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List of channels on Saorsat (Ireland)

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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, but since Saorsat does not use LCNs the actual order may differ.

TV

EPG No. Logo Channel name Notes Owner/parent company Broadcast hours Format
1 RTE One.svg RTÉ One HD Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1080i HDTV
2 RTE2.svg RTÉ2 HD Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 1080i HDTV
3 RTÉ News.svg RTÉ News SD Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 16:9 SDTV
4 TG4.svg TG4 SD Teilifís na Gaeilge 24 hours 16:9 SDTV
7 RTÉjr.svg RTÉjr SD Raidió Teilifís Éireann 07:00 - 18:45 16:9 SDTV
9 Oireachtas TV.svg Tithe an Oireachtais
(Oireachtas TV)
SD
Oireachtas Commission Weekdays: 09:00 - 00:00 16:9 SDTV
11 RTE One +1.svg RTÉ One +1 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours 16:9 SDTV
12 RTE2 +1.svg RTÉ2 +1 Raidió Teilifís Éireann Mon-Fri: 19:00-02:30
Sat-Sun: 12:00-02:30
(Times vary slightly, depending on schedule)
16:9 SDTV

Radio

EPG No. Logo Channel name Notes Owner/parent company Broadcast hours Format
21 RTÉ Radio 1.svg RTÉ Radio 1 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
22 RTÉ 2FM.svg RTÉ 2fm 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
23 RTÉ Lyric FM.svg RTÉ Lyric FM 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
24 RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.svg RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
25 RTÉ Radio 1 Extra.svg RTÉ Radio 1 Extra 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
26 RTÉ Pulse.svg RTÉ Pulse 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
27 RTÉ 2XM.svg RTÉ 2XM 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio
28 RTÉjr Radio.svg RTÉjr Radio 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours
(RTÉjr Radio: 07:00-21:00
RTÉ Chill: 21:00-07:00)
Audio
RTÉ Chill.svg RTÉ Chill 🔊 RTÉ Chill is labelled as a programme on RTÉjr Radio.
29 RTÉ Gold.svg RTÉ Gold 🔊 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 24 hours Audio

See also

UK & Ireland

UK only

Ireland only

Radio