List of television channels in Celtic languages

List of television channels in Celtic languages

Celtic language television channels are available in France, Ireland and the UK. Many speakers of languages like Irish, Welsh and Breton have demanded television channels in their own languages for many years and have been successful, with Scottish Gaelic speakers joining them with the launch of BBC Alba in 2008, but languages like Manx and Cornish still don't have a full time television channel. There also may be plans for an Irish language channel for Northern Ireland.

Breton

*Unfortunately there are no Breton language television channels as the French state doesn't even recognise the existence of the language.

Irish

TG4 - An Irish language channel broadcasting to the Republic of Ireland and some parts of Northern Ireland. TG4 has been successful in broadcasting Irish and increasing Irish speakers even though it has a limited budget. TG4 is aimed at young speakers of the language with youthful programmes. TG4 is funded by advertising and the Irish Government.

RTÉ News Now - A 24 hour live news service available on the RTE website. It offers a mix of Irish language, English language and Irish sign language TV news bulletins and political programmes.

RTÉ International TV - ("RTÉ Idirnáisiúnta" in Irish)A new Digital TV station that is expected to be on air as of March 2009. It will also contain some Irish language programmes from TG4 and will be available in Ireland, UK, Europe and North America for the Irish ex-pat community.

Oireachtas TV - A proposed digital television channel in the Republic of Ireland from 2009, which will show live broadcasts from the both Irish houses of parliament Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann in Dublin. It will cover parliamentary debates in both Irish and English.

There is also the question of an Irish language television channel and radio station for Northern Ireland.

cottish Gaelic

Tele-G - A part time channel broadcasting between 18.00-19.00 on Freeview. Tele-G's programming comes from Scottish TV, BBC Scotland and TG4.

BBC Alba (TV channel) launched on September 19th 2008 at 9pm. The channel is available around the UK on Sky, Freesat and eventually Virgin Media also. Additionally, subject to the BBC Trust, the channel will be carried on Freeview in Scotland after the digital switchover. BBC Alba broadcasts various genres of programmes serving the Gaelic community, including drama, sport and daily news in the form of "An La".

Welsh

S4C - A Welsh language channel broadcasting to Wales which has been successful in attracting new Welsh speakers. S4C has a young, energetic audience and is funded by the British Government and advertising.

S4C2 - A channel which broadcast from the Welsh Parliament. S4C2 is inactive most of the time.

ee also

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