Winter Sports Helps COVID TV
December's sporting finals helped Irish TV to 47% of the TV audience. Down 5% from November 2020 and up 10% from December 2019. RTÉ's average share of the audience was down 2% month-on-month, on an annual basis it was up 13% in December 2020. Virgin Media was down 11% month-on-month, but it was up 9% year-on-year.
TG4 had an audience share of 2%.
RTÉ ONE saw a monthly drop of 5%, it had an audience share of 20%, up 9% from December last year.
RTÉ2 saw no change since last month, as the GAA Championships final stages took place, achieving a 7% share, it was up by 30% from December 2019.
RTÉ ONE +1 and RTÉjr had 1.27% and 0.36% respectively. RTÉ2 +1 had 0.24% in December 2020.
Virgin Media one audience share was 11% December, a 17% drop from November, and a 5% increase year on year.
Virgin Media TWO has a 4% share, up 15% from last month and down 8% from November 2019.
Meanwhile, Virgin Media THREE was at 2%, down 7% from November and up 27% from December 2019. Virgin Media one +1 had an audience share of 0.29%.
eirSport1 saw its audience drop to 0.06%, while Virgin Media Sport retained their share of 0.12% as their rights issues continued.
English channels had 53% share of the audience in December 2020.
| Channel | October 2020 | Monthly Change | Yearly Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTÉ ONE | 19.69% | -5% | 9% |
| RTÉ ONE +1 | 1.27% | 23% | 4% |
| RTÉjr | 0.36% | 0 | -14% |
| RTÉ2 | 7.22% | 0% | 30% |
| RTÉ2 +1 | 0.24% | 14% | 9% |
| RTÉ Total | 28.78% | -2% | 13% |
| VMT one | 10.6% | -17% | 5% |
| VMT one +1 | 0.29% | 7% | -6% |
| VMT TWO | 3.52% | 15% | 8% |
| VMT THREE | 1.96% | -7% | 27% |
| VMT SPORT | 0.12% | -20% | - |
| VMT Total | 16.49% | -11% | 9% |
| TG4 | 2.01% | 28% | 0% |
| eir Sport 1 | 0.06% | -63% | -57% |
| Total | 47.34% | -5% | 10% |
| Other | 52.66% | 5% | -8% |