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

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

More people saw Wild Mountain Thyme than saw this movie.

Yet only this one is seen as a 'boon'.

Where is the article, Allen Leech would want to be careful signing up to Hallmark films.

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2021/0512/1221277-lisdoonvarna-matchmaking/

You'll have to scroll down for the video link. That report was shown on RTE News.

I am always surprised at how well these TV films do, made on shoestring budgets, you'd wonder why RTÉ could not produce a better film.

ShamNNspace wrote: »

I think theres room for rte, possibly in co with another broadcaster to produce a detective series on the lines of Vera, Lewis, Endeavour or Midsomer here possibly outside Dublin somewhere picturesque , would work wonders for tourism if well made imv... I know they had one based in Galway there one time Taylor I think it was called, it was a bit too smart for its own good I thought

Taylor was picked up by TV3, one of the producers said that with out Afric (the TG4 teen drama) it would never have been made it was produced by ZDF germany AFAIK.

RTÉ did produce a detective show in the west a decade ago, which was later co-produced by ITV, but as soon as ITV drop their support RTÉ axed the series, the first series being commissioned by RTÉ.

I suppose Smoother would be considered the latest version of this type of programming.

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

They actually don't, the Hallmark movies I mean. They do very little business, they're literally just filler produced on the smallest budgets.
Often re-use sets, wardrobes, and props, among other things.

Neither do RTÉ :pac:

Being snobby about film I am always surprised that these movies even get sold to other broadcasters/online streamers.

ShamNNspace wrote: »

From what I remember, the series was a bit schizophrenic, couldn't make out whether it wanted to be comedic or cutting edge or what, even the wife whose more of an expert than I on these type of shows couldn't make head nor tail of it

It was too 'trying to be American'... which doesn't suit Ireland.
Like, the crimes (such as the 'school bomber' I mentioned) don't have to be hugely serious to make an interesting series out of it.

Dublin Murders tried to be 'Twin Peaks' in IReland... but it wasn't long before it was sniffing it's own flatulence.
It tried to pack 2 seasons of story into a handful of episodes. Got very silly after a while.
Especially the 'deer' scene.

With the Eurovision Song Contest Final taking place this Saturday, RTÉ isn't bothering with the Main Evening News (usually on at some time shortly before or after 9 on a Saturday) on that evening - it was the same in 2019. I remember that a full-length bulletin was broadcast on RTÉ 2 when the Eurovision final coincided with the result of the same-sex marriage referendum. So why doesn't RTÉ do that with the news every year when the Eurovision final is taking place?

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

'Staff voted to reject pay cuts'...

Then hire new staff. :rolleyes:

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0517/1222130-rte-to-seek-additional-voluntary-redundancies/

I'm sure you have bright future ahead of you but I doubt it's in industrial relations.

elperello wrote: »

I'm sure you have bright future ahead of you but I doubt it's in industrial relations.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0517/1222130-rte-to-seek-additional-voluntary-redundancies/

The company will also be tendering for a wide-ranging review and restructuring of its grading system and skills requirements, with a view to "rationalising and enhancing organisation agility".

I have been here 5 years, did very little to implement or consider a new grading systems, so its best that I and my team, tender for this work!

Who to blame COVID, Sporting events that didn't happen, COVID, the license fee, COVID, commercial revenue, COVID.

Suppose that move of the NSO to the NCH hasn't happened yet.

Elmo wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0517/1222130-rte-to-seek-additional-voluntary-redundancies/



I have been here 5 years, did very little to implement or consider a new grading systems, so its best that I and my team, tender for this work!

Who to blame COVID, Sporting events that didn't happen, COVID, the license fee, COVID, commercial revenue, COVID.

Suppose that move of the NSO to the NCH hasn't happened yet.

The mystery '60 million' uncollected fees is now down to '50 million' uncollected fees.

Good job Dee... you did it.

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

He is spoofing.
Probably considers himself broke compared to his peers, and neighbours in Malahide.
Private contractors make a lot of mistakes with their pension allocations, trying to be too smart.
Billy big nuts, loading up on properties.
Balanced managed fund - thats all you need to do, and keep paying into it consistently.

If you are talking about who I think you are talking about, I'd say he could easily get a place in classic hits or even Virgin Media, he prob wouldn't get much from either but they could decide to let the contract end and he could find something else pretty quickly. Though he's not worth keeping.

Elmo wrote: »

Imagine if they did this for sporting events :pac:

RTÉ have cut back on all news.

Look at youtube you'll see some clips of morning and late night news, you will not see this anymore.

Also, if I was working in RTÉ I would have rejected that pay proposal, it didn't help anyone, it was hurriedly written as if they had had one meeting at 3:45 on a Friday.

Interestingly, it appears that the absence of the Main Evening News on Eurovision Final night hasn't caused most viewers to so much as bat an eyelid!

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

It's gas cause back in 2017 he was bragging how much he was getting paid

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/im-glad-nobody-knows-what-rte-is-paying-me-says-station-stalwart-marty-whelan-36115832.html

But Marty, No one likes the poor mouth. You've been on rte for 30 years. No one is going to buy your "I'm broke" sh*te.

I think he is ok to listen to compared to many on the radio, by christ, I despise joe, who is actually painful for me to listen to, that chaps incessant stuttering and jibberish could make me crash my car.


That said, Marty poor mouthing about his money is bad form, puts me right off him, must be living in cloud cuckoo land. As pointed to in the link, he has caught himself out, not like we didn't have a good idea. It's a quite disgusting thing to say really, given what a lot of people earn and then are left to live on. Someone might come along and say anyone can drag themselves up by the bootstraps, but RTE presenters at the top end are paid out of proportion to their value imo.
I'm sure it must be available what he is on?

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Marty the person probably doesn’t have a lot of cash floating around,
But I can pretty much guarantee that Marty the company has fine big cash deposits that it only paid corporate tax on, while Marty only ‘earned around €30k a year to keep his tax liability as low as possible…..

Most likely the case,

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