What is Irelands best TV station?

billybudd · 20-01-2012 11:24PM

Wheres the option for the City channel, i have never watched but that gets my vote.

electrobanana · 20-01-2012 11:50PM

+1 for the city channel
The Dublin dining guide the accents are freaking hilarious

strobe · 20-01-2012 11:51PM

Predalien wrote: »

That UPC help channel with that bald dude, the one that tells me how to use the sh*t remote that directs me to aforementioned channel every time the effin remote fecks up.

:eek: So it does happen to other people!? I fucking hate when that happens. Try to turn the telly up and Boom! that baldy bastard. Try to + up a couple of stations and Bang! baldy fucker. Least now I know it's not just me. I feel your pain brother.

Underdraft · 20-01-2012 11:52PM

Yeah I'd have to agree with the people who voted BBC2 Northern Ireland. Good channel.

EASYNEWS · 21-01-2012 12:09AM

Until recently I could only get a very bad reception on analogue Irish channels so I mainly watched the free to air BBC, ITV etc. I now have all the digital Irish channels and watch & enjoy them much more the the British ones.

the groutch · 21-01-2012 12:39AM

Underdraft wrote: »

Yeah I'd have to agree with the people who voted BBC2 Northern Ireland. Good channel.

remember the good old days watching Red Dwarf first time round

gsxr1 · 21-01-2012 12:48AM

Best Films TG4

wish they would stop all the irish language stuff though. I just flick to satellite.

Mike 1972 · 21-01-2012 12:54AM

gsxr1 wrote: »

wish they would stop all the irish language stuff .

In fairness some of it is pretty good when one gets used to watching with the subtitles on and the sound turned down :pac:

JerryHandbag · 21-01-2012 01:03AM

TG4 is excellent IMO. RTE1 has some decent stuff, don't really watch anything on RTE2.

TV3 = chav TV

Mars Bar · 21-01-2012 01:06AM

Is maith liom TG4!

It does good music documentaries, interesting documentaries in general and I like me some Ros Na Rún from time to time (subtitles are handy!).
It also has some weird but very interesting French and German films.

TV3 is pathetic though.

Liam Byrne · 21-01-2012 02:05AM

Guill wrote: »

Wow, I can't bring myself to vote for any of them!

Rte1 tries to be BBC1
Rte2 tries to be BBC2
Tv3 TRIES TO BE Itv
TG4 tries to be cool.

And seriously, why does TG4 need the 4?? Is it the fourt TG? No.

Is TV3 a third TV ? No

TG4 is the best by a mile, showing interesting films, a couple of decent homegrown shows and of course rugby matches that the others don't have rights to.

Son Of A Vidic · 21-01-2012 02:05AM

I rarely watch any of the Irish TV channels, but whenever I have stumbled across something interesting it's usually on TG4.

Mike 1972 · 21-01-2012 02:11AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Is TV3 a third TV ? No

Turd TV perhaps ?

Pride Fighter · 21-01-2012 02:12AM

Best films-TG4
Best Documentaries- TG4
Best News and Current Affairs Show- Tonight With Vincent Browne, TV3
Best Television Shows-RTE, cause they have a massive budget and just buy the latest American ones
Best home produced shows-TG4, would have said RTE about 10 years ago, they've been awful since
Best value for money-TG4
Worst value for money- RTE
Best Overall- TG4

John Doe1 · 21-01-2012 02:21AM

EASYNEWS wrote: »

Until recently I could only get a very bad reception on analogue Irish channels so I mainly watched the free to air BBC, ITV etc. I now have all the digital Irish channels and watch & enjoy them much more the the British ones.

Same here, all joking aside for a country this small all the main tv channels are of a high standard.

oppenheimer1 · 21-01-2012 03:08AM

So the consensus is that TG4 is the best irish channel by a country mile, yet has an audience share of 2.2% and falling. I'm finding it hard to square that circle.

How many people here who have said it is the best actually watch it on a regular basis?

Hande hoche! · 21-01-2012 03:12AM

Generally watch the documentaries they show from time to time. The rest of it not so much.

Havermeyer · 21-01-2012 03:14AM

Predalien wrote: »

That UPC help channel with that bald dude, the one that tells me how to use the sh*t remote that directs me to aforementioned channel every time the effin remote fecks up.

I f***ing HATE that remote.

nommm · 21-01-2012 05:25AM

I think that with a bigger budget, TV3 could be great. I enjoy a few of their programmes but the production always feels cheap.

batistuta9 · 21-01-2012 06:10AM

I'd say it rte2, there some decent shows on it but the can be on very late. of the irish channels i probably watch it most

mobs mheiriica & shows like that, there's one being shown now about women in the ira are good enough on tg4. thats the only time i'd ever watch it though

imo channel 4's the best terrestrial tv channel i get

Cathaoirleach · 21-01-2012 06:34AM

TG4 started out as a pirate station!

"A group of Irish speakers spent time imprisoned in Mountjoy Prison in the eighties when they refused to pay for a television license during a campaign to have more Irish on TV. As part of this campaign a pirate television station was set up in the Connemara Gaeltacht, which laid the foundation for TnaG/TG4."

"In 1980, a new group called Coiste ar son Teilifis Gaeltachta (The Committee for Irish-Language Television) was set up and in 1987 after years of delays, including the sudden death of their technician who was to build the transmitter, they set up the pirate television station Telefís na Gaeltachta. Eighteen hours of live and pre-recorded programming was broadcast between 2 and 5 November 1987."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDpFvoTIDmU

Mike 1972 · 21-01-2012 10:43AM

Cathaoirleach wrote: »

TG4 started out as a pirate station!

Sort of

As did RnaG (Saor Radio Connemra)

crazygeryy · 21-01-2012 10:50AM

Sindri wrote: »

RTE radio is good particularly Late Date and the Cork fellow my parents met once. Can't remember his name.

TV!!! Station not radio TV!!!

Tv3

Teyla Emmagan · 21-01-2012 10:52AM

Where is the 'none of them' option?

Nothingbetter2d · 21-01-2012 11:03AM

this poll is flawed

irish tv stations are as follows

RTE 1
RTE +1 (When it is actually on 1900 - 0100)
RTE 2 HD
TV 3
3e
TG4
RTE NEWS
RTE JNR

HalloweenJack · 21-01-2012 11:29AM

I'd say 3e for the selection of shows it had, lots of comedy stuff and some good dramas too.

RTE 1 & 2 and TG4 are ok channels, not great but not bad, either. I'd probably watch RTE 2 the most of those but just because it happened to have more stuff on that I liked.

I only ever watch TV3 for football or sometimes they have a good film on.

When I last lived in Ireland, I had Sky so it was all irrelevant.

NinjaK · 21-01-2012 11:33AM

Guill wrote: »

Wow, I can't bring myself to vote for any of them!

Rte1 tries to be BBC1
Rte2 tries to be BBC2
Tv3 TRIES TO BE Itv
TG4 tries to be cool.

And seriously, why does TG4 need the 4?? Is it the fourt TG? No.

Sad state of affairs isnt it, we gain of Independence from them now we copy them. Pathetic

wideangle · 21-01-2012 11:36AM

The off button!

Mike 1972 · 21-01-2012 01:00PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

this poll is flawed

irish tv stations are as follows

RTE 1
RTE +1 (When it is actually on 1900 - 0100)
RTE 2 HD
TV 3
3e
TG4
RTE NEWS
RTE JNR

City Channel ?

There are/were other cable/local/satellite/pirate channels too but not sure which (if any) are still around

RTE JR and +1 are effectively the same channel (timeshare) besides +1 channels are a rather pointless waste of space for people who cant figure out how to record stuff.

dxhound2005 · 21-01-2012 02:12PM

NinjaK wrote: »

Sad state of affairs isnt it, we gain of Independence from them now we copy them. Pathetic

Sad indeed. A few years back the good people of Donegal saw fit to elect a TD who vowed to ensure that they could continue to receive BBC and ITV illegally.
Now they have their British TV legally they elect Sinn Fein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gildea

What is Irelands best TV station?

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