Saorview (Ireland, overspill/relays)

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Saorview is Ireland’s free-to-air digital terrestrial television platform, whose signal can sometimes be received beyond its intended coverage area through overspill and relay transmitters.

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Surface form Occurrences
Saorview 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf digital terrestrial television platform
free-to-air television service
analogueSwitchOffDate 2012-10-24
audioEncoding MPEG-4 AAC
branding Saorview (Ireland, overspill/relays) self-link
surface form: Saorview
broadcastStandard DVB-T
country Ireland
coverageCharacteristic line-of-sight dependent reception
subject to terrain and atmospheric conditions
coverageExtensionMethod overspill into adjacent territories
relay transmitters in shadowed areas
electronicProgrammeGuide 7-day EPG support
feature overspill reception beyond intended coverage area
fundingModel television licence fee for public service channels
includesService Oireachtas TV
RTÉ
surface form: RTÉ News channel

RTÉ
surface form: RTÉ One

RTÉ
surface form: RTÉ2

RTÉ
surface form: RTÉjr

TG4
Virgin Media (Ireland)
surface form: Virgin Media One (in certain arrangements)

radio stations from RTÉ and other broadcasters
intendedCoveragePopulationShare approximately 98 percent of population
languageOfPrimaryServices English
Irish
launchDate 2011-05-26
multiplexType public service multiplexes
operator 2RN
RTÉ
surface form: Raidió Teilifís Éireann
overspillEffect reception in coastal areas of Great Britain under certain conditions
reception in parts of Northern Ireland
owner RTÉ
surface form: Raidió Teilifís Éireann
primaryCoverage Ireland
surface form: Republic of Ireland
regulator Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
surface form: Commission for Communications Regulation
relatedPlatform Saorsat
relatedPlatformFunction complements Saorview coverage via satellite
replaces Irish analogue terrestrial television
requires DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible receiver
serviceModel no monthly subscription fees
serviceType free-to-air
signalType digital terrestrial television
targetReceptionEquipment integrated digital televisions
set-top boxes
transmissionBand UHF
uses Single Frequency Networks in some regions
usesNetworkOf main high-power transmitters
relay transmitters
videoEncoding H.264
surface form: MPEG-4 AVC

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Saorview (Ireland, overspill/relays) branding Saorview (Ireland, overspill/relays) self-link
subject surface form: Saorview
this entity surface form: Saorview
BBC Two terrestrialService Saorview (Ireland, overspill/relays)