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L1011 · 07-09-2007 02:32AM

In the changeovered areas Channel 5 + its spinoffs are moving to the PSB muxes; that uses up the spare space. Once all are changed, that leaves 24Mbit free on COM1/2/3.

lawhec · 07-09-2007 02:28PM

lawhec wrote:

The "Chasers War on Everything" is very good though. Often download thier podcasts.

Off-topic, but I mention them a couple of days ago and now look what they've got up to! :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6982897.stm

icdg · 08-09-2007 05:15PM

The ABC in Australia and PBS in the US are for me the two biggest arguments in favour of the licence fee IMO. One gets threathened with funding cuts any time it says something that might get the government annoyed, the other survives on people's generosity. Both operate in environments where they are thrashed by commercial TV, not because the commercial TV stations in either country are very good but because they're both so constrained. Most other public broadcasters, even if their in an environment where they are regularly beaten by commercial TV (cf the UK where ITV was a lot bigger than the BBC in viewership terms for years) have a fighting chance of beating the commerical competition and are generally highly regarded. Of course here in Ireland RTÉ regularly beats TV3.

rlogue · 25-10-2007 08:02PM

I wrote to RTÉ and to the Minister of Communications to find out what is the latest situation on the RTE UK service.

To summarise their responses:

RTÉ say they are keen to get the service up and running but would want the government to fund the delivery of the service, in other words the satellite charges.

The Minister (or maybe a Civil Servant) wrote to me to say that the legislation obliging RTÉ to provide such a service was now in place and he was looking forward to hearing from RTÉ how they were going to meet their obligations.

Not promising at all in my opinion, as seems that RTÉ are waiting for the Department to assist in funding and the Department seem to be expecting RTÉ to fund the whole thing from their existing resources.

In my opinion the Department are the block here - it is not unreasonable in my opinion that the government should provide some kind of funding for what is a great opportunity to bring an Irish voice to the world.

Foggy43 · 25-10-2007 10:41PM

Thank you for the trouble you went to, Richard.

Watching the RTE 9pm news tonight you have to wonder just what are Feel and Fall upto. Closing essential medical services but able to make themselves the highest paid politicians in Europe.

It looks like we may have to write to Santa and see what he can do for us.

rlogue · 11-12-2007 05:47PM

:mad:Well at this stage it's very unlikely Santa will have anything in his sack for us in Britain this Christmas and the Mexican standoff between RTÉ and the Department looks like it's continuing.

watty · 12-12-2007 06:42PM

All the higher echelons of Health Service, RTE, Civil service etc are grossly overpaid. The problem is the TDs & Ministers can't be paid less than their Civil Service gophers.

Greenman · 18-03-2008 12:28AM

MYOB wrote: »

Belgian licence fee is about 9 quid cheaper than ours but another 30 per car - so more expensive for most households; plus its a bigger country; plus most of its content is bought in from France or Holland, or given, or sold for very little for political reasons.

The Belgian licence fee was axed a few years ago. The car radio licence is gone too.

Heard Pat Kenny talking about RTE on Freeview coming soon with Paddy Queing O Gorman, it was very by the way, it lacked substance. Go http://www.rte.ie/radio/liveplayer_av.html?1,null,200,http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/live/radio/radio1.smil minute 48.

dobrocop · 01-04-2008 02:30PM

i think its a combo of rte 1 ,rte2, tg4,.and i think it is intended for freesat from bbc/itv due to start early may 08,..but also on freeview,..and wont be on sky,...dobrocop.:eek::D

Mossy Monk · 01-04-2008 04:28PM

Who said it wont be available on Sky?

r3nu4l · 01-04-2008 04:31PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Who said it wont be available on Sky?

I think that post is an April Fools joke, he signed up yesterday and that was his first post on boards.ie...

No links provided or anything...

/shrugs

dobrocop · 01-04-2008 06:37PM

of course nobody said it would not be on sky,sure dident i make it all up just for the crack,:D:pac:..just check the other forums and you will see,..it has been said that it would be avalible free on satellite and freeview so ex pats in uk could tune in!, which means that in order to do this rte would have to leave sky,. as you can see NO LINKS PROVIDED,...dobrocop,:eek::rolleyes:

dobrocop · 09-04-2008 01:42PM

for anybody thats interested,......www.etenders.gov.ie/search/sh...x?ID=MAR100578 ,......:eek:

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