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- Television licences were introduced for the establishment of Telefís Éireann (now RTÉ) in 1962.
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Television licences were introduced for the establishment of Telefís Éireann (now RTÉ) in 1962. Radio licences, abolished in 1972, had been introduced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1904 [50] prior to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.
Television was first received in Ireland in 1949, following the opening of high-power BBC transmitters at Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, England and later Holme Moss in West Yorkshire, England, giving marginal reception along parts of the east coast.
Jan 11, 2020 · The first television programmes to be received in Ireland were broadcast by the BBC. In 1961, the year of Telefís Éireann’s launch, about half of Irish television households could also...
- Edward Brennan
Feb 3, 2020 · A supplementary licence for colour TVs was introduced in 1968. Black and white TV licences remain available for purchase to this day, and as of March 2019 6,883 of them were in force. In 1971,...
The first combined radio and television licence was issued in 1946 for £2. A supplementary licence for colour TVs was introduced in 1968. In 1971, radio-only licences were abolished along with...
The claim that television arrived in Ireland on 31 December 1961 is commonplace 1 . However, such claims only make sense when the word ‘television’ is interpreted to refer solely to television broad-casting rather than viewing, and when ‘Ireland’ refers only to the Republic of Ireland.
It was in 1949 that television was first received in Ireland when, on 17 December, the BBC began transmitting from a new 887 foot mast at Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham. The powerful transmitter meant that those living along parts of the east coast of Ireland were able to receive the signal.
