Originally Posted by chinamug:
“Whatever about this station surviving or the effect it has on TV3, the biggest loser of all of this might end up being UPC. Quite a few Dublin people (and it's mostly Dubliners) are now asking questions about one of their stations being taken away plus lack of Sports on ITV4. Plus there's a rate increase. Meanwhile many are realising that you can get all your favourite stations for Free, which many of their country cousins do.
That's why TV3, TG4 and and now UTV Ireland being only SD on Saorview is such an issue. There are a lot of people outside of Dublin who have FTA Satellite for UK stations and Saorview for the Irish Stations. Loads of Dubs can make the same saving. So for those that use UPC for TV mostly you could save hundreds a year. Plus get back UTV Ulster.”
I notice some people have been saying here that "only" UPC customers have been affected by the loss of UTV, but UPC have 400,00 digital TV customers and if we assume an average of say three people per household, that's over one million Irish TV viewers affected by this changeover.
It's a bit irritating too the way that ITV / UTV has been removed from the UPC platform and replaced by this new channel in the blink of an eye and presented as a fait accompli......no UPC customers were consulted about this.