The Irish Times

In TV land, only the Toy Show and live sport have enduring appeal

Laura Slattery: The top television ratings a decade apart show how much has changed

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 16:00

Megxit, England’s defeat and 11 minutes less TV a day: what Irish viewers watched in 2021

Toy Show victorious once more, as news audiences drop from pandemic peak

Wed Jan 12 2022 - 14:27

Connacht-Munster rugby game is TG4’s festive ratings winner

Dancing with the Stars returns to RTÉ with 525,000 viewers

Tue Jan 11 2022 - 15:53

Television sets are still our viewing device of choice

Far from disappearing from households, TVs are, if anything, getting bigger

Thu Nov 25 2021 - 05:18

Revolut partners with RTÉ on Late Late Toy Show charity appeal

App’s customers can use its donations feature to contribute this year

Mon Nov 22 2021 - 05:45

Love Island and rescheduled sport events help TV habits edge ‘back to normality’

Rate of decline slows in third quarter as Irish audiences return, says Core

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 05:06

Sky Media adds six channels to Irish ad sales offering

Company now sells advertising on behalf of 40 television channels

Thu May 06 2021 - 16:24

Meghan and Harry interview brings 725,000 viewers to RTÉ2

Oprah special with couple on track to be in top 20 biggest shows on Irish TV this year

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 19:17

Crisis news ratings, robots that care and ‘Donald who?’

Planet Business: From Vegas to the couch

Sat Jan 16 2021 - 05:10

Irish TV viewing boosted by pandemic despite rise of streaming

News programmes dominate annual chart, but a look back to 1970 also appeals

Mon Jan 11 2021 - 15:12

Dubliners concert helps TG4 to its best Christmas in a decade

Recording of ‘lost’ concert at Christ Church was broadcaster’s most-watched festive show

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 18:41

Late Late Toy Show watched by its biggest audience on record

Leo Varadkar’s emergency address to nation still out in front for live viewership

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 18:12

Advertising tax credit could make tomorrow’s bread today

You might not have to take the horse to France to get consumers to spend again

Tue May 05 2020 - 05:15

Young Irish viewers abandon television faster than expected

‘Considerably less TV’ now being watched by 15 to 24-year-olds as streaming services gain ground

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 05:32

Late Late Toy Show an anomaly as TV audiences fragment

Can anything beat it in the ratings? Only a dramatic, rare sport event may stand a chance

Tue Jan 15 2019 - 05:45

Most-watched TV programmes of 2018 revealed

RTÉ dominates, but Six Nations boosts Virgin Media’s showing in Irish television ratings

Thu Jan 10 2019 - 14:29

‘Love Island’ boosts Irish viewers’ affections for 3e

Summer romance for Virgin-owned channel as audience grows by 223% from last year

Sun Jul 29 2018 - 18:43

Sporting fixtures dominate top 20 most-watched TV programmes of 2017

‘Late Late Toy Show’ leads way with 1.35m viewers while all entries are RTÉ shows

Tue Jan 09 2018 - 17:39

Sport dominates latest TV ratings

Big audiences for soccer, GAA and rugby justify Irish broadcasters’ bidding wars

Thu Jan 12 2017 - 06:18

‘Rebellion’ TV series surrenders its hold on viewers

Ratings for RTÉ’s 1916-themed costume drama dropped off after its second episode

Tue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00

Irish TV viewers switch on to more screen time

Viewing inches up by two minutes a day in 2015 compared with previous year

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 10:45

Rugby World Cup: Ireland v Italy breaks TV3 viewing records

Average audience of 956,600 beats previous high set by ‘The X Factor’ final of 2010

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 15:49

Irish TV viewing figures hotter than July despite repeats

Was it the weather? Irish adults watched 3 hours and 16 minutes of TV per day in July

Thu Aug 27 2015 - 09:45

Three hours and 28 minutes... how long Irish adults spend watching TV each day

Procter & Gamble was the top television advertiser in 2014, ahead of Sky and Unilever

Thu Jan 22 2015 - 01:20

TV3 soap ‘Red Rock’ watched by 323,000 viewers

The show was the 10th most-popular programme on Irish television on Wednesday

Thu Jan 08 2015 - 15:10

Advertisers spent total of €206m on TV last year

Proportion of multi-set households rises for first time in more than two years

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 01:30

TV goes to extra time as viewers tune in for longer

Thu Jul 03 2014 - 01:00

Bigger is better for television screens

Development of ultra-high definition is forecast to prompt take-up of even larger sets

Thu May 15 2014 - 01:10

Planet Business

This week: Super-yachts, screen addicts and ‘Palcohol’, aka powdered alcohol

Fri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00

Rugby game crashes into TG4’s all-time top five

‘Rugbaí Beo’ coverage of RaboDirectPro12 clash takes fourth spot in channel’s all-time list

Thu Apr 03 2014 - 01:06

‘Adlanders’ no proxy for general viewing habits

Industry workers are much more likely to dual-screen and time-shift, study shows

Thu Feb 20 2014 - 01:08

What we watched: TV oldies still come out on top

It was a festival of toys, tears and talent shows in 2013, with a swell GAA season for RTÉ

Thu Dec 19 2013 - 01:02

It’s not all about radio as ‘X Factor’ back with a bang

Thu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00

Viewers remain loyal to small screen with three minutes added time

Television advertising stays ‘unpredictable and difficult’ for Irish broadcasters

Thu May 30 2013 - 01:00

Audience shares for time-shift TV channels add up

Watching an hour behind schedule on +1 services proves popular with Irish viewers

Wed Mar 27 2013 - 15:42