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ETV One

 * Previously known as Euro Republican Television until the launch of ETV Two (now Network 2).
 * Announcers did use the term “ERTV” to informally describe the channel until it officially became ERTV1 in 1983.
 * The channel, despite being publicly owned, also includes advertising,
 * ETV didn't begin advertising until 1991, following in the footsteps of TV3.
 * ETV One has a very serious line of programmes, with most of the entertainment shows being shoved onto Network 2, whilst ETV One focuses more on documentary series, current affairs shows, arts & culture, news, dramas, telenovelas & imported soap operas.
 * Oh, and lots of daytime shows about people finding new houses, such as A Place In The Sun & Homes Under The Hammer, the latter was previously shown on TV3 until 2017, but EuroMedia still own the first run pay TV rights on the Lifestyle channel.

Network Two

 * Has an RTÉ2 & El TV Kadsre 5 flair.
 * The director of programming was imprisoned once.
 * The second to lowest-rated channel.
 * An unbranded block of programmes for pre-schoolers (mostly) occupies one third of the daily schedule.
 * Some programming for older kids is included, though, but mostly consists of crude & cheap Canadian cartoons 3C passed on, most of the shows air as part of a partnership with British channel.

TV3

 * The most watched channel in the country.
 * Basically an ITV, TF1, TV3 Scandinavia & Sat.1 rolled into one.
 * When it started, the channel heavily relied on American programmes, mostly from the FOX & NBC networks.
 * The channel's afternoon & early evening lineup is mostly hogged by the 3C block, from 2pm all the way until 7:15 pm.
 * It used to be known as Club3, C3 & The Fix.
 * The first 3/4 hour & last hour is usually sanctioned off as a section for the baby shows.
 * TV3 was the first commercial channel in the country.
 * Unlike most channels, TV3 and it’s sister channels all still use in-vision continuity.
 * TV3 was once the trashiest TV channel, as it airs virtually every big reality format, but they are rebranding the channel to reinforce the channel's output, to give it a more serious backbone, including Spark defect-ant ArtsClub.
 * Oh and Sunrise Extra, whose entire audience is women.
 * The channel has been the ER home of The Simpsons since January 1991, but in 1995 new episodes began to air first on Ch 4 whilst TV3 aired them the next night.
 * Before then, the first season was 1st screened on premium channel Premiere from September to December 1990, and they continued to air there until being dropped by the channel in 1996, despite it's popularity, as bosses at the channel replaced the show with North Springs, saying the crude humour and newfound popularity in the States would a better fit for the channel than The Simpsons. That being said, they also picked up similar show South Park, and Dumb Teacher in 2005.

FOX

 * Described on their Twitter page as "TV3's bold & cheeky little brother". This is due to FOX being owned by the same company as TV3.
 * The channel for the youth.
 * Can be compared to ProSieben, ITV2 & E4.
 * 3C runs on FOX too, weekdays in the breakfast slot (5:30am-10am and until 2pm on school holidays), and on weekend afternoons between April-September. The 3C block on FOX never competes with the TV3 strand.
 * On the weekday morning strand, it is split up into 3 90-minute slots, preschool programmes at 5:30, then older kids shows at 7am, back to preschool programmes at 8:30.
 * It is one of the only youth channels to do a nightly news show.
 * The channel has been through an identity crisis, originally known as Channel 4, then ZTV, and then TV4 before settling on it's current name in 2020.
 * Many shows aired on FOX usually end up on TV3 after a few series if they are popular.