2013 in Irish television

none September 2020 2013 Irish television The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2013. Events January 6 January – It is reported that Seán Gallagher, a former candidate in the 2011 Irish presidential election is launching legal proceedings against RTÉ over an incident in its Frontline Presidential Debate in which a tweet was wrongly attributed to the official Twitter account of the Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness.http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0106/gallagher-takes-legal-action-over-frontline-debate.html Gallagher takes legal action over Frontline debate RTÉ News RTÉ 6 January 2012 6 January 2013 7 January – Debut of TV3's first self-produced drama, Deception, set on a post-Celtic Tiger housing estate in Galway.http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/57581/galway-based-drama-series-deception-to-premiere-on-tv3-next-week- Galway based drama series Deception to premiere on TV3 next week Galway Advertiser 3 January 2013 28 January 2013Laura Butler http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/our-first-drama-as-good-as-lovehate-tv3-3341620.html Our first drama as good as 'Love/Hate' Independent News and Media Irish Independent 3 January 2013 28 January 2013 30 January – Former Channel 5 Director of Programmes Jeff Ford has been hired by TV3 to become their new Director of Content, a position he will take up in February.Lisa O'Carroll https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/30/jeff-ford-tv3-head-content Jeff Ford to become head of content at TV3 Guardian Media Group The Guardian 30 January 2013 10 April 2015 31 January – Figures published by TAM Ireland/Nielsen indicate viewers in Ireland watched an average of 3.35 hours of television per day (25 hours a week) in 2012.Laura Slattery http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2013/0131/1224329469727.html Viewers loyal to TV as they watch 25 hours a week The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 31 January 2013 8 February 2013 February 1 February – Pat Kenny, most recently presenter of The Frontline, returns to host an edition of The Late Late Show after the death earlier in the week of regular host Ryan Tubridy's father.Ken Sweeney http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/blast-from-the-past-pat-kenny-to-host-late-late-show-as-ryan-tubridy-mourns-passing-of-father-3371005.html Blast from the past – Pat Kenny to host 'Late Late Show' as Ryan Tubridy mourns passing of father Independent News and Media Irish Independent 31 January 2013 1 February 2013http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2013/0131/1224329469912.html Tubridy off air following death of his father The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 31 January 2013 1 February 2013 5 February – Launch of Irish Horse TV, Ireland's first TV channel dedicated to horse racing and other equine sports. http://horsetalk.co.nz/2013/01/15/ireland-gets-new-equine-tv-channel/#.UPlHef1RuDE Ireland gets new equine TV channel Horsetalk 15 January 2013 18 January 2013 21 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200621052927/https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2013/01/15/ireland-gets-new-equine-tv-channel/#.UPlHef1RuDE dead 7 February – The Irish Film and Television Network website reports that pre-production has begun on An Bronntanas, a five-part Irish language thriller set in Conamara that will air on TG4 in 2014.http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4285772&tpl=archnews&force=1 Eva Hall TG4 Series 'An Bronntanas' Enters Pre-Production The Irish Film & Television Network 7 February 2013 8 February 2013 25 February – Telecommunications giant BT, which bought the rights to some Premier League matches in 2012 expands its investment in sports broadcasting with the purchase of ESPN's channels in Britain and Ireland.Jason Deans Owen Gibson https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/25/espn-bt-vision BT buys ESPN'S UK and Ireland TV channels Guardian Media Group The Guardian 25 February 2013 25 February 2013 March 4 March – Online retailer Viking Direct says it cannot fulfil orders placed for a 51-inch 3D television that was incorrectly priced at €6.49 instead of €649. Thousands of orders were placed during the two days the offer was available, but customers will not receive their purchase, nor will they get an automatic refund.Jason Kennedy http://www.irishtimes.com/news/mispriced-television-orders-cancelled-1.1317336 Mispriced television orders cancelled The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 5 March 2013 10 March 2013 7 March – Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte officially opens TV3's new €5m Sony HD production centre at Ballymount.Kevin Cronin http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4285858&tpl=archnews&force=1 TV3 Sony HD Studios launched by Minister for Communications The Irish Film & Television Network 8 March 2013 10 March 2013 14 March – The Lowry Tapes, containing a telephone conversation between corrupt politician Michael Lowry and land agent Kevin Phelan, are broadcast in full on Tonight with Vincent Browne.Jody Corcoran http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/coalition-tension-over-lowry-tapes-29120885.html Coalition tension over Lowry tapes Sunday Independent Independent News & Media 10 March 2013 10 March 2013http://www.thejournal.ie/michael-lowry-kevin-phelan-conversation-833051-Mar2013/ Gardaí examining Lowry tape as conversation is aired on national TV: Independent TD Michael Lowry can be heard making reference to a £250,000 payment which he said he never declared TheJournal.ie 15 March 2013 15 March 2013 April 11 April – TV3 criticises new regulations that ban radio and television journalists from expressing an on-air opinion on news and current affairs issues as "a draconian extension of the State's control over media".Seán McCárthaigh http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/tv3-slams-new-code-as-draconian-227996.html TV3 slams new code as 'draconian' Landmark Media Investments Irish Examiner 11 April 2013 18 April 2013 28 April – Keith Hanley wins the second series of The Voice of Ireland.http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0429/444967-thevoice/ Keith Hanley wins The Voice of Ireland RTÉ RTÉ Ten 29 April 2013 14 February 2015 May 21 May – Justice Minister Alan Shatter apologises to independent deputy Mick Wallace in the Dáil Éireann after he divulged that Wallace had been excused from receiving penalty points for using a mobile phone while driving during a debate about people escaping penalty points on an edition of RTÉ's Prime Time. Shatter had previously admitted receiving his information from Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan but claimed he was not "in the business of collecting secret files on politicians".Juno McEnroe http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/shatter-garda-chief-told-me-about-wallace-231998.html Shatter: Garda chief told me about Wallace Irish Examiner 22 May 2013 22 May 2013http://www.sligotoday.ie/printable.php?id=25882 TD to lodge official complaint over justice minister's remarks Sligo Today 20 May 2013 30 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130911105321/http://sligotoday.ie/printable.php?id=25882 11 September 2013 usurped 30 May – Three international deals are announced by Dublin-based Network Ireland Television that will see 50 Irish-made short films aired on television channels in the Americas, Europe and Middle East.Kevin Cronin http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4286135&tpl=archnews&force=1 Network Ireland Television, Film & TV Distributors, Secure 3 International Deals to Sell 50 Irish Shorts Abroad The Irish Film & Television Network Iftn.ie 30 May 2013 28 June 2013 June 3 June – AerTV, an Irish-owned online television service launched 18 months previously reports a 130% year-on-year increase in viewership for the first quarter of 2013.Percival Geoff http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/online-tv-service-sees-viewership-rise-130-233191.html Online TV service sees viewership rise 130% Landmark Media Investments Irish Examiner 4 June 2013 28 June 2013 5 June – Food manufacturers criticise Broadcasting Authority of Ireland plans to introduce new regulations banning television and radio advertising of foods with high fat, salt, and sugar content during children's programmes.Seán McCárthaigh http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/industry-attacks-food-ads-ban-for-childrens-tv-233262.html Industry attacks food ads ban for children's TV Landmark Media Investments Irish Examiner 5 June 2013 28 June 2013 25 June – Setanta Sports signs a deal to make their BT Sport channels and ESPN available in the Irish Republic from 1 August.https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/setanta-to-add-bt/29371659.html Setanta to add BT Independent News and Media Evening Herald 25 June 2013 28 June 2013 July 11 July – Fine Gael Teachta Dála Tom Barry, who had been drinking in the Dáil bar, provokes international headlines after pulling party colleague Áine Collins onto his lap on live television during a late-night Dáil debate. Fine Gael later describe the incident was "silly" and "horseplay". However, the event sparks a national discussion about the treatment of women by men in Irish politics.Emer O'Toole https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/12/ireland-abortion-debate-tom-barry-aine-collins The Ireland abortion debate, summed up in one disrespectful gesture The Guardian Guardian Media Group 12 July 2013 12 July 2013Emer O'Toole https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10174051/Irish-politician-Tom-Barry-grabs-female-colleague-during-abortion-debate.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130715051301/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10174051/Irish-politician-Tom-Barry-grabs-female-colleague-during-abortion-debate.html dead 15 July 2013 The moment a politician grabbed his female colleague and pulled her onto his lap – during an abortion debate The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group 11 July 2013 11 July 2013 August 5 August – In a Sunday Times interview, journalist and businessman Vincent Browne criticises programmes about Travellers broadcast by his employer TV3, saying, "To say it was embarrassing doesn't begin to describe it. I squirmed and I railed against it. The Travellers stuff is appalling, absolutely appalling." He also says that when he complained to TV3 executive Ben Frow, the latter was "just amused at my indignation, which meant I couldn't get anywhere with it".https://archive.today/20130816115137/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/browne-upset-by-tv3-shows-on-travellers-29482694.html Browne upset by TV3 shows on Travellers Irish Independent, 2013-08-08.Henry McKean attacks Vincent Browne's "mouthing off" Irish Independent, 2013-08-15. 22 August – TV3 announces plans to commission its first soap opera, and invites companies from Ireland and the UK to put forward ideas. Submissions will be invited from September.http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4286370&tpl=archnews&force=1 TV3 Seeks Soap Opera and Invites Irish & UK Production Companies to Pitch Ideas The Irish Film and Television Network 22 August 2013 10 January 2014 25 August – Research by Broadcasting Authority of Ireland shows most viewers are still watching television on traditional sets; only 4.6% view content online.http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/bai-research-claims-only-46-watch-tv-on-a-laptop-604927.html BAI research claims only 4.6% watch TV on a laptop BreakingNews.ie 25 August 2013 28 August 2013 26 August – The latest figures from UTV Media show its half yearly profits fell by 10%, with its radio advertising revenue in both Britain and Ireland continuing to decline.http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0827/470485-utv-media-results/ Irish radio ad market still difficult RTÉ News RTÉ 26 August 2013 28 August 2013 27 August – The Government of the 31st Dáil publishes plans to replace the television licence with a Public Service Broadcasting Charge on all primary residences, and certain businesses.http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Broadcasting/Consultation+on+Public+Service+Broadcasting+Charge/ Consultation on Public Service Broadcasting Charge 27 August 2013 Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 27 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130827101726/http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Broadcasting/Consultation+on+Public+Service+Broadcasting+Charge/ 27 August 2013 dead Holiday and second-home owners are likely to be exempted from the charge, with the onus to pay it on the occupier.Paul Cullen http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/second-home-owners-to-escape-broadcasting-charge-1.1506605 Second home owners to escape broadcasting charge The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 27 August 2013 28 August 2013 September 11 September – Aertv launches the first app that enables viewers to receive free streamed content of all Irish broadcast material.Aertv has launched the first app to stream all Irish broadcast channels for free. 20 September – Fifteenth anniversary of the launch of TV3.http://www.rte.ie/archives/2013/0920/475391-happy-birthday-tv3-15-today/ 15 Today Happy Birthday TV3! - RTÉ News RTÉ 20 September 2013 2 April 2015 October 18 October – RTÉ Gaelic football pundit Joe Brolly says that it is "nobody else's business" if GAA clubs or tournaments are named after dead republican paramilitaries, after some Unionist politicians criticised the practice as glorifying terrorism. The comments come in the wake of First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson's attendance at a Co-Operation Ireland dinner held the previous evening to acknowledge the efforts of the GAA in building better community relations.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/joe-brolly-its-nobodys-business-if-gaa-clubs-are-named-after-dead-republican-paramilitaries-29671866.html Joe Brolly: 'It's nobody's business if GAA clubs are named after dead republican paramilitaries' Independent News and Media Irish Independent 18 October 2013 25 May 2015https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24584058 Joe Brolly hits out at GAA republican club name critics BBC News BBC 18 October 2013 25 May 2015 28 October – Singer Edele Lynch wins TV3's Celebrity Apprentice Ireland.Laura Butler http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/edele-lynch-is-crowned-winner-of-celebrity-apprentice-29707691.html Edele Lynch is crowned winner of Celebrity Apprentice Independent News and Media Irish Independent 29 October 2013 4 December 2013 November 6 November – UTV Media announces plans to launch UTV Ireland, a television channel targeting audiences within the Republic of Ireland. If given the go-ahead by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, the channel will be on air from 2015, and will show some ITV content currently broadcast by TV3.Burke-Kennedy Eoin Carbery Genevieve http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/utv-to-launch-new-dublin-based-tv-channel-by-2015-1.1585517 UTV to launch new Dublin-based TV channel by 2015 The Irish Times Trust The Iris Times 6 November 2013 27 November 2013 7 November – A total of 16 production companies have submitted ideas to TV3 for a twice-weekly soap, including Lime Productions, which produces Channel 4's teen soap Hollyoaks, the Irish Times reports.http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/makers-of-hollyoaks-among-16-to-pitch-to-produce-tv3-soap-1.1586016 Makers of 'Hollyoaks' among 16 to pitch to produce TV3 soap The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 7 November 2013 10 January 2014 7 November – Stephen Chisholm wins the first series of TV3's The Great Irish Bake Off.Amanda Ferguson http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/great-irish-bake-offs-stephen-chisholm-from-belfast-is-king-of-the-castle-29736615.html Great Irish Bake Off's Stephen Chisholm from Belfast is king of the castle Independent News and Media Belfast Telegraph 8 November 2013 24 May 2015 14 November – Saorview relaunches its website in order to encourage viewers who have not done so yet to switch to digital television.Kevin Cronin http://www.iftn.ie/digital/digitaltv/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4286625&tpl=archnews&force=1 Saorview, Ireland’s free Digital TV service, Launches New Website The Irish Film and Television Network 14 November 2013 2 April 2015 December 8 December – The Sunday Independent reports that James Bond will return to terrestrial television at Christmas after RTÉ signed a deal with MGM and Sony to air the films, and the expiry of BSkyB's exclusive rights to the franchise.Nick Webb http://www.independent.ie/business/media/rte-goes-in-for-the-kill-to-get-bond-back-on-our-tv-screens-29818767.html RTÉ goes in for the kill to get Bond back on our TV screens Independent News and Media The Sunday Independent 8 December 2013 2 January 2014 9 December – Joe Mulholland, a former managing director of RTÉ expresses concerns about the effect of cutbacks on the quality of programming produced by the broadcaster, warning they are in "dangerous times".Eimear Rabbitte http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/cuts-are-putting-rte-output-at-risk-warns-former-head-of-tv-29823534.html Cuts are putting RTÉ output at risk, warns former head of TV Independent News and Media Irish Independent 9 December 2013 2 January 2014 16 December – Launch of RTÉ One HD.http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/rt%C3%A9-one-hd-to-launch-next-monday-1.1624437 RTÉ One HD to launch next Monday The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 12 December 2013 2 January 2014 18 December – Chief executive of the Irish Film Board, James Hickey reports that Ireland's film, television and animation industry generated €168 million worth of activity in 2013, an 18 per cent increase on 2012 and its best year to date.Ronan McGreevy http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/irish-film-and-television-generates-record-168-million-1.1631817 Irish film and television generates record €168 million The Irish Times The Irish Times Trust 18 December 2013 1 January 2014 22 December – Jockey Tony McCoy is named the 2013 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year.https://www.bbc.com/sport/northern-ireland/25485482 Jockey AP McCoy named the 2013 RTE Sports Person of the Year 22 December 2013 17 December 2023 BBC Sport BBC 28 December – Ratings for 25 December indicate that comedian Brendan O'Carroll's show Mrs. Brown's Boys achieved the highest Christmas Day viewing figures in both Ireland and the UK. With a viewership of 832,000, it topped the Irish ratings for the third year in a row, while in the UK the episode, titled Buckin' Mammy achieved an audience of 9.4 million.Nicola Anderson http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/a-first-for-mrs-brown-as-show-tops-irish-and-uk-festive-ratings-29870923.html A first for Mrs Brown as show tops Irish and UK festive ratings Independent News and Media Irish Independent 28 December 2013 1 January 2014 Debuts RTÉ 3 January – Jimmy's Winnin' Matches on RTÉ One (2013) 28 January – Morning Edition on RTÉ One (2013–2014) 12 May – The Fall on RTÉ One (2013–2016) 14 July – Celebrity MasterChef Ireland on RTÉ One (2013) 26 July – The Hit on RTÉ One (2013) 10 September – Second Captains Live on RTÉ Two (2013–present) TV3 4 January – The Holiday Show (2013) 7 January – Deception (2013–present) 12 February – On the Couch (2013) 19 September – The Great Irish Bake Off (2013–2015) 23 September – Celebrity Apprentice Ireland (2013) TG4 1 September – Raa Raa the Noisy Lion (2011–2018) 6 September – The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019) Ongoing television programmes 1960s RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present) RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present) The Late Late Show (1962–present) 1970s The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present) RTÉ News on Two (1978–2014) The Sunday Game (1979–present) 1980s Fair City (1989–present) RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present) 1990s Would You Believe (1990s–present) Winning Streak (1990–present) Prime Time (1992–present) Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present) Nuacht TG4 (1996–present) Ros na Rún (1996–present) TV3 News (1998–present) Ireland AM (1999–present) Telly Bingo (1999–present) 2000s Nationwide (2000–present) TV3 News at 5.30 (2001–present) – now known as the 5.30 Against the Head (2003–present) news2day (2003–present) Other Voices (2003–present) Saturday Night with Miriam (2005–present) The Week in Politics (2006–present) Tonight with Vincent Browne (2007–2017) Xposé (2007–present) At Your Service (2008–present) Championship Live (2008–present) – Now rebranded as GAA on 3 Midday (2008–2016) Operation Transformation (2008–present) 3e News (2009–present) Dragons' Den (2009–present) Midweek (2009–2014) Republic of Telly (2009–2016) Two Tube (2009–present) 2010s Irish Pictorial Weekly (2012–present) Jack Taylor (2010–present) Love/Hate (2010–present) The Saturday Night Show (2010–2015) Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011–present) The GAA Show (2011–present) MasterChef Ireland (2011–present) Paul Connolly Investigates (2011–2015) Championship Matters (2012–present) Family Fortunes (2012–2014) Today (2012–present) The Mario Rosenstock Show (2012–2016) The Voice of Ireland (2012–2016) The Works (2011–present) Ending this year 4 January – OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory (2011–2013) 10 January – Dublin Wives (2012–2013) 28 January - One to One (2006–2013) 29 January – The Frontline (2009–2013) 8 February – The Holiday Show (2013) 10 February - Raw (2008–2013) 8 March – Take Me Out (2010–2013) 9 April – On the Couch (2013) May – Premier Soccer Saturday (1998–2013) 13 June – Come Dine with Me (2011–2013) and Celebrity Come Dine with Me (2012–2013) August – The Big Money Game (2008–2013) 30 August - The Hit (2013) 27 September - The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin (2009–2013) October - Monday Night Soccer (2008–2013) Deaths 27 January – Éamon de Buitléar, 83, writer, and film and documentary makerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21228088 BBC News Irish wildlife filmmaker Eamon de Buitlear dies BBC 28 January 2013 28 January 2013 See also 2013 in Ireland References 30em External links List of 2013 Irish television series at IMDb 2013