Do you watch/listen to Rte?

lufties

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

4zn76tysfajdxp

TG4 is pretty nifty. Documentaries about fluffy-cheeked fishermen in dirty old jumpers. What more do you need?

Lapin

You'll have different issues on your mind when you get to Fifth Class OP.

lufties

Lapin wrote: »

You'll have different issues on your mind when you get to Fifth Class OP.

I like the snide remark, but I'll take it you just haven't woken up yet.

NIMAN

I actually find a lot of stuff on RTE good. So there!

fussyonion

I rarely watch RTE.
I think we have dire TV; Nationwide, news, documentaries about countryside and zoos, Rose of Tralee and Winning Streak.
It's parochial and embarrassing.

Bif

NIMAN wrote: »

I actually find a lot of stuff on RTE good. So there!

Possibly a follower of Denis?

I spend more time on the internet than watching TV, regardless of broadcaster.
But I do watch Rté programmes as well.

shruikan2553

No, don't have a TV but when I do I still avoid it.

AndonHandon

I watch RTE, both their own stuff and the stuff they buy the rights to.

Deranged96

Oh come on it's not that bad!

The fall, love/hate, revenge, Big Bang theory, new girl, ear to the ground (that's amazing it can't be denied), the late late show has it's moments as does the similar program on a Saturday. TG4 has a hot weather woman. The news is reliable.

Oh Shur they have home and away and neighbours too.

RTE2 always used to have quality wildlife documentaries- I owe a lot to that.

What about republic of telly? Primetime?

Can you tell I grew up with just the humble four channels?

I'll make no case for countrywide or that gay Hotel man. Awful stuff. Oh and winning strike... That's ****e too.

Dan_Solo

RTE are ****, and worse is it's **** I'm forced to pay for. Just close already.

The Backwards Man

I watch the six one news religiously.

On my knees muttering to myself.

AndonHandon

Deranged96 wrote: »

Oh come on it's not that bad!

The fall, love/hate, revenge, Big Bang theory, new girl, ear to the ground (that's amazing it can't be denied), the late late show has it's moments as does the similar program on a Saturday. TG4 has a hot weather woman. The news is reliable.

Oh Shur they have home and away and neighbours too.

RTE2 always used to have quality wildlife documentaries- I owe a lot to that.

What about republic of telly? Primetime?

Can you tell I grew up with just the humble four channels?

I'll make no case for countrywide or that gay Hotel man. Awful stuff. Oh and winning strike... That's ****e too.

I will not have you talk bad of Francis Brennan! At Your Service is a great show.

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I watch the six one news religiously.

On my knees muttering to myself.

Are you sure that you don't just mean the six ó clock punishment angulus and then switch off!

Karl Stein

fussyonion wrote: »

It's parochial and embarrassing.

Cultural cringe

Cultural cringe, in cultural studies and social anthropology, is an internalized inferiority complex that causes people in a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior to the cultures of other countries.

wikipedia.org

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The Backwards Man

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Are you sure that you don't just mean the six ó clock punishment angulus and then switch off!

Na, I get the headlines on the beeb first, them switch over.

shruikan2553

Karl Stein wrote: »

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Because winning streak is a major part of Irish culture.

Please let's not start the whole if you don't love everything Irish there's something wrong with you.

Venus In Furs

Yeh I do if there's a programme on it that I'd enjoy - so what.

uch

Yep every wednesday and then with my,,,,ah never mind. sure who'll notice

Lapin

lufties wrote: »

I like the snide remark, but I'll take it you just haven't woken up yet.

Oh I'm wide awake.

Do you really want to take me on?

Because lets face it. Your OP is up there amongst the most childish efforts of thanks whoring stupidity that has graced this forum in a long time.

lufties wrote: »

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

Wow !


Go on - Defend it.

uch

My Ma always said "Imagine" I still don't know why

Deranged96

Lapin wrote: »

Oh I'm wide awake.

Do you really want to take me on?

Because lets face it. Your OP is up there amongst the most childish efforts of thanks whoring stupidity that has graced this forum in a long time.




Wow !


Go on - Defend it.

In fairness if one were "thanks whoring"' it would would be odd to post the material at 1:30am.... No?

steveone

Not often . I used to listen to seascapes, sunday miscellany and mary wilson on 5/7 live but not now. I might venture the odd nationwide on tv. Rte are as bad as every other channel on tv imo. Primetime is poor, republic of telly is wodious,even the lovely jennifer maguire cant make it watchable. they should try and resurrect programmes like hands, as the crow flies etc.

AnonoBoy

lufties wrote: »

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

Well after your thoroughly convincing points I must say I'm won over. I will never again watch any RTE channel.

Captain of the debating team were we?

Lapin

Deranged96 wrote: »

In fairness if one were "thanks whoring"' it would would be odd to post the material at 1:30am.... No?

Its the time most of the pisshead comments come in on a Friday.

Although it must be said, the calibre of drunken opening posts has gone downhill of late.

Most of them are shite now. A perfect example has been given tonight.

HamsterFace

fussyonion wrote: »

I rarely watch RTE.
I think we have dire TV; Nationwide, news, documentaries about countryside and zoos, Rose of Tralee and Winning Streak.
It's parochial and embarrassing.

Might not be to your tastes but there's a whole demographic of people 50 years older than you who love all that. And are more likely to pay their tv licence

NIMAN

Everyone who is slating RTE in this thread watches/listens to it at times. Liars the lot of them.

Karl Stein

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Because winning streak is a major part of Irish culture.

RTE is certainly a significant factor when it comes to contemporary Irish culture.

if you don't love everything Irish there's something wrong with you.

Worzel Gummidge.

AlanS181824

I rarely watch RTÉ however I find the new colours used by RTÉ 2 in their titles and at breaks to be nice and purrdy!

KERSPLAT!

If there's something decent on I'll watch it, makes no odds what channel its on. You get a decent amount of sport on RTE, CL and the rugby, with some good shows like Love/Hate and The Fall, some good movies at the weekend and some decent documentaries of a Sunday evening.

I'd be as happy with RTE as I am with Sky or any other broadcaster.

One eyed Jack

lufties wrote: »

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

If this is part of your attempts to appear more cultured, sophisticated, etc, you're off to a bad start.

RTE produces more than just Joe Duffy and the Late Late, and who exactly are you to tell people what they should or shouldn't watch, listen to? You start producing something I consider worth listening to and I might be persuaded to change my opinion, but so far from my perspective, your opinion is merely based upon sheer ignorance.

Amirani

I don't have a TV. I'd watch the occasional Champions League or Irish International football match on their web player and some political/news coverage around elections etc. I'd listen to Morning Ireland once in a blue moon.

I think it quite poor on the whole, but that's because 95% of their programming is of no interest to me (but that goes for TV in general I suppose).

Duck's hoop

fussyonion wrote: »

I rarely watch RTE.
I think we have dire TV; Nationwide, news, documentaries about countryside
It's parochial and embarrassing.

You'll find in most countries they report 'from the provinces'. And are even so parochial as to have regional stations. And will often include stories based in rural settings. Where many, many people live.

People are weirdly interested in what goes on in their own country and locality.

efb

I think RTÉ is very good. RTÉ1 is probably my most watched station after BBC1. Good news and current affairs and good sports coverage on RTÉ2

kneemos

Nothing I'd want to see on RTE apart from sports.Some of their stuff is decent enough but tends to be middle of the road and nondescript.

They really need to do something with their radio channels.2FM is a never ending wall of gibberish and Radio 1 is dull as dishwater these days.

Satts

I do like listening to RTE Radio 1, especially Morning Ireland.

anncoates

I also listen to RTE 1 most mornings which is an good station IMO.

Shenshen

Not very often, I might watch the news now and then.

The channels I'd watch most would be BBC 2 and BBC4, as well as Channel 4.

As for radio, it would be BBC Radio 3 or Classic FM at work, and Newstalk in the car.
I've tried RTE Lyric, but I find their tendency to play unannounced Frank Sinatra songs right after a nice classical piece rather disturbing.

Don Kedick

I've never paid my tv license. :eek:

Streetwalker

State media is pure toilet.

Rubberchikken

No no no. Never never never.
And the galling thing is i buy a tv licence every year. What a fool i am:(

Dont watch any tv stations. Yawn.
Watch netflix sometimes. Think i have too low a boeedom threshold for tv - cant bear the ads. Ah well

Awkward Badger

I'd watch rugby or soccer games on RTE but that's about it. Looks like the same programs in the same format with the same old shíte that they've ran for the last 50 years.

The fact they still have a daily angelus before the 6 o'clock news and live mass on a Sunday is rather depressing.

Don Kedick

Awkward Badger wrote: »

I'd watch rugby or soccer games on RTE but that's about it. Looks like the same programs in the same format with the same old shíte that they've ran for the last 50 years.

The fact they still have a daily angelus before the 6 o'clock news and live mass on a Sunday is rather depressing.

Why? Some people like praying and watching mass.

anncoates

Scrub my previous conciliatory post.

Just watched the start of the People Of The Year awards.

Burn it with fire

Aidric

The people who slate RTE, I'm curious what benchmark they are measuring it against? If it's the BBC then that's ridiculous given the disparity in budgets.

RTE is far from perfect but it delivers a strong output in current affairs and sport which are the areas you would reasonably expect a national broadcaster to deliver on.

Berserker

Don Kedick wrote: »

I've never paid my tv license. :eek:

One of the many benefits of living at home with your parents.

Aidric wrote: »

RTE is far from perfect but it delivers a strong output in current affairs and sport which are the areas you would reasonably expect a national broadcaster to deliver on.

Seriously? The sports coverage is a joke. It has an awful bias towards the GAA. They have a token level of coverage of domestic football in this country. Their Champions league coverage is average, at best. TV3 provide a similar level of CL coverage and they take no money from the tax payer. Rugby, a very popular sport in the country, get minimal coverage with the Six Nations and the Autumn internationals but the local clubs or provinces don't get a look in. Minority sports get absolutely no coverage from them.

Awkward Badger

Don Kedick wrote: »

Why? Some people like praying and watching mass.

That's what's depressing, the fact that not only is the state broadcaster wasting time and money catering to a particular religious group. But that there's enough people in the country who either like it or don't see it as an issue that its let go on.

Don Kedick

Berserker wrote: »

One of the many benefits of living at home with your parents.

You shouldn't make comments like that without knowing a persons situation.

Don Kedick

Awkward Badger wrote: »

That's what's depressing, the fact that not only is the state broadcaster wasting time and money catering to a particular religious group. But that there's enough people in the country who either like it or don't see it as an issue that its let go on.

It's not an issue, they have sermons for different religions I think. Stop trying to force your views down people's throats.

Jawgap

Aidric wrote: »

The people who slate RTE, I'm curious what benchmark they are measuring it against? If it's the BBC then that's ridiculous given the disparity in budgets.

RTE is far from perfect but it delivers a strong output in current affairs and sport which are the areas you would reasonably expect a national broadcaster to deliver on.

Hmmmmm.......far too deferential towards the politicians to put out decent current affairs.

Sports output is ok, but in terms of coverage and analysis, it's pretty mediocre (and I wonder what it would be like if TV3 and Sky hadn't started snapping at their heals).

The Angelus is pretty good!