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Alternatives to RTE.ie? Proposed Boycott - New Broadcasting Tax

  • 20-01-2012 07:21AM
    #1
    zapata
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭


    What alternatives are there to RTE.ie?
    Instead of taking to the streets on this - maybe a boycott on the RTE.ie website might be in order...
    If Pat Rabbitte believes that we are evaders then maybe we should act like evaders and evade RTE.ie.
    Breakingnews.ie for news


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  • #2
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    ha i learn all my news from boards.


  • #3
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    The only thing i use rte.ie for is the teletext...


  • #4
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,893 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Why would anyone use rte.ie? What purpose does it serve? IIRC half the links on it don't work and the mobile version is appaling.


  • #5
    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭dvpower


    McGaggs wrote: »
    Why would anyone use rte.ie? What purpose does it serve? IIRC half the links on it don't work and the mobile version is appaling.
    Something around 4 million page impressions per month. I think its the most popular Irish website.


  • #6
    telekon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,425 ✭✭✭telekon


    No way!

    I need RTE.ie to post slanderous allegations against Ryan Tubridy in the comments section of the 'entertainment' pages...


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  • #7
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    McGaggs wrote: »
    Why would anyone use rte.ie? What purpose does it serve? IIRC half the links on it don't work and the mobile version is appaling.
    The RTE News android app is great imo.


  • #8
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,073 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    dvpower wrote: »
    Something around 4 million page impressions per month. I think its the most popular Irish website.

    I can't understand how- it's a terrible website. It's visitors mustn't be clued in to its many alternatives.


  • #9
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    zapata wrote: »
    What alternatives are there to RTE.ie?

    Well there's the rest of the 900+ plus channels on sky, the other 50 or so radio stations and then there's the whole internet!


  • #10
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    smash wrote: »
    Well there's the rest of the 900+ plus channels on sky, the other 50 or so radio stations and then there's the whole internet!

    We should be given an option on whether or not we want to view or listen to RTE. The technology is now in place. Seems only fair, given the state of the country.


  • #11
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    zapata wrote: »
    What alternatives are there to RTE.ie?


    The only other news outlet I can think of is Aertel.


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  • #12
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    zapata wrote: »
    What alternatives are there to RTE.ie?

    every other website on the internet!

    i dont look at the thing anyway, why would I?


  • #13
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    zapata wrote: »
    What alternatives are there to RTE.ie?
    Instead of taking to the streets on this - maybe a boycott on the RTE.ie website might be in order...
    If Pat Rabbitte believes that we are evaders then maybe we should act like evaders and evade RTE.ie.
    Breakingnews.ie for news

    An alternative to RTE.ie is http://89.207.56.140/


  • #14
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    I get all my news from boards or the bbc site


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,285 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I said on another forum to boycott products that advertise on RTE. Eventually this will get back to RTE. All you have to do is start listing them. Maybe even email them.


  • #16
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I use RTE player to watch MNS (so I can skip the pundits) and will watch a LOI game on RTE itself the rare occasions I'm not at one myself at the same time. That's about my only use for it.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #17
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    rte.ie is actually a really popular site. It gets more traffic than boards does.


  • #18
    swimming in a sea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭swimming in a sea


    when rte is fully digital, will that mean it could be available as a subscription service? surely this is fair, if you want if pay for it...
    of course this won't happen as its a tax and when do you ever get to decide about paying a tax...

    just to say i've a 42inch lcd tv and have never had a tv licence, i've also never watched or listened to rte ever, as when young my dad bought a tv in scotland and it could not get the irish channels uhf only so had the four english channels.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    rte.ie is actually a really popular site. It gets more traffic than boards does.


    Orly?

    How would they like a ddos shoved up them!!

    Who's with me!!?


  • #20
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Edz87 wrote: »
    Orly?

    How would they like a ddos shoved up them!!

    Who's with me!!?

    Nobody.


  • #21
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Edz87 wrote: »
    Orly?

    How would they like dildos shoved up them!!

    Who's with me!!?

    Who else read it like that?


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  • #22
    120_Minutes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


    swimming in a sea full of trout wrote: »
    when rte is fully digital, will that mean it could be available as a subscription service? surely this is fair, if you want if pay for it...
    of course this won't happen as its a tax and when do you ever get to decide about paying a tax...

    just to say i've a 42inch lcd tv and have never had a tv licence, i've also never watched or listened to rte ever, as when young my dad bought a tv in scotland and it could not get the irish channels uhf only so had the four english channels.

    RTE has been on UHF since the 80's

    of course making it a subscription service and abolishing the licence is fair, but they're too scared most people would show common sense and not subscribe. and sure why do that when you can force them to pay it whether they can recieve it or not, or if this new bill passes whether they have a tv or not?


  • #23
    swimming in a sea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭swimming in a sea


    120_Minutes wrote: »
    RTE has been on UHF since the 80's

    of course making it a subscription service and abolishing the licence is fair, but they're too scared most people would show common sense and not subscribe. and sure why do that when you can force them to pay it whether they can recieve it or not, or if this new bill passes whether they have a tv or not?

    yep i've been around since the 80's :D


  • #24
    Dodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    We should be given an option on whether or not we want to view or listen to RTE. The technology is now in place

    The technology is only now in place to turn off a radio or TV or change the channel? :eek:

    Link?


  • #25
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,893 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    dvpower wrote: »
    Something around 4 million page impressions per month. I think its the most popular Irish website.

    4 Million? Where are they getting that kind of traffic from?


  • #26
    Pissmire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Pissmire


    jester77 wrote: »
    An alternative to RTE.ie is http://89.207.56.140/

    Dick.


  • #27
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    120_Minutes wrote: »
    RTE has been on UHF since the 80's

    Not everywhere

    And anyway it was the late seventies


  • #28
    Niles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    I don't really use the RTÉ site much other than for RTÉPlayer, though at the moment they've no programs on it want to see again anyway!

    As for news, most of mine is gleaned from hourly updates on a local radio station (Beat102103 to be specific), the Eircom homepage, or here.

    Not that I'm particularly anti-RTÉ, TV3 is a good example of why state funded television isn't always a bad thing!


  • #29
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    zapata wrote: »
    What alternatives are there to RTE.ie?

    Make it Pay Per View with advertising. No more TV licence. Let's see how long they would keep up present staffing levels.


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