Six Nations Boost for Virgin Media TV
February's Six Nations Kick off has given Virgin Media TV its highest audience share since the Rugby World Cup 2015. Ireland V France had an average audience of 798,400 on Virgin Media One, the most viewed programme of the month. In total Virgin Media TV had a 21% share up 15% from last year and 26% month on month, this figure was last achieved across TV3, 3e and UTV Ireland in October 2015. RTÉ saw a drop of 11% from last year, with a monthly drop of 3%. Overall RTÉ held 26% of the audience.
TG4 had an audience share of 2%.
RTÉ ONE saw a monthly decrease in audience of 4%, it had an audience share of 20%, down 11% from February last year.
RTÉ2 saw its share increase slightly from last month, achieving just 4% share, it was down by 15% from February 2020.
RTÉ ONE +1 and RTÉjr had 1.11% and 0.43% respectively. RTÉ2 +1 had 0.21% in February.
Virgin Media one's audience share was 14% in February, an increase of 36% from January, and a 10% increase year on year.
Virgin Media TWO has a 4% share, up 3% from last month and up 5% from February 2020.
Meanwhile, Virgin Media THREE was at 3%, up 15% from January and up 90% from February 2020. Virgin Media one +1 had an audience share of 0.35%.
eirSport1 saw its audience drop to 0.12%, while Virgin Media Sport had just 0.07%.
English channels had 51% share of the audience in February 2021.
| Channel | Feburary 2021 | Monthly Change | Yearly Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTÉ ONE | 20.10% | -4% | -11% |
| RTÉ ONE +1 | 1.11% | -4% | -1% |
| RTÉjr | 0.43% | 26% | 5% |
| RTÉ2 | 3.93% | 1% | -15% |
| RTÉ2 +1 | 0.21% | 5% | 11% |
| RTÉ Total | 25.78% | -3% | -11% |
| VMT one | 14.42% | 36% | 10% |
| VMT one +1 | 0.35% | 17 | 21% |
| VMT TWO | 3.45% | 3% | 5% |
| VMT THREE | 2.91% | 15% | 90% |
| VMT SPORT | 0.07% | 75% | -74% |
| VMT Total | 21.20% | 26% | 15% |
| TG4 | 1.46% | -18% | -6% |
| eir Sport 1 | 0.12% | -52% | -50% |
| Total | 48.56% | 7% | -1% |
| Other | 51.44% | -6% | 1% |
| Broadcaster | Feb | Jan |
|---|---|---|
| RTÉ | 25.78% | 26.52% |
| Virgin Media TV | 21.20% | 16.82% |
| Sky | 6.46% | 7.28% |
| BBC | 5.87% | 6.32% |
| Channel 4 | 4.05% | 4.52% |
| Viacom | 3.29% | 3.20% |
| UKTV | 2.51% | 2.67% |
| Discovery | 1.59% | 1.57% |
| TG4 | 1.46% | 1.78% |
| Eir Sport | 0.12% | 0.25% |
| Other | 27.68% | 29.07% |
Full list of channels by broadcaster
BBC includes BBC1 and BBC2
Channel 4 includes Channel 4, Channel 4 +1, More4, E4, E4 +1 and Film4
Viacom includes Comedy Central, Comedy Central Extra, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Nicktoons, Nick Jr Too, CBS Reality, CBS Justice and CBS Drama
Sky includes Sky Comedy, Sky 1, Sky Replay, Sky News,Sky Sport Main Event, Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports News, Sky Witness, Sky Atlantic, Pick and Challenge
Discovery includes TLC, Discovery, Discovery ID, Really and Food Network
UKTV includes Dave, Gold, Alibi, W and Drama
Others includes E! and RTÉ News, and any other channels not mentioned above.