List of line-up changes on Saorview (Ireland)

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2012	2013	2014	2015
2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022	2023
2024

Key

Example	Description
Launch	Channel that has launched or temporarily launched on the EPG
Removal	Channel that has been removed or temporarily removed from the EPG
Replace	Channel that has been renamed and replaced by another channel with the same SID.
Rename	Channel that has been renamed but has not been replaced by another channel.
Reversion	Channel that was using a temporary name that has reverted to its previous name
Restoration to EPG	Channel that was relaunched or restored to the EPG after being removed.
Move	Channel that has been moved to another EPG number.
Hidden	Channel is not displayed on the EPG but can be accessed by entering the channel number

EPG Changes

2012

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
10/07/12	5	RTÉ News Now	Move	6		Mux 1
10/07/12	6	3e	Move	5		Mux 1

2013

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
16/10/13	11	Blank HD channel	Launch			Mux 2	Saorview Mux 2 test
16/10/13	12	Blank HD channel	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	13	Test card	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	14	Blank HD channel	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	15	Test card	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	17	Blank TV channel	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	18	Blank TV channel	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	211-212	Blank radio channels	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	213	RTÉ lyric fm	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	214	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	215-217	Blank radio channels	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	218-219	RTÉ Gold	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	220	Blank radio channel	Launch			Mux 2
16/10/13	250	SSU	Launch			Mux 2
21/10/13	11	Blank HD channel	Replace & Move	1	RTÉ One HD	Mux 2	Saorview Mux 2 launch
21/10/13	17	Blank TV channel	Replace & Move	7	RTÉjr	Mux 2
21/10/13	18	Blank TV channel	Replace & Move	8	RTÉ One +1	Mux 2
21/10/13	1	RTÉ One	Move	11		Mux 1	Broadcasting as usual with a message stating a retune is required
21/10/13	7	RTÉjr	Move	17		Mux 1
21/10/13	8	RTÉ One +1	Move	18		Mux 1
08/11/13	12	Blank HD channel	Replace		HD test card	Mux 2
08/11/13	14	Blank HD channel	Replace		HD test card	Mux 2
??/??/13	207	RTÉ Choice	Replace & Hide		Blank radio channel	Mux 1

2014

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
12/03/14	17	RTÉjr	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 1
12/03/14	18	RTÉ One +1	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 1
20/03/14	17	Blank TV channel	Replace		Test card	Mux 1
20/03/14	17	Test card	Hidden			Mux 1
20/03/14	18	Blank TV channel	Hidden			Mux 1
20/03/14	218-219	RTÉ Gold	Replace		Blank radio channels	Mux 2
03/04/14	11	RTÉ One	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 1
07/04/14	11	Blank TV channel	Hidden			Mux 1
30/05/14	11	Blank TV channel	Replace		Test card	Mux 1
30/05/14	11	Test card	Launch			Mux 1
31/05/14	11	Test card	Hidden			Mux 1
??/??/14	213	RTÉ lyric fm	Replace		Blank radio channel	Mux 2
??/??/14	214	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Replace		Blank radio channel	Mux 2
18/09/14	17	Test card	Replace		Oireachtas TV	Mux 1
08/10/14	2	RTÉ Two HD	Rename		RTÉ2 HD	Mux 1
08/10/14	11	Test card	Move	22		Mux 1
08/10/14	17	Oireachtas TV	Replace & Move	21	Test card	Mux 1
08/10/14	9-11	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 2
08/10/14	16-17	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 2
08/10/14	19-20	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 1
08/10/14	23-26	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 1
08/10/14	27-31	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 2
08/10/14	32-34	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 1
08/10/14	210	Blank radio channel	Launch			Mux 2
08/10/14	212	Blank radio channel	Replace		RTÉ lyric fm	Mux 2
08/10/14	213	Blank radio channel	Replace		RTÉ Pulse	Mux 2
08/10/14	249	SSU	Move	254		Mux 1
08/10/14	250	SSU	Move	255		Mux 2
09/10/14	35-42	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 1
09/10/14	43-50	Blank TV channels	Launch			Mux 2
09/10/14	209	RTÉjr Radio/RTÉ Chill	Replace & Hide		RTÉ Chill (9pm–7am)	Mux 1
09/10/14	207	Blank radio channel	Replace & Unhide		RTÉjr Radio/RTÉ Chill	Mux 1	Channel 207 points to channel 209 from 9pm–7am
13/10/14	15	Test card	Replace		RTÉ One +1	Mux 2
13/10/14	21	Test card	Replace		RTÉ News Now	Mux 1
14/10/14	15	RTÉ One +1	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 2
15/10/14	11	Blank TV channel	Replace		RTÉ One +1	Mux 2
16/10/14	9-10	Blank TV channels	Replace		Test cards	Mux 2
16/10/14	16-17	Blank TV channels	Replace		Test cards	Mux 2
30/11/14	21	RTÉ News Now	Replace		Test card	Mux 1
04/12/14	21	Test card	Replace & Move	23	Saorview Information	Mux 2
04/12/14	23	Blank TV channel	Move	13		Mux 2
04/12/14	13	Test card	Replace & Move	6	UTV Ireland	Mux 2
04/12/14	6	RTÉ News Now	Move	21		Mux 1
04/12/14	6	UTV Ireland	Launch			Mux 2	Placeholder Launches 01/01/2015
04/12/14	11	RTÉ One +1	Launch			Mux 2
04/12/14	23	Saorview Information	Launch			Mux 1
??/12/14	9-10	Test cards	Replace		Blank TV channels	Mux 2
??/12/14	16-17	Test cards	Replace		Blank TV channels	Mux 2

2015

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
12/03/15	8	RTÉ One +1	Hidden			Mux 2
24/03/15	8	RTÉ One +1	Replace		Blank TV Channel	Mux 2
06/06/15	12	HD test card	Replace		Test card	Mux 2

2016

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
13/01/16	22	Test card	Replace		Oireachtas TV	Mux 1
13/01/16	22	Oireachtas TV	Temporary Launch			Mux 1	Broadcasting on a pilot basis
??/06/16	22	Oireachtas TV	Replace & Hide		Blank TV channel	Mux 1
27/06/16	22	Blank TV channel	Replace		Oireachtas TV	Mux 1
27/06/16	22	Oireachtas TV	Launch			Mux 1

2017

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
09/01/17	6	UTV Ireland	Rename		be3	Mux 2
19/12/17	27	Saorview Information	Launch			Mux 2
27/12/17	23	Saorview Information	Hidden			Mux 1
??/12/17	23	Saorview Information	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 1

2018

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
17/08/18	210	Radio Maria Ireland	Launch			Mux 2
30/08/18	3	TV3	Rename		Virgin Media One	Mux 1
30/08/18	5	3e	Rename		Virgin Media Two	Mux 1
30/08/18	6	be3	Rename		Virgin Media Three	Mux 2

2019

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
28/01/19	51	2rn	Move	250		Mux 1
28/01/19	200	RTÉ Radio 1	Move	251		Mux 1	HbbTV-enabled TVs only
28/01/19	201	RTÉ Radio 1 Extra	Move	252		Mux 1
28/01/19	202	RTÉ 2FM	Move	253		Mux 1
28/01/19	203	RTÉ lyric fm	Move	254		Mux 1
28/01/19	204	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Move	255		Mux 1
28/01/19	205	RTÉ Pulse	Move	256		Mux 1
28/01/19	206	RTÉ 2XM	Move	257		Mux 1
28/01/19	207	RTÉjr Radio/RTÉ Chill	Move	258		Mux 1
28/01/19	208	RTÉ Gold	Move	259		Mux 1
28/01/19	209	RTÉ Chill	Move	260		Mux 1
28/01/19	210	Radio Maria Ireland	Move	261		Mux 2
28/01/19	211-212	Blank radio channels	Move	262-263		Mux 2
28/01/19	213	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Move	264		Mux 2
28/01/19	214-220	Blank radio channels	Move	265-271		Mux 2
28/01/19	252	Blank data channel	Move	272		Mux 1
28/01/19	253	Blank data channel	Move	273		Mux 2
28/01/19	254	SSU	Move	274		Mux 1
28/01/19	255	SSU	Move	275		Mux 2
30/01/19	250	2rn	Reversion	51		Mux 1	TVs without HbbTV only
Before 02/2019	213	RTÉ Pulse	Replace		RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Mux 2
Before 02/2019	252	Blank data channel	Launch			Mux 1
Before 02/2019	253	Blank data channel	Launch			Mux 2
13/02/19	250	2rn	Reversion	51		Mux 1	HbbTV-enabled TVs only
13/02/19	251	RTÉ Radio 1	Reversion	200		Mux 1
13/02/19	252	RTÉ Radio 1 Extra	Reversion	201		Mux 1
13/02/19	253	RTÉ 2FM	Reversion	202		Mux 1
13/02/19	254	RTÉ lyric fm	Reversion	203		Mux 1
13/02/19	255	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Reversion	204		Mux 1
13/02/19	256	RTÉ Pulse	Reversion	205		Mux 1
13/02/19	257	RTÉ 2XM	Reversion	206		Mux 1
13/02/19	258	RTÉjr Radio/RTÉ Chill	Reversion	207		Mux 1
13/02/19	259	RTÉ Gold	Reversion	208		Mux 1
13/02/19	260	RTÉ Chill	Reversion	209		Mux 1
13/02/19	261	Radio Maria Ireland	Reversion	210		Mux 2
13/01/19	262-263	Blank radio channels	Reversion	211-212		Mux 2
13/02/19	264	RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta	Reversion	213		Mux 2
13/02/19	265-271	Blank radio channels	Reversion	214-220		Mux 2
13/02/19	272	Blank data channel	Reversion	252		Mux 1
13/02/19	273	Blank data channel	Reversion	253		Mux 2
13/02/19	274	SSU	Reversion	254		Mux 1
13/02/19	275	SSU	Reversion	255		Mux 2
22/02/19	51	2rn	Move	250		Mux 1
22/02/19	250	2rn	Reversion	51		Mux 1
??/02/19	12	Test card	Replace		RTÉ2 +1	Mux 2
19/02/19	12	RTÉ2 +1	Launch			Mux 2	Previously hidden
??/11/19	17	Viewer Advisory	Launch			Mux 2	Information about frequency changes
??/11/19	18	Viewer Advisory	Launch			Mux 1

2020

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
04/03/20	17	Viewer Advisory	Removal			Mux 2
04/03/20	18	Viewer Advisory	Removal			Mux 1
31/08/20	21	RTÉ News Now	Rename		RTÉ News	Mux 1

2021

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
??/08/21	28	Blank TV channel	Replace		Saorview Information	Mux 2
26/08/21	28	Saorview Information	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 2
13/10/21	27	Saorview Information	Move	23		Mux 2
13/10/21	23	Blank TV channel	Move	27		Mux 1
13/10/21	51	2rn	Launch			Mux 1	Previously hidden test card
14/10/21	33-42	Blank TV channel	Removal			Mux 1
14/10/21	43-49	Blank TV channel	Removal			Mux 2
25/11/21	14	HD test card	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 2
26/11/21	29	Blank TV channel	Replace		Saorview Information	Mux 2
26/11/21	29	Saorview Information	Launch			Mux 2
26/11/21	23	Saorview Information	Replace		Sky News	Mux 2	Test card/Sky News logo Launches 30/11/21
30/11/21	211	Broadcasting silence	Replace		Blank radio channel	Mux 2
08/12/21	211	Blank radio channel	Replace		UCB Ireland	Mux 2
08/12/21	211	UCB Ireland	Launch			Mux 2

2022

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
Before 29/05/22	51	2rn	Hide			Mux 1
2?/05/22	17	Blank TV channel	Replace		RTÉjr	Mux 2	29/05/22 assumed
08/08/22	7	RTÉjr	Rename		⸺	Mux 2	Still broadcasting
15/08/22	7	RTÉjr	Replace		RTÉjr Information slate	Mux 2
15/08/22	29	Saorview Information	Replace		Blank TV channel	Mux 2	Still labelled Saorview Information
17/08/22	7	RTÉjr Information slate	Replace		Test card	Mux 2
18/08/22	7	Test card	Replace		RTÉjr Information slate	Mux 2	Now with 2rn logo in top left
22/08/22	7	RTÉjr Information slate	Replace		Test card	Mux 2
Before 24/08/22	209	RTÉ Chill	Unhide			Mux 1
24/08/22	7	Test card	Replace		Black screen with 2rn logo	Mux 2
24/08/22	7	Black screen with 2rn logo	Replace		White screen with Virgin Media Four logo	Mux 2	4:3 stretched
24/08/22	7	White screen with Virgin Media Four logo	Replace		Virgin Media Four	Mux 2
23/10/22	29	Blank TV channel	Replace		MHEG5 channel overview	Mux 2	Still labelled Saorview Information
2?/10/22	50	Blank TV channel	Replace		HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Mux 2	Labelled 2rn
01/12/22	4	TG4	Replace		TG4 HD	Mux 1	Still labelled TG4
01/12/22	51	Test card	Replace		HbbTV test card	Mux 2	Labelled 2rn

2023

Date	Channel number	Channel name	Type of change	New channel number	New channel name	Multiplex	Notes
23/01/23	8	Blank TV Channel	Replace		MHEG5 test card	Mux 2
24/01/23	8	MHEG5 test card	Unhide			Mux 2
25/01/23	8	MHEG5 test card	Rename		Challenge (MHEG5 Challenge logo)	Mux 2
01/02/23	8	MHEG5 Challenge logo	Replace		Challenge	Mux 2
Before 06/03/23	51	HbbTV test card	Replace		HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Mux 1
08/03/23	50	HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Replace		HbbTV test card	Mux 2
17/04/23	14	Blank TV Channel	Replace		Test card	Mux 2	Temporary changes Reverted the same day [Kippure]
	50	HbbTV test card	Replace		HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Mux 2
	29	Saorview Information (MHEG5 channel overview)	Replace		Saorview Information (Barker channel)	Mux 2
	30	Blank channel	Replace		Saorview Information (MHEG5 channel overview)	Mux 2
			Unhide
	220	Blank radio channel	Removal			Mux 2
	253	Blank data channel	Removal			Mux 2
	255	SSU	Removal			Mux 2
24/04/23	14	Blank TV Channel	Replace		Test card	Mux 2	Temporary changes [Kippure] Reverted 26/04/23
	29	Saorview Information (MHEG5 channel overview)	Replace		Saorview Information (Barker channel)	Mux 2
	30	Blank channel	Replace		Saorview Information (MHEG5 channel overview)	Mux 2
			Unhide
	220	Blank radio channel	Removal			Mux 2
	253	Blank data channel	Removal			Mux 2
25/04/23	18	Blank TV Channel	Replace		MHEG5 test card	Mux 2
28/04/23	14	Blank TV Channel	Replace		MHEG5 test card (Day) Test card (Night)	Mux 2	Temporary changes [Kippure] [02/05/23 - Three Rock] [10/05/23, 11/05/23 - Clermont Carn] Reverted 16/05/23 Restored 18/05/23
	18	Blank TV Channel	Replace		Test card (Day) MHEG5 test card (Night)	Mux 2
	29	Saorview Information (MHEG5 channel overview)	Replace		Saorview Information (Barker channel)	Mux 2
	30	Blank channel	Replace		Saorview Information (MHEG5 channel overview)	Mux 2
			Unhide
	220	Blank radio channel	Removal			Mux 2
	253	Blank data channel	Removal			Mux 2
06/06/23	51	HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Replace		Test card	Mux 1	Reverted ??/06/23 Restored 19/06/23 Reverted 22/06/23
10/07/23	214	Blank radio channels	Replace		RTÉ Radio 1 Extra	Mux 2
	215				RTÉ Pulse	Mux 2
	218				RTÉ Gold	Mux 2
	219				RTÉ Chill	Mux 2
11/07/23	216	Blank radio channel	Replace		RTÉ 2XM	Mux 2
12/07/23	51	HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Replace		Test card	Mux 1	Reverted same day
??/07/23	207	RTÉjr Radio (Day) RTÉ Chill (Night)	Replace		RTÉjr Radio (Day)	Mux 1
13/07/23	209	RTÉ Chill	Move	219	RTÉ Chill.	Mux 1	Old version with full stop at end of its name
			Rename
	219	RTÉ Chill	Move	209		Mux 2	New version
	206	RTÉ 2XM	Move	216	RTÉ 2XM.	Mux 1	Old version with full stop at end of its name
			Rename
	216	RTÉ 2XM	Move	206		Mux 2	New version
18/07/23	205	RTÉ Pulse	Move	215	RTÉ Pulse.	Mux 1	Old version with full stop at end of its name
			Rename
	215	RTÉ Pulse	Move	205		Mux 2	New version
	208	RTÉ Gold	Move	218	RTÉ Gold.	Mux 1	Old version with full stop at end of its name
			Rename
	218	RTÉ Gold	Move	208		Mux 2	New version
19/07/23	51	HbbTV + MHEG5 test cards	Replace		Test card	Mux 1	Reverted same day
21–24/07/23	201	RTÉ Radio 1 Extra	Move	214		Mux 1	Old version
	214	RTÉ Radio 1 Extra	Move	201		Mux 2	New version
31/07/23	14	MHEG5 test card (Day) Test card (Night)	Rename		TG4 +1 MHEG5 slate (24 hours) Test card (Night)	Mux 2
	18	Test card (Day) MHEG5 test card (Night)	Rename		Cúla4 MHEG5 slate (24 hours) Test card (Day)
01/08/23	14	TG4 +1 MHEG5 slate (24 hours) Test card (Night)	Replace		TG4 +1 MHEG5 slate	Mux 2
	18	Cúla4 MHEG5 slate (24 hours) Test card (Day)	Replace		Cúla4 Animated loop (Day) MHEG5 slate (Night)
04/09/23	14	TG4 +1 MHEG5 slate	Replace		TG4 +1	Mux 2	Official launch on 08/09/23
	18	Cúla4 Animated loop (Day) MHEG5 slate (Night)	Replace		Cúla4

Note: [  ] denotes confirmed transmitters as the changes did not always occur in all locations

See also

• List of channels on Saorview (Ireland)