TV50 was a series of special events throughout 2012, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of RTÃÂ Television, then known as TelefÃÂs ÃÂireann, on 31 December 1961.
TV50 was officially launched on 26 December 2011 when a pre-launch placeholder website went online at RTÃÂ. The full TV50 site went live at noon on New Year's Eve 2011. The broadcaster intended TV50 to be a year-long celebration. The festivities saw as many as twenty archive programmes launched each month on RTÃÂ Player.
The following is a list of programmes broadcast under the TV50 label.
There was a nationwide search initiated by RTÃÂ.
RTÃÂ described this as "a forward-looking initiative designed to encourage a fresh, emerging voice in video documentary direction and production". However, it was only open to those over the age of eighteen years and with experience.