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List of Entertainment and Documentary channels on Sky in Ireland
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Main article: List of channels on Sky (UK and Ireland)
See also: List of Entertainment and Documentary channels on Sky in the UK
Key
This table shows the colour coding used to show what type of subscription (if any) is needed to view a channel.
| Pack name | Description |
|---|---|
| Free-to-air | Channels that can be viewed without a subscription. |
| Free-to-air (Bonus) | These channels are free-to-air but defined as Bonus channels. |
| Free-to-view | Channels that can are free-to-air but require a Sky viewing card. |
| Sky Entertainment | The basic pack available to which other packs or subscription channels can be added. |
| Bonus | These channels are defined as Bonus channels. These channels are free-to-air, but added to the Sky Entertainment package due to licensing restrictions. |
| Sky VIP | Must be a continuous customer of Sky for more than 3 years and have the Sky Entertainment package. |
| Sky HD | Adds HD channels to Sky Entertainemnt or Sky VIP |
Entertainment & Documentaries
| HD | SD | +1 | Channel name | Notes | Footnotes | Owner or parent company | Hours | Hours (+1) | Encryption (HD) | Encryption (SD) | Format (HD) | Format (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 801 | 201 | RTÉ One | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | 24 hours | Bonus | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||
| 102 | 802 | RTÉ2 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Bonus | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 103 | 803 | 203 | Virgin Media One | Virgin Media Television (Liberty Global) | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Bonus | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 104 | 804 | TG4 | Programmes in Irish | Teilifís na Gaeilge | 24 hours | Bonus | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||||
| 105 | 805 | Virgin Media Two | Virgin Media Television (Liberty Global) | 08:15 - 06:30 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||||
| 106 | 806 | 206 | Sky One | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 107 | 807 | 207 | Sky Witness | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 108 | 808 | 208 | Sky Atlantic | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 109 | 809 | 209 | W | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 06:00 - 03:00 | 07:00 - 04:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 340 | 110 | 210 | GOLD | ED1 | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 07:00 - 04:00 | 08:00 - 05:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 111 | 811 | 211 | Dave | Dave ja vu is Dave +1 | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 07:00 - 03:00 | 08:00 - 04:00 | Sky HD | Free-to-view | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| Sky Entertainment (+1) | ||||||||||||
| 341 | 112 | 212 | Comedy Central | ED1 | Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount British Pictures/Sky UK Ltd) | 09:00 - 06:00 | 10:00 - 07:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 342 | 113 | 213 | Universal | ED1 | NBCUniversal International Networks | 09:00 - 08:00 | 10:00 - 09:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 114 | 814 | 214 | Syfy | NBCUniversal International Networks | 11:00 - 08:00 | 12:00 - 09:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 116 | Virgin Media Three | Virgin Media Television (Liberty Global) | 06:00 - 02:30 | Bonus | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 121 | 819 | Sky Sports Mix | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||||
| 122 | 820 | Sky Arts | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||||
| 348 | 123 | E! | ED1 | NBCUniversal International Networks | 07:00 - 05:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||
| 124 | 821 | 224 | Fox | Disney Channels Worldwide | 08:00 - 05:00 | 09:00 - 06:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 343 | 125 | 225 | Discovery Channel | ED1 | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 344 | 126 | 226 | MTV | ED1 | Viacom International Media Networks Europe | 06:00 - 03:00 | 07:00 - 04:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 127 | 227 | Comedy Central Extra | Paramount UK Partnership (Paramount British Pictures/Sky UK Ltd) | 09:00 - 07:00 | 10:00 - 08:00 | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 129 | 824 | 229 | National Geographic | NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Disney Channels Worldwide) | 08:00 - 05:00 | 09:00 - 06:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 130 | 825 | 230 | History | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky UK Ltd) | 08:00 - 05:00 | 09:00 - 06:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 132 | 826 | 232 | alibi | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 07:00 - 04:00 | 08:00 - 05:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 133 | 827 | 233 | Good Food | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 05:00 - 02:00 | 06:00 - 03:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 135 | 235 | Channel 4 | Channel Four Television Corporation | 24 hours | 24 hours | Bonus | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 345 | 136 | 236 | E4 | ED1 | Channel Four Television Corporation | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Bonus | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |
| 346 | 137 | More4 | ED1 | Channel Four Television Corporation | 09:00 - 04:00 | Sky HD | Bonus | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||
| 140 | 831 | 240 | TLC | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 141 | 832 | BBC One | Northern Ireland region | ED2 | BBC | 24 hours | Free-to-air (Bonus) | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||
| 954 | London region | |||||||||||
| 976 | Generic HD version | ED3 | ||||||||||
| 347 | 969 | BBC Two | Generic version | ED4 | BBC | 24 hours | Free-to-air (Bonus) | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||
| 142 | Northern Ireland region | |||||||||||
| 143 | 833 | BBC Four | BBC | 24 hours | Free-to-air (Bonus) | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 144 | 866 | 244 | Quest | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||
| 145 | 245 | Challenge | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 146 | 246 | CBS Reality | CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 147 | CBS Drama | CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership | 09:00 - 05:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 148 | CBS Justice | CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 149 | 249 | Quest Red | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 151 | Sky Two | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 152 | 252 | Pick | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 154 | 254 | Investigation Discovery | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 155 | Really | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 04:00 - 02:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 156 | 835 | 256 | Crime+Investigation | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky UK Ltd) | 07:00 - 04:00 | 08:00 - 05:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 157 | 257 | Sony Crime Channel | Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 158 | Drama | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 08:00 - 05:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 160 | VH1 | Viacom International Media Networks Europe | 06:00 - 03:00 | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 161 | 261 | Yesterday | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 06:00 - 03:00 | 07:00 - 04:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| Free-to-view (+1) | ||||||||||||
| 162 | 262 | Home | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 07:00 - 04:00 | 08:00 - 05:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| Sky Entertainment (+1) | ||||||||||||
| 164 | Lifetime | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky UK Ltd) | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 165 | 839 | Nat Geo Wild | NGC-UK Partnership (National Geographic Society/Disney Channels Worldwide) | 08:00 - 05:00 | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||||
| 166 | 266 | Eden | UKTV (BBC Studios/Discovery, Inc) | 09:00 - 06:00 | 10:00 - 07:00 | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 167 | 267 | Discovery Science | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 168 | YourTV | Disney Channels Worldwide | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 170 | 270 | Real Lives | Sky UK Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 171 | 271 | Discovery History | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 172 | 272 | Food Network | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 173 | BET | Viacom International Media Networks Europe | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 174 | PBS America | PBS UK LLC | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 175 | BEN | Greener Technology Ltd | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 177 | 277 | Discovery Home & Health | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 178 | 278 | DMAX | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 179 | 279 | True Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd | 06:00 - 03:00 | 07:00 - 04:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 180 | 280 | True Crime | Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 181 | Forces TV | Services Sound & Vision Corporation | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 182 | GN TV | GN Media | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 183 | VICE | Vice UK TV Ltd | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 184 | Horse & Country | Horse & Country TV Ltd | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 187 | Blaze | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky UK Ltd) | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 188 | 288 | Discovery Turbo | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 189 | Fascination TV | Information TV Ltd | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 190 | 841 | 290 | Animal Planet | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Sky HD | Sky Entertainment | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||
| 191 | mytv | Record Group | 07:00 - 00:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 192 | Showcase | Information TV Ltd | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 193 | Vox Africa | Vox | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 194 | Together | Community Channel | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 195 | 889 | Smithsonian Channel | SNI/SI Networks LLC | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 196 | History 2 | A&E Networks UK (A&E Networks/Sky UK Ltd) | 08:00 - 05:00 | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 197 | Discovery Shed | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | Sky Entertainment | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 198 | 298 | Travel Channel | Discovery, Inc | 24 hours | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||
| 199 | Cruise Channel | Jan Media Ltd | 06:00 - 22:00 | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 453 | Yanga! | Chiswick Park Studios Ltd | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 454 | AIT International | Daar Communications PLC | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 456 | ABN TV | ABN | 24 hours | Free-to-air | 16:9 SDTV | |||||||
| 995 | 994 | Sky Atlantic VIP | Sky UK Ltd | Occasional | Sky HD | Sky VIP | 1080 HDTV | 16:9 SDTV | ||||
Footnotes to Entertainment and Documentaries table
- ED1 - The SD and HD versions of these channels have identical programming to the UK versions but the SD versions carry adverts tailored to the ROI while the HD version does not. As a result, on an HD box in ROI the HD channel is listed in a less prominent position (the 340s) than the SD version.
- ED2 - On the Sky+ app, channels 141 & 832 are swapped. Tapping BBC One on channel 141 will show 832. This works in reverse, and also when using the keypad within the app.
- ED3 - BBC One HD (channel 976) does not have local news content. For all other programmes, it simulcasts BBC One London.
- ED4 - BBC Two Northern Ireland HD has not yet launched on Sky. As a result, BBC Two Northern Ireland SD is on channel 142 while BBC Two HD (Generic version) is on channel 347 on both SD and HD boxes.