Greece to shut down state broadcaster

neaideabh

Greece's national broadcaster has been temporarily been shut to reorganise it and make it more efficient.

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"ERT is a case of an exceptional lack of transparency and incredible extravagance. This ends now," government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said earlier.

That's the medicine the folks in RTE need to be treated with!

apollo8

Already being discussed OP. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056968684

OldGoat

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0611/456018-ert-greek-state-broadcaster/

The Greek guberment for financial reason has closed their national broadcaster. Multitudes of people flocked to the streets to protest against the closure.
I imagine that if here we pulled the plug on RTE that the crowds would be out celibrating. The newscaster this morning had a wry grin on his face that I took to be "Ah sure it'll never happen here...I hope".

Is out national broadcaster a money sink or does it provide a vital resource?

Kintarō Hattori

Heh... just a little late sir!


http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056968684

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056969113

OldGoat

Doh!

Apologies Mods. Close at will.

humanji

Threads Merged.

snubbleste

Greece's two largest labor unions called a 24-hour general strike earlier today for Thursday, in protest at the government's decision to close ERT.

Another strike, can you imagine trying to do day-to-day business in Greece?

rusheen

Well there we have it Rte it decides to save a tiny percentage 1.3 million p/y by discontinuing one of its top watched shows. The premiership on rte is no more the reason given ? Man U Man City Chelsea or Liverpool dont have any Irish players in their teams .
Does this mean when they figure out the will be no Irish player in the champions league next year they will stop showing champions league too ?

Its time for the powers that be to shut down the whole of rte and stopping forcing decent hardworking people to pay the salaries of people must of us have never heard of . Earning 20 times the average working salary , and then there's some of those "presenters" who skip across the pond to try an break into that market .That's loyalty isn't it.
By cutting that particulars salary or replacing him altogether I'm sure they could keep soccer on rte.
I remember watching David Gillick as a panelist on the Olympics and thinking hes actually well spoken, respected and very presentable why not give someone like him the late late show ?

WoollyRedHat

DrumSteve wrote: »

Ah rte aint that bad, bar a few people being overpaid I dont get the hate.

It's a Love/ Hate thing.

suicide_circus

Keep RTe radio though, love john creedons weeknight music show on RTe1 - properly eclectic. Actually RTe do some quality radio overall in fairness.
Talk to Joe....
But RTe tv is atrocious,a skidmark on the y-fronts of society.

rusheen

suicide_circus wrote: »

Keep RTe radio though, love john creedons weeknight music show on RTe1 - properly eclectic. Actually RTe do some quality radio overall in fairness.
Talk to Joe....
But RTe tv is atrocious,a skidmark on the y-fronts of society.

Regional radio stations do a similar job with shoe string budgets .

Mrs Garth Brooks

I hope RTE follows and shuts down. But even if they did, they would still expect us to pay €200 broadcasting charge.