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New RTE Player

JMcGee

I saw on Twitter that there's a new player in the works. Just a coming soon. Anyone out there have an idea on a date? I think I'm getting my hopes up too high expecting some cross platform rollout.

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Atlantic Dawn

JMcGee wrote: »

I saw on Twitter that there's a new player in the works. Just a coming soon. Anyone out there have an idea on a date? I think I'm getting my hopes up too high expecting some cross platform rollout.

If it has the current setup of ads it will be still be pure rubbish no matter what improvements it has.

JMcGee

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

If it has the current setup of ads it will be still be pure rubbish no matter what improvements it has.

If they just copied the BBC iPlayer in terms of app layout and content delivery, they'd have a lot of happy users.

meep

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

If it has the current setup of ads it will be still be pure rubbish no matter what improvements it has.

So we want RTE to invest in a significant technology refresh, want it to be free and don’t want it to have any advertising?

Darkglasses

meep wrote: »

So we want a technology refresh, want it to be free and don’t want it to have any advertising?

No, not necessarily no ads - just this thing of watching 2 minutes of ads as soon as you start - potentially getting an error where you can't start your programme, then having to start all over with your minutes of ads. There are better ways.

I'm hoping to see better Chromecast abilities more than anything.

lertsnim

JMcGee wrote: »

I saw on Twitter that there's a new player in the works. Just a coming soon. Anyone out there have an idea on a date? I think I'm getting my hopes up too high expecting some cross platform rollout.

I'm sure they said it was coming at the start of 2018 and that was delayed from some time in 2017.

JMcGee

meep wrote: »

So we want RTE to invest in a significant technology refresh, want it to be free and don’t want it to have any advertising?

TV license fees won't cover it? To be honest, I'd be fine with ads the same way they are shown on the regular broadcast. Just once they are not the same ones over and over.

JMcGee

lertsnim wrote: »

I'm sure they said it was coming at the start of 2018 and that was delayed from some time in 2017.

Their Twitter page is all decked out with a new logo and "something's coming" banner. Apparently there was some launch party recently also. But not putting it live the next day is unusual. That would be major egg on the face if it turns out to be another 6 months though.

lertsnim

Hopefully it happens soon as it is long overdue. It is baffling to me how chromecast works with iOS devices while android doesn't have it at all.

icdg

The adverts at the start are a massive bug bearer for me. I’m not force to watch two minutes of ads when I switch on my TV, I’m not sure why I should be forced to do it when I stream RTE One or Two live, particularly during live “event” programming. It has meant missing goals/tries. And if you’re travelling, every time the stream drops you have to watch the two minutes again.

It’s not a problem when you watch on Sky Go incidentally, but some live sports events are blocked on Sky Go but not on RTE Player.

Atlantic Dawn

meep wrote: »

So we want RTE to invest in a significant technology refresh, want it to be free and don’t want it to have any advertising?

They take in plenty of money to pay for it with minimal or no advertising yet choose to spend almost 3 times the licence fee money for the entire annual online budget per year on the rich mans Orchestras (yes 2 there's 2 RTE Orchestras), joke of an organisation.

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https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-losses-2016-2-3502547-Jul2017/

Elmo

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They take in plenty of money to pay for it with minimal or no advertising yet choose to spend almost 3 times the licence fee money for the entire annual online budget per year on the rich mans Orchestras (yes 2 there's 2 RTE Orchestras), joke of an organisation.

https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-losses-2016-2-3502547-Jul2017/

RTÉ have to spend that on the NSO and NCO, the NSO is likely to exit RTÉ in 2021 and merge with the NCH, wonder who will foot the bill?

Take a closer look at the last 15 years of RTÉ budget and see IMO the stand out figure and it’s not the Music Groups. I posted it here
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057497434&page=20

Elmo

Also the new RTÉ player is due this month.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A brand new RTÉ Player is coming to you very soon ✨ new look, new shows, new everything! Watch this space �� <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/rteplayer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#rteplayer</a> <a href="https://t.co/wTbEbEfdin">pic.twitter.com/wTbEbEfdin</a></p>— RTÉ Player (@RTEplayer) <a href="

https://twitter.com/RTEplayer/status/1065654210300182528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November

22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://twitter.com/RTEplayer/status/1065654210300182528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/RTEplayer/status/1065654210300182528

JMcGee

Elmo, you didn't read the first post, did ya?

The problem with this tweet is that it's just "Coming Soon". I just hope it's not Duke Nukem grade coming soon.

JMcGee

Looks like it's being released tomorrow

holidaysong

It'll have chromecast for Android.

icdg

A new logo and red and white colour scheme it seems. Interesting.

Darkglasses

icdg wrote: »

A new logo and red and white colour scheme it seems. Interesting.

You'd think Virgin were far more recognisable as the red and white channel

Elmo

Darkglasses wrote: »

You'd think Virgin were far more recognisable as the red and white channel

Funny I would have said it is more of a pinkish red.

icdg

Off topic but ever since TV3 rebranded I’ve been confused between the iOS icons for Virgin Media Player and YouTube - they are practically the inverse colours of each other. So I rather fear RTE have caused more confusion by choosing the same colours.

JDxtra

I'll give them one more chance to get this right. If it's still buggy/rubbish, I'll never even try it again.

trixiebust

meep wrote: »

So we want RTE to invest in a significant technology refresh, want it to be free and don’t want it to have any advertising?

Yes. I'm sure cutting D'Arcy & Tubs wages in half would go a long way to paying for it alone.

lertsnim

What time is it updating?

the whole year inn

Be nice if it was supported by Xbox or PS4. It's only a pipe dream.

JMcGee

the whole year inn wrote: »

Be nice if it was supported by Xbox or PS4. It's only a pipe dream.

I'm holding out for the Apple TV pipe dream

Now that they are using HTML5 it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to port it to other platforms.

lertsnim

I take it that it's not happening today?

portach king

Not the best start if they miss their launch day, is it?

Pelvis

Will it still tell me I have an ad blocker when I don't?

icdg

It seems to be delayed, though they are still going ahead with their first “RTE Player Original”, The Doireann (Garrighty) Project at 9pm tonight.

portach king

icdg wrote: »

It seems to be delayed, though they are still going ahead with their first “RTE Player Original”, The Doireann (Garrighty) Project at 9pm tonight.

I watched the ad for that.... :eek:

brick man

They have tweeted that they are putting the finishing touches to app it won't be ready for a number of days by the look of it