RTE Sports Awards, Nice Fúck up

Daroxtar

Nice one RTE. Just before the announced the winner of Sports person of the year they cut to Ads and missed the announcement (Katie Taylor) and then twice more during her acceptance speach they cut away to ads again. Someone is going to get an almighty bollocking.

Mint Sauce

Daroxtar wrote: »

Nice one RTE. Just before the announced the winner of Sports person of the year they cut to Ads and missed the announcement (Katie Taylor) and then twice more during her acceptance speach they cut away to ads again. Someone is going to get an almighty bollocking.

Noticed that, WTF.

:eek:

And no apology from them either.

mike65

Can you imagine that happening on British telly?

yes if the awards were on ITV

dublinbusdude

Same here

mike65

Thats what normally happens with live tv.

smurph10

Saw that, thought my sky plus had messed up as watching it 10 mns behind..

TerryOC

Sports awards, great show , bad finish. What a balls up - good old RTE, nearly right. Pity for Darragh, he did a great job but someone half asleep in the back had to press that button. Maybe Father Dougal McGuire was to blame...

Trotter

Ryle Nugent is there so I'm sure someone will have a whisper in his ear.

Soby

what happened /

from_atozinc

smurph10 wrote: »

Saw that, thought my sky plus had messed up as watching it 10 mns behind..

I was in the same boat and thought the same.

An awful balls up, and then for it to happen, not once, not twice but 3 times and could have been 4

rebel girl 15

You think that was bad, how about announcing to a nation in the film about great sporting people who passed away this year that someone who in fact is very much alive had passed away??

They showed Michael O Brien, Cork GAA up as having passed away this year, when in fact the man is very much alive! I had a look, and it is incorrectly stated on a wikipedia page - now we know where RTE get their information!

TerryOC

TerryOC wrote: »

Sports awards, great show , bad finish. What a balls up - good old RTE, nearly right. Pity for Darragh, he did a great job but someone half asleep in the back had to press that button. Maybe Father Dougal McGuire was to blame...

YOU LET DOUGAL DO A FUNERAL!!!

Epic cock up. Disgusted. They owe the licence payers and Irish public a huge apology.

Skid

"Would you like her to rephrase the question?"

No, I would like you to show the announcement of the winner and her interview without interruption.

Shambles.

rebel girl 15

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

You think that was bad, how about announcing to a nation in the film about great sporting people who passed away this year that someone who in fact is very much alive had passed away??

They showed Michael O Brien, Cork GAA up as having passed away this year, when in fact the man is very much alive! I had a look, and it is incorrectly stated on a wikipedia page - now we know where RTE get their information!

Ah good ol' sports journalism. Reminds me of seeing "sports journalists" who don't know the rules of baseball or whatever, amazing that they get hired. Well, I'm sure surnames help.

r3nu4l

Yeah, completely messed up. Very bad finish, couldn't believe the ads kept interrupting! Seems like the show ran over and the ads automatically cut in. Then the override failed?

Edit, apology aired but a damp one liner.

TerryOC

They cut to Ads, in the middle of the announcement of the winner (Katie Taylor), then the ad for a few seconds , then back to Darragh & Katie then bacl to ads... then... get the idea? Disaster

Daroxtar

Jesus christ, they give a lame "Sorry for technical issues" apology .....and then put on a fúcking Michael Buble concert.

devotional1993

Gob****es in RTE . What a complete fcuk up.Some idiot was probably pinning up little pics of Rory Mcilroy on his wall at the time.

rebel girl 15

Daroxtar wrote: »

Jesus christ, they give a lame "Sorry for technical issues" apology .....and then put on a fúcking Michael Buble concert.

but no apology for claiming a person is dead when they are in fact alive?? Horrible for his family and friends to see!! Thats worse than Katie's award speech being interrupted to be fair, we all knew she was going to get it if they had any common sense!

clappyhappy

Was watching that also, and thought wtf were they doing. Terrible performance from the national broadcaster.
Well done katie, well deserved great role model for all kids.

clappyhappy

Woeful, well done RTE, at least they maintain standards!!!!

rebel girl 15

from twitter

Ryle Nugent ‏@RyleNugentRTE
#rtesportsawards sincere apologies for the technical issue at the end of tonights programme. We're investigating how it happened.

Mint Sauce

Soby wrote: »

what happened /

Backwards and forwards to ads during the announcement and during Katies acceptance speech. Plus, acording to the other thread, remembering sports people who have died this year, and one of them still very much alive.

Leinsterr

Funniest thing I've ever seen. A bit annoyed I didn't get to listen to katie

rotinaj

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

You think that was bad, how about announcing to a nation in the film about great sporting people who passed away this year that someone who in fact is very much alive had passed away??

They showed Michael O Brien, Cork GAA up as having passed away this year, when in fact the man is very much alive! I had a look, and it is incorrectly stated on a wikipedia page - now we know where RTE get their information!

I tought that too. Had to ring someone to double check.

rebel girl 15

when I saw it, I was fairly sure he was alive - but it was put up on the official Cork GAA twitter that he was

rotinaj

So is he dead or alive?

tayto lover

If you listen to their main News programme there is hardly a day that there is no fcuk-up. Reports mixed up, nobody on the phone-line or a wrong picture for the item. Useless shower.

rebel girl 15

rotinaj wrote: »

So is he dead or alive?

He is alive!

For all of us who were not present tonight to see Katie get her award

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIO0ayu6sck

JonathanAnon

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

from twitter

Ryle Nugent ‏@RyleNugentRTE
#rtesportsawards sincere apologies for the technical issue at the end of tonights programme. We're investigating how it happened.

I'd say Ryle will "would be" tackle whoever was responsible it.

mikom

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

He is alive!

For all of us who were not present tonight to see Katie get her award

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIO0ayu6sck

No mention of Jesus, our lord and saviour.

*Falls off chair*

freddiek

what a farce. RTE couldnt even organize this event properly to honour a girl who lifted our spirits this summer


sums up everything that is **** about this country

JonathanAnon

mikom wrote: »

No mention of Jesus, our lord and saviour.
*Falls off chair*

It's his birthday shortly, she didnt want to spoil the surprise party she's organising for him..

(sorry Katie, I'm a big fan )

irish-stew

irish-stew wrote: »

Backwards and forwards to ads during the announcement and during Katies acceptance speech. Plus, acording to the other thread, remembering sports people who have died this year, and one of them still very much alive.

:eek:

I hadnt seen that

JamesGW

mike65 wrote: »

Can you imagine that happening on British telly?

yes if the awards were on ITV

While not in any way trying to defend RTE ...... I do seem to recall a certain penalty shoot out on ITV not too very long ago ..... So in answer to your Q ..... Yes I have no difficulty imagining it ..... in fact I don't have to imagine it
PS Well done Katie, It's about time you got the award

newballsplease

freddiek wrote: »

what a farce. RTE couldnt even organize this event properly to honour a girl who lifted our spirits this summer


sums up everything that is **** about this country

Slightly over-reacting now?!!

newballsplease

JamesGW wrote: »

While not in any way trying to defend RTE ...... I do seem to recall a certain penalty shoot out on ITV not too very long ago ..... So in answer to your Q ..... Yes I have no difficulty imagining it ..... in fact I don't have to imagine it
PS Well done Katie, It's about time you got the award

Thats what he was getting at with his point(see spoiler!)
But it went right over your head.

funkey_monkey

RTÉ Sport ‏@RTEsport

Cork’s Archdeacon Michael O’Brien was mistakenly included in the #rtesportsawards obituaries this evening. Sincere apologies for this error

Retweeted by RTÉ GAA

padd b1975

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

from twitter

Ryle Nugent ‏@RyleNugentRTE
#rtesportsawards sincere apologies for the technical issue at the end of tonights programme. We're investigating how it happened.

'issue' used in the singular?

grey_so_what

Typical RTE......Poor Katie, but especially poor Michael O'Brien...That wouldn't do you any good at all seeing that!....

Now for the New Year's Eve impending debacle....

I can wait.

goose2005

I think someone read this http://www.cloynediocese.ie/2011/07/death-of-canon-michael-obrien/ and assumed it was the same man? Then again, we're lucky they didn't also read this while googling http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Michael_O'Brien

Mint Sauce

newballsplease wrote: »

Slightly over-reacting now?!!

Not totally over reacting. They only gave a few minutes to allow for announcing it, and giving her a chance to respond, with the whole thing interrupted by technical problems, with no apology.

mrbrown69

Was Rory Mcilroy at the awards? he was at the Brits awards...


if the cap fits ...British wannabe ^&^*

Toto Wolfcastle

He wasn't at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

mrbrown69

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

He wasn't at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

He was

mike65

mrbrown69 wrote: »

Was Rory Mcilroy at the awards? he was at the Brits awards...


if the cap fits ...British wannabe ^&^*

And you are a wannabe what exactly?

mrbrown69

mike65 wrote: »

And you are a wannabe what exactly?

Oh here we go an argument...

I don't even know what you mean by that

Toto Wolfcastle

mrbrown69 wrote: »

He was

No, he wasn't. They said that he was away. They had a little film about him but he wasn't there.

mrbrown69

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

No, he wasn't. They said that he was away. They had a little film about him but he wasn't there.

He was look I have the proof

titan18

mrbrown69 wrote: »

He was look I have the proof

Did you notice the background at all?

Unless you're trolling, at which point carry on

mrbrown69

titan18 wrote: »

Did you notice the background at all?

Unless you're trolling, at which point carry on

Yes a matt black not my cup of tea...

nearly in before the edit :cool: