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

fritzelly · 28-11-2019 10:11PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Tonight on RTÉ 2 (in the Primetime slot)

The Great British Bake Off

S06E04

First broadcast on August 26th 2015

Does RTE2 have a primetime, thought the only thing they showed was repeats/old series

amadangomor · 29-11-2019 07:34AM

So great they have gone down the totally commercial route and basically have the Toy show sponsored by Frozen/Disney in disguise as a "theme". We pay them the TV licence to afford to broadcast and we still have to put up with this commercialisation. With multiple income streams they are still running RTE into the ground! Incompetent Twats.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1129/1095780-something-elsa-late-late-toy-show-is-frozen-this-year/

Boggles · 29-11-2019 08:15AM

amadangomor wrote: »

So great they have gone down the totally commercial route and basically have the Toy show sponsored by Frozen/Disney in disguise as a "theme". We pay them the TV licence to afford to broadcast and we still have to put up with this commercialisation. With multiple income streams they are still running RTE into the ground! Incompetent Twats.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1129/1095780-something-elsa-late-late-toy-show-is-frozen-this-year/

The Toy Show, commercial. Surely not?

:pac:

The Late Late Show · 29-11-2019 02:29PM

The salaries Ryan Tubridy and the rest of them are on is disgusting. And let us not leave Pat Kenny and his near 1m post tax salary off the hook. Gone but not forgotten. While people are homeless and those who have homes are often crucified with bills, these guys are earning in a week after tax what most Irish people earn in a year before tax. And for what? Presenting chat shows with a massive team of researchers behind them.

NO ONE is worth the type of money any of these are earning. Especially when it is only for 20 hours and less a week. There are highly qualified people and people providing essential services on way less. Even politicians (love them or hate them, but they work longer hours than RTE's elite and we can vote them out) earn less. Even the Taoiseach and President earn less than Tubridy or in the past (probably still in his other role in RTE's cousin media outlets) Kenny. Even world leaders like US president Obama and UK PM Johnson earn less. It is time to get REAL on what these over-paid in the extreme presents earn for the hours they do.

end of the road · 29-11-2019 02:47PM

The Late Late Show wrote: »

The salaries Ryan Tubridy and the rest of them are on is disgusting. And let us not leave Pat Kenny and his near 1m post tax salary off the hook. Gone but not forgotten. While people are homeless and those who have homes are often crucified with bills, these guys are earning in a week after tax what most Irish people earn in a year before tax. And for what? Presenting chat shows with a massive team of researchers behind them.

NO ONE is worth the type of money any of these are earning. Especially when it is only for 20 hours and less a week. There are highly qualified people and people providing essential services on way less. Even politicians (love them or hate them, but they work longer hours than RTE's elite and we can vote them out) earn less. Even the Taoiseach and President earn less than Tubridy or in the past (probably still in his other role in RTE's cousin media outlets) Kenny. Even world leaders like US president Obama and UK PM Johnson earn less. It is time to get REAL on what these over-paid in the extreme presents earn for the hours they do.

if no one is worth the type of money the high earners in rte get then nobody would ever get such a wage in any job or even more, it's as simple as that.
there is absolutely nothing "disgusting" about the salaries tubberty etc get, yes they are rather high, but sometimes in broadcasting people earn high wages and people are just going to have to come to terms with that.
people being homeless and home owners having high costs along with everyone else is a completely separate issue which would not change even if the high earners in rte didn't even get paid at all.

The Late Late Show · 29-11-2019 02:47PM

amadangomor wrote: »

So great they have gone down the totally commercial route and basically have the Toy show sponsored by Frozen/Disney in disguise as a "theme". We pay them the TV licence to afford to broadcast and we still have to put up with this commercialisation. With multiple income streams they are still running RTE into the ground! Incompetent Twats.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/1129/1095780-something-elsa-late-late-toy-show-is-frozen-this-year/

If it is the case that Disney are sponsoring Tubridy's Toy Show this year and/or other years (or other big companies sponsor the themes other years), this is more of it. Vast amounts of money go into RTE from various sources and they still are officially 'poor'.

tayto lover · 29-11-2019 02:59PM

Blanket coverage of the Toy Show all week.
You couldn’t fail to know that it’s on.
Annoy your head with it.

It’s only a feckin toy show. They’ll probably repeat it too as it’s cheap to stage.

AndyBoBandy · 29-11-2019 04:38PM

tayto lover wrote: »

Blanket coverage of the Toy Show all week.
You couldn’t fail to know that it’s on.
Annoy your head with it.

It’s only a feckin toy show. They’ll probably repeat it too as it’s cheap to stage.

And apparently 'everyone' is going to watch it, even people that don't watch the Late Late Show, they always make the exception for the toy show!!

Yeah, I don't watch the Late Late, and I won't be watching the toy show tonight. It's on long past juniors bedtime, and I'd never subject myself or the OH to almost 3 hours of RTE showing us how 'great' and 'mad craic' they are.

I watched as a kid myself when it was Gay Byrne, and they are Christmas memories I'd rather not tarnish with Tubbers O'MadCraic

Anyone who checks out Joe.ie the odd time to see what movies are on that night or whatever would be best advised to stay away from the site for the next week at least, because you know there's going to be at least 2-3 'planted' stories a day about how much gas craic the toy show was, and isn't Tubbers great all the same, because that kid who's dad is in the army jumped out of a big box or whatever....

ShamNNspace · 29-11-2019 06:12PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

And apparently 'everyone' is going to watch it, even people that don't watch the Late Late Show, they always make the exception for the toy show!!

Yeah, I don't watch the Late Late, and I won't be watching the toy show tonight. It's on long past juniors bedtime, and I'd never subject myself or the OH to almost 3 hours of RTE showing us how 'great' and 'mad craic' they are.

I watched as a kid myself when it was Gay Byrne, and they are Christmas memories I'd rather not tarnish with Tubbers O'MadCraic

Anyone who checks out Joe.ie the odd time to see what movies are on that night or whatever would be best advised to stay away from the site for the next week at least, because you know there's going to be at least 2-3 'planted' stories a day about how much gas craic the toy show was, and isn't Tubbers great all the same, because that kid who's dad is in the army jumped out of a big box or whatever....

It's repeated on Sunday afternoon for you so don't worry about missing it tonight

AndyBoBandy · 29-11-2019 06:41PM

ShamNNspace wrote: »

It's repeated on Sunday afternoon for you so don't worry about missing it tonight

I look forward to missing it on Sunday afternoon as well then..

retalivity · 29-11-2019 11:21PM

Fcuk rte, fcuk the toy show, fcuk tubs, etc. I was in the pub earlier, clean forgot it was on tonight til someone mentioned it.

I dont ever remember it being on in november? The cynic on me says its a byproduct of the early onset of xmas, the bigger cynic says its to tie in with black friday, maximise spend/advertising yadayada etc...

deisedevil · 29-11-2019 11:30PM

end of the road wrote: »

if no one is worth the type of money the high earners in rte get then nobody would ever get such a wage in any job or even more, it's as simple as that.
there is absolutely nothing "disgusting" about the salaries tubberty etc get, yes they are rather high, but sometimes in broadcasting people earn high wages and people are just going to have to come to terms with that.
people being homeless and home owners having high costs along with everyone else is a completely separate issue which would not change even if the high earners in rte didn't even get paid at all.

If Graham Norton was presenting the late late and earning Tubridys wages I'd be saying it was a pure bargain. Tubridy however is certainly not value for money. He's stealing a living. That's what most people have such a problem with. We are not getting value for money for our licence fee.

The J Stands for Jay · 29-11-2019 11:46PM

Have they let a few transition year students operate the cameras tonight. Getting motion sickness from some issues of this.

end of the road · 29-11-2019 11:53PM

deisedevil wrote: »

If Graham Norton was presenting the late late and earning Tubridys wages I'd be saying it was a pure bargain. Tubridy however is certainly not value for money. He's stealing a living. That's what most people have such a problem with. We are not getting value for money for our licence fee.

value for money means different things to different people, and when it comes to rte, they are not going to be able to deliver such because of the varying opinions in relation to everything it does.
tbh i would also think Graham Norton would be poor value for money, as he hasn't been great since his early years on channel 4, but maybe that is down to the times and the perpetually offended, rather then his presenting abilities.
i don't rate tubridy myself, and he may be stealing a living, but by the looks of things, many seem to rate him, and i would think that in turn he must be bringing in decent revenue of some sort, but who knows.

emo72 · 30-11-2019 12:04AM

Tubridy comes across as very insincere. He's alien to me.

Elmo · 30-11-2019 01:57AM

emo72 wrote: »

Tubridy comes across as very insincere. He's alien to me.

Yeah I am surprised by the twitteraty tonight. Oh he’s so good with the children.

From the sounds of Twitter it’s a children’s version of the main show, misery dressed as entertainment.

randomspud · 30-11-2019 02:02AM

Elmo wrote: »

From the sounds of Twitter it’s a children’s version of the main show, misery dressed as entertainment.

It's a 2 hour long toy advert directed at children.

What were you expecting? Why would anyone but children and their parents watch this utter ****e?

Do you normally put on RTE Junior to get your news headlines?

Elmo · 30-11-2019 10:40AM

randomspud wrote: »

It's a 2 hour long toy advert directed at children.

What were you expecting? Why would anyone but children and their parents watch this utter ****e?

Do you normally put on RTE Junior to get your news headlines?

1. What that’s not very public service?
2. I wasn’t expecting misery dressed up as entertainment (didn’t watch just saw it from a Twitter distance)
3. Always watch News2Day, but what has that to do with my post? It’s not like I consider TLLS news and current affairs. (I don’t watch News2Day!)

elperello · 30-11-2019 12:39PM

Elmo wrote: »

Yeah I am surprised by the twitteraty tonight. Oh he’s so good with the children.

From the sounds of Twitter it’s a children’s version of the main show, misery dressed as entertainment.

So you are offering criticism of a TV show you didn't see but read tweets about?

Elmo · 30-11-2019 01:13PM

elperello wrote: »

So you are offering criticism of a TV show you didn't see but read tweets about?

It’s a general criticism of a show I’ve watched most years. It is overhyped & the presenter is overrated.

Of the tweets, with videos which I watched, it seemed the kids were brought on to have a sob story and to bring a tear to your eye, this is typical of most RTÉ chat shows, as I said misery dressed up as entertainment.

Also I am not criticizing the children or any guests on such shows, TBH I think the children were excellent particularly considering most of them had been in RTÉ since 12pm that day.

Boggles · 30-11-2019 01:14PM

Elmo wrote: »

It’s a general criticism of a show I’ve watched most years. It is overhyped & the presenter is overrated.
.

Turbidy?

Like fúck he is, he is probably the most hated presenter on RTE.

Elmo · 30-11-2019 01:15PM

Boggles wrote: »

Turbidy?

Like fúck he is, he is probably the most hated presenter on RTE.

Really not last night, your hear those that don’t like him and RTÉ certainly overrate him!

elperello · 30-11-2019 01:23PM

Elmo wrote: »

It’s a general criticism of a show I’ve watched most years. It is overhyped & the presenter is overrated.

Of the tweets, with videos which I watched, it seemed the kids were brought on to have a sob story and to bring a tear to your eye, this is typical of most RTÉ chat shows, as I said misery dressed up as entertainment.

Also I am not criticizing the children or any guests on such shows, TBH I think the children were excellent particularly considering most of them had been in RTÉ since 12pm that day.

I think one has to actually watch a TV show to get it all in context rather than base an opinion on tweets and clips.

I accept that makes me old fashioned but there you are.

I don't get the current fad for referring to any item on TV that is based on the sadder side of life as "misery".

As you say fair play to the kids, it's their gig anyway.

tayto lover · 30-11-2019 01:38PM

Watched it with the grandkids. A bit too much of the sad stuff for my liking.
Not much about the toy makers who maybe could have done with a bit of publicity which might have generated a bit of trade for them.

Overall the children enjoyed it but it was mainly aimed at enhancing Tubridy’s reputation imo.

Boggles · 30-11-2019 01:43PM

tayto lover wrote: »

Not much about the toy makers who maybe could have done with a bit of publicity

Chinese Children?

Elmo · 30-11-2019 02:06PM

elperello wrote: »

I think one has to actually watch a TV show to get it all in context rather than base an opinion on tweets and clips.

I accept that makes me old fashioned but there you are.

I don't get the current fad for referring to any item on TV that is based on the sadder side of life as "misery".

As you say fair play to the kids, it's their gig anyway.

So wait your telling me that me by not watching one episode last night, but having grown up with the toy show, and seen it on multiple occasions as an adult, I can’t express an opinion on some of the clips that I have seen since? Also all of the tweets that I saw were clearly amazed by the show and were very positive.

But you can take my misery comment out of context?

Let me restate: like most Irish TV chat show the toy show seems to have ultimately become misery dressed as entertainment.

Again that criticism is not on the children, who as I say were in RTÉ since 12 that day, or any other guests that appear on TLLS or the Ray D’Arcy Show to tell their stories.

elperello · 30-11-2019 02:43PM

Elmo wrote: »

So wait your telling me that me by not watching one episode last night, but having grown up with the toy show, and seen it on multiple occasions as an adult, I can’t express an opinion on some of the clips that I have seen since? Also all of the tweets that I saw were clearly amazed by the show and were very positive.

But you can take my misery comment out of context?

Let me restate: like most Irish TV chat show the toy show seems to have ultimately become misery dressed as entertainment.

Again that criticism is not on the children, who as I say were in RTÉ since 12 that day, or any other guests that appear on TLLS or the Ray D’Arcy Show to tell their stories.

Just to make this completely clear you are of course entitled to express an opinion.
Different points of view are what makes this place interesting.
However in taking on board your opinion I will balance it with the knowledge that you didn't actually watch the show.

I didn't mean to take your "misery" comment out of context.

I feel that sadder topics are part of life. People who have had to deal with tragedy and adversity have a lot to teach us about life. If it is ok for those people to tell their stories it is ok for RTE to facilitate them.

Again as I said, fair play to the kids.

Shefwedfan · 30-11-2019 03:25PM

Elmo wrote: »

Yeah I am surprised by the twitteraty tonight. Oh he’s so good with the children.

From the sounds of Twitter it’s a children’s version of the main show, misery dressed as entertainment.

Does Twitter make sounds now?

Maybe its the sound of a load of gobs**ts who have no life

:p:p:p

P.S. Im an influencer :eek:

ShamNNspace · 30-11-2019 06:29PM

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Shefwedfan · 30-11-2019 06:37PM

What is annoying, kids want to watch you show so stuck on RTÉ player On tv....4 advertisements later, it finally comes on all blurry but finally clears up

The 2-3 mins of advertisement where perfect....the 2 year old screaming the house down waiting for it to go off wasn’t good

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