Budget cuts at RTE?

Uthur

has the length of RTE's news broadcasts all been cut in two this week or were they always this short??

paulbok

Garth Brooks fiasco over with, so no other news to report.

Sunnyisland

Nothin much happening now....according to etr

comongethappy

Uthur wrote: »

has the length of RTE's news broadcasts all been cut in two this week or were they always this short??

They only employ 2,300 staff, producing several hours of content a day.

So when a few go on holiday, tbe other 2,000+ can't be dealing with 30 mins of filler.

black & white

AFAIR it's always down to 30 mins for August.

Buona Fortuna

Its about time RTE started cutting its cloth. It should start with Tubridy and then that ar$e Duffy.

Iang87

pity they wouldnt cut the black hole that is the RTE orchestra.

Bummer1234

Are they showing reeling in the years at 6.30 again? Thats a hard bet program!!

Buona Fortuna

Nobody cares

No Pants

Don't get RTE anymore, so Dobbo could be doing a gig in his birthday suit for all I know. Excellent value for €160 per year.

suicide_circus

Iang87 wrote: »

pity they wouldnt cut the black hole that is the RTE orchestra.

One of the few divisions of rte that has any merit

FunLover18

They had that RTE Now (the news one?) channel on the TV in work today, it's awful. There were two stories in the "Entertainment" section and one was "Domhnall Gleeson jokes about the secrecy surrounding Star Wars Episode VII"

THAT WAS IT!! They didn't even have the joke. How is that news?

kneemos

Much prefer TV3's more relaxed attitude,shame the programs are so bad.
RTE's inability to change and drag itself out of the 1950's is annoying,but they get a lot of viewers for some programs simply because they're Irish I presume.

farmerjj

Uthur wrote: »

has the length of RTE's news broadcasts all been cut in two this week or were they always this short??

Happens every summer.

Mrs Garth Brooks

They were looking for job bridge interns or slaves a few a weeks ago. Two of them to slave away in the video library department.

So yeah, budget cuts in rte if they're using job bridge.

cloud493

Eh, I prefer nationwide to reeling in the years. Love dem human interest stories.

foxy farmer

Fair City should surely be cut before the news. Thats 30 mins of needless waste right there.

Banjo String

Talking of budgets and rte...

Any one remember when they used to cut zig and zig/the den and show the bloody budget instead?

Gettin in from school, school bag dumped in kitchen, telly on in anticipation of ninja turtles on r Scooby doo, only to see a bunch of **** in suits talking Shiite about taxes:mad:

wp_rathead

Banjo String wrote: »

Talking of budgets and rte...

Any one remember when they used to cut zig and zig/the den and show the bloody budget instead?

Gettin in from school, school bag dumped in kitchen, telly on in anticipation of ninja turtles on r Scooby doo, only to see a bunch of **** in suits :mad:

that was THE WORST :mad::mad::mad:

Buona Fortuna

cloud493 wrote: »

Eh, I prefer nationwide to reeling in the years. Love dem human interest stories.

I actually watch and enjoy both. You could put them on in place of the Late Late.

How come my emoticons have gone?

ANd how come I can't bold stuff?

foxy farmer

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

I actually watch and enjoy both. You could put them on in place of the Late Late.

How come my emoticons have gone?

ANd how come I can't bold stuff?

Nationwide with Mary Kennedy mmmmmmm. Wait.
Put her on the Late Late.

jjbrien

kneemos wrote: »

Much prefer TV3's more relaxed attitude,shame the programs are so bad.
RTE's inability to change and drag itself out of the 1950's is annoying,but they get a lot of viewers for some programs simply because they're Irish I presume.

Its a pity TV3 doesnt do news on the weekend Id be watching it instead of RTE

Didnt they save a million or two by Pat Kenny's departure for newstalk?

RobertKK

Banjo String wrote: »

Talking of budgets and rte...

Any one remember when they used to cut zig and zig/the den and show the bloody budget instead?

Gettin in from school, school bag dumped in kitchen, telly on in anticipation of ninja turtles on r Scooby doo, only to see a bunch of **** in suits talking Shiite about taxes:mad:

Yes, as children it was awful and we only had two channels...

Fudge You

Uthur wrote: »

has the length of RTE's news broadcasts all been cut in two this week or were they always this short??

Its because the Dail is on holdiays.
And for the last few years, Reeling in the years has been on straight afterwards.

RobertKK

They do because nothing apparently happens in August, even if history shows the opposite.

Snake

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

They were looking for job bridge interns or slaves a few a weeks ago. Two of them to slave away in the video library department.

So yeah, budget cuts in rte if they're using job bridge.

Your comment makes me feel sick.

Your name made me throw up.

The stupidity of your comment is baffling. JobBridge doesn't mean budget cuts, it means they're trying to do something productive and help some unemployed people get in the door of the work industry.

Fred Swanson

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mikemac1

paulbok wrote: »

Garth Brooks fiasco over with

I can't wait for Reeling in the Years 2014!

c_man

mikemac1 wrote: »

I can't wait for Reeling in the Years 2014!

Hmm, if the 2000s series showed it anything it's that the 2010s will feature RTE clapping themselves on the back about everything, and selectively showing certain clips which shows the lads in Donnybrook were right about it all along.

In the case of Brooks, I imagine they'll portray the country as having gone completely mad (slightly true) and that RTE had no part to play in fuelling the flames of it. And the music will be ****e cheapo stuff that they'll have no bother getting the licensing for when it comes to DVD time.

No Pants

Banjo String wrote: »

Talking of budgets and rte...

Any one remember when they used to cut zig and zig/the den and show the bloody budget instead?

Gettin in from school, school bag dumped in kitchen, telly on in anticipation of ninja turtles on r Scooby doo, only to see a bunch of **** in suits talking Shiite about taxes:mad:

It was Playschool for me, interrupted by the British budget, but I remember the feeling all right.

Adamantium

RobertKK wrote: »

They do because nothing apparently happens in August, even if history shows the opposite.

True that, August was clean up and reconstruction month after Galway was liberated from the Indians.