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What's Happening to Television, RTÉ One now

  • 22-10-2012 8:42pm
    #1
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Documentary on RTÉ One now, should be interesting...Miriam O"Callaghan taking a look at the future of TV. So far YouTube seems to be the subject.


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  • #2
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,920 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    The whole premise of this programme is about how RTE are going to get the revenue to pay for Miriams job and her kids jobs(because they will turn up there) in RTE.
    Internet tax will be brought up as an alternative to the TV licence. RTE can't pay for itself already yet they are still paying their "stars" more than most world leaders. They refuse to accept that they are in a market place and need to pay themselves less to balance budgets. So far it doesn't seem to apply to them.


  • #3
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    It's been OK so far.

    Interesting how small the TV3 Studio is, and how much is fitted into the one room. Also interesting that TV3 were included in this docu. Helped it IMO.


  • #4
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,920 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    It took 50 minutes but here is the justification of the licence fee and how they are going to charge in the future.


  • #5
    sligotrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭sligotrain


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    It took 50 minutes but here is the justification of the licence fee and how they are going to charge in the future.

    Agreed. The basic straw man of the programme was that RTE are operating in an Ireland only environment and that the Internet and foreign channels, downloads and YouTube are going to eat into our small market. And look, we make all these lovely arts programmes for a minority audience and you won't want to lose that would you? I also think there was extensive product placement by Sky as every EPG shown was a Sky EPG.

    For me what made the programme interesting was what WASN'T mentioned.

    The programme ignored second screen interaction apart from placing their twitter hashtag at the front, ignored the opportunity the Diaspora gives for extra income, ignored Sky grey market subs/cardsharing, and decidedly ignored the wasteful Project 2025 where RTE want to build big studios at Montrose to replace the existing set up.

    The TV3 visit was a revelation. TV3 clearly max out their one studio. The Helix scenes showed that big audience shows like the Voice can be done well by third party facilities so why don't RTE?

    The future of television is interactive, made cheaper thanks to technology and global. RTE ignored all that and proved how clueless they remain.


  • #6
    7upfree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    sligotrain wrote: »
    Agreed. The basic straw man of the programme was that RTE are operating in an Ireland only environment and that the Internet and foreign channels, downloads and YouTube are going to eat into our small market. And look, we make all these lovely arts programmes for a minority audience and you won't want to lose that would you? I also think there was extensive product placement by Sky as every EPG shown was a Sky EPG.

    For me what made the programme interesting was what WASN'T mentioned.

    The programme ignored second screen interaction apart from placing their twitter hashtag at the front, ignored the opportunity the Diaspora gives for extra income, ignored Sky grey market subs/cardsharing, and decidedly ignored the wasteful Project 2025 where RTE want to build big studios at Montrose to replace the existing set up.

    The TV3 visit was a revelation. TV3 clearly max out their one studio. The Helix scenes showed that big audience shows like the Voice can be done well by third party facilities so why don't RTE?

    The future of television is interactive, made cheaper thanks to technology and global. RTE ignored all that and proved how clueless they remain.

    And there was also your woman from TAM who proclaimed that "92% of people still watch live TV" With the amount of PVRs in homes now? I don't think so...............


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  • #7
    7upfree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    sligotrain wrote: »
    RTE ignored all that and proved how clueless they remain.
    In one.


  • #8
    irishbarb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭irishbarb


    The couple that make their living off Youtube are the most boring, lazy couple I've ever come across. I've seen their Youtube videos before and they basically record themselves lounging around the house all day long and going to Tesco. I don't see the attraction.


  • #9
    p.oconnor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 548 ✭✭✭p.oconnor


    sligotrain wrote: »
    The TV3 visit was a revelation. TV3 clearly max out their one studio

    Ya, I couldn't believe it was that small, its bloody tiny. With their new studios almost up and running they should be able to dramatically increase their home-grown output (whether that programming will be watchable is open to debate though)


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