History Creator / UTVIreland

UTV Ireland was an [[{{UsefulNotes/Ireland}} Irish]] privately owned television network. It launched on 1 January 2015, becoming the country's third commercial broadcaster and a competitor for state broadcaster Creator/{{RTE}} and Creator/{{TV3}}. Being an affiliate of UTV (the Northern Ireland version) and thus, Creator/{{ITV}} in Britain, it handled most of their programmes, having thus dealt a very big blow to [=TV3=], which used to own the rights to most of these programmes.

UTV Ireland was an [[{{UsefulNotes/Ireland}} Irish]] privately owned television network. It launched on 1 January 2015, becoming the country's third commercial broadcaster and a competitor for state broadcaster Creator/{{RTE}} and Creator/{{TV3}}. Being an affiliate of UTV (the Northern Ireland version) and thus, Creator/{{ITV}} in Britain, it handled most of their programmes, having thus dealt a very big blow to Creator/{{TV3}}, which used to own the rights to most of these programmes.

After UTV sold its television businesses to ITV, the company decided that they would be better off selling it to TV3 and giving them the rights to ITV programmes that they lost to UTV. In January 2017, the channel was replaced by the new be3.

Its original programming was mainly news and entertainment shows, as well as regionalized versions of UTV's local programmes ''Rare Breed'' and ''Lesser Spotted''. Its only signifigant venture was ''In the Round with Pat Kenny'', which [[OneSeasonWonder folded after a single season.]] Only six months after its launch, it was reported that the channel had amassed €16.2 million in losses, citing low daytime and weekend viewership.

UTV Ireland is an [[{{UsefulNotes/Ireland}} Irish]] privately owned television network. It launched on 1 January 2015, becoming the country's third commercial broadcaster and a competitor for state broadcaster Creator/{{RTE}} and Creator/{{TV3}}. Being an affiliate of UTV (the Northern Ireland version) and thus, Creator/{{ITV}} in Britain, it handles most of their programmes, having thus dealt a very big blow to Creator/{{TV3}}, which used to own the rights to most of these programmes.

Confusingly, the title, if literally taken apart, would be Ulster Television Ireland, which is [[ArtifactTitle sort of an oxymoron]] since this channel caters only to the Republic of Ireland.[[note]]Although some counties in the ''province'' of Ulster ''are'' in the Republic, such as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. And TV signals do not recognise borders, so it's available in a lot of the North in the same way French TV can be picked up in Kent or Canadian TV in most of the northern tier of US states. Yep, it's confusing.[[/note]]

'''''UTV Ireland''''' is an [[{{UsefulNotes/Ireland}} Irish]] privately owned television network. It launched on 1 January 2015, becoming the country's third commercial broadcaster and a competitor for state broadcaster Creator/{{RTE}} and Creator/{{TV3}}. Being an affiliate of UTV (the Northern Ireland version) and thus, Creator/{{ITV}} in Britain, it handles most of their programmes, having thus dealt a very big blow to Creator/{{TV3}}, which used to own the rights to most of these programmes.

Confusingly, the title, if literally taken apart, would be Ulster Television Ireland, which is [[ArtifactTitle sort of an oxymoron]] since this channel caters only to the Republic of Ireland.[[note]]Although some counties in the ''province'' of Ulster ''are'' in the Republic, such as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. And TV signals do not recognise borders, so it's available in a lot of the North in the same way French TV can be picked up in Kent. Yep, it's confusing.[[/note]]

Confusingly, the title, if literally taken apart, would be Ulster Television Ireland, which is [[ArtifactTitle sort of an oxymoron]] since this channel caters only to the Republic of Ireland.[[note]]Although some counties in the ''province'' of Ulster ''are'' in the Republic, such as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. Yep, it's confusing.[[/note]]

Confusingly, the title, if literally taken apart, would be Ulster Television Ireland, which is [[ArtifactTitle sort of an oxymoron]] since this channel caters only to the Republic of Ireland.

'''''UTV Ireland''''' is an [[{{UsefulNotes/Ireland}} Irish]] privately owned television network. It launched on 1 January 2015, becoming the country's third commercial broadcaster and a competitor for state broadcaster Creator/{{RTE}} and Creator/{{TV3}}. Being an affiliate of UTV (the Northern Ireland version) and thus, Creator/{{ITV}} in Britain, it handles most of their programmes, having thus dealt a very big blow to Creator/{{TV3}}, which used to own the rights to most of these programmes.

'''''UTV Ireland''''' is an [[{{UsefulNotes/Ireland}} Irish]] privately owned television network. It launched on 1 January 2015, becoming the country's third commercial broadcaster and a competitor for state broadcaster Creator/{{RTE}} and Creator/{{TV3}}. It is an affiliate of UTV (the Northern Ireland version) and thus, Creator/{{ITV}} in Britain.