{"id":99322,"date":"2019-01-18T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T11:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=99322"},"modified":"2019-06-25T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T13:39:15","slug":"tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investing \u20ac22.9m directly into the independent production sector last year alone proved very successful for TG4, which reached 87% of Irish viewers in 2018 and at its peak on Easter Sunday saw over 904,000 people viewing its programmes. Football and Hurling topped the viewing leagues again, but music and documentaries also drew substantial numbers for TG4 in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Favourites such as Nuacht TG4, 7 L\u00e1, Ros na R\u00fan, Fleadh TV\u00a0 &amp; Oireachtas 2018, proved hugely popular with the core Irish-speaking audience on tv and also online \u2013 where the TG4 footprint is ever increasing, most notably in Ireland, Britain, the US &amp; Australia. The TG4 player had an impressive 34 million minute views in 2018, as well as another 18 million views for TG4 content on its social media platforms. The new \u2018Molsc\u00e9al\u2019 app, which was officially launched in November, is perfoming particularly well with over 2 million views to date. Two brand new feature films in Irish, as part of the Cine4 initiative, went into production in 2018 and two international co-production initiatives were set up as well.<\/p>\n<p>Events such as live broadcasts of Peil na mBan, \u2018F\u00e1ilte 2019\u2019, Fleadh TV, Com\u00f3rtas Peile na Gaeltachta and developments like the award-winning online brand \u2018BLOC\u2019, have attracted phenomenal support and are testament to TG4\u2019s ethos of pioneering new and groundbreaking content, but always with the \u2018S\u00fail Eile\u2019, or alternative approach to top quality broadcasting that has become the hallmark of the station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99327\" src=\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2018_Bliain_Bhisu%CC%81il_ag_TG4_Bearla_700.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investing \u20ac22.9m directly into the independent production sector last year alone proved very successful for TG4, which reached 87% of Irish viewers in 2018 and at its peak on Easter Sunday saw over 904,000 people viewing its programmes. Football and Hurling topped the viewing leagues again, but music and documentaries also drew substantial numbers for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":92479,"parent":98832,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pr.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018 - TG4<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018 - TG4\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Investing \u20ac22.9m directly into the independent production sector last year alone proved very successful for TG4, which reached 87% of Irish viewers in 2018 and at its peak on Easter Sunday saw over 904,000 people viewing its programmes. Football and Hurling topped the viewing leagues again, but music and documentaries also drew substantial numbers for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TG4\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TG4TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-25T13:39:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TG4TV\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/\",\"name\":\"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018 - TG4\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-18T11:18:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-25T13:39:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ie\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Seoladh an Fh\u00f3mhair 2018\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Information\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Press\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Press Releases\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"2019\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"TG4\",\"description\":\"S\u00fail Eile\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ie\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018 - TG4","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018 - TG4","og_description":"Investing \u20ac22.9m directly into the independent production sector last year alone proved very successful for TG4, which reached 87% of Irish viewers in 2018 and at its peak on Easter Sunday saw over 904,000 people viewing its programmes. Football and Hurling topped the viewing leagues again, but music and documentaries also drew substantial numbers for [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/","og_site_name":"TG4","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TG4TV","article_modified_time":"2019-06-25T13:39:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@TG4TV","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/","url":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/","name":"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018 - TG4","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg","datePublished":"2019-01-18T11:18:33+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-25T13:39:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ie","@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Seoladh-an-Fhomhair-2018.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Seoladh an Fh\u00f3mhair 2018"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/tg4-celebrates-a-productive-2018\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Information","item":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Press","item":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Press Releases","item":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"2019","item":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"TG4 Celebrates a Productive 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/","name":"TG4","description":"S\u00fail Eile","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-ie"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99322\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}