RTE found out!

door

I'm more than delighted to see RTE found out for their greedy scheming ways over advertising. They are possibly the most badly managed channel I have encountered. Even worse than any of those cheap UK digital ones. Their scheduling is all over the place, they show far too many commercials for a semi state broadcaster and the way they cut the end credits of movies with a shoddy "The End" title card is pathetic. All done to make more and more greedy euros.

admiralofthefleet

ok

Dartz

door wrote: »

I'm more than delighted to see RTE found out for their greedy scheming ways over advertising. They are possibly the most badly managed channel I have encountered. Even worse than any of those cheap UK digital ones. Their scheduling is all over the place, they show far too many commercials for a semi state broadcaster and the way they cut the end credits of movies with a shoddy "The End" title card is pathetic. All done to make more and more greedy euros.

A sure, that's grand for you so. *pat pat*

brian ireland

What did they find out?

The Jammy dodger

Evidence of accusation please.

Biggins

Further actual details would be nice about what your talking about please...

RTE "found out" - what and by whom?

deisedave

They are found out for what they are and I hope they just get rid of the License fee. Let them survive by themselves.

Local-womanizer

What did they find out? Dana's scandel?

El Weirdo

brian ireland wrote: »

What did they find out?

That Internal Affairs were on to them the whole time.

CoolHat

I briefly heard about this on the news.

Am I right to believe its because RTE gets funded by the tv license they over-price their adverts? .. kinda like "well if you wanna advertise on our channel its gonna cost you alot buddy!"

catbear

What is this RTE that people mention?

Biggins

I'm lost!

FearDark

Shock news just in: RTE are ****.

/faints

AnamGlas

catbear wrote: »

What is this RTE that people mention?

as if you don't know

gurramok

Interesting, will the licence fee now go up because RTE need to plug this future loss of revenue? http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1012/rte.html

El Weirdo

I'm guessing the OP is on about this.

RTÉ is to stop offering bulk-buying discounts which are linked to advertisers' total television budgets following an investigation by the Competition Authority.
TV3 complained to the Competition Authority in 2009 about a "share deal" scheme RTÉ was offering to advertisers, claiming the public service broadcaster was abusing its dominant position.
Under this scheme, an advertiser was offered a loyalty discount if they committed a percentage of their company's total television advertising budget to RTÉ.
The Competition Authority expressed concerns to RTÉ about how this practice could affect competition in the television advertising market.
RTÉ engaged with the Competition Authority and ultimately agreed to end this practice.
In a statement the Competition Authority said it had not made any finding against RTÉ, nor had it formed any view that RTÉ had abused a dominant position.
No proceedings were issued against RTÉ and the Competition Authority has now closed its investigation on the basis of undertakings received.
RTÉ has given an undertaking to change its practice from the 1 of July 2012. From that date, a new trading scheme will operate whereby discounts offered will not depend on the percentage of an advertiser's total television budget that it spends with RTÉ.
The Competition Authority said it does not have a formal position on the matter but it will publish a Decision Note within a month which will outline the issues involved in more detail.
TV3 has welcomed the ending of this 'share deal' scheme and claimed that its operation had cost the TV3 Group in excess of €30m over the past five years.
The CEO of the TV3 Group David McRedmond has called on the Government and the regulators to step in to rescue the television advertising market which it says has collapsed.
In a statement, RTÉ said it was happy to agree to change the way it traded, and had done so following an overall review of its airtime sales method.
RTÉ reiterated that no finding of anti-competitive behaviour had been made against it.
It rejected as inaccurate and false a claim made earlier by TV3 that RTÉ had been forced to change its advertising trading system.
It added that the Competition Authority had welcomed and agreed to RTÉ's planned actions in respect of its trading system.

Wertz

I'm all up for a bit of RTÉ bashing, but not much to be going on here OP.... post some more concrete allegations or gtfo...

maygitchell

Same old Ireland, just keep paying your tv licence and keep Pat Kenny in luxury, fools! When is somebody going to make a stand?

Biggins

gurramok wrote: »

Interesting, will the licence fee now go up because RTE need to plug this future loss of revenue?

Is it going to rain anywhere in Ireland in the next 24 hours?
Its an equal sure thing!

El Weirdo

Wertz wrote: »

I'm all up for a bit of RTÉ bashing, but not much to be going on here OP.... post some more concrete allegations or gtfo...

Erm... How about...

Joe Duffy is fucking Dana!

miketv

maygitchell wrote: »

Same old Ireland, just keep paying your tv licence and keep Pat Kenny in luxury, fools! When is somebody going to make a stand?

At least Pat is good at his Job,...Now Tubridy and Duffy is another story

Wertz

El Weirdo wrote: »

I'm guessing the OP is on about this.

Well isn't that all nice and cosy then...move along nothing to see here...

squod

RTE now talking directly to TV3 about a deal. Cartel, that's called a cartel.
Fuhkers can get away with anything.

Mint Sauce

'Reeling in the Years' repeat OP?

Rhys Essien

RTE found out.....................................that they have overpayed Ryan Tubridy by a few million over the last couple of years, knowing now that a homeless deaf and dumb man would probably do a better job.:D