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RTE One Controller moves to BBC

  • 27-02-2014 05:53PM
    #1
    Elmo
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    It looks like George Dixon has left his position as Controller of RTÉ One and is going to take up a position in the BBC.


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  • #2
    The Cush
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    Elmo wrote: »
    It looks like George Dixon has left his position as Controller of RTÉ One and is going to take up a position in the BBC.

    http://www.rte.ie/presspack/2014/02/27/channel-controller-rte-one-george-dixon-to-take-up-position-in-bbc-worldwide/

    He didn't last that long - http://www.rte.ie/presspack/2013/03/15/rte-announces-appointment-of-channel-controllers-for-rte-one-and-rte-two/


  • #3
    Turn the radio on
    Closed Accounts Posts: 135 ✭✭Turn the radio on


    What is it that he did at RTE One ? Nothing whatsoever changed at RTE one during his tenure. Does a "controller" of any RTE station really have any power ?


  • #4
    mike65
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    Beeb need someone to make tea?


  • #5
    Elmo
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    Turn the radio on wrote: »
    What is it that he did at RTE One ? Nothing whatsoever changed at RTE one during his tenure. Does a "controller" of any RTE station really have any power ?

    It is hard to say with any established service if a controller has all that much control. To change the schedules on BBC ONE, RTÉ ONE, TV3 or ITV causes major upset to viewers. A channel controller is not very free to experiment.

    His decision to put Amber out across four night a week was cleaver but as it had been produced and commissioned in 2011 he had very little to do with the programme itself.

    BBC One's controller would find it hard to reschedule or axe EastEnders, even axing Fair City would be a bigger deal than you might think. ITV were very brave to axe The Bill when it did, but I can't imagine them even taking a summer brake on Coronation Street.

    The move of the ITV 10 O'Clock news to 11, and then it was return to 10.

    I think he was involved with the move into more arts programming, such as The Play Next Door.


  • #6
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Adrian Lynch of Animo TV will become Channel Controller in November 2014.


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