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RTE & Repeats

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  • 07-08-2015 1:17pm
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    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,619 ✭✭✭✭


    Just wondering is there any data out there about RTE and frequently they repeat programs?
    Maybe its just because its summertime but lately it seems like RTE has morphed into some cable channel which just shows repeats ad nauseum


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    Vahevala
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Vahevala


    This link may be what you are after: http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/pat-stacey-rte-is-showing-20-repeats-today-why-are-we-paying-160-a-year-for-this-31428735.html


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    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,619 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Haha good article- its exactly what I'm getting at! A choice quote
    The top-floor suits that run RTE are always talking about “the competition” and fretting about “the competition” and reminding us that “the competition” is the reason they desperately need the €160 licence fee and advertising revenue as well.
    And then what do they do to combat the competition? They stuff RTE1 with repeats. On Monday, RTE1 screened 13 repeated programmes. Yesterday there were 18. Today there are 20.

    Every TV channel in the world carries repeats. ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC air plenty of them — in fact, there are evenings during the summer when BBC3 and 4 feature nothing but repeats. Then again, these are niche channels, and the Beeb is a massive organisation that caters to a massive audience and has an awful lot of air time to fill. It’s less a question of quantity than quality.

    Do we really need to be reminded how bad cop comedy Mattie was? Who wants to watch old episodes of Eco Eye, Ear To The Ground, Franc’s DIY Brides or Francis Brennan’s Grand Tour, all of which have been trotted out this week?
    As for Reeling In The Years: it’s been shown so many times already it should be classified as a form of aversion therapy.


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    ftakeith
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    RTE should be privatised or scrapped for BBCNI to be BBC ireland


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    STB.
    Registered Users Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    ftakeith wrote: »
    RTE should be privatised or scrapped for BBCNI to be BBC ireland

    Any idea what Public Service Television means ?

    What does the BBC have to do with anything.


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    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,447 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    ftakeith wrote: »
    RTE should be privatised or scrapped for BBCNI to be BBC ireland

    So you think the BBC do not do repeats?


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,071 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    ftakeith wrote: »
    RTE should be privatised or scrapped for BBCNI to be BBC ireland

    Take a quick count of repeats on the BBC. Particularly BBC2, 3 and 4.


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