Saorview
# saorview - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Poll: Could you live without your TV?
A survey today has revealed that just 5 per cent of people don’t have one, so could you live without yours?
# saorview - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Saorview, sales and Shakhtar Donetsk: The week in numbers
Plus – what’s the monetary value of virginity? And what was Ireland’s best-performing sales sector in September?
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Ice-cream for children’s votes? Tayto Park as possible children’s hospital site? European ‘Rear of the Year’ award for the Taoiseach?
# saorview - Thursday 25 October, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
RTÉ handled 2,600 Saorview calls on Wednesday
Many viewers in Northern Ireland cut off, although the Irish government is expected to release details of a new transmitter that will allow northern viewers to tune into RTÉ.
# saorview - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
The Evening Fix: Now with added Gangnam, United Nations style
Here are the things we loved, learned and shared today.
14 things that should be broadcast on the analogue signal
We’d like to keep a few old familiar faces around.
VIDEO: The moment Ireland switched off its analogue signal
Are we all OK out there?
15 memories from the good old days of analogue TV
All changed, changed utterly.
Have they turned off your TV signal? Never mind, here’s Irish sports television on one page
Who needs a set-top box?
VIDEOS: This is what the TV switchover will look like
Pat Rabbitte’s doing a formal broadcast from RTÉ – but to give you a taster, this is what it looked like when BBC stopped.
# saorview - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Explainer: What is Saorview, and what do you need to do about it?
The analogue TV series is being turned off on Wednesday. Are you one of the 100,000 households who hasn’t switched yet?
# saorview - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Some 100,000 still to make the switch to Saorview with just two weeks to go
With the switchover deadline just 14 days away, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has urged the public not to wait until the last minute.
# saorview - Saturday 6 October, 2012
9 things we’ll miss about old-school Aertel
The digital switchover means the traditional colour-on-black pages will be a thing of the past. Here’s what we’ll miss.
It’s the end of analogue TV in Ireland – but what happens to Aertel?
Don’t worry: the old black and green text may be gone but you’ll still be able to check page 180 to see what’s on TV.
# saorview - Sunday 23 September, 2012
9 things that used to be free… but aren’t now
Little bags of pretzels on airplanes, plastic bags, ‘the channels’… we miss the days of freebies.
# saorview - Tuesday 4 September, 2012
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you kick off your week…
50 days to go but one-in-four don’t believe digital switchover will happen
A significant number of people believe that the analogue TV signal will not be switched off on 24 October but those behind the switchover insist it will.
# saorview - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
In pics: This is why we miss Marty and Mary on our TVs
Caption, anyone?
# saorview - Saturday 23 June, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things you need to know this morning.
Explainer: What is Saorview, and what do you need to do about it?
The analogue TV signal is being turned off in October. Why is that – and what do you need to do to stay tuned?
# saorview - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Coming to UPC this week: RTÉ Two HD, RTÉ One+1 and RTÉjr
From this evening, you can watch the Six One news again at 7.01pm. Far out.
# saorview - Friday 14 October, 2011
Date set for digital TV switchover, here’s what you need to know
The Minister for Communications has confirmed that the analogue TV signal will be switched off on 24 October 2012.
# saorview - Thursday 29 September, 2011
Saorview warns of door-to-door TV ‘sales’ scam
The free digital TV service advises customers that they don’t offer door-to-door sales, and warns people about visitors.
# saorview - Thursday 26 May, 2011
Communications minister launches free-to-air Digital TV service
Ireland’s answer to Freeview, called ‘Saorview’, will ultimately replace the current analogue TV broadcast system.







































