List of channels on Saorsat (Ireland)

Saorsat (stylised as SAORSAT) is the free-to-air satellite service for the Ireland ('Saor' meaning free in Irish Gaelic). It is run by 2RN (formerly called RTÉNL) a subsidiary of RTÉ and is designed to compliment the digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, Saorview.

Saorsat was launched for the 2% of households that cannot receive Saorview due to not being able to get good DTT reception due to terrain issues. Saorsat mirrors the Irish DTT PSB multiplex, with the exception of Virgin Media One, Virgin Media Two, Virgin Media Three and Sky News which are only available on Saorview. There is the possibility of other broadcasters joining the service in the future but as the intended audience is small, this may not be viable for commercial channels.

Saorsat is available on the Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A, which is a narrow-band satellite with a spot beam over Ireland.

Because of frequency re-use on adjacent spot beams for other countries, it is difficult to receive Saorsat service outside of the Irish footprint. The satellite setting parameters are:

Name	Setting
Frequency	20192.5 MHz
Polarisation	L
Symbol Rate	12500
FEC	5/6
Standard	DVB-S2
Modulation scheme	QPSK

Channel List

These are the channel numbers as listed on 2RN's website, though the actual order may differ.

TV

EPG No.	Logo	Channel name	Notes	Owner/parent company	Broadcast hours	SID	Format
1		RTÉ One	One news programme in Irish broadcast daily.	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	24 hours	5101	1440x1080i 16:9 HD
2		RTÉ2			24 hours	5102	1440x1080i 16:9 HD
3		RTÉ News			24 hours	5103	528x576i 16:9 SD
4		TG4	Majority of programmes in Irish	Teilifís na Gaeilge	24 hours	5104	528x576i 16:9 SD
7		RTÉ KIDSjr		Raidió Teilifís Éireann	07:00-19:00	5107	528x576i 16:9 SD
8		Cúla4	Irish language Cúla4 is simulcast on TG4: 06:00-11:00 (Mon to Fri) 06:00-10:00 (Sat-Sun)	Teilifís na Gaeilge	06:00-20:00	5108	528x576i 16:9 SD
9		Tithe an Oireachtais	(Oireachtas TV)	Oireachtas Commission	Weekdays: 09:00-00:00	5109	528x576i 16:9 SD
11		RTÉ One +1		Raidió Teilifís Éireann	24 hours	5111	528x576i 16:9 SD
12		RTÉ2 +1			Mon-Fri: 19:00-02:30 Sat-Sun: 12:00-02:30 (Closing times vary slightly)	5112	528x576i 16:9 SD
14		TG4 +1		Teilifís na Gaeilge	20:00-06:00	5114	528x576i 16:9 SD
19		Saorsat Info	Channel list overview	2rn (Raidió Teilifís Éireann)	24 hours	5119	Data
20		Faisnéis Saorsat			24 hours	5120	Data

Note: Broadcast hours vary, depending on schedule.

Radio

EPG No.	Logo	Channel name	Notes	Owner/parent company	Broadcast hours	SID	Format
6		2rn (RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta)	Previously a test card	Raidió Teilifís Éireann	24 hours	5106	128 kbit/s 🔊
21		RTÉ Radio 1			24 hours	5226	128 kbit/s 🔊
22		RTÉ 2FM			24 hours	5227	128 kbit/s 🔊
23		RTÉ lyric fm			24 hours	5228	128 kbit/s 🔊
24		RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Programmes in Irish		24 hours	5229	128 kbit/s 🔊
29		RTÉ Gold			24 hours	5234	128 kbit/s 🔊

See also

UK & Ireland

• Master list of digital television channels
• Master list of satellite television channels

• Discovery+
• Netgem TV
• Now
• RTÉ Player (Some content restricted to Ireland & Northern Ireland only)
• Sky Glass & Sky Stream
• Sky Q

UK only

• BBC iPlayer
• Channel Four Television Corporation
• EE TV
• EE TV (Internet mode)
• Freely
• Freesat
• Freeview
• Freeview stream
• ITVX
• Pluto TV
• Samsung TV Plus
• Stream from Virgin Media
• Virgin Media

Ireland only

• eir TV
• Saorsat
• Saorview
• Virgin Media
• Vodafone TV

Radio

• BBC Sounds (Available globally)
• Global Player (Available globally)
• Irish Radioplayer (Officially available in Ireland via apps only. On Android devices, APK can be downloaded and used worldwide)
• RTÉ Radio (Available globally)
• UK Radioplayer (Available globally)