rte a waste

the purple tin · 12-06-2013 02:55PM

I love the excuse for high wages that the presenters will be poached by rival stations if they lower the salary :pac: If you went to the headhunters at the BBC and asked what they thought of Marian Finnucane or Pat Kenny I bet they wouldn't have a clue who you were talking about.

Gamayun · 12-06-2013 04:06PM

The analogue to digital Saorview switchover would have been the perfect opportunity to make RTÉ subscription only (unavailable without charge), but of course the take up would have been a fraction of the enforced charge.

Mike 1972 · 13-06-2013 08:33AM

The Greeks have just shut down their state broadcaster and it was probably better than RTE

telekon · 13-06-2013 09:01AM

So they've decided to get rid of premiership football now to save €1.3 million a year.

Could have saved the same amount of money if they terminated the contracts of tubridy, finucane and duffy.

What a horribly run company.

RTE: completely self serving since 1961.

Mike 1972 · 07-07-2013 04:22PM

con___manx1 wrote: »

i think if we didn't pay a licence rte would broadcast a lot more commercials to make ends meet. IN other countries such as Australia Canada and america there is twice the amount of commercials rte broadcast. america is beyond a joke for commercials and none of those countries pay tv licences.

America has PBS Australia has ABC and SBS all non-commercial.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-07-2013 04:43PM

lycan238 wrote: »

Ok lets be serious here for a moment.

We pay €3.08 a week for access to a website that is kept up to date with news stories from around the world, sports coverage* that is very good to excellent especially GAA Hurling and LOI, shows like Love/Hate, Raw and indeed Liveline on the radio.

In fairness for 3.08** euro a week I think that is excellent value for money.

* indeed outside of the listed sports improvements could be made.
** You have the option of paying €13.13 a month instead of the €160 up front.

But I don't watch/follow and am not interested in any of that sh*te, so I don't think it's value for money, thanks.

I would pay to listen to RTE Radio One, the rest of it could go up in flames and I wouldn't even notice.

Tom_Cruise · 07-07-2013 04:51PM

Its pretty bad, even Love/Hate is poor but international standards, but seeming as its Irish people love it.

af_thefragile · 07-07-2013 04:56PM

I don't understand TV licence in this country at all.

You have to pay it even if you aren't using the free TV and using a cable provider like UPS or Sky instead. Then RTE fills their channel with dreary crap and American shows.

At least in UK the BBC does an excellent job. They produce some of the best shows on TV and they don't fill their show up with adverts.

kub · 07-07-2013 04:57PM

I am sure that between Sky Tv, Saorview and UPC the technology must be there now that people who choose to watch RTE can pay as they go, instead of this licence fee.
We would then see just how good their offerings are.

Christ the Redeemer · 07-07-2013 07:33PM

Ryan Tubberty. That's all you need to know when judging RTE. Typical talentless wanker with politician friends and family.

EyeSight · 07-07-2013 08:00PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

I don't understand TV licence in this country at all.

You have to pay it even if you aren't using the free TV and using a cable provider like UPS or Sky instead. Then RTE fills their channel with dreary crap and American shows.

At least in UK the BBC does an excellent job. They produce some of the best shows on TV and they don't fill their show up with adverts.

i never understand when i see people in the UK complaining about the BBC. it's a great channel and miles better than RTE. I think a major shakeup is needed. But it seems the croonies in goverment and RTE don't want that...

Warper · 07-07-2013 09:25PM

People always complain about RTE but they are some of the best channels on TV. I have the full Sky package and i say the channels i most consistently watch are RTE 1/2, BBC and the sports channels. They are miles ahead of the UTV,TV3, Sky channels (bar sky sports). Mind u i dont pay the licence fee as i live in an apartment

IvySlayer · 07-07-2013 09:42PM

Only show I watch on RTE is Reeling in the Years

downonthefarm · 07-07-2013 09:46PM

what ever happened to laura woods?

miralize · 07-07-2013 09:49PM

gerarda wrote: »

http://moonloh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/TurnOffTV.jpg

We're on the internet, that ship has sailed..

Dostoevsky · 07-07-2013 10:02PM

shes_crazy wrote: »

Privatise Montrose. See how long they last against real businesses.

Here we go again with this supercilious nonsense.

Yes, sell it to those great tax-dodging oligarchs Tony O'Reilly and Denis O'Brien so they could then control the entire Irish media and ensure every (rather than the vast majority of them, as is the current situation) journalist and commentator in Ireland is utterly sycophantic to them and their business and political interests.

RTÉ has its faults - particularly its wrong-headed insistence that any of its "stars" should be paid more than €100k per annum (they patently aren't) - but it also produces great educational programming on radio in the evenings on RTÉ Radio 1 and Lyric FM and on RnaG in the mornings especially. Morning Ireland is a superb current affairs programme, as is This Week. Additionally, whether people like it or not, shows like Duffy's and Mooney's serve an audience which is just as legitimate as any of the rest of us "cool" people on internet fora. I can't abide either presenter, and their pay is completely indefensible. But there's plenty of stuff those listeners would not like on RTÉ that I would like. Tolerance.

RTÉ Radio 1 is a million times better quality than any commercial station, and RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 are incomparably better than the cheap imported rubbish which TV3 blurts out on a quotidian basis.

Dostoevsky · 07-07-2013 10:11PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

At least in UK the BBC does an excellent job.

Yes, with a population of c. 60 million people. This state has a population of c. 4.5 million people. There are arguments against RTÉ. However, an expectation that RTÉ could compete against the financial resources which 60 million people give the BBC has never, ever been a rational objection to RTÉ.

Wabbit Ears · 07-07-2013 10:14PM

I work daily with folk from TG4, TV3 and RTE and the TV3 and TG4 folk are a great bunch of lads whilst the RTE folk are a pack of wánkers. Its like constantly picking at a sore scab dealing with those fúckers. You have a normal guy or gal and they get a job in RTÉ and just overnight become compelte cnuts, like what happens to people when they become taxi drivers.

Other then that its a decent station with a good mix of programming and Several quality Radio and Arts branches.

Hootanany · 07-07-2013 10:19PM

No it's not its shoi te. With no marks that are payed far to much let's see how far the wan from no front ears progresses in Usa

af_thefragile · 08-07-2013 01:02AM

miralize wrote: »

We're on the internet, that ship has sailed..

Turn off internet, turn on life!

EoghanIRL · 08-07-2013 01:13AM

I haven't watched rte in a few weeks because I've been abroad . You really realise what a joke it is .

miralize · 08-07-2013 01:14AM

af_thefragile wrote: »

Turn off internet, turn on life!

But how would I then repl.......

B.A._Baracus · 08-07-2013 01:21AM

How come only RTE gets the tv license revenue? (beyond the factor that the government seems to be in bed with them) Whats the official reason?

Mike 1972 · 08-07-2013 05:45PM

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Yes, with a population of c. 60 million people. This state has a population of c. 4.5 million people. .......

Standard fallback for apologists for RTE everywhere.

Completely ignores the fact that the Beeb has a much higher cost base operating seven fulltime TV services across 22 regions on top of Dozens of national and local radio services and thats not to mention their huge overseas radio and tv services.

TG4 is a much more valid comparison it has a fraction of RTEs budget and yet produces much higher quality programning even if one needs to read the subtitles to follow it.

Mike 1972 · 08-07-2013 05:59PM

af_thefragile wrote: »

Turn off internet, turn on life!

Posted In a thread about television ? The ironing is delicious.

rte a waste

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