At the risk of sounding like someone’s ageing, cranky mother, people these days don’t know that they are born.
There was a time when all TV in Ireland was a handful of channels, and if you were lucky, you got extra channels via cable. The idea of pausing live TV to make a cuppa hadn’t even been dreamed of yet, and new episodes were a weekly event, rather than binge-watched seven years after the series finished.
Then came Sky TV, with satellite dishes, followed by digital TV and streaming services. But there were still some limitations. Not all properties were suitable for satellite dishes, and in apartments for example, some management companies refused to allow residents to have their own. In other areas, services simply weren’t available, or required major upgrades before services could be offered. All that adds up to long waits for consumers and significant investments for…
