50% of under-35s watch live TV on portable devices

Half of under-35s are shifting to watching live and catch-up TV on portable devices over the traditional TV set, according to an Eircom household survey.

However, nine out of 10 Irish adults still watch TV on the box even though we have so many portable devices in our homes. And most of us like to catch our programmes live, according to the survey.

News, sport, and the weather are top of the list for a live audience, but “TV bingeing” is also on the rise, with 1.4m people watching hours of their favourite TV series back-to-back in a single sitting