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2003 in Irish television

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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2003.

Events

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January

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February

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  • No events

March

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  • 3 March – Tara Television, a cable and satellite channel that airs RTÉ programmes to the United Kingdom goes into liquidation.[1]

April

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  • No events

May

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  • 7 May – RTÉ publishes its first annual Statement of Commitments.[1]

June

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  • 13 June – Cabin Fever, RTÉ's "Reality TV" ship sinks.[1] It had started on 1 June, and was scheduled to run for eight weeks, but was cancelled following the disaster.

July

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August

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  • No events

September

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  • September – "RTÉ News" is merged with "RTÉ Current Affairs" to form "RTÉ News and Current Affairs".[2]

October

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  • No events

November

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December

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  • No events

Unknown

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  • Broadcasting fund established.[1]
  • An overhaul of RTÉ's internal structure creates new Integrated Business Divisions for Television, Radio, News, Publishing, Network and Performing Groups.[1]
  • Video self-editing becomes fully operational enabling RTÉ journalists to use videophone technology when filing reports from overseas. Clipmail is used to send a report from Liberia.[1]

Debuts

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RTÉ

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TV3

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TG4

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Changes of network affiliation

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Shows Moved from Moved to
Mona the Vampire TV3 RTÉ Two
The Animals of Farthing Wood RTÉ One RTÉ Two
The Den RTÉ One RTÉ Two
Barney & Friends RTÉ One RTÉ Two
Arthur TG4 RTÉ Two
Bear in the Big Blue House RTÉ One RTÉ Two
Top Cat RTÉ Two TG4
The Morbegs RTÉ One RTÉ Two
Pecola RTÉ One RTÉ Two
Tom and Jerry RTÉ Two TG4

Ongoing television programmes

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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Ending this year

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "RTÉ Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. ^ "RTÉ Press Releases 2003: New Look for RTÉ News". RTÉ. 1 September 2002. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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