RTÉ Player’s Record-Breaking Success: Transforming Irish Digital Entertainment in 2025

Record-Breaking Growth and Enhanced User Experience

RTÉ Player has achieved unprecedented success, recording 142 million streams in 2024, marking a remarkable 42% increase year-on-year. This success is attributed to significant investments in both functionality and availability, resulting in an enhanced user experience and expanded catalogue that clearly resonates with audiences.

Comprehensive Content Library

The platform offers a distinctive mix of quality Irish and international content, featuring national events, popular TV series, and quality box-sets within its extensive catalogue of over 5,000 hours of content. As Ireland’s national public service media streaming platform, RTÉ Player provides free access to news, entertainment, and sports from RTÉ television and radio, while also maintaining a rich library of past programs, documentaries, and series that reflect Ireland’s cultural heritage and contemporary stories.

Programming Highlights and Achievements

Looking ahead to 2025-2026, RTÉ has announced an exciting slate of video content across RTÉ One, RTÉ2, and RTÉ Player, featuring brand-new home-grown dramas, ground-breaking documentaries, and an abundance of upcoming free-to-air sport, reflecting modern-day Ireland and its changing society.

Accessibility and Regional Restrictions

RTÉ Player stands as one of Ireland’s top streaming services, offering a wide selection of news, sports, and entertainment content. The service is free for Irish viewers within Ireland, and the RTÉ Player app can be downloaded and used at no cost, with an optional upgrade available to remove advertisements for a small fee. The service’s regional restrictions are in place due to licensing and copyright agreements, and the fact that RTÉ is funded through TV license fees paid by Irish residents.

RTÉ remains committed to delivering relevant, engaging content for Irish audiences that distinguishes itself from global media companies and streamers, continuing this mission in collaboration with the independent sector through 2025 and beyond.