![]() While audiences continued their love for RTÉ local drama from Carrigstown with Fair City , as it was streamed over 3.3 million times on the RTÉ Player last year.Ģ021 saw Irish audiences come together for pivotal TV moments across RTÉ, generating a real sense of community and collective watching with programmes such as The Late Late Show(695,000), the new series of Reeling in the Years (654,000), Ireland’s Fittest Family (604,000), The Tommy Tiernan Show (546,000) and Operation Transformation (496,000). RTÉ One on Sunday nights became the must-watch home of new Irish drama in 2021 with Hidden Assets (537,000 viewers) and Smother (481,000) also both featuring among the Top 50 most watched programmes. Hit crime drama Kin proved the top favourite among viewers of all TV dramas in 2021, with 687,000 viewers watching on RTÉ One, and a phenomenal 2.5 million streams on RTÉ Player. The gripping opening episode was also the most watched programme on the RTÉ Player across 2021 with over 515,000 streams alone. Irish drama proved a huge draw for audience in 2021 as viewers turned to RTÉ’s unique offering of the best of local TV writing, acting, and producing. RTÉ Sport’s coverage of UEFA Euro 2020 also scored big with Irish fans as 2.5 million streams from the action-packed tournament were streamed on the RTÉ Player, and the final of Italy v England attracting 941,000 viewers on RTÉ2, making it the third most watched TV programme of the year. The All-Ireland Football Final Tyrone V Mayo on RTÉ2 was the second most watched programme overall, while nearly a million streams of The Saturday Game / The Sunday Game Livewere watched on the RTÉ Player during the year. Over 67 million streams were accessed subscription free on RTÉ Player last year.Īs live TV remains king, The Late Late Toy Show retained the crown at the top of the Irish TV viewing chart with over 1.7 million viewers and an impressive €6.6million raised for good causes on the night of The Lion King themed show.Ģ021 was a bumper year for Ireland as a nation of sports fans, with seven of the top ten most watched programmes all free-to-air sport. RTÉ Player continues to grow its on-demand content offering of boxsets and curated catalogue and saw a substantial 48% increase in time spent streaming in 2021 compared to the previous year. ![]() Tam Ireland research confirms that Irish audiences spend twice as much time on broadcaster content than any other form of content, including content from international streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon. The average Irish adult in a TV home, watched TV for 2 hours 47 mins every day, almost 20 hours a week in 2021.Īs audience viewing and listening evolves, RTÉ continues to offer a range of platforms for Irish people to watch and listen to content, when and how they want. ![]() RTÉ was home to 44 of the 50 most watched TV programmes in 2021, as audiences turned to RTÉ in their droves for its unique offering of live sport, entertainment, trusted news, local Irish drama as well as, gripping factual programmes and documentaries. ![]() Throughout the highs and lows of 2021, there was one for everyone in the audience as Irish viewers watched over 3.7 billion hours of TV and continued to choose Irish content above all else available.
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