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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, 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 | RTÉ One HD | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | 1080i HDTV | ||
2 | RTÉ2 HD | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | 1080i HDTV | ||
3 | RTÉ News SD | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | 16:9 SDTV | ||
4 | TG4 SD | Teilifís na Gaeilge | 24 hours | 16:9 SDTV | ||
7 | RTÉjr SD | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 07:00 - 18:45 | 16:9 SDTV | ||
9 | Tithe an Oireachtais (Oireachtas TV) SD |
Oireachtas Commission | Weekdays: 09:00 - 00:00 | 16:9 SDTV | ||
11 | RTÉ One +1 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | 16:9 SDTV | ||
12 | 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 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
22 | RTÉ 2fm 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
23 | RTÉ Lyric FM 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
24 | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
25 | RTÉ Radio 1 Extra 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
26 | RTÉ Pulse 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
27 | RTÉ 2XM 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio | ||
28 | RTÉjr Radio 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours (RTÉjr Radio: 07:00-21:00 RTÉ Chill: 21:00-07:00) |
Audio | ||
RTÉ Chill 🔊 | RTÉ Chill is labelled as a programme on RTÉjr Radio. | |||||
29 | RTÉ Gold 🔊 | Raidió Teilifís Éireann | 24 hours | Audio |
See also
UK & Ireland
- 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 (Channel 4 & music channels)
- Freesat
- Freeview
- Freeview stream
- ITVX
- Pluto TV
- Samsung TV Plus
- Stream from Virgin Media
- Virgin Media
- YouView on BT
- YouView on BT (Internet mode)
Ireland only
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)