RTE to outsource The Lotto

I hope its not 3, I am sure 2 could be on hand. Oh your probably right what is one has a heart attack then one will be trying to help him and the other one is back up.

Also that set is shite!

You know, his comments have really annoyed me.

If you were running a restaurant and a person came in and said they wanted champagne and oysters, you wouldn't say "Oh.. you know those are very expensive…". You would say sure! And you would charge them the going rate along with a 10% service charge.

KB's comments really indicate he(and his predecessors) has no talent whatsoever with managing money. Hence the bailout was needed.

If you are in the business of making and selling something, it doesn't matter if its boats or beds or ballet slippers, you get an idea of the buyers budget, decide if you can make the thing for them while ensuring you get paid for your time and will make a profit, and either agree to do it, or you don't.

No. I work in the gambling industry, and have spoken to the Lottery's about this.

The Lottery believes their numbers are hot property because a lot of people tune in to get the numbers (less now in the internet age).

Commercial TV stations understand this, and fold this information and value into their commercial terms with national lotteries.

In some countries, the licence requires the lottery use the national broadcaster, but in all cases I'm aware of, the broadcaster covers the cost, because it is valuable (as noted above).

However RTE has some quirks. It's not terrible, but it's not perfect. Some words like "restrictive practices" "entitlement" "overpowered unions" "self-importance" are thrown around. RTE productions are expensive, and while sometimes you see that money on screen (drama series, etc) for stuff like the lottery, you just don't.

TG4 and Sky used to air the Euromillions broadcast on Tuesday and Friday nights.

I can see why they stopped here's the UK's voice over, a pre-record!

They problem with Winning streak is that it was produced earlier in the day, but if RTÉ wanted winning streak pre-recorded they could have always produced it from 7pm until 8pm, going live the the lotto.

They mentioned Telly Bingo, which is produced by Hype for the lotto and has been for about a decade if not more.

You come across as small minded and pathetic. If you have an issue with the Angelus change the channel. Consider broadening your horizons a little. A visit to a majority Muslim country would help - where a call to prayer (Adhan) is made five times daily. It's broadcast loudly from mosque loudspeakers. It summons Muslims to pray and declare their Islamic faith.

It will be interesting to see if the National Lottery consider moving the lotto over to Virgin Media. Especially as the DG said that they will need to consider the times at which they broadcast.

For advertising and marketing. It is up to them how they market their product.

Surprised to see that only telly bingo makes it to their youtube channel.

Which makes the DG's comments even more frustrating. Going back to my restaurant analogy, your most regular customer who orders "expensive things", he should be rubbing his hands with glee, not complaining that its expensive.

It will be gone from RTÉ in the next 2 weeks according to SIPTU.

Would it not be part of the commissions/IPU (This wouldn't be an open tender process as such, it would be a commission)? Or have the made a different deal with the Lotto themselves so it is now the Lotto that will produce the show or they will find a producer? (Lotto now being a commercial entity)