their own two feet and use their own brains .. It’s typical Ireland to churn out other people’s media. We’ve always done it – what station in England shows fair city ?
A couple of ITV regions in England used to show Fair City in the early days.
Channel Four used to show an edited version of the Late Late Show.
Can anybody name a single UTV show worth watching?
DCI Banks
Flipper!!
Can’t think of any as good as Fair City or the Angelus.
I even red thumbed myself for that one.
Law and Order UK. Whitechapel. They have loads of those type of crime drama series that have their roots in the Bill.
Terminator 2
a new channel is always welcome but why not just call it ITV?
‘ITV’ isn’t universal for Britain.
Those of us on the east coast will remember picking up ‘HTV’ from Wales.
As long as the keep that clown Daithi whatever his face is called off there channel I’m happy.
Will it be available on sky?
If not they will struggle
Will it be available on Saorview?
Will it be available on the tele ?
Will it be available?
Print only.
Bold move.
I don’t get why they are creating UTV Ireland-why not rebrand the current UTV station with HQ in Dublin and regional offices in Belfast, Cork, Galway and Derry. With an all island news and weather programme and then whatever other programmes they want to show. RTÉ is too Southern focused and I really think we need something new to add to the status quo.
Or the head quarters be based in belfast with a branch in Dublin as said above its only difference to UTV or ITV is that the news will cover things in the south. Either way ta ta TV3 as that was just an Irish version of UTV and without the soaps it will have little pulling power with viewers.
That means even more traveller programs on tv3
It’s kind of fitting that the article’s leading picture is of an “Off” button….
Can somebody please think of what will happen to poor Vincent Brown.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF VINCENT BROWN!!
Nowwww on the UTV
I hope we get a fabulously camp man introducing the programmes like they have in Northern Ireland
Netflix. Project Free TV. Vipbox for sports. FilmOn if I want to watch “live” TV. YouTube. 5by. If I’m really stuck, DVDs. I don’t need anything else.
Netflix’s regional news coverage is a little patchy.
What channel are these on?
Will their news be under north korean authority too?
The only commitment Mr. McCann has made Re.the Eire tv Stn were the Soaps, Southern based news and the occasional documentaries.
By “southern” you mean “Irish”.
We ain’t south anything.
The Republic Of Ireland, the 26 counties, or maybe you would prefer “The Free State” lol.
Jesus wept.
Bit pointless is it not since all the ITV’s are free to air and you can get utv already? Doesn’t make much sense really?
I hope the redhaired Andy Bell from Erasure lookalike still does the talk-in to Coronation Street.
That’s UTV to me.
And adverts for sofa showrooms in Newtownards.
There was a show on TV3 last week about rich people blowing their finances. It was shown originally about 10 years ago and focused on Michael Jackson and how he lost his wealth.
It ended with a quote which went something like “will his financial mistakes be the nail in his coffin”
Classy
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