New Season Boost for Irish TV
Irish TV broadcasters saw their audience share grown in September with a 44% share of the TV audience. RTÉ average share of the audience was up 6% month-on-month, on an annual basis it was down 9% in September 2020. Virgin Media was also up 10% month-on-month, and up 7% year-on-year. Returning and new shows helping them retrieve something from a summer lacking sport. Meanwhile the sports wars between eir and Virgin Media have seen both sports channels see their shares fall.
TG4 had an audience share of 1.96%.
RTÉ ONE saw a monthly increase of 10%, it had an audience share of 19%, up 11% from this time last year.
RTÉ2 was down 4% since last month, with little or no new programming on the channel it had a 3.8% share, it was down by 54% from September 2019, the hemorrhage of viewers due to its lack of sports coverage and new programming.
RTÉ ONE +1 and RTÉjr had 1.13% and 0.47% respectively. RTÉ2 +1 had 0.19% in September 2020.
Virgin Media one had an audience share of 12%, a 19% increase from August, and a 6% increase year on year.
Virgin Media TWO has a 3.7% share, down 8% from last month. It was up 8% from September 2019, its gains due to increased sports on the channel over the month of September.
Meanwhile, Virgin Media THREE was at 1.75%, up 15% from August and up 1% from September 2019. Virgin Media one +1 had an audience share of 0.33%.
eirSport1 and Virgin Media Sport both saw losses as their rights issues continued, with 0.16% and 0.12% share of the audience, respectively.
English channels had 56% share of the audience in September 2020.
| Channel | September 2020 | Monthly Change | Yearly Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTÉ ONE | 19.16% | 10% | 11% |
| RTÉ ONE +1 | 1.13% | -17% | 13% |
| RTÉjr | 0.47% | 2% | 4% |
| RTÉ2 | 3.87% | -4% | -54% |
| RTÉ2 +1 | 0.19% | -5% | -5% |
| RTÉ Total | 24.82% | 6% | -9% |
| VMT one | 11.61% | 19% | 6% |
| VMT one +1 | 0.33% | 19% | -3% |
| VMT TWO | 3.68% | -8% | 8% |
| VMT THREE | 1.75% | 15% | 1% |
| VMT SPORT | 0.12% | -68% | - |
| VMT Total | 17.49% | 10% | 7% |
| TG4 | 1.96% | -11% | 2% |
| eir Sport 1 | 0.16% | -38% | -73% |
| Total | 44.43% | 6% | -4% |
| Other | 55.57% | -5% | 3% |