Ratings watch thread

Elmo

iseegirls wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/revealed-details-of-tv3-shakeup-including-the-fate-of-xpose-midday-and-ireland-am-35299782.html

"One of the biggest changes in store is that its showbiz programme Xpose will be shown for three nights on the main station of TV3 and feature two nights on 3e"

The timings of the show is so odd, there is no pattern:
Mon: TV3 - 8:00pm
Tue: 3e - 8:30pm
Wed: 3e - 8:30pm
Thu: TV3 - 7:30pm
Fri: TV3 - 8:00pm

They are sandwiching it between both soaps on TV3. You'd think they would put the 6 O'Clock show on at 8 Monday to Wednesday and take a break on Thursday because you know calling it the Half Seven show doesn't make much sense!

Elmo

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 Mrs Brown's Boys: Chez Mammy RTÉ ONE 21:35 Sat 12.2 410
2 The Nathan Carter Show Christmas Special RTÉ ONE 21:31 Wed 11.3 381
3 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:34 Wed 11.1 374
4 Striking Out RTÉ ONE 21:31 Sun 11.2 374
5 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:00 Sun 11 369
6 FILM: Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie RTÉ ONE 21:30 Fri 10.8 364
7 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:04 Thu 10.6 356
8 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:05 Tue 10.5 354
9 Reeling In The Years RTÉ ONE 18:30 Sun 9.7 326
10 Celebrity Home Of The Year RTÉ ONE 18:31 Wed 9.6 323
11 New Year's Eve Live - Cenenary Special RTÉ ONE 22:17 Sat 9.3 311
12 Senior Moments RTÉ ONE 20:33 Tue 9 302
13 Pull Like A Dog RTÉ ONE 21:30 Tue 9 302
14 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Fri 9 301
15 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 18:59 Sun 8.5 284
16 Coronation Street TV3 19:29 Mon 7.9 267
17 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:59 Fri 7.7 259
18 At Your Service RTÉ ONE 20:30 Sun 7.7 258
19 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:28 Tue 7.3 247
20 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:28 Thu 7.3 247
21 Emmerdale TV3 20:29 Thu 7.3 244
22 Mrs Brown's Boys: Chez Mammy RTÉ ONE 22:36 Sun 7.1 238
23 Big Year On The Farm RTÉ ONE 18:31 Tue 7 235

iseegirls

RTE2 did ok with the Bond films during the daytime. The Hobbits, Racing from Leopardstown and few nature docs did ok for them too.

The Chase topping UTV Ireland's Top 20, which makes TV3's decision to pull it away from the 6pm slot on Be3 utterly mindboggling. It's sure to return in 2 weeeks time, when The Restaurant and Renovation Nation won't get the same type of ratings.

Hopefully medialive will still report of Be3's ratings after the changed ownership. Would be great to get 3e's ratings too.

Elmo

iseegirls wrote: »

RTE2 did ok with the Bond films during the daytime. The Hobbits, Racing from Leopardstown and few nature docs did ok for them too.

The Chase topping UTV Ireland's Top 20, which makes TV3's decision to pull it away from the 6pm slot on Be3 utterly mindboggling. It's sure to return in 2 weeeks time, when The Restaurant and Renovation Nation won't get the same type of ratings.

Hopefully medialive will still report of Be3's ratings after the changed ownership. Would be great to get 3e's ratings too.

I have a felling that TV3 are hoping people will move to TSOCS, if 6pm shows across all channel get the same audience in total I cann't see TV3 move The Chase back. but it is a risk that TV3 seem willing to take, particularly for a show that hasn't rated well in the past.

iseegirls

And in a late move, Be3 actually broadcast The Chase today at 6pm. Even the graphics and announcement talked about The Chase at 6pm. You'd wonder why it's taken this long for them to change it, listings in TV magazines are out of date now.

Elmo

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 Dancing With The Stars RTÉ ONE 18:32 Sun 15.9 534
2 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:04 Tue 14 468
3 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:31 Sun 13.7 458
4 The Late Late Show RTÉ ONE 21:37 Fri 13.5 453
5 Striking Out RTÉ ONE 21:30 Sun 12.4 416
6 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:02 Wed 12.2 408
7 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:30 Thu 10.8 362
8 Operation Transformation RTÉ ONE 20:32 Thu 10.8 361
9 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTÉ ONE 21:46 Sat 10.7 358
10 Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Gamble RTÉ ONE 21:36 Tue 10.3 345
11 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:27 Tue 10 334
12 Reeling In The Years RTÉ ONE 18:31 Mon 9.8 330
13 Fair City RTÉ ONE 20:04 Thu 9.8 329
14 Coronation Street TV3 20:29 Mon 9.6 323
15 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Mon 9.6 322
16 Operation Transformation RTÉ ONE 20:31 Wed 9.2 309
17 Ear To The Ground RTÉ ONE 20:33 Tue 9.1 305
18 Eastenders RTÉ ONE 19:58 Fri 8.8 294
19 The Tommy Tiernan Show RTÉ ONE 22:16 Thu 8.7 293
20 Winning Streak RTÉ ONE 20:14 Sat 8.7 292
21 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Fri 8.6 287
22 Emmerdale TV3 19:00 Tue 8.5 286
23 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 19:00 Wed 8.4 281
24 Nationwide RTÉ ONE 18:59 Fri 8.4 281
25 Coronation Street TV3 19:30 Wed 8.3 278

Elmo

The Voice UK had 122,000 with the number 16 to 20 all under 100,000 viewers. With Judge Judy getting 85,000 viewers on TV3.

The Chase takes up most of UTV Ireland's top 10 so madness to even consider moving it.

Elmo

Rank Programme Name Channel Day Time Date TVR 000's
1 The Late Late Toy Show RTÉ 1 Fri 21:37 Dec-02 29.45 990
2 The Late Late Show RTÉ 1 Fri 21:36 Avg 14.29 480.5
3 Mrs Brown's Boys RTÉ 1 Tue 21:36 Dec-20 12.58 423
4 Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Christmas Punch RTÉ 1 Sat 22:34 Dec-24 12.48 419.6
5 Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy Christmas RTÉ 1 Thu 21:36 Dec-22 12.42 417.5
6 Mrs Brown's Boys: Chez Mammy RTÉ 1 Sat 21:35 Dec-31 12.2 410.2
7 The Nathan Carter Show Christmas Special RTÉ 1 Wed 21:31 Dec-28 11.33 380.8
8 Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie RTÉ 1 Fri 21:30 Dec-30 10.83 364
9 Fair City RTÉ 1 Tue/Wed 20:02 Avg 10.44 350.9
10 Christmas With Daniel RTÉ 1 Sat 21:31 Dec-24 9.84 330.8
11 Mrs Brown's Boys Live RTÉ 1 Sun 21:30 Dec-11 9.75 327.9
12 Fair City RTÉ 1 Wed/Sun 20:30 Avg 9.63 323.8
13 Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Forest RTÉ 1 Tue/Sun 22:31 Avg 9.63 323.7
14 Better Off Abroad - The Irish In London RTÉ 1 Sun 21:29 Dec-04 9.61 323.3
15 Celebrity Home Of The Year RTÉ 1 Wed 18:31 Dec-28 9.61 323.1
16 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTÉ 1 Sat 21:50 Dec-10 9.31 313
17 The People Of The Year Awards RTÉ 1 Sat 21:51 Dec-03 9.27 311.5
18 New Year's Eve Live - Centenary Special RTÉ 1 Sat 22:17 Dec-31 9.25 311.1
19 Pull Like A Dog RTÉ 1 Tue 21:30 Dec-27 8.98 301.7
20 Winning Streak RTÉ 1 Sat 20:21 Avg 8.82 296.5


not one TV3 show made the top 20 for December.

Elmo

2016 ADULT SHARE OF VIEWING 0300-2659 1800-2329
RTE One 19.85 25.2
TV3 8.05 7.71
UTV Ireland 6.21 7.75
RTE 2 6.2 7.22
BBC 1 3.74 3.7
3e 2.54 2.25
TG4 1.9 1.69
BBC 2 1.52 1.53
Channel 4 Ireland 1.42 1.33
Sky 1 1.16 1.22
Sky Sports 1 0.96 0.79
UTV 0.91 0.97
Sky Sports News HQ 0.88 0.52
Sky News 0.85 0.39
RTE One +1 0.8 1.13
Sky Living 0.76 0.75
More4 0.72 0.72
E4 0.71 0.72
Discovery Ireland 0.59 0.49
Comedy Central 0.58 0.51
Universal Channel Ireland 0.58 0.48
GOLD 0.58 0.53
RTEjr 0.52 0.1
Nick Jr 0.51 0.25
At The Races 0.47 0.22
Alibi 0.44 0.29
TV3 +1 0.38 0.38
E4 +1 0.37 0.36
TLC 0.35 0.29
Challenge 0.35 0.31
Dave 0.34 0.3
eirSport 1 0.32 0.34
Channel 4 +1 Ireland 0.31 0.29
MTV 0.3 0.28
Nick Jr Too 0.3 0.13
Sky Atlantic 0.29 0.26
Comedy Central +1 0.28 0.26
Comedy Central Extra 0.27 0.22
W 0.26 0.22
Sky Sports 4 0.25 0.25
E! Entertainment 0.23 0.22
Sky Living +1 0.2 0.18
Nickelodeon 0.2 0.07
Sky 2 0.18 0.16
Discovery ID Ireland 0.18 0.1
Film4 0.17 0.17
Nicktoons 0.15 0.09
Pick 0.14 0.09
Sky Sports 2 0.11 0.1
Sky Sports 3 0.11 0.1
Sky Sports 5 0.09 0.05
MTV Music 0.09 0.06
Other 30.35 26.23

An Ciarraioch

Elmo wrote: »

The Voice UK had 122,000 with the number 16 to 20 all under 100,000 viewers. With Judge Judy getting 85,000 viewers on TV3.

The Chase takes up most of UTV Ireland's top 10 so madness to even consider moving it.

From other threads it seems Liberty Media must read Boards, and that they've kept The Chase in its regular slot on Be3 - must check it out tonight.

Sam Russell

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

From other threads it seems Liberty Media must read Boards, and that they've kept The Chase in its regular slot on Be3 - must check it out tonight.

I doubt it - they would go HD on Saorview if they did.

Elmo

1 The Late Late Toy Show RTÉ One 1571.6 76.18
2 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - 26/06/2016 - France v Rep of Ireland RTÉ2 1262.4 82.46
3 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - Italy v Rep Of Ireland RTÉ2 1231.3 71.88
4 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - Rep Of Ireland v Sweden RTÉ2 1082.8 70.72
5 The Sunday Game Live (All-Ireland Football Final) RTÉ One 927.8 68.77
6 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - Belgium v Rep Of Ireland RTÉ2 925.1 77.94
7 The Saturday Game Live (All-Ireland Football Final Replay) RTÉ2 843.5 62.57
8 The Sunday Game Live (All-Ireland Hurling Final) RTÉ One 785.5 65.44
9 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - 10/07/2016 - Portugal v France (Final) RTÉ2 782.8 45.03
10 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - 06/07/2016 - Portugal v Wales (Semi-Final) RTÉ2 725 47.93
11 RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock RTÉ One 721.4 45.69
12 Rebellion RTÉ One 713 42.29
13 Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Forest RTÉ One 706.6 38.84
14 Guinness Series Live - Ireland v New Zealand RTÉ2 683 48.38
15 Mrs Brown's Boys: Chez Mammy RTÉ One 680.3 42.87
16 Room To Improve RTÉ One 679.1 44.11
17 The Late Late Show RTÉ One 678.8 47.35
18 RBS 6 Nations - Live - France v Ireland RTÉ2 672.5 58.92
19 RBS 6 Nations - Live - England v Ireland RTÉ2 630.8 47.36
20 Mrs Brown's Boys Live RTÉ One 630.6 45.81


No TV3 channels.

loyatemu

Elmo wrote: »

1 The Late Late Toy Show RTÉ One 1571.6 76.18
2 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - 26/06/2016 - France v Rep of Ireland RTÉ2 1262.4 82.46
3 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - Italy v Rep Of Ireland RTÉ2 1231.3 71.88
4 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - Rep Of Ireland v Sweden RTÉ2 1082.8 70.72
5 The Sunday Game Live (All-Ireland Football Final) RTÉ One 927.8 68.77
6 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - Belgium v Rep Of Ireland RTÉ2 925.1 77.94
7 The Saturday Game Live (All-Ireland Football Final Replay) RTÉ2 843.5 62.57
8 The Sunday Game Live (All-Ireland Hurling Final) RTÉ One 785.5 65.44
9 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - 10/07/2016 - Portugal v France (Final) RTÉ2 782.8 45.03
10 UEFA EURO 2016 Live - Live Play - 06/07/2016 - Portugal v Wales (Semi-Final) RTÉ2 725 47.93
11 RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock RTÉ One 721.4 45.69
12 Rebellion RTÉ One 713 42.29
13 Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Forest RTÉ One 706.6 38.84
14 Guinness Series Live - Ireland v New Zealand RTÉ2 683 48.38
15 Mrs Brown's Boys: Chez Mammy RTÉ One 680.3 42.87
16 Room To Improve RTÉ One 679.1 44.11
17 The Late Late Show RTÉ One 678.8 47.35
18 RBS 6 Nations - Live - France v Ireland RTÉ2 672.5 58.92
19 RBS 6 Nations - Live - England v Ireland RTÉ2 630.8 47.36
20 Mrs Brown's Boys Live RTÉ One 630.6 45.81


No TV3 channels.

nothing from RTE2 either except live sport.

reason vs religion

Just for comparison, thrse are the forty most-watche programmes on British TV

1. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, October 26): 15.90m
2. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, August 24): 13.58m
3. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, August 31): 13.45m
= The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, October 5): 13.45m
5. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, October 19): 13.44m
6. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, September 14): 13.29m
7. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, October 12): 13.26m
8. Planet Earth II (BBC1, November 13): 13.14m
9. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, September 28): 13.13m
10. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, September 21): 13.12m
11. The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, September 7): 13.08m
12. I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV, November 13): 12.66m
13. Britain's Got Talent (ITV, April 16): 12.46m
14. Britain's Got Talent (ITV, April 23): 12.32m
15. Euro 2016: Portugal v France (BBC1, July 10): 12.27m
16. Planet Earth II (BBC1, November 6): 12.26m
17. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, November 19): 12.24m
18. I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV, December 4): 11.96m
19. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, December 3): 11.92m
20. Euro 2016: Wales v Belgium post-match (BBC1, July 1): 11.89m
21. Planet Earth II (BBC1, November 27): 11.88m
22. Britain's Got Talent (ITV, April 30): 11.87m
23. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, November 26): 11.65m
24. Sherlock (BBC1, January 1): 11.64m
25. Planet Earth II (BBC1, November 20): 11.60m
26. Britain's Got Talent (ITV: April 9): 11.59m
27. Planet Earth II (BBC1, December 4): 11.54m
28. Strictly Come Dancing: the results (BBC1, December 11): 11.46m
29. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, November 5): 11.43m
30. Euro 2016: England v Iceland (ITV, June 27): 11.42m
31. I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV, November 14): 11.40m
32. Strictly Come Dancing: the results (BBC1, December 4): 11.39m
33. Strictly Come Dancing: the results (BBC1, November 13): 11.37m
34. Britain's Got Talent (ITV, May 7): 11.35m
35. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, December 10): 11.34m
36. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, November 12): 11.31m
37. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, October 29): 11.22m
38. Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, October 15): 11.21m
= Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, October 22): 11.21m
40. Strictly Come Dancing: the results (BBC1: November 27) 11.11m


Great British Bake Off episodes take ten of the top eleven positions. (The final had 16m viewers.) The second episode of Planet Earth II was the other programme to make it into the top 10. Euro 2016 football, Strictly Come Dancing, I'm a Celebrity... and Britain's Got Talent take the remaining slots, with the exception of the New Year's Day episode of Sherlock.

Sam Russell

Well, 30 of the top 40 going to BBC 1, remaining going to ITV. No BBC II or CH4 or Ch5.

Not surprised. No ITV drama?

Elmo

BBC1 and ITV will always take up the top 40. With RTE decision to move almost all sport to RTE2 in the 1980s RTE2 have since be represented, TV3 or UTV Ireland should have something in the top 20 as ITV. The comparison is pointless really, lets face it TV3 took up the vast majority of the top 20 in 2015, but only had 8% share while ITV had 15% or so. RTE2 comes after both TV3 and UTV Ireland.

reason vs religion

Not that I'd particularly welcome a situation similar to the UK in which a small number of mass-market lowbrow programmes dominate the most-watched list, but this sentimental nation that so values the local seems eminently ripe for a programme like British Bakeoff to take hold and become a national obsession, like Love/Hate. Dancing With the Stars might be an attempt at that. But like all the imports that have been tried before, the RTE version feels cheap, stale and parochial in comparison. (I say that not having watched it, just having seen the set and the celebrities!) Anecdotally, it seems a lot of people are unaware of the extent to which RTE relies on production companies for the stuff it airs; most isn't produced in-house. So it may well be that RTE's inability to cash in with some Irish Bakehoff is a consequence of a poor domestic production scene. But maybe RTE, with its license fee funding, should be expected to better cultivate that. I don't underestimate the challenge of creating a hit show, but I feel RTE's have been subpar and lacking in quality.

An Ciarraioch

reason vs religion wrote: »

Not that I'd particularly welcome a situation similar to the UK in which a small number of mass-market lowbrow programmes dominate the most-watched list, but this sentimental nation that so values the local seems eminently ripe for a programme like British Bakeoff to take hold and become a national obsession, like Love/Hate. Dancing With the Stars might be an attempt at that. But like all the imports that have been tried before, the RTE version feels cheap, stale and parochial in comparison. (I say that not having watched it, just having seen the set and the celebrities!) Anecdotally, it seems a lot of people are unaware of the extent to which RTE relies on production companies for the stuff it airs; most isn't produced in-house. So it may well be that RTE's inability to cash in with some Irish Bakehoff is a consequence of a poor domestic production scene. But maybe RTE, with its license fee funding, should be expected to better cultivate that. I don't underestimate the challenge of creating a hit show, but I feel RTE's have been subpar and lacking in quality.

There was a TV3 Bake Off, which had decent ratings by the channel's standards, but nothing spectacular.

reason vs religion

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

There was a TV3 Bake Off, which had decent ratings by the channel's standards, but nothing spectacular.

Sorry, I meant a success akin to British Bakeoff rather than an exact copy of it!

Elmo

reason vs religion wrote: »

Not that I'd particularly welcome a situation similar to the UK in which a small number of mass-market lowbrow programmes dominate the most-watched list, but this sentimental nation that so values the local seems eminently ripe for a programme like British Bakeoff to take hold and become a national obsession, like Love/Hate. Dancing With the Stars might be an attempt at that. But like all the imports that have been tried before, the RTE version feels cheap, stale and parochial in comparison. (I say that not having watched it, just having seen the set and the celebrities!) Anecdotally, it seems a lot of people are unaware of the extent to which RTE relies on production companies for the stuff it airs; most isn't produced in-house. So it may well be that RTE's inability to cash in with some Irish Bakehoff is a consequence of a poor domestic production scene. But maybe RTE, with its license fee funding, should be expected to better cultivate that. I don't underestimate the challenge of creating a hit show, but I feel RTE's have been subpar and lacking in quality.

I think we tend to like to watch sports more and perhaps drama, so you'd have to look further down the list. IMO the set for DWTS is quite good, but as you point out the independent producer that RTE choose and seem to chose for their big shows isn't very good. Shinawhil!

Also we tend to be far too picky, and pick on everything.

Sam Russell

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

There was a TV3 Bake Off, which had decent ratings by the channel's standards, but nothing spectacular.

That TV3 Irish Bake Off was a spectacularly cheap and nasty copy of the BBC one. TV3 tried the Apprentice, but again it was tacky and cheap, laden down with product placement and poor contestants, judges, set, etc.

RTE have been forced to outsource much of their productions - some good, others less so.

Perhaps we need an increase in the licence fee if we want better programmes.

Elmo

Sam Russell wrote: »

That TV3 Irish Bake Off was a spectacularly cheap and nasty copy of the BBC one. TV3 tried the Apprentice, but again it was tacky and cheap, laden down with product placement and poor contestants, judges, set, etc.

never saw IGBO but The Apprentice went downhill following the second series and the Celebrity version!

how do people feel about original formats such as The Restaurant and Ireland's Fittest Family?

I don't really understand why TV3 are producing both The Restaurant and Celeb Master Chef, similar programmes. They should consider a non-celeb version of The Restaurant.

loyatemu

Sam Russell wrote: »

Perhaps we need an increase in the licence fee if we want better programmes.

Give RTE more license fee money, they'll just run even more chatshows where they interview their own employees. Other than sport (which could be accommodated elsewhere) what would we lose if RTE2 shut down tomorrow (and 2FM for that matter).

Sam Russell

loyatemu wrote: »

Give RTE more license fee money, they'll just run even more chatshows where they interview their own employees. Other than sport (which could be accommodated elsewhere) what would we lose if RTE2 shut down tomorrow (and 2FM for that matter).

RTE are heavily controlled to the benefit of TV3 (ihmo).

TV3 are allowed to run massive amounts of adverts per hour, just like unregulated satellite channels. They were allowed to avoid being HD on Saorview, but be HD on the pay TV platforms.

RTE on the other hand must run two channels advert free (RTE NN, and RTE Jr/RTE 1+1). They have been refused RTE Plus which would be a channel using RTE's extensive archive, and also refused permission for children's programmes to be transferred from RTE 2 (which are advert free).

TV3 have no such restrictions, being free to repeat programmes endlessly.

The licence fee has not been increase much over recent times. It was €150 in 2003 and is currently €160. 7% goes to the S&V fund, and 20% of RTE licence fees must be spent on independent productions. RTE must also produce 365 hours of TV for TG4.

No wonder RTE are broke.

FRIENDO

The restrictions placed on RTE should be lifted, this will benefit free to air viewers and the State owned broadcaster, giving us a better service with more options and possibly more RTE stations.

Also rather than increase the licence fee, I would rater see a higher collection rate of the license fee.

Obviously a higher collection rate would improve revenue available and could possibly reduce the TV License fee for each household.

Clarebelly

FRIENDO wrote: »

Obviously a higher collection rate would improve revenue available and could possibly reduce the TV License fee for each household.

Sweet dreams... Night, night....

FRIENDO

Clarebelly wrote:

Sweet dreams... Night, night....

Either you worked a nightshift like me, or you live in Oz, but good afternoon from Ireland

Unfortunately we have alot of licence fee unpaid in Ireland, obviously that tab is being picked up by people who pay.

Elmo

FRIENDO wrote: »

Unfortunately we have alot of licence fee unpaid in Ireland, obviously that tab is being picked up by people who pay.

It needs to be placed on all telecommunications bill e.g. telephone bills, mobile phones bill, cable bills, satellite bills etc. collection idea should be put to bed.

however we are off topic.

Sam Russell

FRIENDO wrote: »

The restrictions placed on RTE should be lifted, this will benefit free to air viewers and the State owned broadcaster, giving us a better service with more options and possibly more RTE stations.

Also rather than increase the licence fee, I would rater see a higher collection rate of the license fee.

Obviously a higher collection rate would improve revenue available and could possibly reduce the TV License fee for each household.

Clarebelly wrote: »

Sweet dreams... Night, night....

I have proposed before that the licence fee should be collected from the electricity bills by ESB Networks by a levy on all electricity bills at a rate of €12 per month. This would raise €144 per household. Currently the €160 is evaded/avoided by 15% of households, and An Post gets 6% or so for collecting it. So current net worth is approx €130 per household.

A second levy should be placed on the various payTV platforms of €6 per year per customer. This could be paid directly to 2RN for the cost of running the DTV network, which would cover the cost of HD.

I would also agree with Comreg/BAI requiring the various payTV platforms being required to take all or none of the Saorview channels. It is because, for example, that RTE NN is not carried by all platforms that it not taken seriously by RTE, and why RTE 2 is required to carry children's programmes.

Elmo

Sam Russell wrote: »

I would also agree with Comreg/BAI requiring the various payTV platforms being required to take all or none of the Saorview channels. It is because, for example, that RTE NN is not carried by all platforms that it not taken seriously by RTE, and why RTE 2 is required to carry children's programmes.

Which platforms do not have NN and Jr?

The BAI want to tax the Opt Outs.... hahahhahah .... bai are funny.