{"id":111643,"date":"2020-01-13T16:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T16:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=111643"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:39:10","slug":"tg4-now-the-6th-most-watched-channel-in-ireland-for-the-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2020-2\/tg4-now-the-6th-most-watched-channel-in-ireland-for-the-first-time-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"TG4 now the 6th most watched channel in Ireland for the first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>TG4 was the 6th most watched channel in Ireland in 2019, moving up one place from 7th where it had ranked since 2014.\u00a0 This is the first time TG4 has ranked 6th since it began broadcasting in 1996.\u00a0 TG4 is now watched more than BBC Two, Virgin Media Three and Channel 4 in Ireland. 85% of the population watched TG4 at some stage during 2019. TG4&#8217;s highest reach on any day was 787,000 which occured on September 15th, the day the TG4 Ladies Football Final between Dublin and Galway took place.\u00a0 The match was attended by 56,114 people, a new record for the game.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The share increased by 3% in 2019 after dropping 6% in 2018.\u00a0 The average viewing share for 2019 was 1.84%. The highest month in terms of share was March which had an average share of 2.65%.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mayo v Kerry Allianz League Football Final on\u00a0<strong>GAA BEO<\/strong>\u00a0was the most watched programme in 2019, with an average audience of 265,000 viewers and a share of 30.4% of the viewing audience.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Country music continued in popularity on TG4 in 2019, with\u00a0<strong>Opry le Daniel<\/strong>\u00a0celebrating Margo&#8217;s 55 year career drawing over 83,000 viewers on Christmas Eve.\u00a0 Documentaries proved to be as popular as ever on TG4, with series such as\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Finn\u00e9&#8217;<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Laochra Gael&#8217;<\/strong>, and one-off documentaries such as\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Ucht\u00fa &#8211; Evanne N\u00ed Chuilinn&#8217;,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Phil Coutler &#8211; Mo Shaol<\/strong>&#8216; and\u00a0<strong>&#8216;Fear Darb Ainm Harris&#8217;<\/strong>, attracting audiences in primetime schedules in competitve viewing schedule slots.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Live events such as\u00a0<strong>Gradam Ceoil TG4<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Fleadh TV<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Mary From Dungloe<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>The Irish Post Awards<\/strong>\u00a0attracted large views on air as well as on social media.\u00a0 Social media views\u00a0 grew from 18m in 2018 to 23m in 2019.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Alan Esslemont, TG4&#8217;s Director General says &#8220;<em>TG4 puts \u2018s\u00fail eile\u2019 or \u2018an alternative perspective\u2019 at the heart of its vision for public service broadcasting and that vision is clearly increasingly popular with Irish viewers. 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