Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

Shefwedfan

Elmo wrote: »

Now you can’t complain when’s the JNLR!

JNLR?

Elmo

Shefwedfan wrote: »

JNLR?

Joint nation listenership research (JNLR) Radio Audience numbers

satguy

Tonight at 8 RTE are showing .. Only Fools and Horses ( have they nothing better, are they pulling our leg ? )

And after the News they are showing "The Best Of The Late Late Show" ( why are we being asked to pay for this rubbish )

We can only hope SF get into power,, and put a stop to this D4 social club / jobs for the Boys Scam..

Shefwedfan

satguy wrote: »

Tonight at 8 RTE are showing .. Only Fools and Horses ( have they nothing better, are they pulling our leg ? )

And after the News they are showing "The Best Of The Late Late Show" ( why are we being asked to pay for this rubbish )

We can only hope SF get into power,, and put a stop to this D4 social club / jobs for the Boys Scam..

SF will do nothing and maybe pump more money into Rte, after all SF love a bit of propaganda and RTE don’t give a s**t once they are getting paid

NIMAN

satguy wrote: »

Tonight at 8 RTE are showing .. Only Fools and Horses ( have they nothing better, are they pulling our leg ? )

And after the News they are showing "The Best Of The Late Late Show" ( why are we being asked to pay for this rubbish )

We can only hope SF get into power,, and put a stop to this D4 social club / jobs for the Boys Scam..

Ha, if ever there was an example of an organisation that summed up the "jobs for the boys" motto, its SF.

Was just thinking about that Dee Forbes tweet...isn't it so crass? She probably got that for nothing as long as she mentioned them in the tweet.....you scratch my back ....

Abuse of her position?

satguy

The first two sentences of my post (3 post back) show the ribbish RTE are showing us tonight.

But people only see that I mentioned SF.

No way SF will let RTE carry on with crap TV,, So if SF ever get into power, RTE is in trouble,, big time.

Shefwedfan

satguy wrote: »

The first two sentences of my post (3 post back) show the ribbish RTE are showing us tonight.

But people only see that I mentioned SF.

No way SF will let RTE carry on with crap TV,, So if SF ever get into power, RTE is in trouble,, big time.

What exactly are SF going to do? You brought them into the conversation, can’t complain about it now

Biafranlivemat

satguy wrote: »

Tonight at 8 RTE are showing .. Only Fools and Horses ( have they nothing better, are they pulling our leg ? )

And after the News they are showing "The Best Of The Late Late Show" ( why are we being asked to pay for this rubbish )

We can only hope SF get into power,, and put a stop to this D4 social club / jobs for the Boys Scam..

Also SF will run RTE on a smaller budget, their studios will be in the Republican Clubs of West Belfast.

Nevin Parsnipp

Biafranlivemat wrote: »

Also SF will run RTE on a smaller budget, their studios will be in the Republican Clubs of West Belfast.

Cattle Shed on the BAWDER more likely ?

Won't see Tubbs or Darcy there anyways .....allergic to diesel fumes apparently.

Shefwedfan

Shefwedfan wrote: »

My wife watching the Samantha Barry program

Hilarious that she went a number of times for a job in rte and they turned her down. Now she is editor in chief of Glamour. Worked in BBC, CNN etc

But RTE hires f**king Lottie Ryan. Seriously that just a says it’s all.....

Now RTE have a ad with Samantha Barry and if you didnt watch you would actually think they helped her with her career.....the useless f**ks rejected her and now trying to jump on the bandwagon......

RabbleRouser2k

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Now RTE have a ad with Samantha Barry and if you didnt watch you would actually think they helped her with her career.....the useless f**ks rejected her and now trying to jump on the bandwagon......

I tried watching that... My genuine approach to watching a program is 'I'm a complete newbie to the subject matter-does it make me care/ inform me'.

I switched it off. It was pointless. And as others note, it was just RTE sucking up to her to try and get some 'bonus points' or something. (Maybe score free, top of the line clothing).

Shefwedfan

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I tried watching that... My genuine approach to watching a program is 'I'm a complete newbie to the subject matter-does it make me care/ inform me'.

I switched it off. It was pointless. And as others note, it was just RTE sucking up to her to try and get some 'bonus points' or something. (Maybe score free, top of the line clothing).

The only interesting part was about the amount of times she interviewed for RTE and never got a job


But she walked into jobs with CNN, BBC etc....


We constantly get told Ireland doesnt have the same talent pool, problem is all the talent cant get in because we have the likes of Lottie Ryan and Doireann Garrihy....too clowns that at best should be working in a coffee shop

Shefwedfan

Shefwedfan wrote: »

The only interesting part was about the amount of times she interviewed for RTE and never got a job


But she walked into jobs with CNN, BBC etc....


We constantly get told Ireland doesnt have the same talent pool, problem is all the talent cant get in because we have the likes of Lottie Ryan and Doireann Garrihy....too clowns that at best should be working in a coffee shop

Probably told her to jog on as she had no relatives in the station

RabbleRouser2k

RTE are constantly pulling this 'woke' crap to appeal to the tiny but LOUD woke crew.

But then you look behind the scenes, and it's more backwards than your average town hall meeting in the 1960s Ireland.

The way RTE's going, they'll be introducing a phone in confessional, where a TV priest offers salvation and tells you to say 5 hail mary's.

retalivity

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

RTE are constantly pulling this 'woke' crap to appeal to the tiny but LOUD woke crew.

But then you look behind the scenes, and it's more backwards than your average town hall meeting in the 1960s Ireland.

The way RTE's going, they'll be introducing a phone in confessional, where a TV priest offers salvation and tells you to say 5 hail mary's.

On a premium line no doubt.

NIMAN

I wouldn't be a total RTe basher, and often think they do some things well, but got to give them a bit of credit where its due.

Their Home School Hub was excellent, my kids loved it, and it was very well done.

elperello

NIMAN wrote: »

I wouldn't be a total RTe basher, and often think they do some things well, but got to give them a bit of credit where its due.

Their Home School Hub was excellent, my kids loved it, and it was very well done.

That sort of programming is an example of why we should have Public Service Broadcasting.

Elmo

elperello wrote: »

That sort of programming is an example of why we should have Public Service Broadcasting.

But it’s to rare and only came about because of lockdown. In 2016 RTÉ said it was NOT cutting funding to Children’s Content rather it was moving that funding to independent producers.

Meanwhile that same year RTÉ had already cut funding to children’s content by 25%.

Then the following year (2017) a further cut of 50% bringing their funding to Children’s content to €3.9m its Lowest funding in 2 decades (2000 - 2018) ... a minor increase to 5m in 2018.

I have no problem praising RTÉ’s home school hub, but they savagely cut funding children’s content while at the same time increasing license fee funding to 2fm (which they’d previously funded from commercial revenue) and in 2017 increased costs to imported programming by 3m the same amount they cut children’s content by.

Meanwhile Ray D’Arcy’s sister-in-law produces home school hub!

elperello

Elmo wrote: »

But it’s to rare and only came about because of lockdown. In 2016 RTÉ said it was NOT cutting funding to Children’s Content rather it was moving that funding to independent producers.

Meanwhile that same year RTÉ had already cut funding to children’s content by 25%.

Then the following year (2017) a further cut of 50% bringing their funding to Children’s content to €3.9m its Lowest funding in 2 decades (2000 - 2018) ... a minor increase to 5m in 2018.

I have no problem praising RTɒs home school hub, but they savagely cut funding children’s content while at the same time increasing license fee funding to 2fm (which they’d previously funded from commercial revenue) and in 2017 increased costs to imported programming by 3m the same amount they cut children’s content by.

Meanwhile Ray D’Arcy’s sister-in-law produces home school hub!

Of course you are right that it only happened because of the lock down. But because we have a Public Broadcasting Service they were able to move quickly in the public interest. They managed to produce content at short notice that was relevant and supportive for Irish children.

All through this thread people have been coming on saying "let RTE fail and leave it to the market to decide". When the chips are down we need a broadcaster that is relevant to our own needs not the profit motive of some foreign owner.

Your points about cuts to children's programming are well made. Given a choice I too would prefer to see more locally produced content rather than one more popular music channel.

Not sure what difference the family relationship makes if she did a good job.

Elmo

elperello wrote: »

Of course you are right that it only happened because of the lock down. But because we have a Public Broadcasting Service they were able to move quickly in the public interest. They managed to produce content at short notice that was relevant and supportive for Irish children.

All through this thread people have been coming on saying "let RTE fail and leave it to the market to decide". When the chips are down we need a broadcaster that is relevant to our own needs not the profit motive of some foreign owner.

I haven't being saying this, but I don't think its much to asked a Public Service broadcaster to be able to bring something like Home School Hub together. I am not going to praise RTÉ for doing a job they should be doing and one that they should have being doing long ago.

Not sure what difference the family relationship makes if she did a good job.

Every time I hear "a new name" from RTÉ I have been find family relationships, I don't think this is good for any company or organisation.

elperello

Elmo wrote: »

I haven't being saying this, but I don't think its much to asked a Public Service broadcaster to be able to bring something like Home School Hub together. I am not going to praise RTÉ for doing a job they should be doing and one that they should have being doing long ago.

Every time I hear "a new name" from RTÉ I have been find family relationships, I don't think this is good for any company or organisation.

Sorry I didn't mean to suggest that you were saying it but it has been a common factor in many posts.

I wasn't praising RTE either just pointing out the importance of PSB.

I'm sure every new recruit to RTE is not a relation but I don't know enough about this particular one to comment further.

AndyBoBandy

RTÉ have a resident golf commentator!! He was on tonight’s SixOne News.

How many times a year do RTÉ broadcast golf?

Elmo

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

RTÉ have a resident golf commentator!! He was on tonight’s SixOne News.

How many times a year do RTÉ broadcast golf?

Irish open if they’re lucky most golf is behind a paywall, most TV sports news will air highlights.

EmmetSpiceland

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW AND NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, THE PC BRIGADE SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLOURS WITH THEIR RIGHT WING NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC AGENDA.

elperello

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

RTÉ have a resident golf commentator!! He was on tonight’s SixOne News.

How many times a year do RTÉ broadcast golf?

Elmo wrote: »

Irish open if they’re lucky most golf is behind a paywall, most TV sports news will air highlights.

Golf is a very popular sport in Ireland with high participation rates. I guess that's why it is covered by RTE.

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/the-5-most-popular-sports-in-ireland-ranked/

elperello

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW AND NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, THE PC BRIGADE SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLOURS WITH THEIR RIGHT WING NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC AGENDA.

Is that a point about the golf coverage?

AndyBoBandy

elperello wrote: »

Golf is a very popular sport in Ireland with high participation rates. I guess that's why it is covered by RTE.

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/the-5-most-popular-sports-in-ireland-ranked/

I don’t doubt for 1 second that golf is an extremely popular sport in Ireland, but why do RTÉ need an in house golf commentator? Surely they can get a contractor in for the 1 tournament they half broadcast each year? Surely the European tour have their own in house commentary feed that RTÉ could tap into? (Similar to how FIFA/UEFA/IRB have a commentary feed that is supplied with the television feed for their big tournaments, though most broadcasters choose not to use these audio feeds (except TV3 during the rugby World Cup when they used that feed for non Ireland games )).

It would be like having George Hamilton on the books and only showing 2-3 games a year (all over a long weekend)

NIMAN

Is that Greg Allen you're talking about?

He would be on RTE Radio a lot, talking about most of the tour events, so he is actually on quite often.

Seems to know his stuff too.

buried

If ye want your moneys worth from yere yearly licence fee, look no further than listening to Joe Duffy on liveline earlier today where he completely and totally lost his $hit while at the same time got his entire perpetual sat down arse handed to him

elperello

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I don’t doubt for 1 second that golf is an extremely popular sport in Ireland, but why do RTÉ need an in house golf commentator? Surely they can get a contractor in for the 1 tournament they half broadcast each year? Surely the European tour have their own in house commentary feed that RTÉ could tap into? (Similar to how FIFA/UEFA/IRB have a commentary feed that is supplied with the television feed for their big tournaments, though most broadcasters choose not to use these audio feeds (except TV3 during the rugby World Cup when they used that feed for non Ireland games )).

Sorry, I really don't have the answer to your questions.


Maybe they feel that it is worthwhile to have a golf commentator. Perhaps it is even cost effective given the interest in the sport.