58 Facts About TG4

TG4 is an Irish free-to-air public service television network.

TG4 was formerly known as or TnaG, before a rebranding campaign in 1999.

TG4 was the third national station to be launched in Ireland, after RTE One in 1961 and RTE Two in 1978.

TG4 launched its high-definition channel in 2012 on Virgin Media Ireland.

TG4 HD launched on 2 October 2012, exclusively on UPC Ireland .

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On 1 July 2007, TG4 was accepted as a new member of the European Broadcasting Union.

In 2008, TG4 became a founding member of World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network .

The remainder of the TG4 schedule is made up of acquisitions from other broadcasters particularly from US broadcasters.

TG4 lost its language-driven schedule and replaced it with a stronger audience-driven schedule, with key audiences delivered at key times.

TG4 aims to be a mainstream channel for a niche audience.

TG4 provide their viewing figures each week on their website.

On Saint Patrick's Day 2009, live coverage of the All-Ireland Finals in the AIB Club Championships on TG4 achieved very high audience ratings for the channel.

TG4 has nurtured a reputation for innovative programming in film, arts, drama, documentaries, and sports.

TG4 previously held a long-term agreement with HBO to air the majority of their programmes on the channel.

TG4 held first rights to The Wire, Oz, Deadwood, Generation Kill, Six Feet Under, True Blood.

TG4 continued to air Two and a Half Men up to the departure of Charlie Sheen, when RTE Two began airing the series.

TG4 provides live coverage of Dail Eireann each Wednesday and Thursday morning; as well as live coverage of the proceedings of key Dail Committees from time to time.

Many of the sports that TG4 provide coverage to are sporting events that other Irish Broadcasters would not usually be interested in, they have gained a reputation for providing coverage to minority sporting events and repeat coverage to Rugby and Gaelic games under their programming strand Rugbai Gold and GAA Gold, showing highlights of classic games from the archives.

TG4 provided coverage of Volvo Ocean Race when it arrived in Galway in May 2009.

Since 2000 TG4 have sponsored ladies' Gaelic football's All-Ireland competition under the name TG4 Ladies Football All-Ireland Championships .

In late 2010, TG4 began to broadcast a new handball show, entitled The GAA Handball Show.

In 2010 TG4 won back the rights for Pro12 rugby union with RTE, BBC Northern Ireland, S4C and BBC Alba.

In 2011 TG4 took a major coup in taking away exclusive highlights of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup from RTE Sport.

TG4 provided coverage to all of the Irish matches as well as the final and semi-final.

TG4 held rights to League of Ireland with RTE and Setanta Sports.

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TG4 did broadcast Friday night matches called Sacar Beo which showed League of Ireland matches and cup matches, but RTE and Setanta retain those rights now.

TG4 provide live coverage of Tour de France French cycling.

TG4 provide a highlights package of Australian Football League games.

In 1996 TG4 aired Hollywood Anocht, a movie show presented by Sile Seoige.

On 24 September 2007, TG4 began broadcasting South Park in Irish, on Sile, with the more adult content removed but made available on Saturday nights.

TG4 is a great way for students in Leaving Certificate or GCSCs or A-Levels who is studying Irish to learn from.

Research is shown that those who watch or listen to TG4 is deemed to have a better understanding of the language.

TG4 have a long tradition of providing Irish Traditional music on the channel.

Since the mid-2000s TG4 have provided coverage to Country and Western music.

On 23 March 2015, TG4 confirmed its participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

In 2003 TG4 launched their search for Ireland's next top country and western singer.

In 2008 TG4 launched their search for the best farmer in Ireland.

TG4 commissioned two reality talent shows for the channel from Adare Productions.

TG4 have broadcast all series of the American version of Survivor with an Irish-language voice over.

In 2015, TG4 launched a new dating show called Pioc do Ride where contestants choose a date from three potential partners based only on their car.

TG4 have supported many Irish filmmakers with their Lasair short film programme fund.

In 2007 TG4 won major critical acclaim for their political satirical comedy The Running Mate and for the programme Seacht which follows the lives of seven college students in Belfast.

TG4 continued with successful drama output with their comedy An Crisis, and Crisis Eile .

In general however TG4 perceived that live action series aimed at adults re-dubbed into Irish was not an attractive proposition even for fluent Irish speakers, as is the cases for many bilingual northern European viewers.

Since its launch TG4 has significantly increased the number of re-dubbed children's programmes from 70 hours in its first year to 200 hours.

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TG4 have re-dubbed all of the Harry Potter films into Irish and broadcast them each Saturday from January to March 2014.

TG4 has a broad film policy which features a strong range of both independent and mainstream cinema.

TG4 became the first channel to broadcast in full Stanley Kubrick's classic A Clockwork Orange, a season of Kubrick's films followed, including the European television premiere of Eyes Wide Shut.

TG4 has created Cine4 a film department which invests in Irish-speaking films and mainstream Irish films such as the critically acclaimed Room, Arracht, Tarrac, Foscadh and An Cailin Ciuin.

TG4 do not dub live action film or television programming into Irish.

TG4 have re-dubbed a number of Hollywood children's films and feature animation into Irish.

TG4 Player allows viewers globally to watch TG4 live and watch previously aired programming on demand.

TG4 have won major national and international awards for their marketing campaigns and their programmes:.

In 1999 with the onset of digital television, TnaG was rebranded as TG4 to strengthen the perception of the brand, from being niche Irish-language-only channel to mainstream channel with Irish-language programmes.

The TG4 ident continued with the difference aspect of the channel, that provides an alternative view, the slogan Suil Eile translates literally as "another eye" but is a pun in Irish meaning "a different view".

In February 2021, TG4 launched a set of six new idents with a strong focus on Irish folklore with CGI and 4D elements to the designs, these were produced between TG4 and Red Bee Creative.

TG4 was originally only available in Northern Ireland via 'overspill' of the terrestrial signal from the Republic of Ireland.

In March 2005, TG4 began broadcasting from the Divis transmitter near Belfast, as a result of agreement between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Northern Ireland Office.