iseegirls wrote: » I'm not up to date with kids shows on whether they are home-produced or imports, but from what I can see over the next 7 days - I can't see any kids shows that RTE produced. And this is at a time where kids are off school so their viewership must raise a lot more than during the school year. But they instead show 1960's films - so should we mention that RTE don't have confidence in their own produced kids shows as well?
iseegirls wrote: » Between 7-11, RTE2 have Big Wave Bootcamp (repeat), Music Inc (repeat), Thank GAA It's Friday, The Sunday Game, Mario Rosenstock (repeat). It's a worry when the only new home produced shows that they shows are GAA related - and as you said - not everyone likes GAA
iseegirls wrote: » Why would UTV even state that the soaps cost too much? They haven't even been broadcasting yet, so i don't expect them to be complaining about much. Wait until the first few months, when figures regarding their programming outside the soaps are low, and then we'll see what happens.
Elmo wrote: » Both RTÉ and TV3 who have good contracts with BBC and ITV (respectively) really haven't used them. It seems that TV3 completely ignore all programmes outside Soap and Entertainment, while RTÉ push BBC Drama to late night and early afternoon on Sat and Sun. E.G. The Lady Vanishes from the BBC airs Bank Holiday Monday at 2:20pm, their Prime consists of 3 repeats and EastEnders, while another BBC Drama Loving Miss Hatto stars at 23:40 yet the following day, Six-one is reduced by 30mins replaces by more repeats, on Thurday RTÉ repeat EcoEye and Ear To The Ground???? All haven't a clue IMO.
Onthe3rdDay wrote: » I think the only way RTE could get full vaule out of the BBC shows is to show them at the same time as they go out on BBC 1 or 2. When they show them later anyone who was interested in them has already seen them. To be fair you're not going to see the Irish Shows anywhere else other than RTE1 so it's providing a (Dull) Repeat service.
lertsnim wrote: » Classic Fair City or Glenroe would get minuscule ratings.
Elmo wrote: » Not necessarily. RTÉ TWO are repeating a few unwanted BBC Three Docs (The Call Centre), but that's not the type of programming I am talking about. Take The Bill when it aired on RTÉ One. Got good viewing figure for them at 5:30 Monday - Friday. Now take Holby City and Casualty and put them on at 6:00 on RTÉ TWO, after all they are 52 episodes per year. Monday, Wednesday & Friday Casualty Tuesday & Thursday Holby City Keep them as up to date as possible, I know they are hour longs but so was The Bill. The Simpson could go out at 5pm or 7pm. Dr. Who on RTÉ Two??? Why not? Okay not the best but better than repeats.
Cork_chick_94 wrote: » I think shortland street could be popular if it was shown in late afternoon,
Onthe3rdDay wrote: » When many of the essential staff members are leaving for UTV you know there are problems.
iseegirls wrote: » When TV3 launched, they took a few people from other channels including RTE and TnaG. I don't see some backroom staff (it's hard to even know if these were essential) moving from one channel to another as a massive problem. Now if Collette Fitzpatrick and Vincent Browne were to switch, then it would be different.
Elmo wrote: » Just shows you how bad Irish TV is when Sales people are considered most important.
Onthe3rdDay wrote: » To be fair in any commercial broadcasting organisation across the world Sales and promotional people are usually close to the top, it's not just an Irish thing. If the vast majority of Sales people walked out of a local or National Radio station here it would be almost as big a problem.
Elmo wrote: » Then the CEOs and Programme managers need to make sure that the meet with their customers and clients and know who they are and what they want. Otherwise when a Sales person leaves they take your customers with them.
Comparisons between average audience figures for Coronation Street and Emmerdale on TV3 and UTV in the Republic are worth noting. Payne says the adult audience for Corrie on UTV peaks at 175,800, compared to 639,800 on TV3.
At an agency breakfast briefing to launch 3Solutions , TV3 executives stressed the advertising and product placement (PP) options available to brands on its current schedule, including working with established shows like Ireland AM and Xpose.
Brand solutions director Paula McCarthy - a sponsorship executive TV3 almost lost to UTV Ireland a few months back - said Ireland's only breakfast show will soon move to the Sony HD Studio and Xpose will be extended to an hour from early September. McCarthy claims TV3/3e has over 700,000 fans on Facebook and Twitter.
TV3 has agreed a partnership with Denis O'Brien's Communicorp radio network.
But given the few windows open which don't clash with the current soaps, agencies believe the most likely time slot will be 8.30pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Given that slot's closeness to the watershed, it may also provide Element with scope for more adult storylines.
Elmo wrote: » I think TV3 get away with a lot in relation to this debate about RTÉ's one sided agenda. TV3's original news was very much the same as RTÉ's, I don't really see much difference between the news on Local Radio Stations, the Commerical National Radio Stations than we get from RTÉ. In actual fact I would say many Locals are far more FF and FG than RTÉ are. It is difficult for RTÉ to have to put up with all sides saying they are being treated unfairly. It also helps that Vincent Browne can give TV3 some creditability but in general TV3 is much like the rest of the Irish media filled with consensus. Unable to ask hard questions in fear that they might insult a future employer.
channelsurfer2 wrote: » and a brand new Crossfire Celebrity Special, featuring Karen Koster, Elaine Crowley, Anna Daly and Ciara Doherty – which of the TV3 beauties will come out on top? some celebrities they are!
Onthe3rdDay wrote: » *Casting is underway and the soap is Due to start shooting in October. Now I was under the impression that they were going to start shooting the soap in August. Is this going to be one of those things that's always 3 months away from been shot?
One of the challenges in funding a company such as DCTV is its funding model appeared to be very much based on securing money from the sound and vision fund and from other schemes. There is a question mark over whether such a model is sustainable because the sound and vision fund is a competitive grant awards scheme and how one can base one's funding to such an extent on securing money from a scheme of that nature is challenging. They have bought time until February to continue with the service. Between now and then, we will explore with them whether there are ways to continue but they need to look at their funding model because one cannot rely on one scheme to be the mainstay of a funding model
Elmo wrote: » funny on another thread someone was asking why it was so male driven I went into a rant :rolleyes: Suppose the 4 lovely ladies from tv3 balance out the male driven contestants from the series :rolleyes:
brooke 2 wrote: » Haha! So, I am not the only person to whom this thought occurred!
brooke 2 wrote: » Saw that programme! Sinéad Desmond appeared instead of Anna Daly. One of the final questions was 'What TV programme does Mark Cagney present?' It was asked of Sinéad Desmond, his co-presenter!! You could hear the howls of 'Fix! Fix!' from Elaine Crowley, who was the other finalist. I honestly could not blame her. To give Sinéad her due, she did not feel it was kosher and shared her winnings with Elaine - both of them had nominated charities. Was it a coincidence or deliberate to have had all women contestants on Celebrity Crossfire? It presented quite a contrast to the regular quiz, in which most of the participants are men! No male 'celebrities' available for Saturday night's Quiz? A serious lack of women willing to take part in the regular Crossfire?? Just asking!! While the format for Crossfire is quite good, I have rarely seen such a lack of balance in gender and age among the participants. On quizzes such as The Chase, Pointless, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and even the shortlived ' The Lie', you would see a good balance of male/female, young/old, thin/fat, black/white, tall/small among the 'quizzees'. Crossfire only seems to accept Thirty something males, for the most part, it seems to me. I guess the all female celebrity version was a sop to us women who love quiz shows but have been expressing our dismay at the mostly male make up of Crossfire. On second thoughts, perhaps I am giving too much credit to the presenter/ producer.
Elmo wrote: » As someone pointed out earlier, It might have been you, TV3 maybe looking for BAI Sound & Vision Funding, the BAI will announce their latest round of funding in Sept.
Elmo wrote: » Ah I though you were that person. It was on the "Things that Annoy you the most thread" in after hours. I thought it was one of those over the top feminist tropes that occurs so much with media, I don't give out about how Midday and Xpose are women only. But a good quizshow that happens to have more male contestants gets a people talking :rolleyes: May as well continue to dig!
Onthe3rdDay wrote: » There's no agenda I would assume with the normal run of Crossfire. The UK Quizshows have the same problem, Men apply to quizes 3 and 4 times more. I'm Talking here about shows where questions are asked. Not the likes of Deal or No Deal. You can't force women on if they don't apply. Obviously in the UK the companies have the time and workforce to balance out the situation. To be fair to TV3, they don't have the resources (or the actual right people applying) As for the show that went out last night, that was very sexist. They were only put on the show because they were female and good looking?? From their own press release...and a brand new Crossfire Celebrity Special, featuring Karen Koster, Elaine Crowley, Anna Daly and Ciara Doherty – which of the TV3 beauties will come out on top?
brooke 2 wrote: » Re quiz shows - I would not class the likes of Deal Or No Deal as a quiz programme.
brooke 2 wrote: » I am referring to 'proper' quiz shows, such as Pointless, which does not seem to have any difficulty attracting people of both sexes and all ages and standards of IQ. I have previously mentioned other shows where there was much more diversity among the participants.
