RTE Guide has skyrocketed in price

I've just turned 60. Not sure if that makes me old. I've been getting TV Times for about 20 yrs since I dropped cable TV. Used to be known as piped TV. I went FTA then and got TVT cos it had ITV 3 and 4 listings but also gave BBC Wales variations which was good for rugby progs and other timings of progs on very late on BBC NI. I read a few articles which are shorter than RT. I do prefer reading a mag on the kitchen table than scanning the epg on a screen....and the odd time I mark a prog on the page.

indeed you can still get the Wales editions of both in Easons in Arklow

This.

My father is 89. He doesn't buy a daily newspaper. He doesn't use the internet. He doesn't have a smartphone (or any mobile phone).He doesn't have an email address, a credit card, a passport or a driving licence. He wouldn't have a notion of what EPG is. He likes watching the telly and likes the RTE Guide at Christmas. What harm is there in that?

(Although he does complain about the same sh!te being on all the time, particularly Mrs Brown's Boys which he can't stand).

Absolutely no harm at all.

As long as the RTE Guide can turn a profit it will be there for him.

Long may he enjoy it.

It's on a complete hiding to nothing as it's basically old print media supplementing old linear broadcast media.

I'm in my mid 50's myself, but I haven't watched broadcast TV in many years. I don't know many of my generation who watch either. Like "Ireland's Own", it's demographic are gradually dying off.

My father is 89. He doesn't buy a daily newspaper. He doesn't use the internet. He doesn't have a smartphone (or any mobile phone).He doesn't have an email address, a credit card, a passport or a driving licence. He wouldn't have a notion of what EPG is.

He must have led a very sheltered life, the vast majority of 90 year olds would have most of the above

I notice a lot of copies still unsold in shops around the place.

what ! And give people a bargain ! RTE ? Nah

I buy the Rte guide every Christmas and I'm not that old! I'd never buy it any other time as all TV listing's for the week are on weekend supplements in weekend paper.

I wouldn't watch that much T.V normally, with 2 young kids rare that I'd have time to watch a programme when it's actually broadcast, Netflix etc much better can put a progra.me on when it suits.

However it's great for picking out the gems over Christmas, watched the 1970s Charlie and Chocolate Factory with 8 year old over Christmas and he thought it was great!

Years ago I'd buy it weeks before Christmas and have my highlighters out marking all the things I wanted to watch, back when subscription channels didn't exist🤣

Totally unrealistic so- no way anyhow in their right mind would take over a dying business as well as take on that kind of staff liability