List of television channels in Celtic languages
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Celtic language television channels are available in France, Ireland and the UK. Many speakers of languages like Irish, Welsh and Breton have demanded television channels in their own languages for many years and have been successful, but languages like Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Cornish still don't have a full time television channel. Plans are now being drawn up to create a Scottish Gaelic channel for Scotland which will launch in 2008 and there maybe plans for an Irish language channel for Northern Ireland.
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[edit] Breton
TV Breizh - A Breton channel broadcasting on digital television to Brittany. TV Breizh hasn't been very successful in promoting Breton due to the fact that it has reduced the amount of hours it broadcasts in Breton with programming now mainly in French. TV Breizh is solely funded by advertising.
[edit] Irish
TG4 - An Irish language channel broadcasting to the Republic of Ireland and some parts of Northern Ireland. TG4 has been successful in broadcasting Irish and increasing Irish speakers even though it has a limited budget. TG4 is aimed at young speakers of the language with youthful programmes. TG4 is funded by advertising and the Irish Government.
A possible channel broadcasting live from the Oireachtas(Irish Houses of Parliament) may also launch in the future, as well as an Irish language news channel.
There is also the question of an Irish language television channel and radio station for Northern Ireland.
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
Tele-G - A part time channel broadcasting between 18.00-19.00 on Freeview. Tele-G's programming comes from Scottish TV, BBC Scotland and TG4.
A Scottish Gaelic Digital Service channel is due for broadcast in March 2008.
[edit] Welsh
S4C - A Welsh language channel broadcasting to Wales which has been successful in attracting new Welsh speakers. S4C has a young, energetic audience and is funded by the British Government and advertising.
S4C2 - A channel which broadcast from the Welsh Parliament. S4C2 is inactive most of the time.
