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

At least under that username.

Whether starter or dessert, it’s always delicious.

Welcome to modern media.Tubridy posts on Instagram because this is one of ways he makes money. People with a tiny fraction of Tubridy's profile can make a living out of just posting on Instagram. I imagine he is on a whole heap of other new media, Spotify, YouTube etc etc etc as well. This is like everyone else in the media space. It says something about the demographic of this website that for some people this will come as a surprise.

This is what RTE is competing with for both presenters and more importantly audience. I keep going back to the recent champions league final because the numbers watching it on dodgey boxes give some indication of the amount of people who don't have RTE TV stations. This is a huge problem long term for the organization and anyone who values public broadcasting.

A lot of people don't have RTE these days. No need a smart TV, Firestick or similar device gives a person far more options via Netflix, Prime, Disney, Now TV etc etc. Far far more options. The real question is how many people have access to terrestrial TV and the demographic.

We know dodgey boxes are an issue for Sky due to them sending out solicitors letters. If you have a dodgey box, why bother with RTE, BBC etc. Streaming services raise the same question except done in a more legal manner. Look at the GAA Kerry Donegal on their own streaming service, RTE was not required, unthinkable even a few years ago.

lol this is absolutely hilarious.

No-one is “surprised” at anyone being on Instagram.

But back to your point about people making a living on it. Tell me how much money a person would make doing an “insta live” about books for an hour then with a grand total of 13 viewers, boosted by a whopping additional 4 viewers on YouTube?

I’m sorry that you the other number of small but extremely passionate Toyman Super Fans (TSFs) and indeed Noel Kelly Super Fans (NKSFs) can’t see that as the face of The Ryan Tubridy Pay Scandal his name and that of his agent will always be inextricably linked to RTÉ governance, waste, overpayment, junkets, jollies. Freebies and excess.

Equally, I don’t think you appreciate your and your number of small but extremely passionate TSF and NKSF factors at play.

nice deflection, let me ask it another way - do you think you can survive off subj a paltry audience?

On the outsourcing issue, is tbere a danger that RTE's permanent staff, who are already underworked, will have even less work to do because tasks are being outsourced. Surely you dont outsource until such time as all your own staff are fully occupied and productive?

Also means the taxpayer is paying on the double - paying the salaries of RTE staff to do less - and paying to purchase the outsourced work.

Don't care. But people do. Remember Instagram is nearly as big as Facebook and is very highly monetized. It's no different to YouTube. All major social media platforms pay creators via ad Revenue.

I don't care if Tubridy is making money or not. But the guy is money savy and he's not posting on Instagram for the craic.

I understand the hassle of getting saorview, as I do not have it, for the same reason you do not. There was a time you just had to put up rabbit ears for terrestrial TV, but as you need a good signal for DTT you have either put up a loft or an outdoor aerial. I could do this but I am not all that bother, I have other things to do in the house. Most likely SAORVIEW will hopefully start an online service but sadly as Virgin Media own the main commercial TV broadcaster it is unlikely.

I am dismissive of the dodgy box stories as they are coming from one area, I don't really understand why you would pay a monthly fee for a dodgy box TBH, a one off I could understand but getting to the point of paying someone for content, why not just pay for it! Or with the Champions League Final watch it for free.

And I am the same in relation to RTÉ in terms of NEWS and CA, indeed they should use Youtube more, no idea why RTÉ NEWS NOW is not on youtube as a LIVE channel.

As I say RTÉ, TV3 and TG4 have always had to battle foreign broadcasters. 50% of the TV audience itself is with non-Irish broadcasters (April share for All Irish channels was 48.5%), and that has been the case for the last 25 years, as I see it RTÉ since the 80s have had this problem, consider they once part owned the cable network on which Virgin Media sits.

The main problem for RTÉ has they have never look at all of this, so now that they find themselves under pressure they continue to try to attract audience with big names which overvalue.

Media habits have change at this point.

Nothing to stop you doing so. No reason at all why you can't start a discussion on a particular point.
It's not out fault Tubridy screwed up and keeps popping up in the media mentioning RTE.

So the fact that instead of actually discussing these points you claim to care about with RTE, instead the focus on your posts is whenever Tubridy is criticised - that proves this is just a disingenuous attempt to shut down criticism of someone whose shoddy conduct brought to many of the issues in RTE to light.

I'd disagree to suggest that RTÉ problems aren't related to former presenters. While, you might argue, as The Village once did, that the overvaluing of RTÉ "talent" was due to the management, you also have to understand that RTÉ "talent" knew the position of RTÉ financially over the last 2 decades and they where party to overvalued contracts.

Yes, you can again argue, wouldn't you take if you were overvalued? but in the end that's just you admitting both the talent and RTÉ are overvaluing their price.

The idea that presenters didn't know what their contracts involved is (IMO) completely far fetched, of course they knew. Indeed at one point one refused outright to take a pay cut, another suggested he made money for RTÉ, while for some unknown legal reasons another would be unable to take a cut at this time. If they can make such excuses confidently I don't see how we could believe they where unaware.

To be fair, that’s the funniest thing I’ve read in years, esp. the “money savvy” bit. He’s so money savvy he didn’t realise he overpaid at all and that his earnings were “mis-stated” by €345,000.

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