Television in Ireland - Most-viewed Channels

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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