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RTE are a feicin disgrace :(

  • 17-03-2007 02:49PM
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭


    God knows I'm not the most patriotic of people anymore. But RTE have just REALLY , REALLY irked me.

    On a day when people are celebrating the Irish culture our national broadcaster cuts off coverage of the parade half way through to show the film Big Foot

    You'd think on the one day when the worlds eyes is on Ireland every year that they could be actually bothered to show some bloody interest :mad: :mad: :mad:

    It's things like this that make a case for these ****ers to lose their monopoly on the TV license fee and have it divvied up equally. RTE if your reading this your ****HEADS :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    RTE have been and always will be an absolute mess of station...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    They did it 2 years ago to show Home Alone 2.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,958 ✭✭✭✭RuggieBear


    if it means so much to you why aren't you at it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    The coverage was crap too, It kept cutting off. Same as the presenters and commentaters, cutting every one off.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,730 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Grrr thats RTE for you.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    TV3 is worse.. corrie, emmer, idols, dancing, ice.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,676 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    C'mon guys, you hardly expected coverage of the parade to be entertainin! :D


  • Subscribers Posts: 16,785 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    miju wrote:
    It's things like this that make a case for these ****ers to lose their monopoly on the TV license fee and have it divvied up equally. RTE if your reading this your ****HEADS :)

    really? not covering enough of the parade for you at a time when anybody with much interest is at it anyway? This is a reason for splitting up the license fee?
    How was the TV3 coverage, oh yeah, none at all.

    That's one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    Coverage was shíte alright.
    Presenters yip-yapping away in Irish... then cut to commercials.
    I just turned it off half way though, pathetic effort.
    Won't bother my arse watching it next year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭nicolo


    you all sound like a bunch of grannies


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    nicolo wrote:
    you all sound like a bunch of grannies
    We are all grannies.
    *offers nicolo a stale biscuit*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    RuggieBear wrote:
    if it means so much to you why aren't you at it?

    rofl, QFT !!!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭miju


    reason why I wasnt at it is because my 5yr old is sick so he was watching it on de telly


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Can't believe I missed 'Big Foot'!!!! :( Haven't seen it for years!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    copacetic wrote:
    really? not covering enough of the parade for you at a time when anybody with much interest is at it anyway? This is a reason for splitting up the license fee?
    How was the TV3 coverage, oh yeah, none at all.

    That's one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.

    TV3 could not show the parades because RTE have bought exclusive rights to show all the parades.
    Next year it will be Pay Per View.
    Tv3 have bought the highlights package though, so you can watch that tonight.:)

    I never watch the parades myself. I find them a bore fest.
    Now, i'm off to watch Bigfoot.


  • Subscribers Posts: 16,785 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    thrill wrote:
    TV3 could not show the parades because RTE have bought exclusive rights to show all the parades.
    Next year it will be Pay Per View.
    Tv3 have bought the highlights package though, so you can watch that tonight.:)

    I never watch the parades myself. I find them a bore fest.
    Now, i'm off to watch Bigfoot.

    I actually think Setanta must have got the highlights. They are setting up a parade channel I think.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,730 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Did anyone get their signal interrupted with the night screen during the France V Sctoland game?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    yes, at the most crucial time in the match.

    couldn't believe it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    Presenters yip-yapping away in Irish...

    WTF????????

    What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    kraggy wrote:
    What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:
    Oh, rolleyes yourself.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    Yeah but the whole "speaking Irish" thing exclusively for Paddys day seems a bit artificial...


  • Subscribers Posts: 16,785 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    DarkJager wrote:
    Yeah but the whole "speaking Irish" thing exclusively for Paddys day seems a bit artificial...

    It's not just paddys day, the tv and radio have been doing it all week it is Seachtain na Gaeilge after all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭coolcon


    copacetic wrote:
    It's not just paddys day, the tv and radio have been doing it all week it is Seachtain na Gaeilge after all.
    and so they should be! ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    Oh, rolleyes yourself.

    very strong argument made there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Big Foot was half Irish you guys, omg.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I just caught the end of Big Foot. It looked like a pretty outstanding film.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,006 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    Did anyone get their signal interrupted with the night screen during the France V Sctoland game?

    Yes, but fortunately it was very brief, so we didn't really miss anything.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    Good topic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,107 ✭✭✭patrickc


    i watched bigfoot hadn't seen it in years, is such a funny film...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,065 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    kraggy wrote:
    WTF????????

    What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:
    It was that Blathnaid Hag from the afternoon show.
    Someone should shoot her ,please


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