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

It might be meaningful in someway but they are largely not arsed with it. RTÉ should be promoting the hell out of both for RTÉ2 and for the RTÉ player. This is part of the 25m spend in imported programming.

RTÉ2's auidence outside of sport is piss poor. It has some great programmes put RTÉ are unable to in anyway deliver a schedule for RTÉ2 or promote them.

Irish programming outside sport is negligible, 2 original Irish productions Home Rescue and First Dates and one live sports event.

In total 13 hours 30 mins of new programming for a full prime time schedule (and I have extended that out until 1:30).

No News or Current Affairs on the channel.

This is next weeks schedule on RTÉ, It's very Red for REPEATS.

Why do you say that? There's a lot of BBC stuff that's shown on rte & on the player

Because that documentary is about the Holocaust.

Kevin Bee is sweetening the deal for our rural / regional TDs.

Sales of their Cork offices / studios, upgrading it to a new location in the City.

Looking to Nationwide to go to 4 times a week and for the first time Today (or any RTÉ daytime TV show) to run a full 52 weeks.

He's going down the old Virgin Media / TV3 route on audience figures "Both of those programmes, they're doing very well ratings-wise at the moment so we'll look to build on that initially" .... really how well and both have been on the air for more than a decade has something changed? What are the audience number between 3 and 5:30 on RTÉ 1 during the months Today is not on the air.

...and that is relevant, how?

It's just yet another import filling space, which anyone who is interested had the opportunity to see already.

I think it is a wider issue. I'd love to see the viewing figures for these imports on the player less than 10k views, while RTÉ2 audience take a deep dive.

I'd argue that this is more an issue of the marketing of the content RTÉ provides and its inability to do so.

An Irish version of Matlock to be developed by RTÉ in response to the aging crisis.

If both nationwide and Today are so cheap to produce why isn't Nationwide running 5 days a week and why is Today not running year round? When did RTÉ management make this epiphany?

I suspect that Today has the same budget as both Ireland AM and The Six O'Clock Show. And that Daytime on RTÉ regardless of product placement and competitions is an expensive show to produce.

Nationwide AFAIK comes under News and Current Affairs so I can only imagine the shenanigans on for that production.

So the 2 main presenters don't live in Cork, one in Galway and the other in Dublin. Even this should suggest that the cost of the show is more than it should be, the guest presenters or panel are also often not based in Cork many are based in Dublin.

What are the wages of the 2 main presenters? What are RTÉ crews doing in Dublin when TVM are working in cork. RTÉ TV studio must be dead most of the time save for the 1pm news.

I think RTÉ run into a problem. This isn't a commissioned programme. Do they tender for Today in eTenders?

Well there goes another Tubs thread, I am coming back here to post! this time on his new column.

I was half way through my review when the close the thread FFS

So he starts of by basically making up some boring story of how he was in London and happened upon Virgin Media and his good friend Chris Evans whom he met on TLLS about his retirment from BBC, then he goes on to say how they became friends and he even filled in form him on the BBC... after he left the BBC! I know he did fill in but he did that before the interview on TLLS.

Then by happenstance he's invited to met in Chris while he's looking for work in London. He goes on the show that day... if you remember he tells a bland story about Bono. Then they are signing contracts in November, but sure Ryan leaves all of that to NK so perhaps he knew nothing of the deal! I not be surprised if Tubs has a contract with Paddy Power to do bingo every Wednesday night in Camden or some such place.

80 – Ghandi’s (Tubridy's) breakfast

Some quotes that make you think or not

and on risk taking

and on Sinead O'Connor and another bland and I believe made up story (We will never know)

Oh my ...

... so Sinéad!

On where to live in London and that time way back when ...

For the nerdy type

The crime ridden streets weren't attactive enough

on not getting the memo on JK Rowling

By the way I watch Strike: The Silkworm ... absolute shite.

On shopping in London

On meeting the fans

Oh the craic please some find this Galway Girl

More advise on London if your going

Naming dropping

and on how friendly everyone was

On not getting the memo about Eamon Holmes

He then met Dermot Kennedy

Oh and then its just bland about the last 2 weeks... like everyone he's

Next Dee Frobes' Diary exclusive!

RTE were supposed to come up with a rationalisation plan. All I've heard so far is a voluntary redundancy scheme,a pay cap for big earners and a huge sub from Government.

Might see them dropping the licence before an election I suppose. Doesn't seem to be working anymore anyway.

@political analyst I posted this on another thread I though you'd be interest. that doc had less than 41k viewer on RTÉ2 last week.

That's less than 1% (plus I thought the population of Ireland was 6.5 million)

Yes and no, it is bad, RTÉ2 has a 6.6% share of the audience, that is with sport across the year. It once had 10%.

You have to remember that not everyone is watch TV or Video or going to the cinema, we might have a pop of 5m or whatever but I'd hope that not everyone is watching TV even during prime time.

I think the suggestion is that TV has about 1m viewer during prime time. (6 to 11 at night).

So that 41k represents 4% of the viewing audience.

And to remember that Cinema, online viewing and rentals are not included in these figures (back in the day I'd love to know how many people rented a video out on a Friday or Saturday night, remember the queues for the latest release!).