RTÉ Player has most successful year with 142 million streams in 2024
James Cox
RTÉ Player had it most successful year to date with 142 million streams in 2024, according to new figures.
Newly released TV viewing figures by TAM Ireland/Nielsen Media for 2024 showed a a year-on-year increase of 42 per cent for RTÉ Player.
RTÉ alsoattracted its highest share of linear TV audience in Ireland in over a decade with a share of 27.9 per cent of the TV audience in 2024, beating the previous high of 27.7 per cent in 2013.
The Late Late Toy Show yet again took top spot with sport making up the remaining nine out of the top 10 most-watched programmes as the Six Nations, the All-Ireland Hurling and Football finals, and the UEFA Euro 2024 final all featured prominently.
Other programmes that did well for the national broadcaster included general election coverage, with the Prime Time Leaders’ Debate and the Upfront With Katie Hannon - Leaders' Debate both featuring in the Top 50 most-watched programmes of the year
RTÉ’s coverage of a successful Paris Olympics for Team Ireland was hugely popular with Irish viewers. Kellie Harrington’s gold-medal performance in the ring peaking at 1.4 million viewers, Rhasidat Adeleke’s Women’s 400m Final peaking at 926,000 and the Irish Women’s 4 x 400m Final peaking at 910,000.
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