Irish TV is to begin broadcasting tonight with a special live programming at 20:00 (1/5/2014). Irish TV started out as a live regional on-line service for County Mayo, known as mayotv.ie. Over the last few years the channel began to provide its content on the satellite TV service Showcase, which is run by the UK broadcaster Information TV. The channel is now preparing to achieve a single channel for news with a local angel from across Ireland. Largely the channel is aimed at the ex-pat market in Britain, with local news coming from each of the counties across the Ireland. The channel is currently available on Sky in Ireland and the UK and FreeSat in the UK. The channel is also available on-line, with shows available on demand.