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

Ballycommon Mast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118581655#Comment_118581655

Yes RTE are an odd bunch, I posted about the two Johnnies getting 2fm drive at the start of the new year because it was in the Sunday world. Back in 2014 2fm drip fed their then new schedule over the course of about 2 weeks but every single bit of it had already been in the papers and posted here 3 months earlier

RabbleRouser2k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118581730#Comment_118581730

Trying to appeal to the 'youth'... who are listening to playlists on spotify, or podcasts. Weirdly, didn't those guys have a podcast? Is their podcast failing now, so they're trying to get onto radio to seem 'legit'?

I don't listen to any Irish podcasts - their subject matter don't interest me. So hence my question.

vriesmays

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118579551#Comment_118579551

In the 1950s Ireland had fighter jets and could defend its airspace. Not anymore.

ShamNNspace

Ah shur stick on the bourne supremacy and killnascully for the umpteenth time it'll kill a few hours of a Saturday night

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118588563#Comment_118588563

But you never mentioned the appetizer for such fine fare.......pat short on d'telly....... if that's not worth €160 I just don't know what Is!!!!

RandomViewer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118586308#Comment_118586308

DeHaviland Vampires, cool looking yokes

https://images.app.goo.gl/bZH9j97v2ndY984z5

RoTelly

So SOR to return to RTÉ!

retalivity

It would be peak-RTE if they end up putting money in for the continuation of Neighbours, while the begging bowl is out with the government

RandomViewer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118595894#Comment_118595894

Do they currently piggy back off C5, like VM do off ITV for their soaps?

Channel 5 are/were paying £5million a year for the rights but couldn't sell enough adverts to cover it.

retalivity

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118595941#Comment_118595941

I wouldn't think there would be an agreement between CH5 and RTE, would be between RTE and Fremantle media who make it. Apparently when the Aussie channel that showed it cancelled it a few years back, CH5 came to an agreement with them to effectively continue funding it. Now theyve pulled out, they are looking at RTE for help. From the Metro UK - https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/07/rte-in-talks-with-neighbours-over-shows-future-after-it-is-axed-16063093/

"Not all is hope is lost yet, however, as Network 10 – which produces Neighbours in Australia – is reportedly intent on continuing their association with the show, with a spokesperson telling TV Tonight that they are ‘hopeful’ Freemantle will find a new broadcast partner. Over in Ireland, RTÉ has aired Neighbours for over two decades, after the channel acquired it in 2000.

When asked about the future of the soap, a spokesperson for the Irish broadcaster told Metro.co.uk: ‘RTÉ is currently in talks with Fremantle in relation to Neighbours.’"

RandomViewer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118596465#Comment_118596465

So 5mil on top of whatever they're currently paying, yikes!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118594124#Comment_118594124

Yep.......... now to get big Phil back onto that European gravy train

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118596487#Comment_118596487

RTÉ pay around €2000 for an hour of TV from abroad. 5 EPS A WEEK 30 MINS 52 WEEKS OF THE YEAR ~€260,000 (give or take for inflation, been a few years since I heard €2000 for an hour of TV).

Channel 5 and the BBC were paying to broadcast in the UK, most likely the BBC realized it was cheaper to fund it, not sure if either the BBC or Channel 5 make a return on their investment.

RTÉ negotiations with Fremantle will be to look at what they replace neighbours with and if they will continue with the contract. RTÉ couldn't give €5m to neighbours when it is only willing to pay €3m to indo producers in Ireland for drama.

Was on the road this morning & had Claire Byrne on......next thing she introduces her next guest.......RACHEL ENGLISH. So Rachel has written a book & Claire is gushing/ gooing all about this book....oh its the greatest book ever......& I'm thinking 'Rachel English ..... I know that name from somewhere'.then the penny dropped......its her from " morning Ireland". So Claire's special guest was a presenter from earlier in the morning. Brilliant free advertising for her book ....you can't BUY advertising like that.......but seriously, what kind of codology was that interview???

Gen.Zhukov

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118597090#Comment_118597090

Still, on a more positive note Ken, if your pelvic floor is a bit rough around the edges, stay tuned.

Pelvic floor specialist on line 3

I'd like to sponsor the show.

Brilliant, that'll be three fifty for the year.

Great, I'll leave the €3.50 at the security hut.

It's actually €350 thousand sir.

Right, I'll leave it so.

RabbleRouser2k

Was watching RTE investigates tonight. A very sensitive, and serious topic, with Domestic Violence being highlighted. For the most part, well made, well researched, and some absolutely horrific cases highlighted. Whilst some parts of the doc sort of brushed aside elements, barely mentioning some things that I feel did a disservice.

But some parts of the doc threw me off. There were moments when subtitles were used, and they were full of misspellings. (The one that really caught my eye was 'Your' being used instead of 'You're').

And then it showed footage of the recent vigil for that teacher murdered in Offaly. This felt... unjustified, and somewhat insulting. Whilst the topic of the documentary was about domestic abuse in a relationship, that case, that spawned the vigils (and I'm trying not to discuss this too much, because the case is ongoing and I don't want to harm the case or say anything untoward) was not a domestic partner.

That 'bookending'... felt like it was doing a disservice to the brave individuals who were speaking out about the horrific crimes they suffered.

NIMAN

To be fair I think subtitling is not done by humans any more.

So you'd often get spelling mistakes on it.

Gen.Zhukov

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118598158#Comment_118598158

Good post. Sounds like a typical RTE production (especially wrongly conflating the vigil into it) I didn't watch it. I think I subconsciously avoided it because of the way they were pushing it so hard. It was the lead story on the 6.1 and fell to the 3rd story on the 9 news.

RTE won't like your post at all so expect all 38 of the Morning Ireland presenters to do a live broadcast from outside your place in the morning. Hopefully there's a 4* hotel close by that they can stay in tonight.

rightmove

yeah the rte male hating station keeps giving

iseegirls

RTE1 showing Ant & Dec's Limitless Win on Saturday evening at 8:25pm. This is the same one that was on ITV in January.

Is the first time that RTE has an ITV entertainment show in that position on a Saturday night?

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118598937#Comment_118598937

way back when they aired Noel Edmunds on Saturday night but yes the first time I'd say.

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Noel Edmunds. Where are they now??

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118599638#Comment_118599638

Don't be giving RTÉ ideas for new shows!

RandomViewer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118599186#Comment_118599186

Edmunds was BBC, RTE would take a lot of BBC and CH4 but very little ITV as VM have little else and ITV seem to aim most their programmes at the type of people that kept Jeremy Kyle going.

RandomViewer

Stumbled on an atrocious BBC comedy ? show the last night, The Paddy Raff show, new level of desperate

RoTelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118601217#Comment_118601217

Would have been the only Saturday Night entertainment show from the UK to broadcast on RTÉ since the 1980s, pre-TV3/ITV deal.

RabbleRouser2k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118598746#Comment_118598746

It was a tad frustrating. While I fully support those who spoke up about their abuse, be it under a pseudonym (voice distortion and concealment were used in the doc) or using their real names, parts of it irritated me a tad.

Like, there was a moment where they discussed female on male violence, and one man (under the aforementioned 'distortion and concealment') spoke about his experiences with domestic violence. Then it spoke to those who work with domestic violence, the counsellors, psychologists, etc... and some of them said 'If you're a man in this country, and you happen to have been abused-there's no help for you'. And that to me, was a very, very interesting point that wasn't explored. The people who said it, were very sympathetic to male victims of violence - but the documentary brushed it aside. That stood out to me as a major weakness of it, as did the Vigil.

Now, in it's defence, it may very well be that male victims are very reluctant to speak up- the shame of it, alone, can be one reason. Also of note, there was nothing discussed in regards to lgbt+ domestic violence, which was, again, frustrating. (I have friends who've been the victim of this- one female friend, who was involved in a lesbian relationship, suffered a lot of mental abuse and coercion. Even had money stolen from her). It was a C+/ B- kind of documentary. Could have done a lot more, but instead did the bare minimum.

RoTelly

I see RTÉ paid for that public service award under the "Trust Matter" campaign!

RoTelly

@RabbleRouser2k I imagine that RTÉ were able to spend some time on Kieran Creaven, during this prime time special... but maybe I am conflating issues ... not that RTÉ ever do that!

Gen.Zhukov

The absolute ledgebag DG of RTE - D.4orbes, announced in Nov 2019 that she'd be cutting the fees of the top 10 by a eye-watering 15% because..well she's a kick ass no nonsense sort of a gal. Here we are in twenny twenny two (hi Brendan and Miriam) and still no sign of the 2020 figures.

I'd have thought that with this in mind, Ms 4orbes would be beating people out of the way to get the figures into the public domain so she could show everyone how great she is. But no, it seems she's getting all forgetful again.

The top 10 in 2019 earned were paid €3.2m (I know, I know) so with a 15% cut on that, the figure should now be about €2.7m. My guess is Forbesy looked at the 2020 figures, put her head in her hands and said 'Oh Bollocks!'

Very hard to guess the figs because of new positions/shows etc but this should be close. It's also a possibility that clown O hEadhra on drive time could be in there.