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

ShamNNspace · 22-08-2021 06:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789860#Comment_117789860

Culture innit 🙂

Elmo · 22-08-2021 10:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789860#Comment_117789860

They need at least one original for RTÉ2, and it is desperate to be BBC THREE.

RabbleRouser2k · 23-08-2021 07:09AM

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0822/1242184-rte-announce-new-range-of-factual-shows-for-the-season/

This line up... Also, couldn't even spell Keelin Shanley's name right in the announcement. Fer gawd's sake.

retalivity · 23-08-2021 10:00AM

"The Irish Wedding" - A study in what D4 heads think happens outside the M50, including many staged scenarios of same.

Elmo · 23-08-2021 10:03AM

Donnie the CNN superstar from Ireland has his own Doc on RTÉ, oh look there's a bandwagon, oh look RTÉ's trying to get on it.

RabbleRouser2k · 24-08-2021 09:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117791862#Comment_117791862

The irony too. He more than likely had to leave the country because RTE 'weren't hiring'.

Elmo · 24-08-2021 03:24PM

RTE are now showing a series from CNN about Diana and the Royals, regardless of audience this isn't something that would generally be put on RTÉ. Virgin Media could easily buy and it would suit their ITV Royal love-ins. but you know that Andrew guy you'd not want to mention him or his problems.

Atlantic Dawn · 26-08-2021 12:55PM

I'm assuming RTE didn't commission this new report as it's not broken down to granual level to include those who identify as the starting motor from a 1996 Opel Kadett.

A new report on diversity in RTÉ has found that, on average, more men than women participated in discussions on radio and television programmes during a period in 2020.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0825/1242866-diversity-report/

Elmo · 26-08-2021 01:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117805694#Comment_117805694

It was paid for by the BAI with the use of the Licence Fee, rather then making content they invest into academic reports.

Stovepipe · 26-08-2021 06:45PM

RTE News Now is truly a comedy News programme; can anyone name a News Channel that shows Mass, apart from,probably,The Vatican?! They open the batting by showing the radio presenters of Morning Ireland reading the news, which is essentially like watching paint dry for the rest of us. This is then changed to the lunchtime news which is repeated ad nauseam until teatime,when TG4 news and the signing news is shoved in, to fill a gap until the Angelus (which is severely due banishment or an update). All the while, they play the Euronews tune relentlessly when a news presenter or weather presenter isn't actually speaking. After the 6pm news, guess what? it's repeated again and again until eventually we are graced with Euronews, which appears to be a holding cell for people who failed to get into RTE the first time. Could somebody please put RTENN out of our misery?

Elmo · 26-08-2021 07:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117807447#Comment_117807447

I am not sure I understand the Euronews turn. They usually use RTÉ news' own theme during the day.

RTÉ seem to have a problem with news bulletins on TV in the morning, they can't give an answer as to why they don't or can't have a TV news bulletin except at the weekend at 1pm.

Atlantic Dawn · 27-08-2021 07:51PM

More salary news from RTE released, would be very interested what the 22 who are on €150k-250k do in the organisation...

117 staff members at RTÉ last year earned in excess of €100,000 in basic salary. That is according to new figures published by RTÉ which show that of the 117 staff members, 22 earned between €150,000 and €250,000.

https://www.thejournal.ie/rte-salaries-top-earners-5533939-Aug2021/

RandomViewer · 27-08-2021 07:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117812589#Comment_117812589

Very few enterprises would be so top heavy in the wage department

Elmo · 28-08-2021 12:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117812607#Comment_117812607

Of the top of my head non-Executive board executives could include (There are 10 exe board members)

Head of Sport

Head of Acquisitions and Broadcasting

Head of Independent Productions Unit (Within this you have genre "group" heads)

Head of Corporate Communications

Head of Scheduling

Head of 2FM

Head of Radio 1

Head of Lyric FM

Head of RnaG

Head of Music Groups

Head of RTÉ online

Head of Facilities/Studio

Head of I have just made up this position and I think we should all take a 6 week break at the end of July

Atlantic Dawn · 29-08-2021 02:31AM

How unwoke from the normally ultra in your face woke organisation...

Asked for a gender breakdown on those earning over €100,000, the spokesman said: “RTÉ does not publish a breakdown of salary bands by gender."

fritzelly · 29-08-2021 02:34AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117817663#Comment_117817663

In other words it's basically all men else they would have to pay an auditor thousands of euros to count the female names

Hotblack Desiato · 29-08-2021 10:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117796094#Comment_117796094

Weren't hiring non-relatives....

29-08-2021 10:31AM

Anybody can see Montrose is a total basket case of over inflated egos, nepotism, cronyism & next to zero real 'talent' ......its an 'old boy's club, always was & always will be. All in all, it's a VERY failed model & I think even the insiders are aware of this. It's been said on here a million times....... let's go for a 'pay per view' model & see how long they last. I think even the last 2/3 governments ( that are, let's be honest, totally interdependent/ entwined with each other) are well aware that it's a joke at this stage. €160 a year for fair city, biased news coverage , and some truly dodgy radio presenters ( Lottie Ryan, Jennifer zamparelli, dorieann etc.)..... it sure ain't a sustainable model.

briany · 29-08-2021 10:55AM

RTE is sorely in need of financial restructuring, IMO, but not being folded altogether. Anyone cheering on the latter is being pretty short-sighted because we're now in a world where everyone has their own customised singlular experience when it comes to the media they consume and chucking RTE would be to get rid of one of the last halfway shared thing amongst the general public.

My thought is that it should be funded purely by the TV license and the relevant cuts be made so that would work. If that means that Ryan Turbridy leaves to try his hand at cracking the UK market and that the channel can only broadcast for 10 hours a day, so be it.

NIMAN · 29-08-2021 11:12AM

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We can't lose the RTE News Now, otherwise how are we going to get those little titbits of info about Love Island and other such important things in life?

29-08-2021 11:12AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117818153#Comment_117818153

Nothing "short sighted" about calling for it to be disbanded..... the "open" market, quality, pay-per-view, all these options should be looked at......its a joke to keep it just trolling along as it is....... like an old dog with terminal cancer sooner or later someone HAS to make the call......... it's a national disgrace........I certainly wouldn't miss it in its current ridiculous form

Loafing Oaf · 29-08-2021 11:34AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117818194#Comment_117818194

But you know doing that would decimate RTE's income and it would be forced to gut all the 'worthy' stuff like drama and documentaries and you'd end up Virgin 1-2. Okay if you're a hardcore libertarian free marketeer you might shrug your shoulders and say "Fine, the public gets what the public wants" but we don't have any political parties with that outlook so it's hard to see how that proposal could be advanced.

29-08-2021 12:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117818276#Comment_117818276

Exactly, no political party wants to be 'associated' with Montrose..........everyone can see the bigger picture, it's a failed model that continues to fail.......im all for " the public gets what public wants"........but this system definitely Isn't what vast majority of public "wants". IMO there hasn't been anything on the in last few years deserving of a tax/ fee of €160. Pay per view is the way forward for ALL broadcasting providers.....if it's good enough it'll flourish. If I go to a nice restaurant with Mrs Mc carthy & the bill comes to €80, fair enough, but if the waitress says " oh it's actually €160 because tommy& Mary at table 7 had a couple bottles wine.......... why should I be on the hook/ taxed for something I never wanted/ asked for/ benefited from"???? Ultimately, political will will cease greasing the 'hand that's out' & Montrose will devour itself......personall, I believe the sooner the better

Loafing Oaf · 29-08-2021 01:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117818439#Comment_117818439

Exactly, no political party wants to be 'associated' with Montrose.

I don't know how you got that from my post when my point was pretty much the exact opposite. No party wants to be advocating the effective evisceration of RTE, which is what a move to pay per view would mean in practice. If a politician was arguing for a move to that model and it was put to them that it would mean taking an axe to arts, documentaries, Irish language programming etc., that politician, if they were being honest, would have to be prepared to shrug their shoulders and say "The public gets what the public wants." And no political party wants to be tarred as anti-intellectual and philistine.

Elmo · 29-08-2021 05:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117818699#Comment_117818699

"Now taking an axe to arts, documentaries, Irish language programming etc."

Pretty much already happened. You could ad Drama, comedy and children's TV to that list also.

PieOhMy · 29-08-2021 09:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117818194#Comment_117818194

Old dog with terminal cancer is going to be a guest on the late late show. One of the "fun" episodes.

RabbleRouser2k · 30-08-2021 09:17AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117820633#Comment_117820633

And as soon as they bring the dog out, they'll interview the owner, ask about the dog's life... then bring out the vet who will then put the dog to sleep. 😭😭😭

Followed by Una Healy and Nathan Carter singing a cover of the Sarah McLachlan track 'I will Remember You'... but butchering it beyond belief.

30-08-2021 04:26PM

When Will Leahy and Rick O'Shea got "too old" for 2fm, they got moved to online station RTE Gold but they were kept on the same wages as they had on 2fm, despite RTE Gold having no audience measure and no advertising income coming in.

rocjohn · 30-08-2021 05:54PM

Freedom of expression also implies Freedom to ignore media content.

Failure to pay the TV License can mean a prison sentence.

The Gulagging of citizens in prison for refusing to pay a tv license is an egregious attack on freedom of expression ...the freedom to oppose media content propogated by RTE and considered objectionable by some people ,by refusing to pay for it is an act of expression and should be free from the threat of imprisonment.

Therefore all of RTE' content is propoganda as refusal to pay for it means imprisonment by the state. Anyone who refuses to pay a tv license and ends up in prison in Ireland is therefore a Political Prisoner ( regardless of any other motive ascribed to them whether true or not).

The link between RTE and the TV license and imprisonment is such that no Public Service Broadcasting exists in Ireland . RTE is a State Broadcaster and therefore a propaganda tool of the State.

30-08-2021 08:08PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117824362#Comment_117824362

That's it in a nutshell.............rte is just another arm of the state.......I don't watch it, abhor & avoid the biased 'superstars ' on megabucks , but if I don't lay down my €160 fee/ tax every year I'm liable to go off to the jailhouse......... it's a totally unsustainable model/ it's a farce

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

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