One of the best weekends of the English football season is upon us, as the FA Cup third round gets underway this weekend. The games will be shared between BBC and ITV - but ITV can be a little tricky to access over here in Ireland. We've done some digging and compiled all the info you need on how to get ITV in Ireland for all of their sports coverage.
There's plenty of other sport to offer on the channel, with the World Cup, European Championships, Six Nations, Rugby World Cup, Champions Cup, La Liga, MotoGP, the FA Cup, as well as the Grand National, you'll want to know how to get ITV's channels in Ireland.
How to get ITV in Ireland on a Sky Box
There's a little bit of effort involved in accessing ITV on a Sky Box, but it is possible using the right settings. Because a Sky box uses satellite rather than cable, you can tune the box to find ITV's frequency and add it to your channels.
Please note that most ITV channels changed their transponders in late 2024 so even if you had ITV tuned in, you'll need to retune. If you have ITV channels tuned in that aren't connecting, you'll need to delete them.
Then, on a Sky Q Box, just follow the following steps to tune in ITV:
- Scroll down to the settings section on the home screen.
- Enter the 'Manual Tuning' section (you may need to enter your PIN).
- Select 'Add a channel'
- Enter the following settings:
- Frequency: 11.386 (11386)
- Polarisation: V
- Symbol rate: 27.5
- FEC: 2/3
- Standard: DVB-S2
- Modulation Scheme: 8PSK
- After you've plugged in all of that info, you should get a list of ITV channels. You can choose one by one which you want to add to your box.
(More tuning info here)
To access the channels after you've added them, just return to the 'Manual tuning' section of 'Settings' and the channels you've chosen to add to your box will be there.
How to get ITV on Saorview in Ireland
Some Saorview boxes will come with ITV pretuned with other British channels such as BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. If you have a satellite and a Freeview box, you should be able to access ITV.
If your box doesn't come with ITV pre-installed, you should still be able to tune in to their coverage using the same frequency settings listed above for Sky boxes.
Which FA Cup 3rd round games will ITV show?
ITV will show four FA Cup 3rd round games this weekend, including Liverpool's home tie with League 2 side Accrington Stanley.
The televised games this weekend are:
- Friday January 10: Aston Villa v West Ham (8pm k/o, ITV1)
- Saturday January 11: Liverpool v Accrington Stanley (12:15pm k/o, ITV1)
- Saturday January 11: Manchester City v Salford City (5:45pm k/o, BBC One)
- Sunday January 12: Tamworth v Tottenham Hotspur (12:30 k/o, ITV1)
- Sunday January 12: Arsenal v Manchester United (3pm k/o, BBC One)
- Monday January 13: Millwall v Dagenham & Redbridge (7:30pm k/o, ITV4)
Who is on ITV's football punditry team?
The star attraction for Irish audiences will be Roy Keane, who has traditionally covered one game per round of the FA Cup for ITV of late.
ITV have drawn impressive football panels in the past, with the likes of Gary Neville and Graeme Souness returning to do punditry for Euro 2024. Ian Wright has been a regular of their FA Cup coverage in recent years, and could be alongside Keane this weekend.
Keano has certainly given us some brilliant moments on ITV down through the years.
What other sports do ITV show live?
Similarly to the FA Cup, ITV share rights to the Six Nations with the BBC each year.
The rights to international football tournaments are also shared by ITV with BBC, an arrangement that will continue for the 2026 World Cup.
ITV also hold free-to-air rights to the Investec European Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup in the United Kingdom.
ITV hold the rights to broadcast La Liga in the UK and Ireland and broadcast ten games each season on ITV4 and ITV1. They have also recently acquired the right to broadcast EFL games on free-to-air TV, with the first games landing this January.
Cheltenham and the Grand National are broadcast live on ITV each year, as is the Tour de France.
They also hold rights to broadcast MotoGP. ITV show highlights of each race, with occasional live races.
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