Households retaining choice
400,000Homes outside the voluntary contribution in this scenario.
Ireland · editable policy model
What does viewer choice actually fund?
Compare a blanket television charge with voluntary point-of-access contributions through Saorview and app viewing. Every figure is an assumption you control.
Move the debate from positions to testable choices.
This is not a statement of current Irish law, broadcaster pricing, or audience behaviour. It is an inspectable scenario model grounded in the post's proposed choice between a blanket licence and access through Saorview or the RTE app.
Set the assumptions
Illustrative defaults only. Edit each value for your scenario.
#homes
€/yr
%pay
€/yr
%join
%route
Funding view
Annual gross scenario, before collection or platform costs.
Opt-in revenue€96.0m
€40.0m below blanket scenario
Blanket revenue€136.0m
Opt-in homes600,000
Saorview route330,000
App route270,000
At the same €160 contribution, opt-in uptake needs to reach 85% to match this blanket-revenue scenario.
Revenue per modelled home
€96Opt-in gross revenue divided across all modelled households.
Opt-in share of blanket funding
70.6%How much of the blanket scenario the voluntary model generates.
One model. Three honest boundaries.
The calculator makes arithmetic transparent while keeping policy claims modest.
Inputs are assumptions
Households, charges, compliance, uptake, and viewing route are editable. Defaults make the tool testable; they do not assert today's official figures.
Revenue is not net funding
Results show simple annual gross revenue. They exclude collection, enforcement, platform, production, distribution, tax, and administration costs.
Choice is visible
The model reports participating and non-participating homes, then separates voluntary viewers into the two access routes named in the source post.
Saorview
See the terrestrial share of voluntary access.
App access
See the app-based share without inventing usage data.
Household choice
Inspect how uptake changes both participation and funding.
Keep the values open. Make the trade-off legible.
Return to the model, adjust the assumptions that matter, and export the result as a compact evidence file for the discussion.
Revise the scenario