Most-viewed Channels
The channels with the largest AGB Nielsen viewing share from 2002 – 2011 are outlined in the table below:
| Share of total viewing (%) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Channel | Owner | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
| 1 | RTÉ One | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 25.00 | 24.8 | 25.79 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 24.1 |
| 2 | TV3 | TV3 Television Network Ltd. | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.30 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 10.7 |
| 3 | RTÉ Two | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 8.5 | 9.8 | 9.65 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| 4 | BBC One Northern Ireland | BBC | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.29 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 9.8 |
| 5 | UTV | UTV Media | 3.5 | 4 | 4.53 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 10.2 |
| 6 | BBC Two Northern Ireland | BBC | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.06 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 7 | Channel 4 | Channel Four Television Corporation | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.74 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| 8 | TG4 | Teilifís na Gaeilge | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.67 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| 9 | 3e | TV3 Television Network Ltd. | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.85 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||||
| 10 | Sky1 | BSkyB | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.92 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 11 | Sky Living | BSkyB | 0.8 | 1 | 1.18 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | ||||
| 12 | Sky News | BSkyB | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.17 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 13 | Sky Sports 1 | BSkyB | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.94 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |
| 14 | Sky Sports News | BSkyB | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.53 | 0.2 | ||||||
| 15 | E4 | Channel Four Television Corporation | 0.7 | 1 | 1.19 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 16 | Comedy Central | Paramount UK Partnership | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.02 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | |||
| 17 | Discovery Channel | Discovery Networks Western Europe | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.01 | |||||||
| 18 | Setanta Ireland | Setanta Sports | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||
| 19 | Sky Sports 2 | BSkyB | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.48 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
| 20 | MTV | Viacom International Media Networks Europe | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.72 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
| 21 | Nick Jr. | Nickelodeon UK | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.46 | 0.4 | ||||||
| 22 | Comedy Central +1 | Paramount UK Partnership | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.47 | 0.1 | ||||||
| 23 | E! | NBCUniversal | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.02 | |||||||
| 24 | Nickelodeon | Nickelodeon UK | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.48 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
| 25 | Sky Atlantic | BSkyB | 0.1 | |||||||||
| 26 | Other | Various | 27.5 | 25.6 | 20.09 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 14.8 |
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