RTÉ ONE, 2, Junior, and Player

I mentioned her predecessor and the person above me clearly was not speaking in anyway of malice towards her, and I too have no agenda. I would say that the "VMTV" thread over the years had a number of people mention one of her would be successors and generally not in a very positive light with nobody even stating that they should not have been mentioned in the thread.

The problems that exist at RTÉ do flow up to the DG therefore it isn't a "retirement gig", DG's are afford plenty of time to give their opinions in the press and at the Oireachtas and it is at those forms that they get to defend themselves and RTÉ. The same goes for the Chair of RTÉ.

Euronews is apparently in a lot of financial trouble at the moment. The new owners of the channel Alpac Capital have made major cutbacks to it's staff numbers and closure of major offices. A plan to sell off the current Euronews HQ in Lyon is also included in the cutbacks.

There was a strike which took place among Euronews staff at the company HQ in Lyon two weeks ago. There was fear among staff working there that it could be dismantled.

The union reps of the staff had said that staff morale was very low with a huge detoiration in working conditions at the station. One staff member who represents one of the unions that the station was being treated like it was carpet radio.

If Euronews closes down later this year; it would be a huge shame to see it close for good. RTÉ News and Current Affairs may have to provide overnight news coverage from another station for 3 of their stations in the near future. I think I heard somewhere that RTÉ still have a minority shareholding with Euronews. Could they lose money on not providing the channel anymore?

IMO as TG4 has reduced down their hours for France 24 there might be an option there. Carrying EuroNews across 4 channels (inc +1) is crazy TBH, and always was.

Anyone know if RTÉ cut it coverage of the Ladies Soccer yesterday for Soc Dems Co-Leader's press conference yesterday?

Surprised they chose that instead of Darby O'Gill

The Dry is being promoted constantly on Radio 1. Haven't heard much about Smother.

Euronews is unlikely to be added to Saorview...TBH... though odd to see Sky News on the platform... and challenge.

You would think that RTÉ would take news programming from BBC NI on the News Channel, or perhaps other programming from their EBU partners.

This goes back to why RTÉ's only daytime show only airs for 8 months of the year and why RTÉ News take a holiday for 6 weeks during the summer.

@deezell

I know you posted about this working in RTÉ in the VM Thread but thought this might be of interest here.

Home Rescue The Big Fix is a new series RTÉ2 have very little in terms of local content, Home Rescue is one of their bigger home produced shows and it seems that RTÉ feel that it should air on RTÉ2 first and then on RTÉ ONE.

I could understand from a Public service point of view why RTÉ might consider repeating a quality Doc or Drama from RTÉ ONE on 2 but a large copy of DIY SOS The big Build or any lifestyle programming?

RTÉ2 is really now just for sport with sport RTÉ2 is averaging 6% of the audience while without it around 4%.

No news programming and very little local content, and badly marketed international content.

Basically RTÉ have cut back on all of their more "yuff" stuff on 2, meaning cuts across the board and any "edgy" entertainment programming banished to the interweb where it gets no promotion and is even worse than the "network 2" type programming so bad it eventually ends up on the channel bereft of any other local programming, while the "edgy" drama's such as Conversations with Friends and The Dry now air on ONE, and that really started with the second series of RAW way back when.

They wanted to move sport over to ONE.

RTÉ2 outside of Young People's is so commercial that really its audience share can't be justified, perhaps if it was making some of the programming that TG4 were doing you might think such audience levels were justified.

Didn't they do that with The Tubrity Show on 2fm!

I see RTÉ2 airing BBC Scotland's Home of the Year Scotland, you'd wonder why they don't take the more "edgy" stuff from the BBC Scotland channel.

Basically Dept. isn't all that interested, you'd have to email them, and TBH neither is RTÉ.

RTÉ have a new children's brand called RTÉ KIDS, but it rarely appears in promos or on end captions.

This means RTÉ have three children's brands (when they've cut funding to children's TV)

RTÉ KIDS which they currently use as an over arching brand for RTÉ's young peoples department

RTÉjr which cross Radio and TV, and has its own number of hours on RTÉ2

TRTÉ which has only really got idents and with promo designated as RTÉ2, and has been scaled back massively, in a view to increase audience figures on RTÉ2 (see my previous post to see how well that is going).

With no "Teen" Service, and massive reduction in "yuff" programming across RTÉ2 and the player.

I suspect that RTÉ KIDS will be the main brand whenever they get around to it.

Also AFAIR

RTÉ2 Blocks were

TRTÉ - 7am to 9am

RTÉjr - 9am to 12pm

TRTÉ - 12 to 2

RTÉjr - 2 - 4

TRTÉ - 4 - 5:30

?????

It the term I use for "Youth" upon those who think they are "hip" and "with it". E.G. RTÉ are totally down with the "yuff", in other words RTÉ believe they know what "young people" want and think they are themselves very "hip" and "edgy".

Programmes made by morons for no one in reality.

On holidays at the moment in Ireland, with limited WiFi and data.

Turned on TV this morning, only Saorview.

8am RTE2 still showing EuroNews. 8.15am RTE2 shows some RTEJnr programming with about an hour mixed with Irish language.

Meanwhile RTE Jnr channel is showing its usual 1-4yr old stuff.

TG4s kids in Irish language.

Basically nothing there for 6+ kids at a time they'd be up, which can be 7am.

And no wonder kids are turning to Netflix and other media streaming services when the main broadcaster is not arsed.

They've abandoned broadcasting if at 8:15 Euronews is still airing.

RTÉ should consider: -

1. Funding games for children, that they can place on their platform and other platforms
2. Funding programming for children, that will not only appear on their platforms but other platforms that children are using
3. Marketing their products for children on apps and games that children are using, e.g. advertising on Youtube but using a clip of one of their shows e.g. News2Day's headlines appearing before a Mindcraft video.

Win your TV License fee for a year! Games would be free.

They look/feel like temporary ones just to give a bit of a fresh look, ahead of (hopefully) a major overhaul.

I still don't understand why we have ONE and 2, and don't get me started on how awful RTÉ 2's on screen look is.

Different times they generally got it right most times

RTÉ 2 (1978) as rebroadcaster of programming from the UK and more US programming

RTÉ 2 (1986) bring it in line with RTÉ 1

NETWORK 2 (1988) moving children's content largely over to 2, youth programming, some original programming.

NETWORK TWO (1996) keeping much with 1988 but that RTÉ branding was used more

N2 (1997) extending its programming, making daytime for children's content.

RTÉ N2 (2003) the start of its downfall

RTÉ TWO (2004) still producing some irish content but slowly dying

RTÉ2 (2014) on life support, continued cuts to the service.

She's been demoted to The Six O'Clock Show. Unlikely that the News and Current Affairs programme As Geailge will see the light of day TBH.

RTÉ News & RTÉjr have been available on the web version player in 1080p for ages

https://www.rte.ie/player/onnow

It's likely as a result of research into current viewing habits, where people prefer to serially view a reality show over a short period, or binge watch the whole thing on player. Attention spans are shorter, you're not likely to get a particular audience segment tuning in once a week for a month or two. Short sharp production over 3 or 4 nights, push it on player from night one, and advertise constantly in the breaks until you feel like screaming at the TV