How are they counting this exactly?

Number of households – (number of sky subscribers + number of upc subscribers + number of purchased “saorview approved” TVs and set-top boxes)?

Could it be that 100,000 smart people haven’t been cajoled into buying unnecessary equipment and are already enjoying freesat or managed to tune in a digital signal on their tv etc?

I’m sure Joe Duffy has installed extra phone lines to deal with these muppets..

“ahhhh jaysus Joe… i’ve notin’ inanyways on da telly, dyanowarimean, They never toooooolllld uz inanyways. I’ve only turdent on da radio ta see if it had pictures on it. No pictures Joe, no pictures. Just people talkin’ inanyways”

“Sure, sure, sure…”

We switched over years ago gay, it’s called sky

Enough with Gay Byrnes mush! Retire man, retire.

I can’t believe we have got rid of analogue but kept Gaybo, he predates analogue but is still riding that RTE gravy train into the digial age, amazing achievement!!!

Just noticed in the pic that Gaybo is trying to zap himself (the remote is the wrong way round)

Won’t be bothering with this switched to Netflix when it came out great service an can only get better as they get more content licences.

There’s no aerial on my apt block and I stopped giving Murdoch my money a few months ago. Sky box is now a freeview box and there’s nothing on RTE and TV3 that I really want to watch anymore. I think it’s a terrible scam on RTE’s part that you have to get yet another box to watch the seven channels they’re offering.

Ah sure it be grand!

Bet there will be complete panic a day or two before and people won’t have clue what’s going on!

just buy a magic eye and run the cable from your skybox into other rooms,no paying for multiroom,get rid of rte altogether,it’s pure muck

BTW who knew there were all those rubbish RTE digital radio stations? What a waste of money.
Bet RTE’s TV viewing figures will take a hit with the switchover. Queue license fee price hike.

If you have satellite or UPC then you don’t need a saorview box. I’ve heard stories of people, particularly the elderly going out spending their pension money on saorview boxes because Uncle Gaybo told them too and yet in one case I know of for certain is that the person is with UPC. Usual lack of clarity from RTE and the Government

I don’t have RTE channels as I have free view but yet I have to pay for a licence, if saorview gives you these channels free forever as they advertise, why should people have to continue paying for a licence? somebody is lying.

It’s the first I’ve heard of it. Probably because anytime that smug boll*x comes on the tv, I change the flippin’ station.

I’m not sure the number of pensioners in Ireland, apart from the few who purchased the box while still having UPC or Sky, its quite possible that the rest simply can’t afford it and are too proud to ask for assistance, the difference between a fortnight without fuel and a TV, I know what I would chose

Got rid of the telly in June. Don’t need it at all.

There’s nothing worth watching on TV anyway. I know all about the switchover and will not be bothering with it.

don’t have sky,upc and won’t be getting saorview have a freesat digi box can get the channels I want there! will also be able to tune into the Irish channels once they are online!

I do not need a Saorview Box, but will RTE promise to take Gaybo off the Air? he is way past the sell daqte

The government really should have given free boxes to oaps

This may sound harsh but I won’t feel sorry for anyone that’s not switched over that needs too. If fairness its been a great info campian over last 12 month telling us. You either be stupid or live in a cage if u don’t know its going to happen

We watch all our Movies and documentaries on the Net.
Have TV but rarely turn it on.
Watched part of last week’s ‘The Fear’ and that helped me decide to bin the TV.

Wonder will the recycle centres get loads of TVs in the next few eeks.

Anyone else notice uncle Gay is holding the remote upside down??? Not sure he knows what this is all about

They should get rid of the tv license and have a subscription service instead Would get a better service and channels rte should have their own sports channel music etc it should be up to same level as sky and upc

Gaybo remote(pic) is like this swichover and whole RTÉ

No Need For TV When You’re Got The Thejournal.ie! ;-)

Typical, probably pays someone to change the channel for him.

UPC in Kildare Town has had the October 24th in the corner of RTE for months now, guess even those with analogue UPC in the area will have blank screens come the day unless they their finger out :-)

Whoever hasn’t switched over either

a) Hasn’t seen the advert which has been all over TV(Obviously they don’t ‘love a bit of telly,’) and therefore won’t miss it when the analogue signal is turned off

or

b) Couldn’t give a rats because they’re SKY or UPC subscrbers

Would love to see the cost of the Saorview campaign in terms of lost advertising revenue, not to mention the cost of bringing Uncle Gaybo back to life (Imagine the ESB bill!). Essentially as RTE is funded by taxes this spending/loss of revenue is pretty irritating. Obviously it’s important to run a limited campaign to inform those would be caught out by this. However, I’d imagine it would have been very easy tender to TV manufacturers or retailers for the privilege to be the ‘Official Partner,’ of the Saorview switchover. Anyone else think this is another example of poor commercial acumen by budget spenders?

Saor view affects only culchies.