RTE needs to be scrapped

Henryq.

I just glanced at the screen and there was horsesh1t on

We don't even need it

elperello

Henry, try keeping your horses away from the TV.

Kristopherus

Henryq. wrote: »

I just glanced at the screen and there was horsesh1t on

We don't even need it

You should call in to them & clean it up:D

dxhound2005

Boards poster calls for censorship. Quelle surprise.

expatin africa

Just had to pay 160e there for something I never watch. They should leave rte 1 and tg4 and get rid of the rest

biko

Just remove the licence funded bit.

FanadMan

Sounds like one of the trolls on Facebook. No matter what RTE News post, the trolls arrive and start complaining about fake news, Brit lovers etc

riclad

Rte covers sport,current affairs , art, music, culture , politics,
etc the bbc is good ,but we need our own local voice.
i look at tv, 85 per cent of the programs i do not like, eg soap opera, sport,gaa, news, chatshows , but i think there are so good programs on rte,
I prefer to get my news from the web.
of course when theres 100s of tv channels on cable i can see some people will say why spend millions on rte .
rte also runs a few good radio stations .
theres still people in rural area,s who just have, rte,itv, bbc using over the air aerials,
Not everyone can afford a sky tv subscription.
i do not see the need for tg4 its a mixture of programs in irish and older programs from america in english.
i think in 2020 theres no need for a irish language tv station .
most of the programs on bbc or itv i would not ever watch.
everyone has different taste.
some people never watch soap opera,s or tv talent shows or sport on tv.
imagine just relying on bbc tv to cover irish rugby or soccer matchs,
or any irish sporting event.
thats not a good outcome .
And sometimes rte makes some good drama,s and documentarys.

Fighting Tao

This thread is unexpected. Is it early or is it that time of the week already?

Upforthematch

riclad wrote: »

i do not see the need for tg4 its a mixture of programs in irish and older programs from america in english.
i think in 2020 theres no need for a irish language tv station ..

What? Tg4 is probably one of the best things from rte. They had spanish soccer before sky came in and snapped it up. Some of the best documentaries on irish history are on it. And all the Gaa and rugby coverage? And that's before the irish language stuff they do which is not commercially viable. Tg4 is about the only reason I can stomach paying the tv licence.

WoollyRedHat

They should rebrand it to be a wrestling channel, RTW, get the presenters and Fair City actors to face-off in the ring, in individual matches. The main event will be Friday Nights, The Late Late Fight, where El Tubridy faces off several celebrity guests to be the Last Man Standing. I would pay good money to watch that.

bennyineire

Fighting Tao wrote: »

This thread is unexpected. Is it early or is it that time of the week already?

He'll probably start one tomorrow giving out about the M50

corner of hells

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

They should rebrand it to be a wrestling channel, RTW, get the presenters and Fair City actors to face-off in the ring, in individual matches. The main event will be Friday Nights, The Late Late Fight, where El Tubridy faces off several celebrity guests to be the Last Man Standing. I would pay good money to watch that.

Could we have Foxy Boxing as Gaelige ?

JasonStatham

Tg4 is the best channel we have. By far.

For Forks Sake

corner of hells wrote: »

Could we have Foxy Boxing as Gaelige ?

Dornálaíocht na sionnaigh - BEO.


That could work.

StevenToast

Rte 2 and 2fm should be scrapped...


And cull Ryan Tubridy

fonecrusher1

Get rid of half the employees and encourage the remaining half to try harder. The wages they are paying some of the presenters is grossly disproportionate to the end product and the quantity of audience that RTE actually reaches.

There should be a national TV channel. Its important for our identity. But if it was a private entity it would have been bust many years ago.

Your Face

Ray Darcy should be drowned in his own piss.

fonecrusher1

Your Face wrote: »

Ray Darcy should be drowned in his own piss.

Start with Joe Duffy. He's cost the state literally millions over the last 20 yrs. Seriously that's just ****ed up. Any other country in the world the guy would probably earn a fraction of that as a presenter. If they'd even have him.

StevenToast

StevenToast wrote: »

Rte 2 and 2fm should be scrapped...

No, they should be sold to the higher bidder as there is a value in their existing place on the EPG. That has a monetary worth.

Church on Tuesday

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Start with Joe Duffy. He's cost the state literally millions over the last 20 yrs. Seriously that's just ****ed up. Any other country in the world the guy would probably earn a fraction of that as a presenter. If they'd even have him.

It's a disgrace Joe.

Capt'n Midnight

JasonStatham wrote: »

Tg4 is the best channel we have. By far.

It's like the curates egg because it doesn't go for the lowest common denominator. Very like Channel 4 in that regard.

If there is nothing on RTE or the main UK channels then it's always worth checking out TG4.

Can't wait for it to go HD :mad:

RobbingBandit

**** your Honda civic I've a horse **** tv

whisky_galore

Not scrapped, stripped down to just news, current affairs, cultural, documentaries and a small stable of quality home produced shows. There's heaps of outlets already for fluff and US and UK produced shows.

Cut salaries of its "stars" to reasonable levels, if they don't like it, they can fcuk off to the uk or wherever. (They'll soon find out they're not top talent outside of the Irish fishbowl)

Start marketing the back catalogue that never sees the light of day.

frozenfrozen

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It's like the curates egg because it doesn't go for the lowest common denominator. Very like Channel 4 in that regard.

If there is nothing on RTE or the main UK channels then it's always worth checking out TG4.

Can't wait for it to go HD :mad:

It is hd! Just for some reason its SD on saorview... bothers me more than it should. You have to have a sky etc sub for HD tg4 which isn't right. Honestly I have thought about sending off emails complaining about it but don't know where to start

Gregor Samsa

frozenfrozen wrote: »

It is hd! Just for some reason its SD on saorview... bothers me more than it should. You have to have a sky etc sub for HD tg4 which isn't right. Honestly I have thought about sending off emails complaining about it but don't know where to start

Scéal, mo chara,

Ba mhaith liom TG4 i HD ar Saroview.

Tóg é go bóg é,

reoitereoite

dxhound2005

frozenfrozen wrote: »

It is hd! Just for some reason its SD on saorview... bothers me more than it should. You have to have a sky etc sub for HD tg4 which isn't right. Honestly I have thought about sending off emails complaining about it but don't know where to start

That some reason is money. They won't pay the people who provide the transmitters the fee for HD. This is from about three years ago on another thread, no progress since then it seems.

A chara
Our discussions with Saorview regarding HD carriage are ongoing. You will appreciate that these are commercial negotiations and that the "availability" of any service is subject to mutually acceptable terms for the parties involved.

I cannot, at this stage surmise when our negotiations might conclude but it is our wish too that we have HD versions of our service available on all platforms, including Saorview.

Le meas

Pádhraic Ó Ciardha
TG4

Hyperbollix

Flicked on RTE1 Friday night to see Tubridy doing a "Country music special" - a whole show devoted to such luminaries as Philomena Begley and Nathan Carter.

Tubridy is a lot like Trump. He knew there was a receptive audience out there for this shíte and by God is he going to serve it up to them.

Deemed as Normal

Stuff like 'Finding Joy' would make you wonder! And if that one was really a good actress she should be getting stuff over seas.

irishguitarlad

But op where would you get a show with the quality of the late late show country music special?

the purple tin

RTE is sitting on some of the most valuable and sought after land in the country.
Why don't they sell up and start again in a green-field site, but scale down their operation.
Put the extra money in the bank and use it to run the place, and stop going begging to the govt all the time.

BailMeOut

Would not scrap but would relocate the entire Donnybrook campus to Cork just like the BBC move to Manchester.

Capt'n Midnight

irishguitarlad wrote: »

But op where would you get a show with the quality of the late late show country music special?

Do you think TG4 could manage a country music special ?

irishguitarlad

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Do you think TG4 could manage a country music special ?

Definitely and would probably do a better job too. I was being sarcastic in my first post.

ILoveYourVibes

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Boards poster calls for censorship. Quelle surprise.

It's not a call for censorship, it's a call for quality.